By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 14 February 2023 Diabetes researcher Tove Fall is the recipient of the Leif C. Groop award 2023 for outstanding research in the field of molecular epidemiology. Photo: Mikael Wallerstedt Tove Fall became a familiar face during the Covid-19 pandemic when she was often seen in Swedish media talking about the spread and progr

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/diabetes-researcher-tove-fall-recipient-leif-c-groop-award-2023 - 2025-08-13

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 16 February 2023 Charlotte Ling, Tina Rönn, and Karl Bacos are three of the authors of a new study that has identified an important gene that affects insulin secretion. Photo: Petra Olsson Researchers have identified 395 genes that are differently expressed in people with type 2 diabetes. One of the genes proved to be very

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/pax5-gene-strongly-associated-impaired-insulin-secretion-type-2-diabetes - 2025-08-13

By camilla [dot] selberg [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Camilla Selberg) - published 22 February 2023 First author Daniel E. Coral, LUDC researcher A team of researchers led by Daniel E. Coral and Paul W. Franks at LUDC have used human genetics to do a phenome-wide analysis of the degree of genetic dissimilarity between obesity and type 2 diabetes. Together with colleagues from Dundee and Oxford univ

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/genetic-driven-approach-defining-two-obesity-profiles-convey-highly-concordant-and-discordant - 2025-08-13

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 2 May 2023 Diabetes researcher Rashmi Prasad has led the research project about subgroups of type 2 diabetes in India. Photograph: Petra Olsson Researchers at Lund University have previously shown that type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes can be divided into five subgroups, and that there are genetic differences between the

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/swedish-research-about-different-forms-type-2-diabetes-relevant-indian-people - 2025-08-13

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 20 April 2023 Charlotte Ling’s research group has discovered epigenetic biomarkers that help them understand who will benefit from a common diabetes drug. Photo: Kennet Ruona Precision medicine aims to deliver the right treatment to the right person at the right time. What does this mean for people with type 2 diabetes? So

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/epigenetics-and-genetics-help-illustrate-how-diabetes-care-can-be-individualised - 2025-08-13

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 7 June 2023 Isabel Goncalves, Jiangming Sun, and Andreas Edsfeldt studying two atherosclerotic plaques. The study in JACC is based on a close collaboration between clinically active researchers and experts in bioinformatics. Photo: Petra Olsson A common cause of myocardial infarction and stroke is the rupture of atheroscle

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-discoveries-about-where-atherosclerotic-plaques-rupture-can-lead-preventive-treatments - 2025-08-13

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 5 September 2023 Jiangming Sun studies an atherosclerotic plaque. A goal with his research is to identify dangerous plaques at an early stage. The research project is now awarded a grant by the Hjelt Diabetes Foundation. Photograph: Petra Olsson Every year, the Bo and Kerstin Hjelt Diabetes Foundation awards three diabetes

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/type-2-diabetes-researchers-receive-support-hjelt-diabetes-foundation - 2025-08-13

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 13 July 2023 Bacterial species associated with early signs of atherosclerosis are linked to poor oral health in a new study. Daniel Jönsson, researcher and dentist, has examined the oral health of several of the participants. Photo: Petra Olsson What is the link between atherosclerosis and gut and mouth bacteria? Researche

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/gut-and-mouth-bacteria-give-researchers-new-clues-about-atherosclerosis - 2025-08-13

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 17 August 2023 In a new study published in the journal Obesity, the researchers studied the metabolism of overweight individuals before and after they had a gastric bypass operation. Photograph: iStock/herjua A new study from Lund University in Sweden raises questions about the efficacy of bariatric operations involving ga

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/positive-metabolic-effects-gastric-bypass-disappear-quickly - 2025-08-13

By kommunikation [at] fysik [dot] lu [dot] se (Jonas Andersson) - published 26 April 2024 Marcus Dahlström himself has illustrated an atom that is dressed and entangled with an electron. Particles, sometimes a long way from one another, can be entangled. This strange phenomenon completely confounds our intuition, but the explanation for it has been provided through quantum mechanics. Researchers a

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/new-key-world-quantum-mechanics-intensity-light-affects-electrons-kinetic-energy - 2025-08-13

