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What if brain diseases could be cured by turning on the proper genes? Meet our scientist, Professor Cecilia Lundberg! She explains how gene therapy may complement cell therapies to combat Parkinson’s disease. Cecilia Lundberg is head of the CNS Gene Therapy Research Group and has spent her whole career developing cutting-edge tools that may be used in future therapies to slow down or cure neurodeg

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/meet-our-scientists-podcast-cecilia-lundberg-about-gene-workshop - 2026-04-29

Summer is the right period for recharging our batteries through vacations and travels. It also seems to be an attractive time to organize scientific conferences… Here are some warm summer wishes from three MultiPark research group leaders and the MultiPark management team attending the World Parkinson Congress in Barcelona. Every third year, the World Parkinson Coalition organizes a breathtaking m

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/summer-greetings-multipark-world-parkinson-congress - 2026-04-29

Lund University has risen to 75th place in the prestigious QS annual ranking. This is an improvement of ten spots on the previous year, placing Lund as the top ranked comprehensive university in Sweden. In addition, the University has been awarded the QS Sustainability Champions Award. QS has published annual university rankings since 2004. On 4 June, QS published its latest list (ranking 2025) fo

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-climbs-global-ranking-wins-sustainability-award - 2026-04-29

Lund University's holding company is changing its name from LU Holding to LU Ventures. The new name aims to better reflect the company's mission: to build companies that transform research into new products and services creating global impact. "We are third best in the world, but we should not be satisfied – more research must lead to innovations." said Rector Erik Renström and highlighted a repor

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-holding-becomes-lu-ventures-new-chapter-universitys-venture-builder - 2026-04-30

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Policy instruments and business models for closed material loops:Lamp collecting systems in need of improvement A group of three IIIEE researchers are busy searching for good examples of how discarded lamps can be collected and the materials reused in new lamps.  “With authorities taking more responsibility consumers

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-iiiee-researcher-thomas-lindhqvist - 2026-04-29

Solitary bees that ingested the pesticide clothianidin when foraging from rapeseed flowers became slower. In addition, the strawberries pollinated by these bees were smaller. This is shown by a new study from Lund University in Sweden. Strawberries are known to become bigger if bees have visited their flowers, but how strawberry growth is affected if the bees have been exposed to neonicotinoid ins

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/strawberries-were-smaller-when-bees-ingested-pesticides - 2026-04-29

https://www.lthin.lth.se/artikel/2026/ga-pa-lunchseminarier-hos-centre-engineering-education - 2026-04-29

It is not self-evident that an organisation will enjoy the befits of the creativity of its employees. Creativity can be stifled, but it can also be allowed to flow. Stephan Schaefer, organisational researcher at Lund University School of Economics and Management, gives five tips on how best to utilise creativity in an organisation. Be creative together with othersIt is not the lone genius who hatc

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/five-ways-harness-creativity-organisation - 2026-04-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Swedish manhood enters into crisis at irregular intervals; the male role may now be about to change once again in the aftermath of the #metoo protest. Gender historian Emma Severinsson hopes that the boys of today will learn to show feelings – and gender scholar Jens Rydström adds that men need to get better at talkin

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/will-male-roles-change-after-metoo - 2026-04-29

Forskare vid Lunds universitet har undersökt samband mellan exponering för PFAS och utveckling av astma. Resultaten visar att bland de barn vars mammor hade mycket hög PFAS-exponering under graviditeten var risken för astma betydligt högre än hos barn vars mammor hade lägre PFAS-exponering. PFAS (per- och polyfluoralkylsubstanser) är en stor grupp av syntetiska ämnen som kan förekomma i många prod

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/samband-mellan-mycket-hog-pfas-exponering-och-astma-hos-barn - 2026-04-30

By describing his research as a battle between good and evil and likening himself to a hacker who attacks cancer cells to make them kind, PhD student Luís Oliveira took home the win in this year's Research Grand Prix. It is a competition in presentation technique for researchers, and it was held in front of an audience of almost 400 students at Helsingborg's Stadsteater on 1 October. His presentat

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/research-reprogramming-cancer-cells-won-presentation-competition-research-grand-prix - 2026-04-29

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. "Buying and selling sex: Between pleasure, work and exploitation" is the title of Giula Garofalo Geymonat's new book, now in Swedish. The Gender Studies Department and Daidalos Publishers proudly invite you to a book release at the Gender studies Department on April 28 at 17:15. Prostitution is a controversial topic

https://www.genus.lu.se/artikel/meet-author-book-release - 2026-04-29

During his Ph.D. studies, Alexander Svanbergsson has established a modelling system to screen for factors affecting the aggregation of alpha-synuclein in Parkinson’s disease. On the 3rd of December, it is time for him to defend his work supervised by Prof. Jia-Yi Li. Now, Alexander tells us about his research in the research group Neural Plasticity and Repair at MultiPark. What is your research ab

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-alexander-svanbergsson - 2026-04-29

Increasingly, industry is looking to recruit staff with doctoral degrees for research and development positions. This may involve hiring people with technical expertise in a specialist area and who also hold sufficient qualifications to independently run projects according to the company’s requirements. A newly graduated doctoral student who comes straight from academia may experience large cultur

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/industrial-doctoral-students-valuable-industry - 2026-04-29

Why do some people develop type 1 diabetes and others do not? Worldwide, researchers are now collaborating to find the answer to this complex question.Diabetes researchers at Lund University recently contributed data to a new study that shows that type 1 diabetes develops in three different ways in children. This improved understanding makes it possible for scientists to conduct new types of studi

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/blood-testing-children-leads-better-understanding-type-1-diabetes - 2026-04-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. How come bees always find their way home, not to mention in a straight line? What is it about the insect brain that allows them to navigate so easily? Could we copy that function? A step in this direction has now been taken by a group of scientists in a project combining the fields of biology, physics, nanoscience and

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/mimicking-navigation-insect-brain - 2026-04-29

Many of us know that Finland is steadily ranked as the happiest country in the world. The basis for this is the annual World Happiness Report, which is based on a simple question about happiness asked to people around the world. However, a new study led by Lund University in Sweden suggests that it makes people think more about power and wealth. Using the same question to measure happiness over ti

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/world-happiness-report-why-we-might-be-measuring-happiness-wrong - 2026-04-29

A course administrator is a little bit like an octopus. We have one arm in the current day, one arm in tomorrow, another arm later in the week, one arm a few weeks ahead, one arm at the end of the semester and a pair of arms in the next semester. This is how Kathryn Wellbaum, course administrator at the faculty, explains her job. What does an course administrator do?"The role of the course adminis

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/course-administrator-octopus-organisation - 2026-04-29

Meet Rugare Tambo from Zimbabwe, studying Master's in Strategic Communication at Campus Helsingborg, and discover her experiences and best tips. Why did you choose Lund University and your programme?  Lund is not just a university, it is an experience, and the best decision of my life! Ranked in the top 100 world-class research universities, choosing Lund University has allowed me to be an archite

https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/lund-not-just-university-it-experience-and-best-decision-my-life - 2026-04-29

Generativ AI är en fråga som engagerar många av oss just nu. Den finns i samtalen i korridorerna, i undervisningen och i hur vi arbetar. Och även om allt arbete ännu inte syns utåt, så pågår det mycket – både på universitetsgemensam nivå och här hos oss på fakulteten – för att förstå vad detta betyder för våra utbildningar och hur vi ska anamma AI i vår verksamhet på bästa sätt.För oss i fakultets

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/internt/artikel/ledningen-har-ordet-med-charlotta-turner-ai-i-utbildningen-sa-tar-vi-nasta-steg - 2026-04-29