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Personer som besökt en psykiatrisk akutmottagning minst fem gånger på ett år utgör en liten men komplex patientgrupp. Såväl personerna själva som vårdpersonalen vittnar om behov att få hjälp att få till en fungerande vardag och därmed kunna minska det psykiatriska lidandet. Manuela Schmidt, som nyligen disputerat på ämnet vid Lunds universitet, ser ett måste i en integrerad vårdmodell som utgår fr
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have found a new way to capture energy from sunlight – by using molecules that contain iron. The results are presented in the latest issue of Nature Chemistry. The hope is to develop efficient and environmentally friendly solar energy applications. Solar energy is an inexhaustible resource that we currently only utilise to a very limited extent. Researchers
Lund University has a large and broad range of research infrastructure on offer. Several are world-leading. Unfortunately, however, in many cases the knowledge among researchers of what is on offer is low. “There are many researchers who are unaware of what the University has and what is accessible or how the infrastructure can help their research”, says Kajsa M Paulsson who is infrastructure coor
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/find-research-infrastructures-lucris-and-develop-your-research - 2025-10-09
Through an interdisciplinary research project in collaboration with industry, a group of researchers hope to identify a more efficient way of assessing the ground ahead of future construction projects. The results of the research might, for example, accelerate the process of modernising the Swedish rail network. On selected sections of the track between Lund and Hässleholm, a research project is u
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/improving-efficiency-construction-railway-future - 2025-10-10
In preparing for the University’s jubilee year which starts on 19 December, Lund University is now publishing a popular science book entitled “Lund University over 350 Years – History and Stories”. The book is about the University’s journey from a small provincial academy with 14 professors and 80 students to the major international university that it is today, recurrently ranked among the top 100
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/jubilee-book-highlights-history-lund-university-popular-form - 2025-10-09
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have together with American colleagues studied deceased patients who were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease or frontotemporal dementia. They observed a correlation between certain proteins and dementia sufferers’ tendency to commit criminal acts. “This study is unique in that we studied deceased patients, something that means we are 100 per cent sure of th
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/abnormal-proteins-correlate-criminal-behaviour-dementia - 2025-10-09
Can the arts and culture affect your wellbeing? The link between culture and health is an area attracting more and more interest. Max Liljefors, professor of art history at Lund University, was tasked by Region Skåne with identifying ways in which their extensive art collection can be put to better use. “There has been a shift in perspective when it comes to how we can give patients access to cult
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/art-displaying-right-art-healthcare-settings - 2025-10-09
The UN Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) global assessment on nature highlights that 1 million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction. Dr. Mine Islar, one of the lead athors of the report, and senior lecturer and researcher at LUCSUS, explains the significance of the report’s findings, which was released today, 6th May 201
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/mine-islar-comments-ipbes-global-assessment-loss-biodiversity-crucial-climate-change - 2025-10-09
"Empowerment of vulnerable groups is unlikely to arise through interventions from climate adaptation projects only. Yet, often these projects are seen as drivers for social change", says Stephen Woroniecki, PHD-candidate at LUCSUS. He says that, in a warming and increasingly unequal world, more and more people are on the lookout for integrated, holistic, solutions that can move beyond the siloes
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/nature-based-solutions-climate-change-what-scope-empowerment-vulnerable-groups - 2025-10-09
Much research on diabetes focuses on understanding what happens when the insulin-producing cells are destroyed. Researchers at Lund University have instead chosen to investigate what protects the insulin-producing cells. Their research shows that a protein of the immune system protects the insulin-producing cells from inflammation and death. The study, published in PNAS, is an example of basic res
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/protein-protects-insulin-producing-cells - 2025-10-09
With a research focus on the development and application of in vitro models to study human brain evolution and disease, PhD student Daniela Grassi will be defending her thesis on Thursday 23rd of April 2020. Here, Daniela tells us about her research in the Molecular Neurogenetics group, led by Johan Jakobsson, and her time spent at Lund Stem Cell Center. Can you tell us about your research?During
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/thesis-defence-interview-daniela-grassi - 2025-10-09
When invited to the first ever Lund University Quality conference, Martina Oxling accepted. The conference is a good opportunity to tell people about one of the LUSEM flagships, the Change Maker Future Track. Meet Martina and learn more about the track, and her expectations and goals for the future. The Lund University Quality conference was given recently at the School of Social Work. Martina was
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/change-maker-future-track-highlighted-quality-conference - 2025-10-09
Researchers at Lund University and Lund Stem Cell Center have generated human mini bones in the lab which mirror the composition and function of human bone. The results published in Science Translational Medicine detail this step toward the future development of patient-tailored, personalized models of bone cancers and tumors. On average, the adult body consists of 206 bones. Housed in the center
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/toward-personalized-approach-study-and-treatment-bone-cancers - 2025-10-09
The theme for the first online Transformations Conference (17 – 18th June 2021), co-organised by LUCSUS, is about enabling positive tipping points for sustainability transformations. In this interview, conveners J. David Tàbara (GCF) and Diego Galafassi (LUCSUS), speak on key aims and hopes for the upcoming conference, and emphasise how a positive framing of the future can replace fear, social clo
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/transformations-conference-2021-enabling-positive-tipping-points-sustainability - 2025-10-09
This autumn, a unique research satellite, Gaia, will be launched. The project aims to map a billion stars and involves hundreds of European astronomers. One of the originators of the initiative is Lund University’s Professor of Astronomy Lennart Lindegren. Lennart Lindegren tests a meridian circle, which was used in the 19th century to measure the position of the stars. Professor Lindegren seems c
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/idea-lund-behind-research-satellite - 2025-10-09
LUMES alumni Sophia Speckhahn and Annabel Schickner from batch 19 visited LUMES to share their stories about life after LUMES, from graduation to getting their first jobs. Today they are both working with sustainability within different sectors in Germany. Find out what they think are the most important skills they gained from the LUMEs programme and what career advice they have for future LUMES g
https://www.lumes.lu.se/article/meet-lumes-alumni-sophia-speckhahn-and-annabel-schickner-batch-19 - 2025-10-09
In the Colombian rainforest, cattle ranching is spreading and leading to forest fires and deforestation. This threatens the environment, climate and indigenous people in the Amazon. More efficient use of existing pastures and alternative livelihoods are some of the factors needed to protect the rainforest, according to a new thesis by Jesica López. Colombia's rainforest is part of the Amazon and i
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Eva Wiberg represents Lund University all over the world – from Europe to Indonesia and Saudi Arabia. She argues that global challenges and dwindling EU funding call for more intense collaborations with a few carefully selected international partners. Eva Wiberg together with the students Jens Worning and Ida Olsson. The internationalisation activities at LU will be supporte
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/deputy-vice-chancellor-eva-wiberg-international-collaboration-strengthens-economy - 2025-10-09
Why do humans and other mammals have two kidneys, but only one heart and one brain? “Because the kidneys are so important, of course!” says Diana Karpman – partly joking and partly serious. As a consultant and professor in nephrology, she really does think these organs are among the most essential in the body. Diana Karpmans work has been very rewarding. In a healthy individual, the kidneys lead a
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/searching-causes-kidney-failure - 2025-10-09
