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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Professor Søren Brunak from Copenhagen - member of the LUDC-IRC Scientific Advisory Board - has been awarded the grand Nordic Prize for 2019 by the Eric K. Fernström Foundation. It is one of the largest Scandinavian research prizes in medicine and Søren Brunak receives the award for his work as a pioneer in the border

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/prestigious-prize-goes-pioneer-bioinformatics - 2026-06-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Tuberculosis (TB) is the world’s most widespread infectious disease. Each year, close to two million people die of the disease and the number of antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis bacteria is increasing. There is a considerable need for alternatives to antibiotics. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden, and at Imper

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/peptide-derived-fungi-kills-tb-bacteria - 2026-06-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University (Sweden), Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich (Germany), Porto University (Portugal), Szeged University (Hungary) and Université Paris-Saclay have decided to join forces to create a pilot project of a European University, an “Alliance for Global Health,” committed to higher education in global healt

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-and-four-other-major-research-universities-create-european-alliance-global-health - 2026-06-17

Answers relating to diseases and accurately targeted drugs. Enhanced batteries and sensors. Smarter solar cells, LED lighting and semiconductors – and a reduced need for natural resources. Lund University’s new nano lab has been made possible due to a long-term collaboration with external stakeholders in which the aim is to meet sustainability challenges and find answers to many of the future’s cu

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/world-leading-curiosity-driven-environment-new-nano-lab-one-cornerstones - 2026-06-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new method that slowly releases drugs locally in the brain has been developed by researchers at Lund University in Sweden. The drug is encapsulated in nanoparticles and delivered to the brain tissue via flexible electrodes. The method has been tested on mice and published in the Journal of Nanobiotechnology among ot

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/nanoparticles-deliver-drugs-brain - 2026-06-17

After a stroke, there is inflammation in the damaged part of the brain. Until now, the inflammation has been seen as a negative consequence that needs to be abolished as soon as possible. But, as it turns out, there are also some positive sides to the inflammation, and it can actually help the brain to self-repair. “This is in total contrast to our previous beliefs”, says Professor Zaal Kokaia fro

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/immune-cells-can-help-brain-self-heal-after-stroke - 2026-06-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Laurie Cohen, from the Department of Business Administration, on gender inequality in academia and how it won't go away unless we take action. An old story has re-emerged on social media. It goes like this. A father and his son are in a car accident. The father is killed and the son is rushed to the hospital for emerg

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-work-actively-against-gender-inequality-academia - 2026-06-17

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 - 2026-06-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new method that slowly releases drugs locally in the brain has been developed by researchers at Lund University in Sweden. The drug is encapsulated in nanoparticles and delivered to the brain tissue via flexible electrodes. The method has been tested on mice and published in the Journal of Nanobiotechnology among ot

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/nanoparticles-deliver-drugs-brain - 2026-06-17

The ground floor of the University Library will be refurbished and preparations will start in the summer. During the renovation, the public section will be emptied and the number of study places will be more than halved. If all goes according to plan, the University Library interior will be both better and more beautiful when all is complete in time for the start of the autumn semester 2024. There

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/renovating-university-library-will-take-year - 2026-06-18

The idea of publishing research findings in open access journals is in many ways an asset in the research community. Unfortunately, it has also entailed the emergence of many unprofessional agents on the market. Their only purpose is to trick researchers into giving them money. Olga had published academic work over 25 times before she fell victim to a predatory journal. Today she is embarrassed be

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/watch-out-predators - 2026-06-17

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have compared the effects of intravenous ketamine treatment with ECT treatment in severe depression. The results support the view that ketamine is a possible treatment, but also show that ECT treatment helps more people. In recent years, ketamine has emerged as a new treatment for depression, after studies have shown it to be a fast-acting antidepressant. “

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/ect-more-effective-ketamine-severe-depression - 2026-06-17

The excitement has been palpable in recent weeks following the award of the Nobel Prize in Physics to Anne L’Huillier, a researcher at Lund. This is the first time a researcher at Lund University has received a Nobel Prize, and atomic physicist Anne L’Huillier is only the fifth woman ever to be awarded the prize in Physics. By now it is widely known where atomic physicist Anne L’Huillier was when

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/anne-lhuillier-received-lunds-first-nobel-prize - 2026-06-18

The aim is more efficient and effective communication operations that better meet the needs of the organisation and focuses on the user. On 4 February, the university director decided on a new organisation and mission for the communication activities of the Central Administration. The communication operations of faculties, departments and centres are not affected by the organisational change.Respo

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-university-wide-communication-organisation-decided - 2026-06-18

IIIEE is taking the lead on open, month-long online courses, known as MOOCs. The investment in MOOCs has been quite a success. In recent years, every sixth student has stated that the online courses influenced them to apply for one of the IIIEE’s traditional courses or programmes. That MOOCs attract students to study programmes is only one of several positive aspects. The opportunity to collaborat

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/moocs-more-popular-during-pandemic - 2026-06-17

The results from the autumn travel habits survey show that a majority of the University’s staff (approx. 80%) get to and from work by walking, cycling or using public transport. This is a higher percentage than for other large organisations in Lund. However, there is potential for even more people to commute sustainably by investments in public transport and measures to promote cycling on campus.

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-staff-are-best-sustainable-commuting - 2026-06-18

Despite the pandemic, the mood is good among those working with international students. Richard Stenelo and Louise Corrigan think it is fantastic that so many of them have managed to arrive in Lund. “They have defied obstacles such as closed airports and vacated embassies. The most creative students seem to have made it here – and these are exactly the type of students we want”, they observe. Ther

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/international-students-managed-arrive-lund - 2026-06-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Right now, everything is focused on managing the coronavirus. However, even before COVID-19, viral pandemics around the world were increasing and the ’ordinary’ influenza virus and common cold virus cost society enormous amounts of money each year. Swedish virus researchers say they could improve the world with the he

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/virus-war - 2026-06-17

Emily Sonestedt investigates how food affects the health and the risk to develop type 2 diabetes. This knowledge is of importance to society when developing food-based dietary guidelines. It can be hard to make healthy food choices. The bread rolls behind the counter in the café at Clinical Research Centre (CRC) in Malmö have a dark color, but it does not have to mean that they are a healthy choic

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/healthy-eating-reduce-risk-type-2-diabetes - 2026-06-17

Amyloid-beta accumulation may start inside neurons. A novel imaging approach to study structural changes before amyloid plaques are formed. Four distinct subtypes of Alzheimer's disease. A simple diagnostic tool predicting the risk of developing the disease. And a collaboration with Region Skåne, Lund Municipality, and the pharma industry to facilitate earlier diagnosis and more accurate prognosti

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/alzheimers-awareness-month-five-optimistic-research-news-multipark - 2026-06-17