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Neuroblastom är en tumörsjukdom som främst drabbar små barn. Överlevnaden är den lägsta av alla barncancerformer. Nu har en forskargrupp vid Lunds universitet upptäckt att en specifik gen är kopplad till sämre prognos. Studien publiceras i tidskriften Science Advances. Varje år insjuknar runt tjugo barn i Sverige i tumörsjukdomen neuroblastom. Tumörerna växer i det sympatiska nervsystemet som börj

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/genen-som-styr-prognosen-vid-neuroblastom - 2026-07-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In a new article, researchers at Lund University have studied a new ice-skating technique that is more energy efficient than the traditional stride technique. By skating in arcs, ice hockey players can move just as quickly but with less energy loss. The authors say this could lead to better performance on the ice, as

https://www.science.lu.se/article/lund-researchers-have-analysed-alternative-skating-technique-could-revolutionise-ice-hockey - 2026-07-19

A key goal of public health systems is to reduce existing socioeconomic disparities in health. Yet, the economic incentives facing healthcare providers sometimes work in the other direction. Specifically, when providers are remunerated by a fixed sum for taking the overall responsibility for a given patient, they are incentivised to avoid or undertreat patients whose care needs are relatively larg

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/incentives-care-health-equity - 2026-07-19

Niklas Loman får Bröstcancerförbundets Utmärkelse 2025 för sina insatser för bröstcancerforskningens framsteg, men också för sitt outtröttliga arbete för patienternas bästa. I motiveringen betonas att ”hans ödmjuka engagemang för bröstcancerdrabbade är genuint – och gör skillnad på riktigt”.I pressmeddelande från Bröstcancerförbundet står att läsa:– Det är ett privilegium att få vara med och vägle

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/grattis-till-brostcancerforbundets-utmarkelse-2025-niklas-loman - 2026-07-20

On 23 May, the Faculty of Science hosted an inspiring afternoon for students who have applied to one of the faculty’s Bachelor of Science programmes starting this autumn. The aim? To offer a first glimpse of life as a student in Lund – and to give participants the chance to meet some of their future classmates.— This is the second year we’re running this event, and it’s been very well received. Ma

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/appreciated-meet-inspiration-and-future-talks-our-prospective-students - 2026-07-19

Now that most people are back from their holidays, activities resume where they left off before the summer. Over the autumn, the Workplace of the Future project will focus on remote working among technical and administrative staff. The annual follow-up on secondary employment has come in and shows that we have become better at reporting, but there is still room for improvement. The Workplace of th

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-semester-continued-development-and-improvements - 2026-07-19

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. PORTRAIT. Michael Edgerton is a composer, world citizen and since the summer of 2019, Professor of Artistic Research at the Malmö Academy of Music. How come you decided to apply for a job in Sweden and move here? - In 2002, I began to work with guitarist Stefan Östersjö and then later ensemble Ars Nova, and the Stoc

https://www.mhm.lu.se/artikel/unusual-sounds-complex-contexts - 2026-07-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. It is now decided that Marge Arkitekter will design the new artistic campus in Varvsstaden, where the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts will move in a few years. Marge Arkitekter has two teams in the project, one that will work with the exterior and meet the requirements for Kockum's old buildings. And another that 

https://www.arts.lu.se/article/marge-arkitekter-will-design-our-new-campus - 2026-07-19

Tre forskare från Lunds universitet får anslag från Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse på sammanlagt 87 miljoner kronor för forskning inom framtidens halvledare, vårt immunologiska minne och nästa generations genterapier. Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse har beviljat 835 miljoner kronor i anslag till 30 projekt inom medicin, naturvetenskap och teknik som bedöms ha möjlighet att leda till fra

https://www.lu.se/artikel/tre-lundaforskare-far-78-miljoner-fran-wallenbergstiftelse - 2026-07-20

The University’s strategic platform has been updated for 2025 and is now applicable until 2027. Looking ahead, the platform will now be reviewed annually to ensure that it is optimally calibrated. "It is very pleasing to see that the University has started to climb the rankings in recent years. Lots of measures across many fronts have played a role, including the initiatives on international impac

