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On January 1, 2024, Wallenberg Centre Lund got a new preclinical co-director. Professor Kristian Pietras will replace Jonas Larsson, who recently started his new position as Deputy Dean. Welcome to the team! | How does it feel becoming the next preclinical co-director of WCMM Lund?"I am honored to take on this position and really look forward to working with everyone within the centre to create th

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/get-know-new-wcmm-co-director - 2026-04-29

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/glasgow-climate-summit-what-it-about-and-why-does-it-matter - 2026-04-29

The Faculty of Medicine has reviewed its communications activities and made some changes. They have reorganised their ways of working and have even reworked their internal website, Intramed. 2022 saw the reorganisation of the communication activities at the Faculty, taking as its starting point an analysis made from  2019-2020 of the situation as it was then, including proposals for improvements.

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-internal-website-staff-faculty-medicine-has-made-difference - 2026-04-30

Lund University is returning to Almedalen with a broad programme to strengthen the public discussion about higher education and research. Since the university's first participation in 2009, the commitment has grown, and this year around 50 employees are participating. The programme offers discussions on everything from preparedness and AI to the future of food. As in previous years, LTH has a well

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2025/ai-crisis-and-quantum-almedalen - 2026-04-29

The Central Administration’s aim is to offer the best possible support for the University’s operations. In order to do this, we need to continuously review the organisation and working methods so that optimum support is provided while balancing the budget. Based on this, a number of changes are being made. One example is that the major part of the support relating to contract education will be mov

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/central-administration-transition - 2026-04-30

Lund University magazine (LUM) arranges talks between home care researchers from Lund University of Technology and the University of Social Sciences in Lund (affiliated to SWEAH). It's the first time they meet. They all want to see a better home service, but work from different perspectives. Read the entire article in Lund University's magazine.

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/quality-care-and-work-environment-two-sides-same-coin - 2026-04-29

Increased use of solar cells in the future requires higher efficiency and lower production costs. Innovative research from the interdisciplinary centre NanoLund wants to optimize the nanowires so that sunlight can be harvested more efficiently. Meet three young international researchers in the PhD4Energy project, working on hunting the sun. Solar energy, which reaches our earth every day, correspo

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/sunhunters-knowledge-collect-light - 2026-04-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Mikael Dolsten, head of research at Pfizer, who led the development of Pfizer’s and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine, will take up the appointment of visiting professor of Pharmacology at Lund University in Sweden on 1 January 2021. “During my years as a student and researcher in Lund I had many mentors who inspired me. I

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/mikael-dolsten-appointed-visiting-professor-lund-university - 2026-04-29

Every year Agora, the Helsingborg section of the Social Science Union, organises a job fair at Campus Helsingborg, where students have the opportunity to network and make contact with future employers. This year's edition will take place on 5 February. Inspiring, interactive and worthwhile - three words that sum up the upcoming event Agora Day at Campus Helsingborg, according to this year's projec

https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/inspiring-opportunities-students-and-companies-agora-day - 2026-04-29

For the first time in the University’s history, a Vice-Chancellor’s decision exists concerning how we are to work on educational qualifications throughout the entire University, as reported in the previous LU News. Half of the University’s faculties have offered the opportunity to apply for recognition as an excellent teaching practitioner or similar for several years. A framework is now being int

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/we-are-now-forefront-work-educational-qualifications-higher-education - 2026-04-30

Passports issued by fallen empires, decks of cards from the Iraq war, deceased Ukrainian students’ uncollected diplomas and much more. A new museum in Lund is collecting artefacts that show how international law affects people's lives. The initiative is being led by international law researchers who argue that we are currently witnessing a crisis of the entire international system. “International

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/unique-museum-displays-war-artefacts-and-human-side-international-law - 2026-04-29

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/torbjorn-von-schantz-leadership-our-greatest-challenge-future - 2026-04-29

A large amount of lungs donated cannot be used for transplantation. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden and Skåne University Hospital have conducted an animal study bringing hope that more donor lungs could be used in the future. The researchers have launched a pilot study to investigate whether the treatment will have the same positive effects on human beings. About 190 organs are donated in

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-treatment-could-result-more-donor-lungs - 2026-04-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The University has decided to be an important player at Science Village Scandinavia (SVS) in Brunnshög. The move will, probably, commence in five years. Up to 575 LU employees will work at SVS. The Department of Physics and parts of the Department of Chemistry are now considering moving. Sven Lidin Photo:Mats Nygren T

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-moves-activities-science-village-scandinavia-financing-still-unclear - 2026-04-29

Two CASE researchers, Wenqian Xu and Oskar Jonsson, have each received a "seed money grant" in the profile area Proactive Ageing's first internal call. Researcher Oskar Jonsson leads the one project, which was granted SEK 250,000 in the call: "Inclusive Living Environments to Attract the Joy of Movement and Promote Physical Activity for Proactive Ageing: Theory and Method Development and Full-scal

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/ai-and-movement-focus-profile-areas-seed-money-grant - 2026-04-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Carlson Leandry Mutajwaa from Tanzania is currently studying the Master's Programme with specialisation Retail. We asked him what he thinks about his studies, student life in Helsingborg and why he choose to study Retail. What is the best thing about your programme? There is so many layers to uncover when describing t

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/it-makes-you-think-do-things-and-connect-everything-global-perspective-which-vital-learning-element - 2026-04-29

For the first time, a research team at Lund University in Sweden has successfully reprogrammed mouse and human skin cells into immune cells called dendritic cells. The process is quick and effective, representing a pioneering contribution for applying direct reprogramming for inducing immunity. Importantly, the finding opens up the possibility of developing novel dendritic cell-based immunotherapi

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-code-reprogramming-immune-sentinels - 2026-04-29

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/climate-researchers-and-activism - 2026-04-30

When everyday life is not recognisable, when conversation is silenced, when memories disappear. Alzheimer’s disease is contracted by 60 000 people in Sweden annually and accounts for 60 per cent of all types of dementia disease. There is no cure, but research has come a long way in diagnosing the disease at an early stage. “Over the past ten years there has been a revolution concerning our possibi

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/pursuit-early-signs-alzheimers-disease - 2026-04-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A forest management method different to those practised today would contribute to greater welfare and wellbeing for society in general, compared with current methods that mainly benefit the forestry industry. This has been shown in a new study by two researchers from Lund University in Sweden. There is an intensive de

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/another-type-forest-management-would-provide-greater-values-society - 2026-04-29