Fluorescent microscope image of control MBP-positive oligodendrocytes (in green) co-stained with alpha-synuclein (in red). It is possible to observe neurites positive for alpha-synuclein. Photo Credit: Carla Azevedo. Researchers from Lund University, led by Dr. Laurent Roybon, are working to further define underlying mechanisms involved in neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson’s Disease an

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https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/huntingtons-complex-brain-disease-affects-movement-thoughts-and-feelings - 2025-08-27

In her teaching in organization and leadership at Lund University School of Economics and Management, Nadja Sörgärde works in line with what is called "blended learning". Here she talks about how she thinks about course design and use of video in teaching. Photo: Surface on Unsplash.com and Johan Bävman. My idea is that the students should be given the best possible conditions for deep learning an

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/blended-learning-practice - 2025-08-27

In May, Salma Mahamed, Gustavo Cadenas Delascio, Marta Pitino and Ismail Bazine participated in our third doctoral course, coordinated by the University of Gothenburg: ‘Making Foreign Aid Work: Managing tensions between top-down and bottom-up approaches’. The participants took part in online literature seminars, but also our onsite workshop in Gothenburg.  The course brought together both doctoral

https://www.developmentresearchschool.lu.se/article/salma-mahamed-i-found-it-very-meaningful-discuss-practitioners-field - 2025-08-27

Master´s theses that excel in originality and academic quality, providing new knowledge with strong relevance and practical implications to society related to transformation – those are the qualities that are awarded with the SSCEN Sustainability Prize. The 2024 winners are now selected by the jury, one thesis carried out at the Faculty of Engineering and one thesis from the School of Economics an

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/winners-sscen-sustainability-prize-masters-theses-2024 - 2025-08-27

Nerve cells created from stem cells. Photo: Janko Kajtez /Parmar Group 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 rese

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/twenty-years-revolutionary-stem-cell-research - 2025-08-28

Tony Ingesson and David Gisselsson Nord. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter David Gisselsson Nord and Tony Ingesson both love spy novels and have a nerdy interest in history. Their shared curiosity resulted in an interdisciplinary collaboration about how it might be possible to inspire smarter cancer treatment with the help of methods from espionage and intelligence analysis. Tony Ingesson finds it fairly easy

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/cancer-researcher-and-intelligence-expert - 2025-08-28

Faith, Nahid, David and Pamla came from Africa to Lund to learn more about innovation, transformation and resilience for sustainable development. Photo: Anna Löthman 18 delegates traveled from Africa to Lund to learn more about innovation, transformation and resilience for sustainable development. Why come all this way? And what knowledge will they bring back? Meet Pamla, Faith, Nahed and David an

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/africa-lund-joining-course-lusem - 2025-08-27

Both sides in the Israel-Palestine conflict see the other party as an enemy, which confirms the threat. It is necessary to put the civilians and their suffering in focus, says Lisa Strömbom. Photo: Shutterstock Strong external pressure is needed to stop the violence between Israel and Hamas, which  has harvested immense humanitarian suffering on both sides. And it must happen quickly, according to

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/israel-palestine-conflict-external-pressure-needed-bring-parties-negotiating-table - 2025-08-27

Faith, Nahid, David and Pamla came from Africa to Lund to learn more about innovation, transformation and resilience for sustainable development. Photo: Anna Löthman 18 people came from Africa to Lund to learn more about innovation, transformation and resilience for sustainable development. Why come all this way? And what knowledge will they bring back? Meet Pamla, Faith, Nahed and David and learn

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/africa-lund-joining-course-lusem - 2025-08-27

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Her Majesty Queen Silvia inaugurated the conference. Photo: Yanan Li/Kungl. Hovstaterna Återupplev nordiska gerontologi konferensen NKG 2024 i bilder. SWEAH medverkade med en rad doktorander, handledare och forskare samtliga konferensdagar på Karolinska Institutet i Stockholm, i mitten av juni 2024.   Opening act with Balettakademien and Dance for Parkinson, a dance program designed for individual

https://sweah.lu.se/artikel/sweah-pa-nordiska-gerontologikonferensen-nkg2024 - 2025-08-27

Forest in Morzine, France. Photo by Guy Bowden on Unsplash. The climate crisis has received less media coverage during the corona pandemic despite that many think the climate challenges demand equally urgent attention. During the coming two weeks the United Nations gather the world in the Climate Dialogues 2020 “to increase the momentum for greater climate ambition” in an online format. Our climat

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/global-climate-dialogues-boost-climate-work - 2025-08-27

Professor Natascha Kljun and Station Manager Anders Båth in the Norunda forest. Photo: Irene Lehner. Growing forests can limit climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store the carbon in their biomass as they grow. How much carbon a forest stores varies between tree species, the forests age, weather conditions and how the forest is managed. Young growing forests store a

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/well-managed-forests-can-limit-climate-change - 2025-08-27

Emilia Wiklund´s poster presents older people's experiences of having been involved in a co-creative process and also an innovation project. Emilia Viklund is a SWEAH-affiliated doctoral student in health sciences at the Faculty of Education and Welfare Studies, Åbo Akademi University. In her research, she examines the mental well-being of the elderly and the connection to the use of digital tools

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/emilia-viklund-winner-poster-competition-during-sweah-milestone-conference - 2025-08-27

The title of Mahwish Naseer´s thesis is "Why do older adults seek emergency care? Impact of contextual factors, care, health, and social relations". One important finding is that older people who were discharged home, instead of being admitted to inpatient care from the emergency department, were at higher risk of emergency care revisit within 30 days of the initial visit. What is your research ab

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/new-light-factors-explaining-older-peoples-emergency-care-use - 2025-08-27

Fr. left: Nilla Andersson, Susanne Iwarsson, Cate Pemble, Mahwish Naseer, Anna Nivestam, Sadhana Jagannath, Maria Glans, Mary Njoki, Ana Luiza Moraes, Amy Prescott, Theresa Westgård, Wenqian Xu and Katarina Billing. Photo: Lill Eriksson Eleven postdocs from around the world, with a particular interest in research in ageing and health, visited Lund University at the beginning of the new year. Mento

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/so-can-alumni-structure-their-research-career - 2025-08-27

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A long-tailed tit. Photo: Wikimedia Long life is common among bird parents that get help with childcare. This finding comes from researchers at the universities of Lund and Oxford who reviewed data from more than 9,000 studies. Being a parent can be tough. In general, animals that care for many offspring die young, at least in species where parents are not helped by others. However, in some specie

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/bird-parents-receive-help-live-longer - 2025-08-27