By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 30 October 2020 Middle Eastern research news from Lund University Very exciting to start up as new CMES director! Karin Aggestam: "It has been some hectic, but very exciting weeks as new director for CMES. I am deeply impressed by the large number of scholars at Lund University who conduct cutting-edge research on the

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/newsletter-middle-east-forum-newsletter-october - 2025-05-01

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 26 November 2020 The workshop is called: Unpacking ‘the Opposition’ in undemocratic regimes: The Role, Transformation and Challenges of the Oppositional Actors in Turkey and beyond The purpose of this workshop is to initiate a debate on the opposition in Turkey and contribute to the theorization of the role, transforma

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-pinar-dinc-presenting-fake-news-understanding-conflict-and-forest-fire-nexus-through-media - 2025-05-01

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 1 December 2020 Middle East Forum Newsletter #15 Message from the director: New CMES board in place  While CMES 2.0 is still in the making some important steps have been taken in the last few weeks. We are pleased to announce that a new interdisciplinary board has been formed.  Four faculties are represented from Lund

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-forum-newsletter-15 - 2025-05-01

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 1 December 2020 Exploring the broader field of environmental dimensions of conflict – in the Middle East region and beyond As part of the Climate Stress in Syria-research project, there was a closed interactive online workshop on October 14th to discuss the nexus around drought, vulnerability and conflict. This post de

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/exploring-broader-field-environmental-dimensions-conflict-middle-east-region-and-beyond - 2025-05-01

Published 21 April 2017 Six researchers from Lund University Diabetes Centre have recieved prestigous grants from the European Research Council (ERC). In order to celebrate the success we invited the public to an open seminar. Some of the talks can be reviewed here (in Swedish). Forskning för bättre folkhälsa:Framsteg inom typ 2-diabetes, fetma och hjärtsjukdomar   Föredrag av professor Olle Melan

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/successful-research-funded-european-research-council - 2025-05-01

Published 24 May 2017 They govern everything we think and do, they give us the ability to feel pain and to secrete insulin: they are the ion channels that are present in every one of our cells and that control the electrical impulses in our nerve and muscle cells. “For me, they are the very spark of life”, says Dame Frances Ashcroft, professor at the University of Oxford, who is also now to be an

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/injections-pills-research-neonatal-diabetes - 2025-05-01

Published 29 May 2017 Four researchers have been awarded grants from The Bo and Kerstin Hjelt Diabetes Foundation. The grant consists of Euro 50 000 each and are aiming towards better treatments and prevention of type 2-diabetes. Improved life expectancy and quality of people with diabetesDiabetes affects millions of patients around the world. The two main types of the disease, type 1 and type 2,

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/200000-euro-diabetes-research - 2025-05-01

Published 15 June 2017 There has been no known link between diabetes and vitamin A -- until now. A new study suggests that the vitamin improves the insulin producing β-cell´s function.The researchers initially discovered that insulin-producing beta-cells contain a large quantity of a cell surface receptor for vitamin A. "There are no unnecessary surface receptors in human cells. They all serve a p

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/role-vitamin-diabetes - 2025-05-01

Published 3 July 2017 Research from King’s College in London, UK, and Lund University in Sweden could explain why diabetes drugs which have worked in animal experiments are not equally successful in humans. The researchers discovered differences – but also unknown similarities – in the function of insulin-producing beta cells. The team have mapped a category of receptors, known as G protein-couple

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-research-describes-differences-between-mice-and-humans - 2025-05-01

By sara [dot] liedholm [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Liedholm) - published 14 September 2017 Taking advantage of a novel sub-classification of diabetes LUDC-IRC, a newly launched collaboration between academia, the health care system and industry, aims at delivering precision medicine in diabetes. LUDC-IRC consolidation meeting  - We have set the bar high. We very specifically aim at making a d

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/ludc-irc-ready-take - 2025-05-01

Published 17 November 2017 Can insulin taken as an infant in small doses together with food render the immune system used to insulin and thus prevent type 1 diabetes? Can a gluten-free diet and probiotics prevent celiac disease (so called gluten intolerance)? These questions will be asked by two separate studies that are being planned at Lund University in Sweden. A new comprehensive screening of

