By johan [dot] joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - published 17 December 2020 Oskar Hansson and Sara Linse collaborate across faculties and their research has recently localised a drug that could potentially slow the progress of Alzheimer’s and be made available to the market next year. Photo: Johan Joelsson She is a chemist. He is a medic. Together they are behind some of t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/top-duo-want-solve-mystery-alzheimers - 2025-08-01

By jan [dot] olsson [at] biol [dot] lu [dot] se (Jan Olsson) - published 16 February 2021 Together with Sara Linse, professor of biochemistry and Oskar Hansson, professor of clinical memory research, Johannes Rousk is one of three LU-researchers on the list of the world’s most influential researchers. Photo: Kathrine Rousk Johannes Rousk is one of the world’s most cited and influential researchers

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-luck-strategy-behind-most-cited-research - 2025-08-01

By jessika [dot] sellergren [at] design [dot] lth [dot] se (Jessika Sellergren) - published 29 March 2021 The researchers move around the virtual room, with their avatars, analysing what is written on enormous sheets of paper appearing like works of art in an exhibition. Few people look forward to digital meetings, but the researchers at Design Sciences do just that. They have found meeting places

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-fun-meet-avatars - 2025-08-01

By evelina [dot] linden [at] luhm [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 31 March 2021 The thin, semi-transparent film of nanowires is incredibly flexible. This one was photographed by researcher Yang Chen. The ability to capture the largest possible part of the spectrum of sunlight – with as little material as possible. Physics professor Magnus Borgström is dedicated to finding more effic

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hunting-worlds-best-solar-cell - 2025-08-01

Published 11 October 2016 A cell on the move. The process of migration shown in images taken with 15 second intervals. The colours show the force needed to migrate – red representing the most force. Photo: Pontus Nordenfelt It’s a known fact that cells can move around the body, but how they do it has been unknown – until now. Researcher in Infection Medicine Pontus Nordenfelt at Lund University in

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-cells-move - 2025-08-01

Published 20 March 2017 Illustration of a network-based biocomputer (Till Korten) Crashing computers or smartphones - and security loopholes that allow hackers to steal millions of passwords - could be prevented if it were possible to design error-free software. To date, this is a problem that neither engineers nor current supercomputers have been able to solve. A major reason for this is the comp

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/biological-supercomputers-be-powered-molecular-motors - 2025-08-01

By nina [dot] nordh [at] bygg [dot] lu [dot] se (Nina Nordh) - published 15 January 2025 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 s

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-staff-are-best-sustainable-commuting - 2025-08-02

Published 27 February 2024 Photos from the procession at the ceremony 2023. The Faculties’ honorary doctors for 2024 have been announced. They will be honoured at the doctoral degree conferment ceremony on 31 May 2024. Below is a summary of each faculty's choice of honorary doctors. Lund University School of Economics and Management Martha Bailey (to the left) and Anna Breman will both attend the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/faculties-honorary-doctors-2024 - 2025-08-02

By jessika [dot] sellergren [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Jessika Sellergren) - published 15 December 2023 Sign interpretation demands a lot of concentration. There are usually two interpreters in place during a lecture to relieve each other every 15 minute or so. Photo: Kennet Ruona Lund University sociology student Julia Grahn is among those who receive learning support. She is deaf and is provide

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/when-studies-depend-interpretation - 2025-08-02

By cecilia [dot] schubert [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia Schubert) - published 6 April 2025 From the left: Ruth Pöttgen, Martin Leijnse, Sara Brogaard, Emma Kritzberg and Erik Selander. Photo: Cecilia Schubert Although emissions from air travel at Lund University have slightly decreased compared to last year*, longer journeys remain a major source of emissions. Now, a group of five resear

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/researchers-aim-change-travel-norms-and-reduce-air-travel-lund-university - 2025-08-02

By jan [dot] olsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jan Olsson) - published 30 May 2024 Mozhgan Zachrisson, head of The Department of Strategic Communication, and Ulrika Holgersson, head of the Department of Communication and Media. In January the two departments will merge. Photo: Jan Olsson Several faculties have merged different departments or are about to do so. The Faculty of Engineerin

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/concern-when-departments-are-merged - 2025-08-02

Published 16 February 2024 The University building. Photo: Mikael Risedal A new three-year term of office has begun for the University’s eight deans. Five are new in the role, while three have been around for some time. LUM has put a few questions to each of them. Annika Olsson, Faculty of Engineering (LTH), second term of office Annika Olsson. Photo: Kennet Ruona What’s the first thing you will b

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-term-deans - 2025-08-02

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/new-type-solar-cell-being-tested-space - 2025-08-01

By caterina [dot] doglioni [at] hep [dot] lu [dot] se (Caterina Doglioni) - published 7 June 2023 The computing farm for the real-time data selection system of the ATLAS experiment at CERN, where Lund particle physics researchers work, analyses up to 100000 collision events per second when the Large Hadron Collider is running. Image: ATLAS Experiment Research in particle physics often relies on si

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/towards-green-software-tackling-energy-cost-scientific-software - 2025-08-01

Published 8 October 2018 By blocking a protein, VDAC1, in the insulin-producing beta cells, it is possible to restore their normal function in case of type 2 diabetes. In preclinical experiments, the researchers behind a new study have also shown that it is possible to prevent the development of the disease. The findings are published in the scientific journal Cell Metabolism. The researchers at L

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-discovery-restores-insulin-cell-function-type-2-diabetes - 2025-08-01

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/strict-diet-explains-metabolic-effect-gastric-pass-surgery - 2025-08-01

By annika [dot] persson [at] ses [dot] lu [dot] se (Annika Persson, communicator at the Department of Service Studies) - published 20 January 2023 ChatGPT is one of the AI services used in cheating. Academic misconduct has increased with about 200% during the past covid years. As a precaution Lund University has started a project to prevent deception and misleading in examination, whether it’s una

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/ai-forces-teachers-change-way-courses-are-examined - 2025-08-01

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 27 May 2021 Yiyi Yang defends her PhD thesis on Thursday 3rd June 2021. During her Ph.D. studies, Yiyi Yang has been investigating the role of microglia in the pathological development of Alzheimer’s disease. On the 3rd of June, it is time to defend her work supervised by Prof. Tomas Deierborg. Now, Yiyi tells us a

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-yiyi-yang - 2025-08-01

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 13 October 2020 3D illustration of different pollen. Is it possible that a tiny pollen dredged up from a European lake can hold answers about both our past and our future? Researchers at Lund University use pollen as old as 12 000 years to predict our future climate, and to study ecological and historical change. Researchers E

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/old-pollen-seed-can-predict-tomorrows-climate - 2025-08-01

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] LUCSUS [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia von Arnold) - published 22 December 2020 2020 will be remembered as the year when the coronavirus paralysed the world. At the same time, the negative effect of climate change became increasingly apparent, and the pleas to listen to the scientist and the calls for action became even more urgent. What changes for the climate do resea

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/climate-researchers-wish-list-2021 - 2025-08-01