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Diabetes researcher and cardiologist Isabel Goncalves at Lund University Diabetes Centre (LUDC) has teamed up with ultrasound researchers at the Faculty of Engineering at Lund University (LTH) to identify dangerous atherosclerotic plaques at an early stage. The team is now being awarded Lund University’s and Sparbanken Skåne’s Future Innovations Award to develop their idea further. In atherosclero

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/innovation-aims-identify-dangerous-atherosclerotic-plaques-wins-prize - 2026-07-01

Do you have a lot of ideas but nobody and no time to pursue them? Do as Nicole van Der Burg and get an intern through Jobbsprånget ("job leap"). Why did you apply to Jobbsprånget?– As a small lab we have a lot of big ideas with hardly any free time to pursue them, especially with patients sample collection taking up half our week. We knew that if we had a little more time to get some preliminary d

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/internship-programme-jobbspranget-was-just-kickstart-we-needed - 2026-07-01

A working group, led by Vice Dean Eva Ageberg, has mapped the needs for career support activities at our Faculty. The changes are now being rolled out. Career support means guidance and inspiration regarding career and the labour market. The goal of the mapping has been to enable the faculty to offer career support to a broad target group, thereby reaching many employees at the Faculty of Medicine

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/faculty-career-support-redesigned-include-larger-and-broader-target-groups - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUCSUS researchers are developing an Urban Living Lab approach to adress sustainability in the food, water, energy nexus through the case of craft beer sector in Sweden (Scania). The LUCSUS researchers, Barry Ness, Darin Wahl and Christine Wamsler are working in a large transdisciplinary research project called GLOCUL

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/promoting-sustainability-swedish-craft-beer-sector-through-urban-living-labs - 2026-07-01

Megg Garcia-Ryde’s thesis sheds light on the early pathological processes in Alzheimer’s disease and the interplay between neurons and microglia as the disease evolves. October 10, she defends her thesis. Now, she gives her perspectives from a close collaboration between the experimental neuroinflammation laboratory and the experimental dementia research group and how she brings together the exper

https://www.neuroinflammation.lu.se/article/neuroimmune-crosstalk-early-alzheimers-disease-phd-interview-megg-garcia-ryde - 2026-07-01

20 years of measurements are only the beginning. Long-term measurements over several decades are crucial to enable predictions of how airborne particles affect the future climate, according to Lund University researcher Erik Ahlberg. “Long-term measurements are important to prove that various climate initiatives actually work. Say we were to close all coal power plants today – with our time-series

https://www.science.lu.se/article/long-term-measurements-show-how-climate-changing - 2026-07-01

Long-term effective methods are needed to curb the negative effects of coastal erosion. Within the LIFE Coast Adapt project, researchers from Lund University, together with officials from Region Skåne and several coastal municipalities in Skåne, have tested various nature-based methods to contribute to a practice in the field. The project has now come to an end with promising results. In the LIFE

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/collaboration-led-methods-can-protect-our-coastal-environments-erosion - 2026-07-01

LUCSUS research is global in scope and covers many topics and countries. Last year, in 2024, researchers conducted field work in places such as India, Nepal, Ghana, Colombia, USA and Kenya. Visiting the home of perennial research in Kansa, USALUCSUS researchers Elina Andersson, Lennart Olsson and Stefan Schuller, who are all working in the PERENNIAL project, participated in the project’s annual me

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/read-about-lucsus-fieldwork-2024 - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Stefan Gössling, Professor in Service Management and Service Studies has published and article on The Conversation based on his latest research which has been widely circulated in the media, in Sweden but also internationally during the week. Article published on The conversation, october 22 Author: Stefan GösslingThe

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/celebrities-cause-10000-times-more-carbon-emissions-flying-average-person - 2026-07-01

According to a travel survey conducted last autumn, better public transport and secure bicycle parking at the workplace are the main measures needed to reduce car commuting. There are also differences in travel patterns between faculties. "The travel survey provides a valuable insight into the commuters’ wishes on what can facilitate sustainable travel in their everyday lives. Now we can weave thi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/depth-report-employees-commutes-lund - 2026-06-30

