By jon [dot] ulvsgard [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jon Ulvsgärd) - published 8 October 2024 Sonya Girdler, Professor of Occupational Therapy at Curtin University, Australia. Are you a PhD student or a Postdoc at the Faculty of Medicine? Here's a golden opportunity for you to take part in a seminar that will give you new insights into why publishing is key to an academic career. In a rare opportunit

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/seminar-academic-publishing-and-research-career-myths-vs-reality-1710 - 2025-07-05

By sara [dot] liedholm [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Liedholm) - published 14 October 2024 Is it getting closer to retirement? Prepare well in advance. Photo: iStock Positivity, humour and tireless energy have characterised Professor Roland Andersson's 40 years at the Faculty. As a happy retiree-to-be, he looks back on his time here. "My advice is to prepare in time", he says. Roland Andersson

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/after-40-years-faculty-pioneer-retiring - 2025-07-05

By sara [dot] liedholm [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Liedholm) - published 22 October 2024 Have your, your relatives' or friends', hearing checked free of charge. The hearing tests are only carried out for a few days, sign up today. The hearing examination is performed by students at the Audiology programme at Lund University, under the supervision of licensed audiologists. The examination will

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/free-hearing-examination-our-audiologist-students-welcome - 2025-07-05

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 10 October 2024 Stem Cell Centre, Mental Health Day, 2024, by Agata Garpenlind This year's theme for WHO Day is "Mental health at work". At the Stem Cell Centre, they took a joint mental break for coffee and mingle with colleagues in order to promote a supportive and inclusive work environment. This year's theme fo

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/world-mental-health-day-10-october-mental-health-work-celebrated-coffee-stem-cell-centre - 2025-07-05

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 15 October 2024 Register no later than 24 October. Limited number of spots. This tutorial is aimed at researchers working within life sciences who work with machine learning models but do not have the skills to build applications for web. It is becoming increasingly popular to share machine learning models with the

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/event-building-and-sharing-machine-learning-demo-applications-within-life-sciences-practical - 2025-07-05

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 17 October 2024 The Pufendorf Institute promotes interdisciplinary research. Photo: Johan Persspn. Apply for an Advanced Study Group no later than November 10 and for a Theme no later than December 9. The Pufendorf IAS stimulates interdisciplinary research within Lund University. The Institute supports researchers

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/calls-interdisciplinary-applications-pufendorf-institute-advanced-studies - 2025-07-05

By johanna [dot] erlandson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Johanna Erlandson) - published 16 October 2024 The Board of the Faculty of Medicine (MFS) has held a meeting. The meeting began with information about the fire at BMC, after which Vice Dean David Gisselsson Nord spoke about crisis preparedness and total defense within academia and our continuity plans. Vice Dean Thomas Hellmark presented manag

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/report-faculty-board-meeting-16-october-2024 - 2025-07-05

Published 13 October 2023 Photo: Hermann Knuewer. When humans are ill, we tend to be less active. This also applies to wild animals, but so far, it has not been known how long the reduced activity lasts or which activities are affected the most. New research from Lund University in Sweden shows that birds' activity decreases for up to three weeks when they become ill - something that could mean th

https://www.science.lu.se/article/disease-affects-blackbirds-more-previously-thought - 2025-07-05

Published 30 October 2023 The Hällekis quarry in Västergötland hosts Middle Ordovician limestone layers that have been sampled and analysed in the study. Photo: Anders Lindskog. Changes in oxygenation and climate had a fundamental impact on marine environments and ecosystems during one of the most transformative times of the development of life on Earth. This according to a new study in which rese

https://www.science.lu.se/article/colder-climate-and-oxygen-rich-ocean-currents-laid-foundations-modern-marine-ecosystems - 2025-07-05

Published 30 October 2023 A car is refueled with a liquid containing hydrogen. The fuel passes through the catalytic converter, where hydrogen is released into a fuel cell. When the hydrogen runs out, it is drained and filled with new liquid at the gas station. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden are investigating a car fuel comprised of a liquid that is converted to hydrogen by a solid catal

https://www.science.lu.se/article/new-catalyst-could-provide-liquid-hydrogen-fuel-future - 2025-07-05