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/strategies-are-development-international-issues-innovation-and-quality-enhancement - 2026-07-20

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. One of the two recent Lund University jubilee stamps depicts the young diabetes researchers Anna Edlund and Jones Ofori. They are pleased to be featured on the stamps – but it was a complete surprise to them both. “Obviously we knew that our picture had been taken. A couple of years ago, there was a photographer here

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/unknowing-researchers-became-stamp - 2026-07-19

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Under veckan har den terrormisstänkte Rakhmat Akilov själv berättat i rätten om attacken på Drottninggatan i Stockholm då fem personer miste livet. Lisa Flower, emotionssociolog, har tittat närmare på hur försvarsadvokater förhåller sig till allvarliga brott och hur de hanterar sina känslor i rättssalen. Nu är Lisa

https://www.soc.lu.se/artikel/hur-kan-du-forsvara-en-terrorist - 2026-07-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The 2nd Nordic HD Research Meeting will take place on Tuesday November 26, 2019 in the Belfrage hall at D15 of the Biomedical Center (BMC), Klinikgatan 32, in Lund, Sweden. It is organized by the Huntington Center and is open to HD researchers and clinicians in the Nordic countries. There will be a large number of dat

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/huntington-center-welcomes-hd-researchers-and-clinicians-nordic-countries-one-day-nordic-huntington - 2026-07-19

   Welcome to the 13th One Health Sweden Scientific Meeting! Time to registerDate: 10 October 2024Time: The scientific program takes place approximately between 10am and 5pm.Venue: On site meeting at PO Bäckströms sal, SLU, Umeå, Sweden. (No Teams/Zoom links will be provided.)Sessions:Session 1: “Arctic One Health”Session 2: “The Ecological Dimension of One Health”Session 3: “The effect of environ

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/welcome-13th-one-health-sweden-scientific-meeting-time-register - 2026-07-19

In a solemn ceremony in Lund Cathedral, the doctoral students who completed their research studies in the past year and successfully defended their doctoral theses at Lund University will have their degrees conferred. At the ceremony, degrees are also conferred on the faculties’ honorary doctors. Doctors who completed their PhDs 50 years ago become jubilee doctors. See photos from the ceremony The

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/general-doctoral-degree-conferment-ceremony-all-faculties-lund-university-26-may - 2026-07-20

The Lund Students’ Prize for Excellence in Teaching is awarded for outstanding contributions to education. This year, the prize has been awarded to Oriana Quaglietta Bernal, Department of Sociology, and Patrik Lindskoug, Department of Law. The Vice-Chancellor appoints the winners after a proposal by the student unions. The prize-winnersreceive a diploma and a salary rise in accordance with the loc

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-students-prize-excellence-teaching-2024 - 2026-07-20

Wobbling and laughing, a few of the girls glide over the ice. They are holding hands in a chain. If one falls, they all go down. They are thirteen recently arrived girls and five volunteers in the Save the Children project, Girl to Girl, who are meeting on a Sunday at the ice rink in Lund. One of the volunteers is studying Human Rights as an activity for the Certificate of International Merits (CI

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/students-dont-need-pack-their-bags-gain-international-qualifications - 2026-07-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “Of course there’s a bit of apprehension, just like when two people move in together. This is five families who have moved into the same building. We don’t know each other and our daily routines yet. We’ll have to find out as we go along”, said Therese Whass, a student at the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/five-departments-installed-lux - 2026-07-19

Paul O'Shea has written a policy brief on the deterrent role of US military bases in Japan The US-Japan alliance established over seventy years ago is typically described by leaders on both sides as the ‘cornerstone of peace and security in East Asia.’ While China and North Korea may not share this positive view of the impact of the alliance on the region, the fact is that few alliances in modern

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/policy-brief-european-union-institute-paul-oshea - 2026-07-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. DPCon2012 Conference Co-chairmen George Andros, MD, and David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD, are pleased to announce that the Edward James Olmos Award for Advocacy in Amputation Prevention Honoree for 2012 is Jan Apelqvist, MD, PhD. One of the world´s most distinguished experts on the diabetic foot, diabetes-related comp

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/2012-edward-james-olmos-award-advocacy-amputation-prevention - 2026-07-19