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https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/could-normal-water-prevent-diabetes-obesity-and-cardiovascular-disease - 2025-12-17

We are very happy to announce that Lund University have been granted a new Project within Climate-KIC. The project is called "An Insurance-based climate adaptation tool for potato farming". Potato Late blight (Phytophthora infestans) is a devastating potato disease which occurs earlier and earlier in the potato growing season over the last decades. Compared to other crops, potatoes require very hi

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/new-climate-kic-project-awarded-lund-university - 2025-12-17

The second Climate-KIC Nordic Ideation Day was held at DTU Skylab on the 27th of January 2017. From preparations all the way until the finishing drinks, the event was in every way a great success. No less than 59 idea suggestions were submitted in advance. Out of this great pool of ideas, a little more than a third (23) was selected and allowed to pitch at the event. The thought with Ideation Day

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/climate-kic-nordic-ideation-day - 2025-12-17

Lund University is following the Government and Public Health Authority’s recommendations regarding measures to reduce the spread of the coronavirus and has therefore decided that education and examinations should be conducted using online alternatives (distance education) from 18 March. On this page we have gathered some useful information on how this affects opening hours, teaching and so on.  N

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/changes-and-information-due-covid-19-corona - 2025-12-17

The strategic research area Epihealth at Lund University hereby announces research space for two years (SEK 750,000/year including OH) corresponding to a postdoctoral position. Around 200 employees (researchers and other staff) are attached to the Epihealth network who work with epidemiological research to improve the understanding of the spread and etiology of both chronic and infectious diseases

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/call-proposals-research-space-postdoc-2025-application-closed - 2025-12-17

For Anders Wittrup, clinical WCMM researcher and oncologist, the choice of this year's Nobel laureate in Physiology and Medicine, Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, was quite expected. They recieved the prize for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 such as the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/anders-wittrup-about-years-nobel-prize - 2025-12-17

At the beginning of July, several of CASE's researchers and PhD students participated in the British Gerontology Society's gathering, BSG Annual Conference 2024. It is one of the largest international research conferences in ageing and health, with researchers from all over the world. This time they met at the University of Newcastle, UK, to share their knowledge.Associate professor Agneta Malmgre

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/case-researchers-and-doctoral-students-international-conference - 2025-12-17

Five members of the Sano laboratory at Waseda University in Japan are visiting CASE researchers on the 18-19 of September. They will join a bilateral workshop in Lund and then the Japanese visitors will have a guided tour in the new lab, The Helsingborg Safety Hub, at Campus Helsingborg. The lab is focusing on safety research and education and the project has been funded by Lund University as a ne

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/exchange-knowledge-about-pedestrian-dynamics-evacuation-and-ageing - 2025-12-17

CMES researcher Svante Lundgren has written a review of a book which provides a solid overview of Turkey's history as the country approaches its centenary this autumn. The reviewed book is called Drama utan slut. Turkiet 100 år. (English translation: Drama Without End. Turkey 100 Years.) and was written by journalist Bitte Hammargren and photographer Stefan Bladh (Atlas, 2023). Svante's review was

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/book-review-100-years-turkish-republic - 2025-12-17

CMES researcher Nina Gren and CMES affiliated researcher Isabell Schierenbeck have been interviewed in Universitetsläraren about how the conflict between Israel and Hamas affects academia. The article "Mellanösternkonflikt slår mot akademin" (English translation: "The Conflict in the Middle East Affects Academia") was written by Linus Hellerstedt and published in Universitetsläraren. Below are som

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/how-conflict-middle-east-affects-academia - 2025-12-17

Pollinating insects are endangered globally, with a particularly steep decline over the last 40 years. An extensive 3-year study from the CEC has found that organic farming methods can contribute to halting the pollinator decline. This beneficial effect is due to both the absence of insecticides and a higher provision of flower resources. Organic farming is known to promote pollinator diversity in

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/organic-farming-methods-favors-pollinators - 2025-12-17

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/grazing-zooplankton-severely-impacted-nanoplastic-particles - 2025-12-17

On 30 September, Heather Schoonover will defend her PhD thesis entitled "Business Models for Sustainable Consumption: Identifying and Overcoming Barriers to Rental and Reuse of Home Furnishings." Heather's work focuses on business models that can facilitate sustainable consumption practices, primarily regarding rental and reuse of home furnishings and other consumer goods. In her thesis, she aims

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/upcoming-phd-thesis-defence-business-models-sustainable-consumption - 2025-12-17

Johanna Berggren and Kajsa Tenland has published a popular science article in the membership magazine "Nya Synvärlden" of the Association for Vision Rehabilitation (Föreningen för synrehabilitering),  describing how new surgical technique for eyelid tumors simplifies the process in patients with visual impairment. At the eye clinic in Lund new technologies for measuring blood flow during tumor sur

https://www.photoacoustics.lu.se/article/popular-science-article-nya-synvarlden - 2025-12-17

Growing amounts of hateful messages sent to journalists are threatening to undermine central democratic concepts. The extent of problem is being investigated at the Sociology of Law Department at Lund University. In the last ten years, more journalists have received hateful and threatening messages online. The trend has led to self-censorship and declining mental health among media professionals.

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/new-research-project-studies-effects-hateful-messages-journalism - 2025-12-17

Thomas Pugh, principal investigator at BECC and researcher at MERGE, is one of the researchers behind a new study that is published in Science. In the study, the researchers compared results from three major modeling approaches that provide information on different aspects of risk on the impact of climate change on forests in the 21st century. Forests harbor enormous biodiversity and are a major c

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/climate-risk-analysis-earths-forests-21st-century - 2025-12-17

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/inascon-goes-digital-time-register - 2025-12-17

https://www.vbe.lu.se/article/petra-bjorne-new-vbe-collaborator - 2025-12-17

Chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) is a slowly progressing form of blood cancer that attacks the blood-forming cells in the bone marrow. The condition requires lifelong treatment that can cause severe side effects. Rebecca Warfvinge maps stem cells in patients in the hope of identifying predictive markers for how the patient will react to therapy. She has now received an award of USD 20,000 from the

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/tailored-therapy-chronic-myeloid-leukaemia - 2025-12-17

https://www.mocca.lu.se/article/workshop-assessment-effectiveness-anti-corruption-plans-international-standards-and-practice-2024 - 2025-12-17