A common wall lizard (Photo: Nathalie Feiner) Researchers have discovered nematodes, or worms, in the brains of lizard embryos. This is the first time they have been found in reptile eggs, and it was previously believed that egg laying prevents parasites from being transmitted in this way. The discovery was made by an international research team led by Nathalie Feiner, evolutionary biologist at Lu

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/worms-discovered-brain-lizard-embryos-first-time - 2025-08-23

Human iPS cells (Photo: Johan Jakobsson) Diabetes, cardiovascular disease, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease make up the world’s most common diseases. A new biobank at Lund University in Sweden - the largest of its kind - with stem cells from both those affected and healthy individuals, will contribute to an increased understanding of how these diseases arise. “The goal is for researchers to be

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/worlds-largest-stem-cell-biobank-launched - 2025-08-23

Kristina Sundquist (Photo: Johan Bävman) Professor Kristina Sundquist's research group at Lund University in Sweden has been awarded USD 2 million by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the US. Kristina Sundquist, together with Professor Kenneth Kendler's research group at Virginia Commonwealth University, will continue their success

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/large-grant-research-genetics-alcoholism - 2025-08-23

Diagnosing Alzheimer's disease is often difficult, as several other conditions can cause similar symptoms. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now discovered a blood marker that can accurately diagnose Alzheimer’s in the early stages of the disease. ‟This is a major breakthrough. I believe this blood test can be used clinically in only a few years”, says Oskar Hansson, professor of neuro

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/blood-test-enables-early-diagnosis-alzheimers-disease - 2025-08-23

Oskar Hansson (Photo: Kennet Ruona) Diagnosing Alzheimer's disease is often difficult, as several other conditions can cause similar symptoms. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now discovered a blood marker that can accurately diagnose Alzheimer’s in the early stages of the disease. ‟This is a major breakthrough. I believe this blood test can be used clinically in only a few years”, sa

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/blood-test-enables-early-diagnosis-alzheimers-disease-0 - 2025-08-23

Håkan Nero (Photo: Olle Dahlbäck) By performing a few simple physical exercises daily, and receiving information about their disease regularly, 500 osteoarthritis patients were able to on average halve their pain in 6 months - and improve their physical function. The participants in the study from Lund University in Sweden used a newly developed mobile app to help them keep track. “We expected pat

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/app-helps-reduce-osteoarthritis-pain - 2025-08-23

Infrared photo taken during the experiment An international research team from Sweden and Hungary have discovered an entirely new sense in dogs: using their cold, wet nose tips, dogs can sense the heat from other animals or a human. “It has taken a rather long time to discover this, given that dog and man have lived side by side for 15,000 years, and we have remained unaware of this ability”, says

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/dogs-can-detect-heat-noses-study-finds - 2025-08-23

Lund University is following the Government and Public Health Authority’s new recommendations regarding measures to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. The University has therefore decided that education and examinations should be conducted using online alternatives (distance education) from 18 March. University facilities will remain open. On 17 March, the Government recommended that universiti

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/university-makes-transition-distance-education - 2025-08-23

The University’s main priority in these difficult times is the safety and well-being of our students, our staff and the community around us. As a centre of education and research in Sweden for more than 350 years, the University has stood through many major events in world history and by working together in solidarity, we will endure through these challenging times as well. At the end of February

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-and-coronavirus-covid-19 - 2025-08-23

Photo: Kennet Ruona Medical and nursing students will now be able to join the fight against the coronavirus. The Faculty of Medicine and Region Skåne have reached an agreement that means students can be employed at hospitals and health care facilities in the region. This will also apply to clinically active staff at the faculty. Initially, the deal applies to medical and nursing students in the la

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-students-and-staff-support-health-care-system - 2025-08-23

Oxana Klementieva (Photo: Agata Garpenlind) To understand what happens in the brain when Alzheimer's disease develops, researchers need to be able to study the molecular structures in the neurons affected by Alzheimer's disease. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have tested a new imaging method for this purpose. The research is published in the journal Advanced Science. In Alzheimer's disea

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-imaging-method-sheds-light-alzheimers-disease - 2025-08-23

Varför blir vissa personer beroende av spel om pengar? Hur kan samhället förebygga problemen? I antologin "Spelberoende" skriver Socialhögskolans Helena Hansson tillsammans med forskarkollegor, att ett spelberoende kan utvecklas snabbt och ofta leda till ett uttalat lidande, både för den som spelar och för anhöriga. I den här boken utgår författarna (red. Carolina Widinghoff, Helena Hansson med fl

https://www.soch.lu.se/artikel/helhetsgrepp-i-antologin-spelberoende - 2025-08-23

