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Underground fungi play a central role in the fragile ecosystems of atoll islands. The unique symbiotic relationship between these fungi and rainforest trees is vital for the restoration of nature and ultimately for the survival of coral reefs. New research shows how fungi help nutrients to move between the forest and the sea. Palmyra Atoll is a remote and uninhabited cluster of small islands halfw

https://www.science.lu.se/article/fungi-crucial-recovery-tropical-islands - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In this short interview, Dana R. Fisher, visiting professor at LUCSUS, gives us an insight into her research interests, what she is working on, and what excites her at the moment. Professor Fisher is a professor of  sociology and Director of the Program for Society and the Environment at the University of Maryland.Wha

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/intersectionality-resistance-us-fascinates-me-visiting-professor-dana-r-fisher - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Professor Leif Groop, Lund University, has been awarded Söderbergska priset i medicin 2014 (the Söderberg award for medicine 2014) for his pioneering work in diabetes research both in relation to general and clinical research. “Naturally, receiving this award is hugely encouraging for me, the research group I represen

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/professor-leif-groop-lund-university-has-been-awarded-soderbergska-priset-i-medicin-2014 - 2026-07-05

It was Dolly the sheep that decided the fate of Filipe Pereira's future career. The choice lay between becoming an architect or a researcher, when one of the world's most extreme examples of cell reprogramming aroused his curiosity about the inner works of the human body. – I was in high school when I heard about Dolly the sheep, which fascinated me! How can a single, mature cell give rise to an e

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/dolly-sheep-inspired-him-build-trojan-horse - 2026-07-05

For those of you that maybe did not know, WCMM Lund has a Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) composed of four internationally recognized experts. Two of them know the WCMM Centre quite well by now and the other two are just newly recruited. The role of the WCMM SAB is to provide strategic guidance and direction the WCMM Centre regarding scientific aspects, strategic directions and provides recommenda

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/get-know-scientific-advisory-board - 2026-07-05

Interview with CMES researcher Svante Lundgren about antisemitism in relation to Israel and Palestine. The original article, in Swedish, was published on 8 November 2023 as part of the LU Newsletter Apropå. Every violent escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has led to an increase in antisemitism in many countries. This is also the case with the current war between Israel and Hamas, argue

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/increased-antisemitism-linked-israel-and-palestine - 2026-07-05

Each year, Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies welcomes international Fellows who join our interdisciplinary research groups. The Institute’s coordinator Eva Persson tells us about the programme and why it matters. What is the International Fellows Programme?Experience has shown that the core idea of the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies holds true: When people with different perspecti

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/opening-minds-across-borders-our-international-fellows-pufendorf-ias - 2026-07-05

After 20 years of research on gene therapy and the rare blood disease, Diamond-Blackfan Anemia, DBA, researcher Johan Flygare had reached a point where he and his colleagues had done everything they could in the lab. Even though they had proof of concept their gene therapy would work, engaging companies had been difficult. Then, in 2021, he received an e-mail. LONGREAD. The message came from Ameri

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/science-start-developing-gene-therapy-rare-blood-disorder - 2026-07-05

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 - 2026-07-05

Vad kommer vi att få se för innovationer i framtiden? Under tisdagen presenterades åtta av de mest innovativa idéer och projekt som just nu finns inom Lunds universitet. De fick dela på totalt 400 000 kronor när Lunds universitets och Sparbanken Skånes pris för framtidens innovationer delades ut. I studentkategorin tog Aatu Keränen och Peymon Hashimoto hem det stora priset för sin idé som kan bidr

https://www.innovation.lu.se/artikel/har-finns-framtidens-innovationer - 2026-07-05

Pathologists and coroners are now commonplace in crime novels and TV crime series and are often depicted as slightly odd people. Elisabet Englund has worked at the Division of Pathology in Lund for over 40 years. She has often been told that she is a little ‘too happy’ to be a pathologist. “Yes, there is a stereotype of people who work with dead people, which perhaps contributes to the mystificati

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/death-our-textbook-life - 2026-07-05

A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that the ability of microorganisms to adapt to climate warming will slow down global warming by storing carbon in soil. In the study, researchers collected soil samples from across Europe in a wide range of temperatures, from minus 3.1 to 18.3 degrees Celsius. The samples revealed that microorganisms in soils – such as bacteria and fungi – are stron

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/microorganisms-climate-adaptation-can-slow-down-global-warming - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that plant-eating insects affect forest ecosystems considerably more than previously thought. Among other things, the insects are a factor in the leaching of nutrients from soil and increased emissions of carbon dioxide. The researchers also establish that the temperatu

https://www.science.lu.se/article/plant-eating-insects-disrupt-ecosystems-and-contribute-climate-change - 2026-07-05

Thanks to the Gaia space telescope, scientists have discovered a black hole in the Milky Way. The object, Gaia BH3, is located in the Eagle constellation, less than 2 000 light years from the Sun. Lennart Lindegren, Professor Emeritus of Astronomy at the Department of Physics, who has worked for many years to develop the measurement methods used by Gaia, is delighted with the new space discovery.

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/scientists-find-spectacular-black-hole - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Antoinette Hetzler is invited as one of the main speakers to the third International Symposium on Bullying that will be held in Tokyo Japan, December 4, 2016. Antoinette Hetzler will, together with Mitsuru Taki (NIER), discuss issues of bullying in less violent crime societies.Results are from a longitudinal comparati

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/hetzler-one-main-speakers-symposium-bullying - 2026-07-05

On 27 March, the book launch of Kjell Å. Modéer’s work Ruth’s Book. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Lund, Sweden and the World. A Personal Biography took place. This personal biography of Ruth Bader Ginsburg – RBG – was inspired by her strong ties to Sweden and her periods of residence in Lund during the 1960s. At that time, she worked on a project on Swedish civil procedure, intended for an American readers

https://www.law.lu.se/article/personal-biography-ruth-bader-ginsburg-and-her-time-lund - 2026-07-05

Activity support from The Network for Computational Science at the Faculty of Science PurposeFunding of a visiting researcher to have a seminar or workshopWho can apply?Any employee of the Faculty of Science BackgroundThe Faculty of Science has provided 100 000 SEK during 2026 to the Network for joint activities in Computational Science. We have decided to use some of this funding to support resea

https://www.compile.lu.se/article/call-visiting-researchers-computational-science-2026 - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Jakob Skovgaard has co-authored the article “The Politics of Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Their Reform: Implications for Climate Change Mitigation” with Harro van Asselt. The article is published in the journal “Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews – Climate Change”. It examines the political implications of policies subsidis

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/skovgaard-politics-fossil-fuel-subsidies-and-climate-change - 2026-07-05

Things are going well now, for our Faculty. Vice Dean Thomas Hellmark, Head of Education, is pleased with UHR's latest statistics. "More people want to study with us, so the admitted students' grades are rising, which means that they have better prior knowledge and thus better conditions to cope with their studies.” All our programmes have more reserve places than last year and most programmes hav

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/new-semester-years-admission-figures-are-gratifying-it-will-be-fun-receive-our-new-students - 2026-07-05

It is not easy to make ends meet for many smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. Everyday life is a complex management of many activities, especially for women, such as providing, preparing and cooking food; provide water and energy for cooking; manage farm activities; rearing children; and not least ensure that the family is healthy. Ill-health can easily tip families into abject poverty. Imp

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/impact-story-building-capacity-and-improving-everyday-life-sub-saharan-africa - 2026-07-05