Pipetting in the dark. Special care was taken to prevent the introduction of artificial oxidation into the group's laboratory samples. A study conducted by researchers at Lund University has found that protein oxidation forms an additional layer of regulation during the development of fetal blood stem cells and may play a role in the development of leukemia. The results are now available in the jo

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/protein-oxidation-added-layer-regulation-during-blood-stem-cell-development - 2025-08-23

Researchers from the School of Social Work and the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) met for a conversation about improving home care. Photo: Kennet Ruona How long does it take to comfort someone? Does an egg need to be fried rather than boiled? LUM invited home care researchers from the School of Social Work and the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) for a conversation. They are meeting for the first time;

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/one-persons-workplace-anothers-home - 2025-08-22

IIIEE researcher Philip Peck Photo: Sara Bernstrup Nilsson Aiming for blue Beijing skies An increasingly ambitious environmental legislation has not reduced economic growth in the EU – indicating it will not do so in China either. This is good news for Chinese environmentalists, who have asked IIIEE researchers for evidence that supports their work for a greener China under bluer skies.Over the pa

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-iiiee-researcher-philip-peck - 2025-08-23

1.5 million Swedes and 850 million people globally suffer from migraines, a condition that Lars Edvinsson has been researching for almost forty years. Practically every day over the past year, he has received thank you letters from all over the world from patients whose lives have been transformed thanks to new medication based on his research. However, the path leading to this point has been long

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/migraine-researcher-who-bucked-trend - 2025-08-23

“Replication studies are not seen as valuable, but researchers and society need to know which studies hold up”, says Burak Tunca. Photo: erol ahmed, evan smogor och hans reniers/unsplash Science should be able to be reproduced, but in reality this is a step that is often overlooked. Researcher Burak Tunca at the School of Economics and Management sees several possible measures that could make rese

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/do-it-again-and-do-it-right - 2025-08-23

Eva Nordmark comes to Humlamaden three times a week to help look after the horses. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter Eva Nordmark was 62 when she received her Alzheimer’s diagnosis. But rather than life ending, it gave her the chance to reclaim parts of her life that she had not previously had time for. It is a sunny autumn day at the Humlamaden rehab centre outside Veberöd, and the stable is full of life and

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/when-memory-fails - 2025-08-23

Anna Löthman and Tove Eriksson: "Right now LU is a race car! Ordinarily, LU is a great ship with hundreds of smaller boats moving in its wake. Every movement is slow. Usually, it is practically impossible to turn that ship. Now things have happened fast! How has life and work changed during the pandemic? LUM has met coworkers with widely different situations, starting with Tove Eriksson and Anna L

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/everyday-life-wake-corona-crisis - 2025-08-23

Chair: Ulrika Andersson, Lund University, Anna Lindberg, Lund University, Nishi Mitra vom Berg, TISS VENUE: Tornrummet, Akademiska Föreningen (AF), Sandgatan 2, Lund Session 1: Femininity, Concepts and NotionsSeptember 20, 2016 Time: 14.30-16.30 Paper presenters: Soibam Haripriya, Rachna Chaudhary, EM Varughese, Sheba Saeed Session 2: Contesting Practices and NegotiationsSeptember 21, 2016 Time: 1

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/panel-7-women-and-gender-south-asian-modernity-vulnerabilities-and-violence - 2025-08-23

Professors Thoas Fioretos, Lao Saal, Carl Borrebaeck and Åke Borg are behind some of the most promising companies and approaches within diagnostics and treatment emerging from cancer research at Lund University. Photo: Tove Smeds, Olle Dahlbäck. Professors Carl Borrebaeck, Thoas Fioretos, Lao Saal and Åke Borg share their experiences in transforming groundbreaking research into diagnostic tools, t

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/how-turn-research-ideas-real-world-impact - 2025-08-23

Just over two weeks after the climate summit in Egypt, the leaders of the world’s countries are meeting again, this time to address another acute crisis facing humanity – the loss of biodiversity. The issue is less well-known than the climate crisis and no framework corresponding to the Paris agreement is in place – something that many people hope the December summit in Montreal will rectify. It i

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/it-time-put-biodiversity-agenda-five-lund-researchers-challenges-cop15 - 2025-08-23

Laura Duran Lozano defended her Ph.D. thesis “Genetic predisposition for Multiple Myeloma. Identification and functional characterization of risk variants” on Friday, 21 October 2022. At the end of October Laura Duran Lozano successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis. Motivated by the idea of helping patients and families impacted by cancer, and as part of the EU CanFaster Program, she has spent the p

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/uncovering-genetic-risk-factors-multiple-myeloma-phd-interview-laura-duran-lozano - 2025-08-23

Illustration: Catrin Jacobsson. 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. From the left Jamie Woodworth, in the middle Jesica López, the winner and Lina Lefstad to the right. Photo: Sara Håkansson When the Agenda 2030 Graduate School at Lund University ha

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/research-rainforests-death-cafes-and-seafloor-carbon-storage-wins-sustainability-award - 2025-08-22

Three projects have been awarded funding under the Sustainability Fund's call for proposals to test solutions to sustainability challenges in the organization, Sustainable Proposal Testbed. The focus is on mental health for students and reducing climate emissions from academic travel. For the second time, the university has awarded grants to employees who want to test sustainability solutions. The

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainable-workplace-project-wins-award - 2025-08-22

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/metabolic-health-plays-role-obesity-related-cancers - 2025-08-23

Pia Hovbrandt and Olof Sandgren have been awarded the title of Excellent Teaching Practitioner (ETP) and have been admitted to the faculty's Pedagogical Academy. Both are very honoured by the appointment and want to contribute to the pedagogical development of the faculty. Why is teaching fun?"Nowhere else than in the speech and language pathology programme can I meet students who are as intereste

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/etp-award-i-enjoy-when-students-dare-question-ill-founded-truths - 2025-08-23

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/annual-sasnet-symposium-held-lund - 2025-08-23

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 - 2025-08-23

Tobias Nielsen, Karin Bäckstrand and Helene Axelsson. Photo by IISD/ENB On Thursday, 11 June 2015, Lund University arranged a side-event at the Bonn Climate Change Conference. Tobias Nielsen, BECC PhD student, was one of the speakers. The Bonn Climate Change Conference side-event "Carbon footprints for effective climate policy on international trade" was arranged by Lund University on 11 June 2015

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/report-carbon-footprints-effective-climate-policy-international-trade - 2025-08-23

Photo of Andreas Bergh by Louise Larsson An economist as a comic book character, podcaster, or cultural commentator? Andreas Bergh from LUSEM has chosen all three (and a bit more) as he, alongside his lectures on microeconomics and the welfare state, curiously explores various ways to reach the public. Here, he shares his best tips on where and why. Comics – because it’s so challenging. "It’s a ch

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/andreas-bergh-media-choices-research-communication - 2025-08-23

COP29, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, has just started in Baku, Azerbaijan. Running from 11th to 22nd November, a key priority for this year's climate conference is to secure a new goal on climate finance, ensuring every country has the means to take much stronger climate action, slashing greenhouse gas emissions and building resilient communities. LUCSUS researchers and LUMES alumn

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-cop29-baku-azerbaijan - 2025-08-23