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According to the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2016-17 five Nordic universities appear among the top 100 in the world. Three of them are Swedish – Karolinska Institutet as No. 28 (same position as last year in spite of recent research scandal news), Uppsala University ranked as No. 93 (down by 12), and Lund University ranked as No. 96 (down by 6). The other two Nordic univ
February 15th was the deadline to make pre-notifications with the preliminary title and a contact person of proposed profile areas. We received 26 pre-notifications. Based on the preliminary titles, the 26 proposed profile areas that are being developed cover the breadth of the university very well. They contain many expected topics in which Lund University has a strong track-record, but also some
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/26-pre-notifications-profile-areas-received - 2025-10-15
Jesica López wins the Agenda 2030 Award for her research on the endangered Amazon rainforest. Carbon capture, end-of-life care and death cafés are also recognised in this year's edition. When the Agenda 2030 Graduate School at Lund University had to choose this year's winner of the Agenda 2030 Award, the steering board was faced with a difficult choice between many qualified entries. This year's a
On 14 October 2022, Jessica Giacomoni will defend her Ph.D. thesis. With the ultimate goal to develop a possible, future alternative to cell transplantation for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders, her research efforts have focused on the direct conversion of human glial cells into therapeutic neurons directly within the brain. Here, she tells us about future possibilities with this emerg
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/turning-glia-neurons-inside-brain-phd-interview-jessica-giacomoni - 2025-10-15
Statins are a cholesterol-lowering drug that almost one million Swedes take to reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease. But could perhaps statins also be used against breast cancer? Cancer researcher Signe Borgquist at least hopes so. Signe Borgquist and her colleagues found that statins had a tumour-inhibiting effect in a study they conducted of 50 women in Lund. With 9,000 new cases every ye
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/common-drug-may-have-effect-breast-cancer - 2025-10-15
Obesity and excess weight increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, but individuals of normal weight can also develop the disease. Researchers at Lund University have discovered that it is possible to identify at-risk individuals by measuring BMI in a new way. The authors of the study have identified metabolic alterations associated with obesity that can increase the risk of developing type
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-way-measuring-bmi-can-predict-risk-type-2-diabetes-individuals-normal-weight - 2025-10-15
Thanks to stem cell research, we now understand much more about the earliest stages of human development and what underlies many of our diseases. In recent years, the field has been revolutionised by several discoveries that have completely changed the landscape of stem cell research. Since its establishment as a strategic research centre, the Lund Stem Cell Center has become one of the strongest
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/twenty-years-revolutionary-stem-cell-research - 2025-10-16
Professor Petter Pilesjö has been appointed Head of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, which will be established at the turn of the year. Security, integration, and joy will be high on his agenda during the first year. How would you briefly describe your background and yourself as a person?– I see myself as a broad geographer. After completing my undergraduate studies in geoscienc
https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/petter-pilesjo-appointed-head-facultys-new-department - 2025-10-15
RQ20, the new major research quality evaluation, is underway! It is based on self-evaluations and will involve around 5 000 members of staff. In contrast to the last time, in 2008, there is no extra money for the fields of research that come out best. There will be no grades or gold stars. “However, the evaluation will provide considerable assistance for self-help”, promise project managers Freddy
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/research-be-evaluated-without-grades-or-gold-stars - 2025-10-15
This year’s Fernström Prize for young, particularly promising and successful researchers at Lund University is awarded to Professor Johan Malmström. He wins the award and prize of SEK 100 000 for his world-leading work on proteomics, a field of large scale protein analysis that charts the function and structure of proteins in order to better understand what happens when a disease develops in the b
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/lunds-fernstrom-prize-research-interaction-proteins - 2025-10-15
