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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In the current extraordinary situation, voluntary initiatives and ideas have taken off at Lund University, at several different faculties. Everyone is helping where they can. In times of significant pressures on society, many people want to contribute to ensure the functioning of healthcare and education. When it bec
Antibody-based drugs often become too thick to be injected at high concentrations. Now, new research can explain why this happens—knowledge that could eventually lead to easily injectable medications. Antibody-based drugs are currently used to treat cancer, autoimmune diseases, and inflammatory conditions. To be administered as a simple injection under the skin, they need to be concentrated, but a
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-take-step-towards-improved-antibody-therapy - 2026-06-03
Climate solutions exist – so why isn’t more happening? On 9 December, researchers from University of Cambridge and Lund University will gather in Lund and online to try to find answers to how we can accelerate the climate transition. The UN climate panel is clear: human activity is already affecting extreme weather, ecosystems, our health, and livelihoods worldwide. At the same time, there are a r
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/conference-breaking-barriers-climate-solutions - 2026-06-03
A drug has shown great promise in the treatment of neuroblastoma, an aggressive form of childhood cancer. The study was led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden, and is published in the journal Science Translational Medicine. Every year, about 800 children in the US are diagnosed with neuroblastoma, an aggressive cancer of the nervous system that most frequently arises in the adrenal glands
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/promising-treatment-aggressive-childhood-cancer - 2026-06-03
Antibody-based drugs often become too thick to be injected at high concentrations. Now, new research can explain why this happens—knowledge that could eventually lead to easily injectable medications. Antibody-based drugs are currently used to treat cancer, autoimmune diseases, and inflammatory conditions. To be administered as a simple injection under the skin, they need to be concentrated, but a
https://www.science.lu.se/article/researchers-take-step-towards-improved-antibody-therapy - 2026-06-03
Lund University has climbed to first place in the world in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2026. The ranking includes around 2,000 higher education institutions from about 100 countries and measures how universities contribute to a sustainable future – through research, education, and the way they operate as organisations. “Humble, proud, and inspired to continue moving forward –
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-ranked-best-world-sustainability - 2026-06-04
LUMES student, Hanna Geschewski, has just come back to Sweden after she was temporarily stranded in Nepal during fieldwork for her thesis. In this interview, she reflects on the impact of the corona outbreak on her own studies, and on the society in Nepal, where the socio-economic consequences of global and national measures to slow its spread have hit many people hard. How is your daily life impa
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/interview-lumes-student-hanna-geschewski-about-impact-corona-pandemic-nepal - 2026-06-03
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUMES student, Hanna Geschewski, has just come back to Sweden after she was temporarily stranded in Nepal during fieldwork for her thesis. In this interview, she reflects on the impact of the corona outbreak on her own studies, and on the society in Nepal, where the socio-economic consequences of global and national m
https://www.lumes.lu.se/article/reflections-corona-pandemic-lumes-student-hanna-geschewski - 2026-06-03
NEW THESIS IN PARTICLE PHYSICS: Timea Vitos aims to provide accurate predictions for important measurements at particle facilities like the Large Hadron Collider at Cern, which will aid in the search for new physics beyond the Standard Model and advance our understanding of the fundamental particles and their interactions in the universe. What is your thesis about? "Currently the best model for th
https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/pushing-precision-frontier - 2026-06-03
Despite an increasing number of informal outdoor sport and recreational spaces in Sweden and our society, not everyone feel that they can use them. Public spaces for physical activity are dominated by boys and men, while girls and women are under-represented. The research project Equalizer examines the barriers that hinders different groups access to these spaces and methods to remove the obstacle
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/methods-disturbance-gives-more-people-access-public-places - 2026-06-03
Using fishing-rods laced with dental floss and the Nobel-prize winning Crispr-Cas9 gene-editing technology, Nathalie Feiner wants to reveal some of the deepest mysteries of evolution. At the root of it all: a heartfelt love of lizards. Lying on a thin branch in the terrarium on Nathalie Feiner’s desk in the Department of Biology is a grey-speckled anolis lizard, looking out over the empty coffee c
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lizards-key-evolutionary-mysteries - 2026-06-03
Synchrotron radiation helps vision researcher Emily Baird create three-dimensional images of how insects see the world. In the future, this could lead to sighted drones that navigate through the air like insects, without being remote controlled from the ground. “I enjoy research more than anything, and the most fun part is that I am forced to be creative and make constant progress, says Emily Bair
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/studies-bees-can-enable-drones-see - 2026-06-03
Can you tell me a little about your research area?I research diseases and conditions of the hip joint that affect children but can also cause pain and osteoarthritis in adulthood. One example is hip dysplasia, where the acetabulum does not sufficiently cover the femoral head. Hip dysplasia occurs in 0.5-1% of newborns in Sweden and is almost always detected at the maternity ward. When diagnosed ea
https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/meet-carl-johan-tiderius - 2026-06-03
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have found a new type of biomarker that can predict the risk of type 2 diabetes, by detecting epigenetic changes in specific genes through a simple blood test. The results are published today in Nature Communications. “This could motivate a person at risk to change their lifestyle”, says Karl Bacos, researcher in epigenetics at Lund University.Predicting th
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-method-measures-risk-type-2-diabetes-blood - 2026-06-03
As governments around the world ramp up subsidies to accelerate the transition to renewable energy, a key question remains: Do these policies deliver the economic and environmental benefits they promise? New research by Kajsa Ganhammar sheds light on the unintended consequences of one popular tool, green certificate schemes, revealing that when dominant producers can game the system, consumers may
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/how-renewable-energy-subsidies-can-affect-electricity-prices - 2026-06-04
This year, the Centre for European Studies has awarded the 2023 Best Thesis Award to Olof Bärtås for his master's thesis called “European discoveries: Cultural Europeanization on Swedish culture pages 1977-1989”. We sat down with Olof to talk about his thesis-writing process and asked him if he had any tips for future thesis writers.Hello Olof. What are you up to right now?I am currently living in
https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/olof-bartas-receives-cfes-best-thesis-award-2023 - 2026-06-03
Sociologist of religion Linnea Jensdotter conducts research on the role of religion in politics. She has analysed 20,000 Facebook comments on articles from Sweden’s biggest news sites. Her analysis shows that religion is becoming more politicised. Some comments point to religion to assert “Swedish values”. Others display a genuine interest and a willingness to discuss. “What surprised me was that
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/religion-politicised-social-media - 2026-06-04
The Edstrand Foundation is one of the largest scholarship funds for the visual arts in Sweden and has previously received some of the Nordic region's most prominent artists. Now the scholarship recipients for 2024 have been announced.This year, the Edstrandska Scholarship Foundation has awarded a grant of 500,000 SEK each to the artists: Pia Ferm Tarik Kiswanson Elisabeth Östin In additi
https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/edstrandska-foundation-scholarship-holders-2024 - 2026-06-03
In an article recently published in Nature Communications, researchers Fan Wu, Tu C. Nguyen-Phan, Richard Cogdell, and Tönu Pullerits suggest that optical microcavities can be a strategic tool for modifying excitation energy transfer between molecular complexes. “We show that optical microcavities can enhance energy transfer between photosynthetic light-harvesting complexes, even in the weak coupl
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/promising-approach-towards-efficient-artificial-light-harvesting - 2026-06-03
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In brilliant sunshine, the new doctors, honorary doctors and jubilee doctors walked in procession from the main University building to the Cathedral for the most important event in the academic calendar – the doctoral degree conferment ceremony. The ceremony took place on 24 May and the flags on the roof of the main U
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/happy-doctors-escaped-rain - 2026-06-03
