Published 14 July 2015 Olle Melander and Mattias Belting A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that women with low levels of an anti-stress hormone have an increased risk of getting breast cancer. The study is the first of its kind on humans and confirms previous similar observations from animal experiments. The recent findings on a potential new marker for the risk of developing breast

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/anti-stress-hormone-may-provide-indication-breast-cancer-risk - 2025-05-09

Published 30 July 2015 Kajsa Järvholm Teenagers suffering from severe obesity generally feel worse than their peers, but after undergoing gastric bypass nearly all experience improved mental health. One in five, however, still suffers from symptoms of depression – some quite seriously. These are the results of a new study from Lund University in Sweden, published in Obesity. The study is the large

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/most-adolescents-feel-better-after-gastric-bypass - 2025-05-09

Published 6 August 2015 Mari Ekman,Karl Swärd, Nikolay Oskolkov, Catarina Rippe and Rebecka Grantinge Lack of microinvaginations in the cell membrane, caveolae, can cause serious diseases such as lipodystrophy and muscular dystrophy. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now discovered a “main switch” that regulates the formation of these invaginations. Many cells in the body are equipped

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/important-regulation-cell-invaginations-discovered - 2025-05-09

Published 12 August 2015 Kent Ngo, one of the Lund University students who founded FoPo Food Powder, talks about the product and how their studies have helped them launch their own business. WATCH: Interview with FoPo founder Kent Ngo

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/fopo-founder-how-studies-helped-us-become-entrepreneurs - 2025-05-09

Published 20 August 2015 Niclas Burenhult Linguist Niclas Burenhult has been awarded close to SEK 14 million by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond for his field project Language as key to perceptual diversity: an interdisciplinary approach to the senses. “We like to believe that everyone perceives the world in the same way. But studying small and lesser-known languages and cultures reveals an incredible di

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/language-key-understanding-diversity-our-senses - 2025-05-09

Published 27 August 2015 Carl Borrebaeck (Photo: Kennet Ruona) An antibody that did not fulfil its purpose against the disease multiple sclerosis, MS, instead made its big break in cancer research and is now starring in southern Sweden’s largest licensing agreement in Life Science history. The “father” of the antibody is Professor Carl Borrebaeck. It is one of the windiest days in late summer, and

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/successful-antibody-behind-billion-crown-life-science-deal - 2025-05-09

Published 28 August 2015 Photo: Johannes Rousk Researchers from Lund University, Sweden, and USA have shown that our understanding of how organic material is decomposed by fungi and bacteria is fundamentally wrong. This means that climate models that include microorganisms to estimate future climate change must be reconsidered. When a plant dies, its leaves and branches fall to the ground. Decompo

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/future-climate-models-greatly-affected-fungi-and-bacteria - 2025-05-09

Published 28 August 2015 Photo: Leif Jansson The Max IV facility, set to become the brightest x-ray source in the world, and the world’s first ‘fourth generation’ particle accelerator, has reached a major milestone. The accelerator group has now succeeded in directing the electron beam all the way around the large 3 GeV ring for the first time. “This is of course fantastically exciting and satisfy

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/electrons-are-now-spinning-max-iv - 2025-05-09

Published 8 September 2015 Image of an electron microscope showing how the white blood cells, neutrophils (PMN), throw NETs in the pancreas in mice Researchers at Lund University in Sweden may have discovered one of the keys to understanding how the body develops acute pancreatitis. The results offer hope for the development of drugs that specifically target the disease. Within gastro research it

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/false-alarm-body-may-be-responsible-acute-pancreatitis - 2025-05-09

Published 11 September 2015 Photo: Damian Moran Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have shown that well-developed eyes come at a surprising cost to other organ systems. The study involving Mexican cavefish shows that the visual system can require between 5% and 15% of an animal’s total energy budget. Researchers have long associated the presence of a well-developed brain with major energy

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/large-eyes-come-high-cost - 2025-05-09

Published 15 September 2015 Lund University has once again been ranked as the number one university in Sweden and the 70th best in the world in the QS World University Rankings 2015/16 that was released today. With 17,000 internationally recognised universities in the world, this ranking reinforces Lund University’s place in the global top tier of higher education, among 0.4% of the world’s univer

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/top-100-qs-world-university-rankings-2015 - 2025-05-09

