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The Public Health Agency recently announced that stage 4 in the easing of restrictions will be implemented as planned on 29 September, including the removal of the overall recommendation to work from home and the start of a general, but gradual, return to all Swedish workplaces. September has started in the best possible way with lovely late summer weather as more and more of the limitations that
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/we-are-sticking-plan - 2026-04-25
LUCSUS PhD candidate Sara Ullström competed in the national popular science competition, Forskar Grand Prix. We took the opportunity to talk to her about the experience and the importance of communicating your research to an audience outside of the scientific community. Forskar Grand Prix is the biggest national competition in presentation technique where researcher present their research in a com
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/phd-candidate-sara-ullstrom-knows-how-pitch-her-research-4-min-these-are-her-tips - 2026-04-25
Stay updated on what is happening within the organisation project this autumn. Revised project planThe organisation project will present a revised project plan to the Faculty Board in September. Among other things, the new plan clarifies how the project relates to education and research. The description of planned activities for the coming year has also been updated.The organisation project will r
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/september-news-organisation-project - 2026-04-25
The aggregation of the protein Amyloid-beta (Abeta) into plaques outside the nerve cells has been recognized in patients with Alzheimer’s disease since 1905. But eliminating the plaques has not helped patients so far. Still, Tomas Roos was recently recruited as a postdoc in our lab. He thinks that Abeta matters, but we may need to focus on the aggregates elsewhere. Earlier this spring, he defended
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. As a PhD student he made a significant discovery when he identified ghrelin cells in the pancreatic islands. Four hormone-producing cells were already known to exist in the islands, including the insulin cell. The ghrelin cell became the fifth such cell. “In the scientific world, the discovery of a new type of cell in
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/flying-start-fifth-cell - 2026-04-25
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 - 2026-04-25
An interdisciplinary team in medicine and technology took the help of LU innovation to concretize and commercialize their idea for better stroke diagnostics. "Talk about your idea already when you are at an early stage of the process, because if you then publish the results, it may be too late to get help", advises one of the award winners, the faculty's Isabel Gonçalves. Together, the researchers
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/interdisciplinary-ambition-became-prized-innovation - 2026-04-25
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Nicholas Loubere at the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, shares some reflections on the major achievements as well as the downsides of China’s reform period ahead of the upcoming conference “Assessing 40 Years of Reform and Opening in China” What have been the major changes in China since the reform and o
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/nicholas-loubere-china-today-40-years-after-reform-and-opening - 2026-04-25
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Nicholas Loubere at the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, shares some reflections on the major achievements as well as the downsides of China’s reform period ahead of the upcoming conference “Assessing 40 Years of Reform and Opening in China” What have been the major changes in China since the reform and o
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/assessing-40-years-reform-and-opening-china-conference - 2026-04-25
A simpler method of analysing blood samples for Alzheimer’s disease has been tested in a large multicentre study, led by Lund University in Sweden. “This is a major step in bringing simple blood tests for Alzheimer’s disease into the healthcare system globally,” say the researchers behind the study. In brief:The blood-based marker (P-tau217) may start to change several years before the onset of Al
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/more-opportunities-test-alzheimers-using-new-analytical-method - 2026-04-25
A simpler method of analysing blood samples for Alzheimer’s disease has been tested in a large multicentre study, led by Lund University in Sweden. “This is a major step in bringing simple blood tests for Alzheimer’s disease into the healthcare system globally,” say the researchers behind the study. In brief:The blood-based marker (P-tau217) may start to change several years before the onset of Al
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/more-opportunities-test-alzheimers-using-new-analytical-method - 2026-04-25
A simpler method of analysing blood samples for Alzheimer’s disease has been tested in a large multicentre study, led by Lund University in Sweden. “This is a major step in bringing simple blood tests for Alzheimer’s disease into the healthcare system globally,” say the researchers behind the study. In brief:The blood-based marker (P-tau217) may start to change several years before the onset of Al
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/more-opportunities-test-alzheimers-using-new-analytical-method - 2026-04-25
On 13–14 November 2025, the Swedish ACT (Advanced Chip Technologies) Competence Centres Consortium met at KTH Electrum in Kista. The two-day gathering brought together researchers, industry partners, SMEs, regional authorities, and innovation actors to follow up ongoing activities and reinforce national cooperation in advanced chip technologies. The programme included contributions from academic t
https://www.advancedchiptechnologies.lu.se/article/strengthening-national-collaboration-act-consortium-meeting-kth - 2026-04-25
Tagging of Sustainable Development Goals was introduced in LUCRIS six months ago. SDG tagging means that all publications and research output in the University’s Research Portal (LUCRIS) are linked to one of Agenda 2030’s Sustainable Development Goals. An analysis conducted on 26 February 2024 shows that one-third of the University’s research output can be linked to one of the Sustainable Developm
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sdg-tagging-lucris-progress-report - 2026-04-24
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ambedkar University calls for papers for conference on "Northeast India and Southeast Asia: Exploring Continuities" to be held 25-26 October 2018 in New Delhi, India. Northeast India, located on India's periphery, is a region whose socio-cultural world exhibits more similarities with Southeast Asia region than with th
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/call-papers-conference-northeast-india-and-southeast-asia - 2026-04-25
Based on a review of the correspondence between Swedish diplomats in the Baltic States and the Swedish Foreign Ministry for the years 1938–1940, the purpose of this article is, firstly, to elaborate a framework for the analysis of intelligence reporting in times of crisis, secondly, to investigate how the Swedish diplomats in the Baltic States went about to report intelligence, and thirdly, to try
Ten postdoc positions and at least eight doctoral studentships on the 2030 Agenda and sustainable development will be announced at Lund University on 30 August. The announcement is part of the university’s research programme for excellence in sustainable development. Lund University aspires to be a part of the sustainable solution and contribute to the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development. The
https://www.science.lu.se/article/new-positions-research-sustainable-development - 2026-04-25