By johan [dot] joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - published 2 May 2024 The Gaia space telescope, launched in 2013, is mapping the Milky Way through astrometry. Photo: ESA/ATG medialab; background: ESO/S. Brunier. Thanks to the Gaia space telescope, scientists have discovered a black hole in the Milky Way. The object, Gaia BH3, is located in the Eagle constellation, less tha

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/scientists-find-spectacular-black-hole - 2025-08-13

Published 12 May 2024 Mats Lindroos. Photo: ESS. Mats Lindroos has suddenly left us. Until recently, he worked at the Department of Physics. We remember him as a passionate, brave and valued colleague. Mats was an adjunct professor at the Division of Particle and Nuclear Physics. His colleagues at the research division miss a valued fellow researcher:"Mats Lindroos, in memoriamIt was with great re

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/memory-mats-lindroos - 2025-08-13

By johan [dot] joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - published 13 June 2024 The ice line during a stellar outburst. Closest to the star, the solid material is dust, but outside the ice line, ice allows particles to grow larger. Illustration: A. Angelich (NRAO/AUI/NSF)/ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO) How planets form is a question that has long vexed the world's astronomers. In recent yea

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/ice-plays-important-role-swelling-small-celestial-bodies-massive-planets - 2025-08-13

By evelina [dot] linden [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 25 June 2024 One of the things the Lindau Meeting participants had the opportunity to experience in 2023 was a boat trip to Mainau. Photo: Julia Nimke/Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings. For the 73rd time, the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting will be arranged. It takes place 30 June–5 July 2024 in Bayern, Germany, by the beau

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/next-stop-lindau-nobel-laureate-meeting - 2025-08-13

By armin [dot] tavakoli [at] fysik [dot] lu [dot] se (Armin Tavakoli) - published 13 August 2024 Free Church of Mehedeby, built in 1898. Google Maps knows it under the name “Quantum Church”. Photo: Armin Tavakoli. An extraordinary event has taken place this summer in a small, overlooked village north of Uppsala, blending the rich history of Swedish religious movements with cutting-edge quantum res

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/quantum-redemption-unique-intersection-science-and-history-mehedebys-free-church - 2025-08-13

By johan [dot] joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - published 21 August 2024 Artistic illustration of the ANDES (ArmazoNes high Dispersion Echelle Spectrograph) spectrograph. Image: ESO. In 2028, the first observations will be made at the world's largest optical telescope being built in Chile. It is now clear that the facility will be equipped with a powerful spectrograph tha

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/astronomers-develop-new-spectrograph-giant-telescope - 2025-08-13

By evelina [dot] linden [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 21 August 2024 Megan Hill, Jesús Carrero Robles, Jesper Wallentin, Ingrid Klint, Jesper Larsson, Aksel Mihailov, Filip Lenrick, and Huaiyu Chen are the four supervisors and four students in the Summer School Deep Dive into Synchrotron Analysis. Photo: Evelina Lindén A few sharp minds working together for almost an enti

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/mission-get-data-unstuck - 2025-08-13

By tiina [dot] meri [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Tiina Meri) - published 26 August 2024 Science Village in north-east Lund will be an innovative and international meeting place for students, cutting-edge research and business. A new and expanded nano laboratory is planned in the area to complement Max IV and ESS. Illustration: TMRW/Science V Answers relating to diseases and accurately targeted drug

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/world-leading-curiosity-driven-environment-new-nano-lab-one-cornerstones - 2025-08-13

By johan [dot] joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - published 5 September 2024 Artistic illustration of exoplanet. Photo: ESO/M. Kornmesser. A team of researchers, led from Lund, has discovered a small planet that has a peculiar way of moving in its orbit. The wobbling planet TOI-1408c, located 455 light years from Earth, shows that planetary systems can be far more complex t

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/new-discovery-planet-wobbles - 2025-08-13

By johan [dot] joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - published 5 September 2024 Yuhe Zhang, PhD at the Department of Physics. Photo: private. Yuhe Zhang, a recent PhD graduate from the Department of Physics, has been awarded the Werner Meyer-Ilse Prize. She is honoured for her work on using deep learning for 2D, 3D and 4D X-ray images. Congratulations, how does it feel to rece

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/young-researcher-wins-prestigious-award - 2025-08-13