By filippa [dot] jonsson [at] thm [dot] lu [dot] se (Filippa Jonsson) - published 29 May 2024 Photo: Abigail Enzaldo The globally acclaimed artist Nairy Baghramian has been appointed as the new honorary doctor for 2024 at Lund University's Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts. The honorary title will be conferred upon her during the ceremony scheduled for Friday, May 31st, in Lund.Baghramian is a w

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/nairy-baghramians-honorary-doctorate-awarded-may-31st - 2025-05-09

Published 17 December 2015 Smoke - Ingrid Furre & Olof Nimar - Opening: 26th of nov, 7pm Bikini WaxBenjamin Franklin 20Interior 2, Colonial EscandonMexico CityThere is something comfortable with the house, almost lazy. The carpet crumbles when John snuffles over the floor. People are home, but no one has turned on the lights. The concrete walls are raw, but pretty. John let his hand move over the

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By filippa [dot] jonsson [at] thm [dot] lu [dot] se (Filippa Jonsson) - published 24 June 2024 Mjuk suddig stjärnig natt, oil on canvas, 31 x 24 cm, 2024, by Nicklas Randau. Malmö Art Academy alumni Nicklas Randau and Carl-Oskar Jonsson are exhibiting at Galleri Thomas Wallner until 21 July.We are proud to present the Royal Institute of Art's alumni Nicklas Randau and Carl-Oskar Jonsson in their n

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/alumni-exhibition-nicklas-randau-and-carl-oskar-jonsson - 2025-05-09

Published 17 December 2015 LOOP - A Video art marathon Galleri CC in collaboration with Swedish Film Institute is pleased to present “LOOP - A video art marathon” Opening: Friday 4 December (18:00-21:00)http://www.cirkulationscentralen.com/index.php?/program/coming-exhibitions/

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/loop-cirkulationscentralen - 2025-05-09

By Filippa [dot] jonsson [at] thm [dot] lu [dot] se (Filippa Jonsson) - published 24 June 2024 Stella SieberWhen entering Stella Sieber´s MFA exhibition Hocus Pocus Focus Locus, a small painting was the first to catch my eye, depicting a small cooking pot placed within a home and a city, that seemed to be anything but solid. The same emotional landscape was conveyed by the artist throughout the sh

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/mfa-student-interview-series-part-i-stella-sieber-and-juju-bento - 2025-05-09

Published 17 December 2015 Opening event: Sunday 1 November 3pm Exhibition dates: 1 - 29 November 2015 Address: Projektspace BURNRATE, Hohenzollerndamm 201, 10717 Berlin Kim Engelen - Sun-Penetrations - BurnrateThe exhibition features videoworks from Berlin based dutch artista Kim Engelen.The viewer can access 3 experience rooms at Burnrate, which including iPhone photography,videographs combined

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Published 8 September 2015 'På sporet av Matisse' - our professor Matts Leiderstam participates in this exhibition. Torsdag 10. september kl 19 på Henie Onstad KunstsenterMusikk av DJ KreismyrIntroduksjon av direktør Tone Hansen, Henie Onstad KunstsenterThe Gift, performance av Marianne Heier Céline Condorelli, Dag Erik Elgin, Marianne Heier og Matts Leiderstam vil være til stedeVelkommen!Marianne

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/matts-leiderstam-henie-onstad-kunstsenter - 2025-05-09

By filippa [dot] jonsson [at] thm [dot] lu [dot] se (Filippa Jonsson) - published 4 July 2024 Carin Alegre Castegren When entering the lower gallery (KHM1) of Malmö Art Academy to see the MFA exhibition entitled “Tremeluz” by Carin Maria Alegre Castegren, I was met by numerous paintings, which all seemed to be in a state of flux. They had a lightness to them, an openness as well as something allus

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/mfa-student-interview-series-part-iii-carin-alegre-castegren-and-my-sjoberg-0 - 2025-05-09

By filippa [dot] jonsson [at] thm [dot] lu [dot] se (Filippa Jonsson) - published 11 July 2024 Anne Sofie Djernis Anne Sofie Djernis´ MFA exhibition entitled “There is no emotional connection to numbers on a gravestone without a story being told” consisted of paintings, either on canvas or on newspaper. The paintings had an expanded colorscape and suggested different meditative states.   In the ha

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/mfa-student-interview-series-part-iv-anne-sofie-djernis-and-cornelia-hermansson - 2025-05-09