Published 10 November 2023 The study shows that large herbivores have a positive impact on variation in tree cover in the world’s protected areas. The picture shows Tarangire National Park in Tanzania. Photo: Wikipedia. Using global satellite data, a research team has mapped the tree cover of the world’s protected areas. The study shows that regions with abundant large herbivores in many settings

https://www.science.lu.se/article/large-herbivores-such-elephants-bison-and-moose-contribute-tree-diversity - 2025-07-05

Published 17 November 2023 Pictured is the male, blue variant of the bluetail damselfly. Photo: Erik Svensson. For over 20 years, a research team at Lund University in Sweden has studied the common bluetail damselfly. Females occur in three different colour forms – one with a male-like appearance, something that protects them from mating harassment. In a new study, an international research team f

https://www.science.lu.se/article/scientists-have-solved-damselfly-colour-mystery - 2025-07-05

Published 13 December 2023 View from Lund University's research station in Hyltemossa, which is part of the European research infrastructure ICOS (Integrated Carbon Observation System) that collects and distributes high-quality greenhouse gas data. Photo: Tobias Biermann. Physical geographer Alex Vermeulen, who leads the work on the ICOS Carbon Portal, was the editor of a new publication about inc

https://www.science.lu.se/article/lund-led-greenhouse-gas-flow-publication-has-huge-media-impact - 2025-07-05

Published 13 December 2023 Photo: Maj Rundlöf. A new study from Lund University confirms that pesticides commonly used in farmland significantly harm bumblebees. Data from 106 sites across 8 European countries show that despite tightened pesticide regulations, more needs to be done. Despite claims of the world's most rigorous risk assessment process, the use of approved pesticides in European agri

https://www.science.lu.se/article/commonly-used-pesticides-are-still-harming-bees - 2025-07-05

Published 13 December 2023 The image, taken with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Chile, shows a high-resolution view of the innermost parts of the Milky Way. Photo: ESO. Through analysis of high-resolution data from a ten-metre telescope in Hawaii, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have succeeded in generating new knowledge about three stars at the very heart of

https://www.science.lu.se/article/astronomers-determine-age-three-mysterious-baby-stars-heart-milky-way - 2025-07-05

Published 20 December 2023 R. Michael Rich and Harriet Bulkeley. Photo: private / Henja Kooijman. One is an American astronomer who has charted the innermost parts of the Milky Way using spectroscopy, the other a British professor of Geography who has made a name for herself through her interdisciplinary climate research. R. Michael Rich and Harriet Bulkeley have been appointed honorary doctors at

https://www.science.lu.se/article/world-leading-astrophysicist-and-interdisciplinary-geographer-are-new-honorary-doctors-science - 2025-07-05

Published 2 January 2024 Dean Per Persson, Deputy Dean Karin Rengefors and Vice-Dean Charlotta Turner have now taken office. Get to know them better through the interviews below that were conducted in the spring of 2023, in connection with the election. In addition to the three mentioned, Karin Hall will have an assignment as Vice-Dean during 2024. Shortcuts to the interviewsInterview with Dean Pe

https://www.science.lu.se/article/new-deans-have-taken-office - 2025-07-05

Published 9 February 2024 The Porsmose man from the Neolithic period, killed by two arrows with bone tips. Photo: National Museum of Denmark. Following the arrival of the first farmers in Scandinavia 5,900 years ago, the hunter-gatherer population was wiped out within a few generations, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden, among others. The results, which are contrary to prevai

https://www.science.lu.se/article/scandinavias-first-farmers-slaughtered-hunter-gatherer-population - 2025-07-05

Published 26 February 2024 Lina Eklund is one of the researchers in the international team working to analyse satellite images of the destruction of Gaza. Photo: Johan Joelsson. Physical geographer Lina Eklund is tracking the destruction of Gaza week by week using satellite images. Her analyses could be significant if, once the fighting between Israel and Hamas is over, questions of possible war c

https://www.science.lu.se/article/destruction-gaza-monitored-space - 2025-07-05

Published 7 March 2024 Part of the simulated universe. In the center, a galaxy is born through gas that later transforms into stars. The whole process takes billions of years but is simulated in just a few months by supercomputers. Photo: The AGORA Collaboration. Astronomers can use supercomputers to simulate the formation of galaxies from the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago to the present day. Bu

https://www.science.lu.se/article/new-insights-how-galaxies-are-formed - 2025-07-05