Here follows the second part of our interview with Andrea Dell'Isola, a physiotherapist and associate professor at Lund University. If you haven't read the first part, you can find it here! The link to the arthritis portal opens in a new tab.It's often said that exercise is beneficial for individuals affected by arthritis. However, is there any specific form of exercise that is better or worse for

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/what-does-physiotherapist-say-about-exercise-osteoarthritis - 2026-07-01

Here follows the third and final part of our theme on osteoarthritis of the wrist and fingers, if you have missed the two previous parts you will find these at the bottom of the page. Since a lot of The Arthritis Portal's articles are about knee and hip OA, we took the opportunity to ask Katarina Mortazavi, Freya Kristjansdottir, and Sara Larsson also about training and advice on OA of the wrist/f

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/oa-wrist-and-fingers-part-iii - 2026-07-01

The Promobilia Foundation is investing SEK 25 million in a new large-scale research project targeting Parkinson’s disease. The donation enables four research groups—one at Lund University and three at Karolinska Institutet—to join forces in developing new treatment strategies that address the root causes of the disease. Using innovative approaches, including advanced gene therapies and targeted ve

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/promobilia-foundation-invests-sek-25-million-new-large-scale-research-project-targeting-parkinsons - 2026-07-01

Lund University has a large and broad range of research infrastructure on offer. Several are world-leading. Unfortunately, however, in many cases the knowledge among researchers of what is on offer is low. “There are many researchers who are unaware of what the University has and what is accessible or how the infrastructure can help their research”, says Kajsa M Paulsson who is infrastructure coor

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/find-research-infrastructures-lucris-and-develop-your-research - 2026-07-01

Lund University Virus Centre (LUVC) holds festive inauguration (May 27). There was no ribbon-cutting ceremony, but instead a symbolic demolition of a 3D-printed giant virus marked the official opening of the virus centre.Three deans—current and former—as well as professors who have succeeded one another at the Faculty of Medicine and played key roles in bringing LUVC to life, attended the ceremony

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/lund-universitys-virus-centre-inaugurated-symbolic-demolition-giant-virus - 2026-07-01

The Promobilia Foundation is investing SEK 25 million in a new large-scale research project targeting Parkinson’s disease. The donation enables four research groups—one at Lund University and three at Karolinska Institutet—to join forces in developing new treatment strategies that address the root causes of the disease. Using innovative approaches, including advanced gene therapies and targeted ve

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/promobilia-foundation-invests-sek-25-million-new-large-scale-research-project-targeting-parkinsons - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. It has long been known that the choice of shoe, surface and type of sport can all be contributing factors when someone suffers an anterior cruciate ligament rupture. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now observed that genes also play a decisive role. By analysing data from the Swedish Twin Register along w

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/genes-play-role-common-knee-injury - 2026-07-01

Last Tuesday, our PhD Candidate Lisa Heldt “nailed” her freshly printed PhD thesis. This traditional “spikning” takes place three weeks and three days before the official defense and it involves the PhD Candidate nailing (att spika in Swedish) their physical thesis to a public board where it can be read and scrutinized by the public before the official defense ceremony. At the same time, the spikn

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/spikning-doctoral-thesis-lisa-heldt - 2026-07-01

Principal Investigator Christopher Douse and the Epigenetics and Chromatin Dynamics research group join Lund Stem Cell Center, where they will explore the control and influence of ‘genomic dark matter’ in human brain development. Motivated by fundamental questions about mechanisms underpinning human disease, Christopher Douse’s research interests have gradually shifted from the natural sciences to

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/new-research-group-led-christopher-douse-joins-lund-stem-cell-center - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Patrik Olsson and Rustam Urinboyev visited Tashkent in Uzbekistan in October to give policy advise on crime prevention and anti-corruption issues and were interviewed by Uzbek television. Two of our researchers in Sociology of Law, Senior Lecturer Patrik Olsson and Senior Research Fellow Rustam Urinboyev, are currentl

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/uzbek-tv-reports-our-researchers-crime-prevention-and-anti-corruption-work-country - 2026-07-01