https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/next-generation-wound-gel-treats-and-prevents-infections - 2025-08-27

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/researchers-believe-sugar-and-obesity-can-make-cancer-cells-more-difficult-kill - 2025-08-27

Johan Richter and Ilana Moscatelli. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter Johan Richter's research has resulted in the successful development of gene therapy for the hereditary disease malignant infantile osteopetrosis. For the past few years, the research group has established a collaboration with an American biotech company and all the permits needed to start a clinical trial have now been obtained. Every year

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/successful-biotech-collaboration-brings-gene-therapy-project-clinic - 2025-08-27

Harmful variants in cellular networks divided by different forms of cancer. Lund researcher Mauno Vihinen has received a grant from the Cancer Foundation to develop AI methods that in the long run enable improved cancer diagnosis. One of the researchers who has received a grant from the Cancer Foundation is Mauno Vihinen, professor of medical structural biology at the Department of Experimental Me

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/improved-and-tailored-prediction-methods-cancer - 2025-08-27

"Given the urgency of climate action, every meeting matters," says Markku Rummukainen. Photo: Johan Persson The UN's annual climate summit, COP28, is just around the corner. Starting on 30 November, the world's countries will meet for two weeks to discuss global climate cooperation and how to achieve the climate goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement. This time the meeting will be held in Dubai, United

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/five-questions-markku-rummukainen-ahead-cop28-climate-summit - 2025-08-27

Bumblebees are a key wild and commercial pollinator. Yet commonly used farmland pesticides continue to harm bumblebees. Photo: Theresia Krausl A new study from Lund confirms that pesticides commonly used in farmland significantly harm bumblebees. Data from 106 sites across eight European countries show that despite tightened pesticide regulations, more needs to be done. Despite claims of the world

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/commonly-used-pesticides-are-still-harming-pollinators - 2025-08-27

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/global-climate-deal-renewables-and-net-zero-energy-systems - 2025-08-27

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/annual-sasnet-symposium-held-lund - 2025-08-27

Young people in India are often described as a well-educated and progressive force. How does that align with the right-wing populism sweeping through the country? Journalism student Linn Jönsson embarked on a reporting journey to Bombay, delving into religious and political conflicts of present-day India. In the Fall of 2023, Linn Jönsson received the SASNET travel grant for journalism students at

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/reporting-bombay-young-perspectives-indian-politics - 2025-08-27

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/finding-small-and-unknown-funders-networking-led-multi-million-grant - 2025-08-27

Do you want to take your research further? Innovation developer Cecilia Jädert at LU Innovation encourages researchers to come and present their idea. Register for a workshop no later than 9 September. Also, read about the Faculty researchers who got help to start a business. So, what is an innovation? "That's a good question. The simple answer is: come and talk to us! We are always curious about

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/innovation-workshop-researchers-how-think-entrepreneur - 2025-08-27

In a study led by Lund University, researchers can show for the first time that traumatic brain injuries activate dormant endogenous retroviruses that have been inserted into human DNA over the course of millions of years. The activation of these viruses may be the driving force behind the inflammation that worsens the brain injury. The study is published in Cell Reports. In the event of head trau

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/severe-brain-trauma-activates-dormant-endogenous-retroviruses-brain - 2025-08-27

It took four weeks to build the new laboratory. Photo: Erik Andersson After a trip from Portugal, the new exposure chambers have arrived in Lund. LTH’s aerosol and climate scientists welcome the lab delivery with great expectations and are getting ready for a four-week construction project. Several years of preparation are now bearing fruit. The aerosol and climate labs at LTH have merged into one

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/unique-combo-lab-paves-way-new-research-breakthroughs - 2025-08-27

The palm house in the Botanical Garden is to be renovated and the environment improved for both staff and visitors. Production is planned for 2024 and expected to take just over a year. The project was initiated by the University and the Botanical Garden because the cycads and other plants in the palm house require more space while the glass and technical systems in the building need reviewing and

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/palm-house-botanical-garden-be-remodelled - 2025-08-27

Jenny Palm has been appointed to the position of Director and Lena Neij, who has temporarily been managing the institute in 2021, will go back to focusing on research. Jenny holds a role as Professor in Sustainable Urban Governance at the IIIEE since 2017 and will start in her new role February 1. Fredrik Andersson, Chairman of the IIIEE board and Professor at Lund University School of Economics a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/jenny-palm-new-director-iiiee - 2025-08-27

The University is growing and developing, which entails the need for changes of campus. At the moment, around 35% of the University’s premises are under refurbishment, planning or reconstruction. As this brings major changes affecting the entire University, the work on campus development needs to be reinforced. A campus development office, with responsibility for campus development issues and incl

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/university-establishes-campus-development-office - 2025-08-27

The strategic research areas (SRAS) host half-day workshops that discuss sustainability across research environments at Lund University. After nine engaging workshops, three more workshops are planned on topics of equality in research environments, research impact of multidisciplinary collaborations, and writing policy briefs. “Not everyone sees their research as relevant to sustainability,” says

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sra-workshops-sustainability-continue-fall - 2025-08-27

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/nobel-economics-prize - 2025-08-27

Here is a brief update on what's going on in the salary movement, when this year's salary review might start at Lund University and what the different steps are. Industry "marks the spot" Some time ago, this year's negotiations between the parties in the competitive industry were finalised. The result of these negotiations is usually called the "mark" and often constitutes the starting point for t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/when-does-years-salary-review-start - 2025-08-28

The Faculty of Medicine has reviewed its communications activities and made some changes. They have reorganised their ways of working and have even reworked their internal website, Intramed. 2022 saw the reorganisation of the communication activities at the Faculty, taking as its starting point an analysis made from  2019-2020 of the situation as it was then, including proposals for improvements.

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-internal-website-staff-faculty-medicine-has-made-difference - 2025-08-28