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Malin Parmar, professor of cellular neuroscience, along with three researchers in Italy and Denmark, has been awarded the prestigious ERC Synergy Grant worth EUR 10 million. The four researchers aim to develop custom-made neurons from stem cells for cell therapies to treat Parkinson’s or Huntington’s disease. Congratulations!“Thank you, it feels really fun and exciting for many reasons! One reason

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/erc-synergy-grant-awarded-development-custom-made-stem-cell-therapies - 2026-06-11

In order to achieve the 1.5-degree target set by the Paris Agreement, massive cuts in carbon emissions are needed. For the EU, this requires a reduction of household carbon footprints from 2015 of almost 70% by 2030 and over 90% by 2050. Too often, climate policies are not placed within a broader social context and policy makers neglect to see that welfare policies are vital to climate mitigation.

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/eu-project-shows-welfare-policies-are-vital-climate-mitigation - 2026-06-11

Making independent decisions about your body and your life is a big part of being a human being in Sweden today. Part of this is taking care of your sexual health and choosing whether and when to have children. In heterosexual relationships, this is a task that often falls on the person who can get pregnant. The ideal, according to new research, is different and involves an equal distribution of c

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/share-unshareable-strong-equality-ideal-young-peoples-contraceptive-work - 2026-06-11

Sociologist Lisa Flower, biologist Øystein Opedal, economic historian Ingrid van Dijk and linguist Karolin Obert have received the prestigious grant from the EU. Their research focuses on video links in court cases, plant adaptation to pollinators, health inequalities over time, and language change in hunter-gatherer societies as they move around. The ERC Starting Grant is intended for early-caree

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/four-researchers-lund-university-receive-erc-starting-grant - 2026-06-11

Congratulations to Charlotte Ling who, together with Katarina Fagher and Alice Maguolo, has been awarded a grant of five million Danish kroner by the Novo Nordisk Foundation. The funding will support clinical research in precision medicine, focusing on epigenetic analysis of blood samples from 13,000 individuals. Charlotte Ling, a professor in diabetes research with a particular focus on epigeneti

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/charlotte-ling-receives-major-grant-clinical-diabetes-research - 2026-06-11

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Meet LUCSUS new postdoctoral researcher Salvatore Paolo De Rosa. Salvatore's research focuses on connecting social and climate movements, civil society organisations and NGOs in Sweden and Europe to better understand their relation with the knowledge generated by climate science and their engagement with legal framewo

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/salvatore-paolo-de-rosa-explores-interactions-climate-movements-science-and-law - 2026-06-11

At the end of October Laura Duran Lozano successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis. Motivated by the idea of helping patients and families impacted by cancer, and as part of the EU CanFaster Program, she has spent the past four years working to identify predisposing genes for a type of bone marrow cancer known as Multiple Myeloma. In this interview, we learn how her collaborative research efforts hav

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/uncovering-genetic-risk-factors-multiple-myeloma-phd-interview-laura-duran-lozano - 2026-06-11

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Two research projects at the department have been granted funding from Formas, from the announcement: "From research to practice - methods and tools". Both projects will receive approximately SEK 2 million in funding over the next three years. A model for developing and building places through human memoryElisabeth Hö

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/millions-research-place-development-and-sustainable-coastal-development - 2026-06-11

For six months, artist Jennifer Rainsford will be exploring MAX IV – one of the world’s largest research laboratories for synchrotron light. Inside the ring-shaped MAX IV building on the outskirts of Lund, extremely intense X-ray light known as synchrotron light is produced. The light, which is not visible to the naked eye, is used by researchers from around the globe to study materials, molecules

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/artist-takes-residency-max-iv - 2026-06-11

For six months, Jennifer Rainsford will be Artist in Residence at MAX IV – and will explore the research laboratories for synchrotron light. Inside the ring-shaped MAX IV building on the outskirts of Lund, extremely intense X-ray light known as synchrotron light is produced. The light, which is not visible to the naked eye, is used by researchers from around the globe to study materials, molecules

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/artist-takes-residency-max-iv - 2026-06-12

