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Currently, a lot is known about which genes are responsible for our individual blood groups, however not much is understood about how and why the levels of the blood group molecules differ between one person and another. And this can be important for blood transfusion safety. Now a research group in Lund has developed a toolbox that finds the answer – and in doing so, has solved a 50-year-old myst

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-bioinfomatics-pipeline-solves-50-year-old-blood-group-puzzle - 2025-12-01

There are delicious smells emanating from the kitchen at the Malmö apartment of nutrition physiologist, Louise Brunkwall. Today, she is making pasta and vegetable sauce for lunch. A clean up before the interview with LUM means she can no longer find anything in the kitchen cupboards: “Usually there is always some kind of organised chaos here!” Louise Brunkwall knew from an early age that she wante

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/help-your-body-outwit-reptile-brain - 2025-12-01

After climate change, biodiversity loss is the biggest environmental challenge facing the world today. The loss of plant and animal species also means a loss of the resources that humans obtain from well-functioning ecosystems. At Lund University, a project is underway in which researchers are studying how work to counteract these losses is carried out with so-called green infrastructure. In today

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/green-infrastructure-planning-and-designing-functioning-nature - 2025-12-01

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/reflections-what-coronavirus-pandemic-could-mean-favelas-brazil-ebba-brink - 2025-12-02

The war against terror is coming to an end. Has China become the victor? The Middle East seems to be moving towards more authoritarian regimes. A large influx of migrants and refugees and increasing population growth are likely to affect the region over the coming decades. And what about climate change? Is the Middle East becoming wetter, drier, or both? Watch five Middle East scholars trendspotti

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/trendspotting-future-challenges-middle-east - 2025-12-02

26 October 2016 On 26 October, three trial lectures will take place at the IIIEE for the position as “Professor in policy analysis - for the transition to low-carbon and resource efficient economies”.As part of the recruitment process for the position as “Professor in policy analysis - for the transition to low-carbon and resource efficient economies” at the IIIEE, the Academic Appointments Board

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/trial-lectures-position-professor-policy-analysis-transition-low-carbon-and-resource-efficient - 2025-12-02

During the period of 2019-2021. Per Mickwitz will be the new Director of the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE), during the period of 2019-2021. Per Mickwitz is currently the Research Director of the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), where he is also a research professor.  As of 1 January 2019, he will be Director of the IIIEE and he will be employed as prof

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/mickwitz-his-new-position-director-iiiee - 2025-12-02

On 28 April, we will be highlighting Work Environment Day. We create our work environment together and everyone’s engagement is needed to create a safe and good work environment. On that particular day, it is perhaps especially important to recognise our health and safety representatives. They are elected and have a very important role in preventive work environment management with high expectatio

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/work-environment-day-28-april-day-entire-university - 2025-11-30

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/thirteen-lund-projects-prestigious-list - 2025-11-30

The total sick leave among government employees increased to 4.1 per cent last year, reports the ST trade union’s magazine, Publikt*. Lund University has the lowest sick leave among the ten largest government employers with 2.6 per cent. “It’s naturally very pleasing to see that our sick leave is low compared with other large public authorities. However, we know that generally higher education ins

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/national-comparison-shows-lund-university-has-lowest-sick-leave - 2025-11-30

The Central Administration must reduce its costs by SEK 20 million. The University Management therefore plans to reduce university-wide support for commissioned education. This is one of several measures to balance the Central Administration’s finances. The proposal that has now been presented entails that university-wide support will be reduced to cover a smaller node with two to three full-time

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/reduced-university-wide-support-commissioned-education - 2025-11-30

Daniel Bexell, Joan Yuan and Andreas Nilsson have each been awarded the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant. They will spend five years conducting research on childhood cancer neuroblastoma, the crucial role of B cells in our immune system and the Earth’s magnetic field. Daniel Bexell, senior lecturer and associate professor at the Division of Translational Cancer Research, has received an ERC Cons

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/three-lund-researchers-receive-erc-consolidator-grants - 2025-11-30

All teaching staff must submit a report concerning secondary employment by 31 March at the latest. Teaching staff who do not hold secondary employment are also to report this. Reporting and assessment is done in Primula. Be careful to choose the current year (2024) in the report. Heads of department are to have assessed and explained decisions on secondary employment by 30 April at the latest. Tea

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/time-teaching-staff-report-secondary-employment - 2025-11-30

Learning Hub Syd is a new initiative that aims to generate and share knowledge about collaborative governance. The hub focuses on developing the cities’ capacity to manage complex climate challenges with other stakeholders. This is done by creating a platform where the cities can work together and benefit from each other’s experiences and knowledge. The project will be coordinated by Lund Universi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/learning-hub-syd-new-collaboration-and-knowledge-sharing-platform-climate-neutral-cities - 2025-11-30

The LLLDo lab in Malmö is part of “Lund University optically stimulated luminescence center for dating and dosimetry” (Lu2D2) together with Lund Luminescence Laboratory (LLL) at the Department of Geology. LLLDo is actively participating in the European Radiation Dosimetry group (EURADOS) WG10 (retrospective dosimetry) and is part of the European Network of Biological and retrospective physical dos

https://www.msf-malmo.lu.se/article/lund-luminescence-laboratory-dosimetry-llldo-lab - 2025-12-01

A lot of people feed birds in the winter, but what is good for them and what is not? Andreas Nord, bird researcher at the Department of Biology in Lund knows the answer. “Fat is a lot better than crumbs from bread, pastry and buns. Fat is energy, bread is empty calories,” he says.Saffron is a popular “Christmas spice” for baking. For quite some time there have been warnings on social media about f

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/christmas-goodies-birds - 2025-12-01

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/175-symposium-9-11-crc - 2025-12-01

Too much focus has been on how long animals can move. Important issues such as what they eat, how fast they breed and how well they adapt to different habitats have been neglected. Paul Caplat, researcher at the Centre for Environmental and Climate and BECC, is one of the researchers behind the review published in the journal Trends in Ecology & Evolution. Paul Caplat, BECC researcher at Lund Univ

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/broader-view-needed-predict-wildlife-climate-change-survival - 2025-12-01

Professor Sölve Elmståhl is co-author of the article Predictive Performance of the FIF Screening Tool in 2 Cohorts of Community-Living Older Adults which has been published in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. The study shows that the screening tool First-time Injurious Fall (FIF) can identify fall risks in older men and women and be used for preventive purposes. Injurious

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/new-study-shows-screening-tool-fif-can-prevent-first-time-injurious-falls-among-older-adults - 2025-12-01

The Centre for European Studies at Lund University (CFE) regularly awards smaller travel grants to students who would benefit from carrying out field studies in connection with their Bachelor’s or Master’s thesis. The overall theme of the thesis must be related to European affairs, broadly interpreted. Students enrolled at Lund University, who are planning to write their Bachelor’s or Master’s the

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/apply-now-student-travel-grants - 2025-12-01