Published 26 November 2024 The Royal Physiographic Society of Lund has decided to award Nabanita Mandal endowments for the Natural Sciences, Medicine and Technology – Chemistry for a project on  “Unraveling Molecular Pathways of Toxic Aggregation in Amyloid Lateral Sclerosis” (100 kSEK).The Royal Physiographic Society of Lund has decided to award Gianluca Utzeri endowments for the Natural Sciences

https://www.compchem.lu.se/article/nabanita-mandal-and-gianluca-utzeri-has-been-awarded-research-grants-royal-physiographic-society - 2025-07-03

Published 2 October 2024 Chemical Physics Reviews from American Institute of Physics (AIP) Publishing, appointed Petter Persson, Associate Editor.Read more about the news on Chemical Physics Reviews Twitter/X @ChemPhysRev or AIP Publishing's website.

https://www.compchem.lu.se/article/chemical-physics-reviews-american-institute-physics-aip-publishing-appointed-petter-persson - 2025-07-03

Published 20 January 2025 Ulf RydeGrant: 600 000 SEK/ year, during 2 years.TitleDevelopment of methods to treat metal sites in ligand-binding calculationsAbstractCalculating accurate estimates for the binding affinity of small molecules (e.g. drug candidates) to a macromolecular receptor is one of the most important challenges of computational chemistry. The most promising approach is free-energy

https://www.compchem.lu.se/article/ulf-ryde-and-valera-veryazov-received-grants-essence - 2025-07-03

Published 28 January 2025 TitleOptimised capacitive mixing and anomalous underscreening in salt solutionsAmount1.21MSEK PurposeEstablishment of postdoc scholarship

https://www.compchem.lu.se/article/jan-forsman-received-funds-olle-engkvists-stiftelse - 2025-07-03

Published 18 February 2025 The SciLifeLab research community is a dynamic, interdisciplinary network of scientists from various fields within molecular life sciences, united by the goal of addressing critical challenges in health, biodiversity, and sustainability. With a unique mandate to promote biology-, technology-, and data-driven excellence in life sciences, SciLifeLab fosters collaboration a

https://www.compchem.lu.se/article/marie-skepo-has-been-appointed-scilifelab-group-leader - 2025-07-03

Published 20 March 2025 Physical Review B with DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.111.115103

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Published 9 April 2025 Biochemical Society announcement of 2026 awardOur 2026 Inspiration and Resilience Award goes to Shina Caroline Lynn Kamerlin! Alongside outstanding research at the borders between chemistry, physics & biology, @lynnkamerlin.bsky.social advocacy for science policy and gender issues establishes her as a role model for young scientists. More information about Lynn Kamerlin and

https://www.compchem.lu.se/article/lynn-kamerlin-receives-biochemical-society-inspiration-and-resilience-award-2026-3 - 2025-07-03

Published 21 May 2025 Photochemical reactions in which cobalt(II) complexes catalyze the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in aqueous solution has been studied by time-resolved spectroscopy and computational modeling. More information can be found in the Research Article by P. Persson, J. Lloret-Fillol, B. Dietzek-Ivanšić, E. Nordlander and co-workers (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202582801). Cover illustrat

https://www.compchem.lu.se/article/photocatalysis-research-cover-chemistry-european-journal - 2025-07-03

Published 23 August 2024 The 3rd National Meeting of the Swedish Chemical Society, SCS2025, takes place in Stockholm next year, June 16-18, 2025. Participants from all fields of chemistry are welcome. The program will include inspiring presentations, interactive poster sessions, and ample networking opportunities.More information on the website of SCS2025 – 3rd National Meeting of the Swedish Chem

https://www.compchem.lu.se/article/visit-stockholm-next-summer-scs2025-meeting-everyone-passion-chemistry - 2025-07-03

Published 13 August 2024 The CLIMB - Complex lipid membranes for science and technology doctoral network aims to leverage fundamental research on cell membranes to enhance the performance of lipid-based drug carriers and membrane-active drugs.Recruitment for 12 doctoral candidates will begin in spring 2025.CLIMB is coordinated by (links open on LinkedIn):Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Yuri Ge

https://www.compchem.lu.se/article/physics-chemistry-and-pharmaceutical-sciences-join-hands-msca-doctoral-network-hashtag-climb-awarded - 2025-07-03