Researcher Emma Hammarlund realized that geological measurement methods can also be used for medical purposes. With a simple hair sample, she hopes to find cancer at an early stage. First in the study are prostate cancer and breast cancer. Now her project has been selected for the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences' (IVA) 100 list. The list also includes eight other research projects fr
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/ivas-100-list-hair-analysis-find-cancer-early-stage - 2025-10-15
The number of students with some form of impairment at Lund University has increased by almost 300 per cent in the last ten years. “My staff have more to do every year,” says Kia Olsson, head of office for Student Support and Advising Services. Lund University is not unique in experiencing an increase in the number of students requiring different types of support. The same trend has been evident a
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/significant-increase-students-need-learning-support - 2025-10-16
During his Ph.D. studies, Alexander Svanbergsson has established a modelling system to screen for factors affecting the aggregation of alpha-synuclein in Parkinson’s disease. On the 3rd of December, it is time for him to defend his work supervised by Prof. Jia-Yi Li. Now, Alexander tells us about his research in the research group Neural Plasticity and Repair at MultiPark. What is your research ab
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-alexander-svanbergsson - 2025-10-15
- De allt snabbare växande genetiska kunskaperna gör det möjligt att för första gången i grunden förstå vanliga sjukdomar som diabetes, säger Eric Lander. Han är en av världens mest betydelsefulla forskare inom genetik och systembiologi och sedan många år medlem i Lunds universitets Diabetescenters vetenskapliga råd. Med anledning av rådets möte och Eric Landers besök i Malmö återpublicerar diabet
https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/i-vara-gener-finns-svaret-pa-manga-sjukdomsgator - 2025-10-15
Graduation was approaching and alumnus Erik Månsson didn't know what he wanted to do. A few months later he received the diploma in his hand, as well as his first job - CEO for a start-up within Food Tech. We had a talk with Erik about his job - as well as the start-up world, student life and sources of inspiration. Erik, tell us about what you do today!I work as the CEO of a startup called Innosc
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/erik-mansson-alumnus-bsc-business-and-economics-2019 - 2025-10-15
The climate cannot handle the amount of animals we eat. There needs to be a protein shift, according to researcher Karolina Östbring who is involved in the Sustainability Week. Her vision is to create a platform for research on vegetable proteins at LU. Karolina Östberg Photo: Kennet Ruona. The human population is growing, while our ecological footprint needs to become much lower in order to redu
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/we-need-protein-shift - 2025-10-15
The interdisciplinary Pufendorf Institute has received excellent reviews in an international evaluation. The way people there think, experiment and collaborate across boundaries is impressive. According to the evaluators, the institute is now ready to also play a strategic role as the engine of interdisciplinary research throughout the University. At the Pufendorf Institute, interdisciplinary acti
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/pufendorf-institute-ready-become-interdisciplinary-engine - 2025-10-15
Remnants of plastic left by humans can now be found practically everywhere in nature – in waterways, within animals, and even amidst the clouds. In her thesis, Micaela Mafla-Endara examined how nanoplastics that end up in the soil affect the microorganisms living there. The answer is clear: there is an effect on the organisms and how they behave. One could say that Micaela Mafla-Endara and her tea
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/nanoplastics-influence-microbial-activity-soil - 2025-10-15
Hållbarhetsforskaren och konstnären Emma Johansson har använt konst som forskningsmetod i nästan åtta år. För henne erbjuder konsten ett alternativ för att samla in och sammanställa kunskap och information. Det är också ett sätt att ge tillbaka till de grupper som har bidragit till forskningen, eftersom de kan använda tavlorna för att berätta om sin situation för andra. År 2015 var första gången h
https://www.lu.se/artikel/hon-later-bilden-tala - 2025-10-16
På en masterkurs i handelsteori där ordinarie tentamen genomfördes skriftligt i sal innan pandemin slog till, genomfördes omtentamen och uppsamlingstentamen muntligt i Zoom. Photo by ThisisEngineering RAEng on Unsplash Kursen hade ca 20 studenter och för att efterlikna salstentamens utformning utfördes den tentamen i två delar. Studenterna fick olika starttider för tentamen, och i den första delen
https://www.education.lu.se/artikel/muntlig-tenta-zoom - 2025-10-15
