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During the fetal stage, a number of so-called cell programs run that are vital to the development of the fetus. In a study published in Cell Reports, researchers from Lund Stem Cell Center at Lund University demonstrate that one of these fetal programs appears to protect against acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). “We have used an experimental mouse model that always results in this type of leukaemia.

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/new-insights-fetal-development-may-protect-against-leukaemia - 2026-05-17

Today and yesterday, approximately 160 housing offers were sent out. Applicants who have received an offer need to respond before Tuesday 9 July. All Guaranteed students have now received at least one housing offer. LU Accommodation sent out housing offers yesterday (4 July) and today (5 July), and have now sent out offers for all available accommodations. All applicants in the queue should have r

https://www.luaccommodation.lu.se/article/second-round-housing-offers-sent - 2026-05-17

Using a torch, a camera, a water bottle and pieces of Lego, Emanuel Larsson built a scanner now used as a prototype to develop future beamlines at ESS. It was late on a Friday evening in December three years ago that Emanuel Larsson, a postdoc in solid mechanics, started constructing a tomography scanner out of objects he found in his kitchen at home. ‟At the time, the aim was to be able to explai

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/home-built-scanner-helps-construct-beamline-ess - 2026-05-17

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/national-research-study-sexual-harassment-higher-education-institutions - 2026-05-17

Internationalisation is fundamental in today's world. Therefore, a delegation from the Faculty traveled to Jordan, to deepen the collaboration with higher education institutions in the country, which means expanded opportunities for students for exchanges, in both directions. The purpose of the trip was to maintain and deepen relationships with the University of Jordan in Amman. The university is

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/deepened-collaboration-jordanian-higher-education-institutions-after-our-delegation-visit - 2026-05-17

We are proud to share that Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM) is hosting four Visiting Professors within the Lund University Programme for Global Excellence – the University’s largest international recruitment initiative to date. "Lund University’s Programme for Global Excellence lets us bring world-leading scholars into the daily life of LUSEM. They add fresh momentum to o

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/visiting-professors-lusem - 2026-05-18

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/storm-clouds-gather-usa-institutional-freedom-and-independent-academia-are-essential - 2026-05-18

Are you interested in virus–host–vector interactions and the transmission dynamics of mosquito-borne diseases? Or would you like to learn about the latest developments in pandemic preparedness? If so, don’t miss these upcoming NDP-VIP events in 2026 for PhD students and postdocs!🦟 Mosquito-Borne Vectors and Their PathogensThis course combines lectures, fieldwork, laboratory training and epidemiol

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/ndp-vip-events-2026-phd-students-and-postdocs-0 - 2026-05-17

The jury has unanimously agreed to award the Susanne Iwarsson Sohlberg Prize. To be eligible, the candidate must have built up a strong research group and initiated research of great importance for the development of gerontology. The prize will be awarded during the opening ceremony of the Nordic Gerontology Congress - 26NKG - in Odense on June 8. The prize goes to a researcher working in a Nordic

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/susanne-iwarsson-awarded-sohlberg-prize-nordic-regions-largest-prize-aging-research - 2026-05-17

The jury has unanimously agreed to award the Susanne Iwarsson Sohlberg Prize. To be eligible, the candidate must have built up a strong research group and initiated research of great importance for the development of gerontology. The prize will be awarded during the opening ceremony of the Nordic Gerontology Congress - 26NKG - in Odense on June 8. The prize goes to a researcher working in a Nordic

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/susanne-iwarsson-awarded-sohlberg-prize-nordic-regions-largest-prize-ageing-research - 2026-05-17

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/living-environments-and-health-ageing-societies-times-crises - 2026-05-17

During the academic year 2025/2026, three new Themes will be here at Pufendorf IAS. Our Themes are currently all busy with organising their final events, (please read more in the article An eventful spring awaits | The Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies) and precisely at the same time, the cycle of our new Themes begins. “Breathless with anticipation”, the coordinators have started the pract

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/three-themes-our-doorstep - 2026-05-17

https://www.developmentresearchschool.lu.se/article/swedevs-first-phd-conference-space-critical-and-dynamic-discussion - 2026-05-17

There is an increasing awareness that pollinating insects need flowers rich in pollen and nectar. A new study shows that trees can be just as important for survival – at least for the red mason bee, and probably for other wild bees too. Researchers have investigated the types of habitats and flowers in the agricultural landscape that benefit the reproduction of the red mason bee – a common solitar

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/bees-need-more-trees - 2026-05-17

There has been a new role at the University since August, a work environment coordinator who focuses on the work environment of students. The new work environment coordinator is based at the Student Health Centre, as part of Student Affairs, with the mission to provide a node for support and coordination of student work environment issues on a university-wide level. The work environment coordinato

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-work-environment-coordinator-focused-student-work-environment - 2026-05-18

The grant should contribute to researchers breaking new ground in basic science, creating new theoretical foundations or practical solutions to important problems, or laying the foundations for methodological breakthroughs. The Horisont grant is meant to support foundational research across all scientific fields and disciplines to find novel theoretical or practical solutions to important problems

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/breaking-new-grounds-royal-physiographic-societys-horisont-grant - 2026-05-18

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/promising-treatment-aggressive-childhood-cancer - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Soon it will be possible to take a ‘ministerial’ degree in Lund. Next autumn, the departments of Philosophy, Political Science and Economics will be starting a Bachelor’s degree in Practical Philosophy, Politics and Economics – PPE. The role model for the programme is a degree given at Oxford University, and it is rep

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/ministerial-degree-equips-philosophers-job-market - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Being younger women working in a division with all male senior professors has not bothered Anna Andersson and Kajsa Paulsson. They describe the division as unusually free from internal competition. Kajsa Paulsson and Anna Andersson. “Researchers always compete over money to some extent, but we are not that competitive

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/little-internal-competition-leads-good-atmosphere - 2026-05-17

The European Innovation Council Accelerator has awarded Aligned Bio €2.3 million in funding, with the possibility of a further €2.3 million in venture capital. This is to accelerate the company’s investment in the detection of biomarkers at the molecular level using the patented Aerotaxy nanowire production process. This spring, the company is expected to close a new share issue of a further SEK 5

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/eur-23-million-aligned-bio-european-innovation-council-accelerator - 2026-05-17