Published 8 January 2025 October 25, 2023HAIDI participated in the CASE dayCASE (Centre for Ageing and Supportive Environments) is a research centre at Lund University that works to develop knowledge on ageing and health. Helena Sandberg and Fredrika Thelandersson participated in their annual popular scientific conference to talk about the ongoing research within HAIDI.October 11, 2023HAIDI partic

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/haidi-research-activities-2022-2023 - 2025-07-03

Published 15 January 2025 September 19–20, 2024HAIDI participated in the Socio-gerontechnology Network Meeting in ViennaThe Finnish team member Hanna Varjakoski participated in the annual meeting of the Socio-gerontechnology Network, which was held in Vienna, Austria. The two-day meeting titled as "Shifting Relations: Ageing in a Datafied World" brought together various scholars from social scienc

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/haidi-research-activities-2024 - 2025-07-03

Published 31 January 2025 Lund University is creating a national and international platform for interdisciplinary research in strategic communication and defence. Three researchers at the Department of Communication lead the new research environment. The research environment Communication, Defense Willingness and Democratic Resilience is located at Campus Helsingborg with funding of SEK 3 million

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/research-initiative-explores-defence-willingness-and-democratic-resilience - 2025-07-03

Published 29 January 2025 On Friday, January 24, Isabelle Karlsson defended her thesis titled "Making foreign policy matter: A discursive analysis of the strategic communication of Sweden's feminist foreign policy", which shows the complexity of strategic communication in an international context. Positive public opinion is important for states to realise foreign policy objectives and ambitions. T

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/isabelle-karlsson-successfully-defends-her-doctoral-thesis - 2025-07-03

Published 25 February 2025 Image: Michael Jeske/Pixabay We are excited to share three new research papers from the Healthy Ageing in a Digital World project, exploring key challenges and opportunities in digital health for older individuals. Barriers to Digital Health Services for Individuals Aged 75+This study examines the challenges older adults face when using digital health services in Finland

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/new-research-papers-healthy-ageing-digital-world - 2025-07-03

Published 3 March 2025 HAIDI Research Activities February 20–21, 2025. The Finnish team member, Hanna Varjakoski, participated in the Ageing in the Digital Era: An Interdisciplinary Debate on ICTs and Social Inclusion for Older Adults conference in Milan, Italy. The two-day conference was organized by an interdisciplinary research group from the ACTIVE-IT research project investigating population

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/haidi-research-findings-presented-international-conference-milan - 2025-07-03

Published 6 March 2025 This year, Media and Communication Studies instituted an award for exceptional master's theses in the subject. The papers given the Peter Dahlgren Excellent Dissertation Award had been publicly defended and received the highest grade."We instituted this prize to celebrate the hard work our international master programme students put into their theses every year and the amazi

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/first-recipients-peter-dahlgren-excellent-dissertation-award - 2025-07-03

Published 11 March 2025 On Friday, February 28, Monica Porzionato defended her thesis "Feeling the changing climate: An affective approach to the strategic communication of floods in a tourist city". Strategic communication studies usually consider emotions as psychological effects of communication or as an influence on people's understanding of an issue. In the first case, emotions like joy or de

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/successful-defence-dr-monica-porzionato - 2025-07-03

Published 25 April 2025 This week, the Department of Communication hosted the doctoral course “The Emerging Field of Strategic Communication – in Times of Geopolitical Conflict and Crisis” (5 ECTS). PhD candidates from Lund University, Mid Sweden University, University of Jyväskylä, and Cardiff University came together to explore key geopolitical challenges in strategic communication.The course co

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/doctoral-course-emerging-field-strategic-communication-times-geopolitical-conflict-and-crisis - 2025-07-03

Published 8 May 2025 During Sustainability Week at Campus Helsingborg, students from the Strategic Communication and Service Management master programmes organized a panel discussion during Sustainability Week at Campus Helsingborg, exploring the textile industry’s shift towards circular economy practices. Marie Ledendal, Lecturer and Researcher at the Department of Communication and Réka Tölg, Po

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/panel-discussion-during-sustainability-week - 2025-07-03