Ellen Parsland tillsammans med handledarna Gabriella Scaramuzzino, Rickard Ulmestig och opponent Paula Mulinari. Idag den 14 februari 2025 har doktorand Ellen Parsland lagt fram sin avhandling i socialt arbete: "Ojämlikhetsregimer i aktivering - Görande av klass, etnicitet och kön genom subventionerade anställningar". Ellen Parsland och fakultetsopponent Paula Mulinari (Malmö universitet) bjöd på

https://www.soch.lu.se/artikel/ellen-parsland-disputerad - 2025-08-23

Foto: Marcus Winkler, Unsplash. I februari 2025 etablerades ett nytt socialt innovationscenter i Skåne – en regional satsning som ska främja samverkan mellan civilsamhället, sociala företag och offentliga aktörer. Målet är att skapa en mer inkluderande arbetsmarknad och ekonomisk trygghet genom nytänkande lösningar och långsiktiga finansieringsmodeller. Socialhögskolan är med som samverkanspartner

https://www.soch.lu.se/artikel/socialhogskolan-samverkanspartner-i-nytt-socialt-innovationscenter - 2025-08-23

Internationell koordinator Erika Sombeck, verksamhetsansvarig Roberto Scaramuzzino och Helene Lahti Edmark. CIM står för Certificate of International Merits och har under åtta års tid varit ett sätt för studenter som gjort internationella erfarenheter under sin studietid att få diplom att komplettera examensbeviset med. CIM ger studenten möjlighet att skriva om sina internationella erfarenheter, r

https://www.soch.lu.se/artikel/cim-atta-ar - 2025-08-23

Elinn Leo Sandberg utanför universitetet i Sheffield. Under två veckor är doktorand Elinn Leo Sandberg på University of Sheffield, Storbritannien, och besöker forskaren Hannah Lambie- Mumford. De två och flera andra forskarkollegor jämför och utbyter erfarenheter och forskningsresultat kring matförmedling till personer i ekonomisk utsatthet Sverige och Storbritannien. Veckorna består av möten med

https://www.soch.lu.se/artikel/utbyte-sverige-storbritannien-om-matformedling-till-personer-i-ekonomisk-utsatthet - 2025-08-23

Max Koch. Europe is confronted with a multiple crisis while coming to grips with its colonial legacy. Given the lack of empirical evidence for sufficient absolute decoupling of gross domestic product (GDP) growth from environmental resource use to stay within planetary limits and meet the Paris climate goals, this article argues that it is unavoidable for the European Union (EU) to enter the postg

https://www.soch.lu.se/artikel/europe-postgrowth-era-towards-sustainable-welfare-deal - 2025-08-23

Arne och Nicolas tillsammans med några av gruppdeltagarna. Kursen ”Att skildra verkligheten: Kreativt skrivande i socialt arbete” avrundades i fredags, med ett sista författarbesök - den här gången av Athena Farrokhzad. Efter det väntade utvärdering av kursen, diplomutdelning och avslutningspizza. Hundrafemtio sökte och femton valdes ut. En av dem är kursdeltagaren Illari Jozwikowska, som kände si

https://www.soch.lu.se/artikel/popular-skrivarkurs-avslutad - 2025-08-23

Viola Hedlund Bie och Elin Lindquist. Foto: Sandra Jeppsson. Socialhögskolan får ofta förfrågningar från organisationer där det arbetar socionomer, med förslag på uppsatsämnen för våra studenter. Socionomstudenterna Elin och Viola behövde inte fundera länge när de fick tips om att socialtjänsten i Trelleborgs kommun undrade om några studenter kunde granska barnavårdsutredningar ur ett jämställdhet

https://www.soch.lu.se/artikel/viola-och-elin-skrev-uppsats-pa-uppdrag-av-socialtjansten - 2025-08-23

Harald Liebenstein Gegner (mitten) tillsammans med studenter från Socialhögskolan och kolleger. Harald Liebenstein Gegner är utvecklingsledare på socialförvaltningen i Lunds kommun, och under våren handleder han fyra studenter från Socialhögskolan i deras uppsatsskrivande. Harald Liebenstein Gegner har under våren handlett studenterna Iza Törnroos, Vera Henriksson, Isaak Blomgård och Petter Hallin

https://www.soch.lu.se/artikel/win-win-vid-samverkan-kring-uppsatsskrivande - 2025-08-23