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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In Parkinson’s disease (PD), dopamine-producing nerve cells that control our movements waste away. Current treatments for PD therefore aim at restoring dopamine contents in the brain. In a new study from Lund University, researchers are attacking the problem from a different angle, through early activation of a protei
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Edouard Berrocal, a researcher in combustion physics at Lund University, has been awarded one of the most prestigious grants available to young researchers: an ERC Starting Grant. The grant is worth EUR 1.5 million and will enable him to spend the next five years investigating what happens in the crucial moment at the
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/erc-starting-grant-researcher-combustion - 2026-06-23
Exposure to common infections may shape basal immunity and potentially HIV-1 acquisition amongst a high-risk population in Coastal KenyaLynn Fwambah 1 2, Cheryl Andisi 2, Claire Streatfield 3, Rachel Bromell 3, Jonathan Hare 3 4, Joakim Esbjörnsson 5 6, Thumbi Ndung'u 7 8 9 10, Eduard J Sanders 1 6 11, Amin S Hassan # 1 5, Eunice Nduati # 1 2Affiliations1Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)/We
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lina Ejlertsson, a doctoral student in Public Health at Lund University, believes that there is a classic approach to working with and measuring health in workplaces through sick leave rates, productivity and efficiency. – Most often, rehabilitative measures or preventative work are only undertaken after employees bec
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/integrated-recovery-during-work-day-does-it-make-difference - 2026-06-23
Numerous studies have suggested that eating a healthy diet may reduce a person’s risk of dementia. A new study from one of MultiPark's research groups, published in Neurology, sheds new light on the impact of having a Mediterranean diet. The Mediterranean diet includes a high intake of vegetables, legumes, fruits, fish and healthy fats such as olive oil, and a low intake of dairy products, meats a
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/does-mediterranean-diet-really-decrease-your-risk-dementia - 2026-06-23
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. COLLABORATION WITH UZBEKISTAN: The Sociology of Law Department at Lund University and the University of World Economy and Diplomacy in Uzbekistan are closely collaborating within the Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility Programme. Both partner universities exchange academic staff, PhD students, master and undergradu
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new study from Lund University in Sweden increases knowledge of how boundaries and barriers are maintained between different species in the animal world. According to theory, crosses between two species, known as hybrids, may not survive encounters with natural predators to the same degree as their parents. Now, res
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/predators-preserve-existing-animal-species - 2026-06-23
If we can understand how and why light and matter behave as they do, we are one step closer to solving some of the most fundamental problems in physics. Finding the answers to these questions drives Ville Maisi, Associate Professor of Solid States Physics at NanoLund. As long as he can remember he has been interested in electric circuits and physics. With the support of a new ERC Consolidator Gran
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/understanding-behaviour-light-and-matter-key-future-technologies - 2026-06-23
A discussion on semiconductors was on the agenda in Almedalen. The dialogue, hosted by LTH at Lund University, addressed how Sweden can contribute to the efforts being made in Europe. One of the conclusions of the discussion was “the crisper the proposal – the more policy influence”. Semiconductors are a strategically important component of today’s and tomorrow’s society. The technology is needed
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/crisp-proposal-requested-during-almedalen-talk-semiconductors - 2026-06-23
On April 9, Lund University's Pre-GMP Facility and Skåne University Hospital's ATMP Center - a joint research and development environment where new treatments using cell and gene therapies are developed - will be inaugurated. The aim of the collaboration is to bring research closer to healthcare and make advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs) available to more patients. Advanced Therapy Medic