Jerker Vinterstare at Lund University has studied the crucian carp species. In his doctoral thesis, he shows that residues of antidepressant medication in the water can cause changes in fish behaviour, making them nervous and cowardly. He also shows that when predatory fish such as northern pike are in the vicinity, the crucian carp can change their body shape, eye size and colour, but also modify

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/fish-behaviour-and-appearance-affected-stress - 2026-06-11

CMES researcher Amir Naghibi has co-authored an article published in the journal Diversity. The article "Climate-Change-Driven Shifts in Aegilops tauschii Species Distribution: Implications for Food Security and Ecological Conservation" was co-authored by Shirin Mahmoodi (Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center), Mohammad Jaffar Aghaei (National Plant Gene Bank of Iran), K

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/climate-change-and-plant-diversity-iran - 2026-06-11

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Martin Leijnse, researcher in solid state physics at Lund University in Sweden, has received a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) synergy grant worth EUR 1.5 million. He shares the total grant amount of EUR 10 million with three researchers from the University of Copenhagen. The four researchers have worked t

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/erc-grant-research-unusual-quantum-state - 2026-06-11

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Writing Sound. One Hundred DrawingsA soloexhibition by Laila SvensgaardOpening: Friday the 16th of February 4-8 pm.Exhibition period: 17th of February – 24th of February, 2018Opening hours: Thursday, Friday and Saturday 3-6 pm.Writing Sound, One Hundred Drawings is a performative drawing project by the artist Laila Sv

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/alumi-laila-svensgaard - 2026-06-11

Former researcher Altea Pericoli has published a new book with Edinburgh University Press, entitled Islamic Aid and Gulf States in Contemporary Crises the book was written as a part of her postdoc project which was funded by CMES. Read and download it here. Open Access. (Link to external website)Provides a conceptual framework for the analysis of Gulf States’ foreign aidDescribes the Islamic value

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/islamic-aid-and-gulf-states-contemporary-crises - 2026-06-11

Colourful illustrations shone in Forum Medicum's foyer when WCMM inaugurated Fusion 2025 – an exhibition format where art and science meet. Last autumn, WCMM announced a competition in which researchers at WCMM units around Sweden were invited to contribute their best scientific illustrations. 21 entries were submitted and on Friday it was time for the opening in Forum Medicum's foyer. In addition

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/marvel-forum-medicum-art-meets-science-wcmm-fusion-2025-exibit - 2026-06-11

The world is facing several crises in terms of water quality, quantity, and safety. Policy measures to date focus on a 'business as usual' approach that prioritises economic and/or green growth. But measures that prioritize growth largely fail. A group of some of the world's most prominent water scientists highlights the crucial role that policy capture has played. They call for measures that are

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/jesper-svensson-et-al-beyond-growth-response-worlds-water-crises - 2026-06-11

Professor Ian Manners presents on ‘The External Dimensions of the European Union’s Autocracy Crisis’ to the Swedish EU Presidency Conference on 'The Rule of Law in the EU: Crisis and Solutions', Stockholm, 17 April. The conference is co-organized by the Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies; the Swedish Network for European Legal Studies; the Centre for European Research and the School of

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/professor-ian-manners-presents-external-dimensions-european-unions-autocracy-crisis-swedish-eu - 2026-06-11

Today we conducted this falls second nailing ceremony as the departments doctoral student Anna Spitzkat nailed her doctors thesis. Anna is defending her thesis during a dissertation at the 9th of December here at Campus Helsingborg. The title of the thesis is ”Understanding Social Media Shopping – Instagram and the reconfiguration of the practice of shopping”. With Annas own words:   "Instagram, i

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/anna-spitzkat-nailed-her-dissertation - 2026-06-11

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On 26 October 2017, Kes McCormick at the IIIEE, presented online the early findings on nature-based solutions from the Urban Regional Innovation Partnerships in Naturvation to the National Cities Forum organized in Melbourne, Australia.This national forum examined approaches to catalysing urban transformation for low

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/re-inventing-city-nature-based-solutions - 2026-06-11