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/newborn-babies-be-screened-studies-type-1-diabetes-and-celiac-disease-gluten-intolerance - 2025-05-01

Published 17 November 2017 Food researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered that consuming small amounts of chromium mixed with certain amino acids before eating is healthy. Why? Well, this mixture diluted in water suppresses the blood sugar spike that occurs when we eat. Now, they are hoping that the drink – which tastes like ordinary mineral water – will be able to compete with soft

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-drink-keeps-blood-sugar-check - 2025-05-01

Published 17 November 2017 There has been a fear that the swine flu vaccine, Pandemrix, would increase the risk of autoimmune diseases other than narcolepsy. However, a new study of children from Sweden and Finland shows that the vaccine increased neither the risk of developing autoantibodies against insulin-producing beta cells nor the occurrence of type 1 diabetes. Helena Elding Larsson “On the

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/risk-type-1-diabetes-not-increased-swine-flu-vaccine-pandemrix - 2025-05-01

Published 14 December 2017 Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have found that the presence of death receptors in the blood can be used to directly measure the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes. “We see that people with known risk factors such as high blood sugar and high blood fats also have heightened death receptor levels”, says Professor Jan Nilsson who led th

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/death-receptors-new-markers-type-2-diabetes-and-cardiovascular-disease - 2025-05-01

Published 14 December 2017 December 4-5, nordic researchers gathered in Malmö to discuss future challenges in precision medicine, a research field where diagnosis and treatment are based on the individual´s genetic and biological conditions. Focus is on our common and increasing diseases diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer and psychiatric diagnosis. "The goal of the meeting is to bring togeth

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/nordic-conference-malmo-about-precision-medicine-future - 2025-05-01

Published 2 March 2018 A completely new classification of diabetes which also predicts the risk of serious complications and provides treatment suggestions. We are now seeing the first results of ANDIS – a study covering all newly diagnosed diabetics in southern Sweden — published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. The major difference from today’s classification is that type 2 diabetes actua

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/paradigm-shift-diagnosis-diabetes - 2025-05-01

Publicerad 24 augusti 2020 Nu är prognos 2 2020 öppen. Anvisningarna hittar du här:EOS-anvisning för prognos 2 2020 (PDF 244 kB, nytt fönster)

https://www.ekonomiwebben.lu.se/artikel/prognos-2-2020 - 2025-05-01

Publicerad 28 augusti 2020 Nu är verksamhetsrapport Tertial 2 (T2) i EOS öppen.I samband med bokslutet per den 31 augusti 2020 ska verksamhetsrapportering på institutionsnivå göras via uppgift i EOS.Anvisningar och Guide till hur verksamhetsrapporten skrivs finns på Ekonomiwebben.EOS-anvisning för verksamhetsrapport T2 2020 (PDF 216 kB, ny flik)EOS - Guide: Verksamhetsrapportering (PDF 465 kB, ny

https://www.ekonomiwebben.lu.se/artikel/verksamhetsrapport-tertial-2-2020 - 2025-05-01

Publicerad 2 september 2020 Vi vill påminna om vår förteckning över oklara inbetalningar. Här finns både små och stora inbetalningar där vi inte fått svar från avsändaren och sektionen Ekonomi har därför inte kunnat placera dem på rätt institution.Oklara inbetalningarSprid gärna denna förteckning till personer på din institution som kan förväntas sakna dessa inbetalningar.Känner du igen någon inbe

https://www.ekonomiwebben.lu.se/artikel/utredningskontot-och-efterlysning-av-mottagare-till-inbetalningar-3 - 2025-05-01

Publicerad 7 september 2020 Visma Proceedo byter databas helgen den 12-13 september 2020.Det kommer innebära att Lupin/Proceedo inte kommer att vara tillgängligt från fredagen den 11 september kl 17:00 till måndag 14 september kl 06:00.

https://www.ekonomiwebben.lu.se/artikel/lupinproceedo-inte-tillgangligt-kommande-helg - 2025-05-01