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/now-lunds-atmp-infrastructures-are-officially-open - 2026-06-23
The university receives around one million emails every day. About 90% of them are unsolicited messages. To mitigate the risks involved, the university will move the email service to a more secure solution. This move has been brought forward due to recent disruptions. The unwanted messages consist of spam, attempts to steal passwords, so-called CEO scams or other unwanted messages. To facilitate t
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/update-universitys-central-email-service - 2026-06-24
Under pandemins zoom-möten har vi sett många variationer i hur mötesdeltagarna riggar sin hemmastudio. Men hur gör politiska ledare och toppdiplomater för att visa sin status? Elsa Hedling, som forskar om diplomatins digitalisering, har gjort en studie över hur internationella makthavare arbetar med sin framtoning på skärmen. När världens ledare träffas finns i vanliga fall ett strängt protokoll d
https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/sa-markerar-diplomater-status-under-pandemins-virtuella-moten - 2026-06-23
Genom att analysera små blåsor som hjärncellerna släpper ifrån sig för att kommunicera med omgivningen, mikrovesiklar, kartlägger forskare vid Lunds universitet vad som sker i hjärnan hos strokepatienter. Mikrovesiklar kan mätas i blodet och studien som publicerats i den vetenskapliga tidskriften Stroke, ökar förståelsen av stroke och öppnar dörrar för nya behandlingsstrategier.Stroke orsakad av b
https://www.multipark.lu.se/sv/artikel/sparamnen-i-blodet-speglar-vad-som-sker-i-hjarnan-vid-stroke - 2026-06-23
Bland vinterns disputationer vid Medicinska fakulteten, lyfter vi denna gång dessa: Mattias Hills arbete om hjärt-lunghälsa hos personer som levt länge med en svår ryggmärgsskada. João Vieira om fetmas effekt på ämnesomsättning, minne och återhämtning efter stroke. Ellen Landgren om patienters upplevelser av personcentrerad vård vid reumatoid artrit. Ida von Konow om hur barn med medfödda hjärtfel
https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/om-ryggmargsskada-fetma-reumatism-och-donerade-hjartklaffar - 2026-06-23
Genom att analysera små blåsor som hjärncellerna släpper ifrån sig för att kommunicera med omgivningen, mikrovesiklar, kartlägger forskare vid Lunds universitet vad som sker i hjärnan hos strokepatienter. Mikrovesiklar kan mätas i blodet och studien som publicerats i den vetenskapliga tidskriften Stroke, ökar förståelsen av stroke och öppnar dörrar för nya behandlingsstrategier.Stroke orsakad av b
https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/sparamnen-i-blodet-speglar-vad-som-sker-i-hjarnan-vid-stroke-2 - 2026-06-23
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “Suicide threat. Young woman with self-harming behaviour who has taken an overdose of pills”. This is one of the emergency calls that come in during Rasmus Eltén’s ten-hour shift at the ambulance station in Helsingborg. He is in his first week of internship on the specialist nursing programme in pre-hospital emergency
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/emergency-call - 2026-06-23
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Governance of Urban Sustainability Transitions (GUST) research project is soon coming to an end. It has explored the concept of Urban Living Labs, and has involved four research organisations and cities in Sweden, the UK, Austria and the Netherlands. One outcome from the project will be a handbook full of ideas fo
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/collaborative-research-speed-sustainable-transition-cities - 2026-06-23
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. It’s Friday night in Lund and soon Mikael Dolsten, acclaimed head of research and visiting professor of Pharmacology at the Faculty of Medicine, is about to tell the incredible but true story of how, in just nine months, his company developed one of the vaccines that could save us from the pandemic. It would have take
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/our-visiting-professor-tells-astonishing-story-vaccine-can-save-world-pandemic - 2026-06-23
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. When to Hold Them, When to Fold Them: Reassessing “Big Deals” in 2020 Det har blivit ohållbart för många mindre universitet att hålla fast vid de så kallade Big Deals i och med skenande kostnaderna. Elizabeth Parang & Jeremy Whitt vid Pepperdine University har skrivit en artikel om sin metod för att utvärdera Big De
https://www.lub.lu.se/internt/artikel/nyhetsbrev-mars-e-media-och-vetenskaplig-kommunikation-0 - 2026-06-23
