By izabella [dot] rosengren [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Izabella Rosengren) - published 2 July 2021 Helena Hanson, researcher. Photo: Anna Maria Erling. They become smaller as urbanisation increases. Troublesome, according to researcher Helena Hanson, because urban private gardens affect both cities’ biodiversity and human wellbeing by functioning as social green spaces. Now she strikes a blow for

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/urban-private-gardens-promote-biodiversity - 2025-07-05

By lotte [dot] billing [at] er [dot] lu [dot] se (Lotte Billing) - published 12 August 2021 Climate researchers Markku Rummukainen and Kimberly Nicholas are interviewed about the latest UN climate panel report. Photo by NOAA on Unsplash. Two Lund University climate scientists, Kimberly Nicholas, who has acted as an observer at two global climate summits, and Markku Rummukainen, Sweden’s IPCC repre

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/what-comes-next-after-ipcc-climate-change-report - 2025-07-05

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 21 September 2021 Large scale drought hit Sweden in 2018. The picture shows a field in Gotland. Photo: Sten-Åke Stenberg/Mostphotos. Farming practices that result in higher levels of carbon in agricultural soils could protect both wheat and barley harvests in a future changed climate. This is what emerges from a

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/more-carbon-soil-could-protect-harvests-future-climate - 2025-07-05

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 22 October 2021 Image: IStock On October 31st, representatives from across the globe will gather in Glasgow for two weeks to attend the UN climate change conference COP26. Expectations are high following last year's canceled conference, and the IPCC report released in August. As part of the Paris Agreement in 201

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/glasgow-climate-summit-what-it-about-and-why-does-it-matter - 2025-07-05

By izabella [dot] rosengren [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Izabella Rosengren) - published 27 October 2021 John Falk presents his dissertation on how combustion affects cloud droplet and ice particle formation in the atmosphere. Photo: Eberhard Grossgasteiger, Unsplash Primitive stoves and diesel engines produce soot particles, besides being bad for your health, have a negative effect on the climate.

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/ice-particles-clouds-can-affect-climate - 2025-07-05

By izabella [dot] rosengren [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Izabella Rosengren) - published 11 November 2021 Embroidery and photo by Maria Blasi Lack of habitats and climate change – parameters that scientists know affect the number of pollinators in the world. But exactly how big is the effect and what else contributes to the decline of bees and bumblebees? This has Maria Blasi i Romero tried to find

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/modelling-survival-bumblebees - 2025-07-05

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 17 November 2021 Plane trees in Slottsparken in Malmö. Photo: Anna Maria Erling. The type of tree you plant – whether you choose native or non-native species – is of great significance for insect life in a city, more so than researchers previously thought. This is what emerges from a new study by researchers at L

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/choice-trees-carries-great-significance-city-insect-life - 2025-07-05

By izabella [dot] rosengren [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Izabella Rosengren) - published 14 February 2022 In her dissertation, Ivette Raicec Cruz emphasizes the importance of communicating scientific uncertainty. Photo: Istockphoto/BrianAJackson Scientific advice to decision makers requires transparent scientific assessments, in which communication of uncertainty is important in order to avoid over

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/important-express-scientific-uncertainty - 2025-07-05

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 13 December 2021 In a new report from Lund University, researchers observed that honey bees compete with wild bees for flower resources. Photo: Sandra Lindström. Increasing attention is being paid to the impact of honey bees on wild bees. In a new report from Lund University in Sweden, researchers observed that h

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/wild-bees-and-honey-bees-compete-food - 2025-07-05

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 14 February 2022 Insects detected included many important species such as bees, moths, flies, beetles, wasps and ants. Photo: Photorama/Pixabay. Scientists at Lund University have discovered for the first time that it is possible to detect insect DNA in the air. Using air from three sites in Sweden, insect DNA fr

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/using-airborne-dna-monitor-insect-biodiversity - 2025-07-05

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 28 February 2022 The researchers emphasise that the need for climate adaptation. Here a village in Demak Regency, Indonesia, surrounded by water due to rising sea levels. Photo: Aji Styawan / Getty Images Climate Visuals Grant recipient. On Monday, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) publish

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/uns-climate-change-panel-world-must-act-now - 2025-07-05

By stina [dot] lundkvist [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Stina Lundkvist) - published 18 March 2022 In the Safeguard project, researchers are working together to reverse the loss of wild pollinators in Europe. Photo: Stina Lundkvist CEC is one of 24 European research institutes and organizations that is participating in the EU-funded Safeguard project, where world-leading researchers and experts are c

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/cec-participates-international-research-project-protect-wild-pollinators - 2025-07-05

Published 23 September 2015 The incretin hormones GLP-1 and GIP act like the yin and yang on the body´s blood vessels. While GLP-1 has been associated with protective effects according to new research GIP can contribute to an increased risk of stroke. The findings are published in the scientific journal Diabetes. The incretin hormones GIP and GLP-1 are released from the intestine after eating to s

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/yin-yang-balancing-act-blood-vessels - 2025-07-05

By sara [dot] liedholm [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Liedholm) - published 6 July 2018 Do you eat a lot of chicken, pasta, cheese, dressing and oils? Or are you one of those who consume a lot of yogurt with cereal, but stay away from coffee and meat? Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have studied different food patterns and found that some consumption patterns are healthier than others.

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/what-your-food-pattern - 2025-07-05

Published 20 August 2018 Seminar during the politician week in Visby, Sweden, about screening for autoimmune type 1 diabetes. See the presentations and panel discussion in Swedish again afterwards.  Participants:
Åke Lernmark, Lund UniversitetMarkus Lundgren, Lund UniversitetLinda Ahlkvist, TrialNet, Lund Universitet
Jeanette Åkerström Kördel, GPPAD, Lund Universitet
Jenni Nordborg, Regeringskansl

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/screening-autoimmune-type-1-diabetes - 2025-07-05

Published 23 August 2018 Review in Diabetologia (2017). Authors: Simon E Regnell and Åke Lernmark. Link to the publication:Early prediction of autoimmune (type 1) diabetes    Åke Lernmark Åke Lernmark. Photo: Swedish Society of Medicine More about Åke Lernmark

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/early-prediction-autoimmune-typ1-1-diabetes - 2025-07-05

Published 28 September 2018 What are the challenges within diabetes research today? And what are the strenghts of Lund university Diabetes Centre (LUDC) to meet those challenges? A powerhouse for diabetes research - Diabetes today is one of the largest global health problems that we have. I think that one of the main challenges we have is to make sure that we consider the patient and make sure we

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/exodiabludc-irc-powerhouse-diabetes-research - 2025-07-05

Published 1 October 2018 Who will be the winner of the Leif C. Groop award for outstanding diabetes research 2018? Deadline for nominations October 31. Nomination form, instructions and information about previous winners

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/leif-c-groop-award-time-nomination - 2025-07-05

Published 2 October 2018 The islets of Langerhans in the pancreas contain not only insulin-producing cells, but also four other hormone-producing cell types. Using a new method, researchers are to study their interaction by mapping previously unknown genetic networks. “It will give us new possibilities to direct medicines at new targets”, says associate professor Nils Wierup who will present the f

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/mapping-mechanisms-behind-type-2-diabetes - 2025-07-05

Published 2 October 2018 Tord Ajanki started diabetesportalen.se just over a decade ago. Now he is to relinquish the editorship and retire. “It feels strange, good in one way, but it’s difficult to stop doing something that you have been involved in for so long”, he says. Tord Ajanki initially trained as a nurse.  “My wife and I wanted to save the world! We were going to do the training and work a

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/father-diabetesportalense-retires - 2025-07-05