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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Compared with other migratory birds, the common swift follows a very unusual pattern when it migrates from the breeding areas in Europe to its wintering locations south of the Sahara. This is what researchers have observed in a major eleven-year international study of the birds. “Our study is very significant for unde

https://www.science.lu.se/article/rare-pattern-observed-migrating-common-swifts - 2026-05-27

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/double-innovation-prize-nanolund - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In competition with about ten other European consortia, Lund University and collaborators have received a research grant of approximately 150 million SEK. The money, which is given by the European Union, will be complemented by funding from the pharmaceutical industry. The funding will be used to advance in the battle

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/unified-european-effort-fight-diabetic-complicati - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A common variant of the melatonin receptor gene increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. This discovery was made by two research groups at Lund University Diabetes Centre (LUDC), and reveals a completely new mechanism underlying diabetes. The finding, presented in the latest issue of the scientific journal Na

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/unexpected-link-between-diabetes-and-sleep-hormone-melatonin - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. First published: 2019-05-03Indian women are younger and leaner than Swedish women when they develop gestational diabetes, a new study from Lund University shows. The researchers also found a gene that increases the risk of gestational diabetes in Swedish women, but which, on the contrary, turned out to have a protecti

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/gestational-diabetes-india-and-sweden - 2026-05-27

Indian women are younger and leaner than Swedish women when they develop gestational diabetes, a new study from Lund University shows. The researchers also found a gene that increases the risk of gestational diabetes in Swedish women, but which, on the contrary, turned out to have a protective effect in Indian women. Gestational diabetes is characterized by impaired insulin production and insulin

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/gestational-diabetes-india-and-sweden - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University researchers have developed an analytical model that can effectively detect and identify gene mutations in breast tumours. In the study, which is the largest of its kind anywhere in the world, they are now reporting results from 3,200 breast cancer patients. To assist them, they have utilised a techniqu

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-analytical-method-benefits-breast-cancer-patients - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers at Lund University have shown that a group of proteins are crucial for smooth muscle function in the gastrointestinal tract. A lack of these proteins leads to a lethal condition called intestinal pseudo obstruction in mice. The findings play a major role in our knowledge of organs that are dependent on nor

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/impaired-bowel-movement-due-lack-protein - 2026-05-27

On 25 November, after two years of intense legal preparations, the youth organsation Aurora, submitted a litigation against the Swedish state for its insufficient climate policies – the very first of its kind in Sweden. Mark Connaughton, research assistant at LUCSUS, and member of the GAMES research project, a collaborative project led by LUCSUS with Copenhagen University and Imperial College Lond

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/aurora-climate-litigation - 2026-05-27

With a background in Marine Geology and a passion for connecting past ocean conditions to today’s environmental challenges, Professor Helena Filipsson is stepping into the role of Assistant Head of Department at MGeo. In her new position, she will focus on strengthening scientific infrastructure, supporting research, and building collaborations that help the department grow in visibility and impac

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/meet-helena-filipsson-new-assistant-head-mgeo-focus-scientific-infrastructure - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers from institutions including Lund University have taken a step closer to producing solar fuel using artificial photosynthesis. In a new study, they have successfully tracked the electrons’ rapid transit through a light-converting molecule. The ultimate aim of the present study is to find a way to make fuel

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/supersonic-electrons-could-produce-future-solar-fuel - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Applications are now open for 2 postdoctoral fellowships in China’s, Japan’s, and/or Korea’s contemporary society at the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University. Starting date 1 October 2020, or by agreement. DutiesThe person employed is expected to work independently but should also cooperate wi

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/applications-open-2-postdoctoral-fellowships - 2026-05-27

Associate professor Magnus Ekström is using cross-linked databases to develop a new standard method that can measure the severity of breathlessness in the population and find treatments to provide patients relief from symptoms. Magnus is Associate professor at Respiratory Medicine, Allergology, and Palliative Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund, at the Faculty of Medicine, Lund Univers

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/cross-linkage-and-analysis-large-registry-based-databases-help-us-conduct-research-breathlessness - 2026-05-27

Right now, many are looking forward to the big gerontology conference NKG in Stockholm, in June. One who decided to go early on is alumna Charlotta Nilsen, coordinator of the SWEAH Alumni Interdisciplinary Network, SAIN. She is lecturer and program manager for the master's program in gerontology at the Institute of Gerontology at the School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, and part of

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/sain-alumna-about-nkg-high-search-pressure-year - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Obesity is associated with reduced muscle mass and impaired metabolism. Epigenetic changes that affect the formation of new muscle cells may be a contributing factor, according to new research from Lund University, Sweden. In a new study, doctoral student Cajsa Davegårdh has studied so-called DNA methylation in muscle

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/obesity-reprogrammes-muscle-stem-cells - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The transition of the salary and human resources administration to the National Government Service Centre (SSC) is not painless. After just over four months, uncertainty still prevails among administrative staff and managers about processing cases through Primula. “We are happy to come and help people out where there

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hr-director-promises-help-tricky-salary-payments-0 - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 15 per cent of the population – almost one in seven Swedes – suffer from digestive problems in the form of bloating, abdominal pain, constipation and diarrhoea. But since these problems are not life-threatening, and the status of the digestive tract is low, medical researchers and funders have shown only moderate inte

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/research-gives-hope-gastric-patients - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. ‘With age comes wisdom’ is an old proverb well suited to Björn Jonson, professor emeritus in clinical physiology who is about to turn 80. He is working day and night to develop a ventilator specifically adapted to the treatment of those suffering the most from COVID 19. Björn Jonson has worked as a researcher in pulmo

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/rapid-development-ventilator-covid-19 - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “I’m committed to the students and their education and I want to make the best I can with the help of the tools we have at our disposal”, says Igor Martins, teacher at School of Economics and Management, Lund University. Since Igor is such a popular teacher he was asked to share his best tips for teaching. Igor was as

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/tips-using-digital-tools-your-course-teacher-year - 2026-05-27

Researchers at Lund University are developing a new type of gene therapy that reprograms cancer cells within tumors into immune cells that can help the immune system fight cancer. Their approach, now published in the journal Science, could lead to more effective treatments for hard-to-treat cancers. Reprogramming Cancer Cells into Immune Cells Earlier research by the team showed that three special

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/researchers-reprogram-tumor-cells-cancer-fighting-immune-cells-living-beings - 2026-05-27