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The most common form of childhood cancer is acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). Researchers at Lund University in Sweden, in cooperation with Karolinska Institutet, SciLifeLab and the University of Cambridge, have now carried out the most extensive analysis to date of ALL at the protein level, by studying the activity in over 8 000 genes and proteins. The results show aberrant folding in the DNA

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/first-major-study-proteins-patients-acute-lymphoblastic-leukaemia - 2025-12-19

Feng Zhang, professor at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard visited Lund University at the beginning of March to deliver the annual honorary lecture organised by the Royal Physiographic and Mendelian Societies in Lund. First published: 2019-05-26Listen to the interview and hear more about why Feng Zhang wants to introduce a moratorium on genetically-modified babies and where Malin Parmar hopes

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/honorary-lecturer-feng-zhang-crispr-research-treasure-hunt-nature - 2025-12-19

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 protective effect in Indian women.Gestational diabetes is characterized by impaired insul

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/gestational-diabetes-india-and-sweden - 2025-12-19

After a series of studies, researchers at Lund University in Sweden, together with colleagues in Italy, have shown that not only one part, but most parts of the brain can be involved in processing the signals that arise from touch. The results open the way for a new approach to how the brain’s network of neurons processes information, and thereby the mechanisms by which the brain works First publi

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-view-mechanisms-how-brain-works - 2025-12-19

The number of cases of disease caused by Leishmania, a parasite that is spread via bites by sand flies which are mainly found in tropical and subtropical areas and in countries around the Mediterranean, has increased in Sweden. The most serious form of the disease usually leads to death if untreated. First published: 2019-05-06“This disease is still very rare in Sweden but the number of cases has

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/study-shows-increase-parasite-disease-sweden - 2025-12-19

Each year, the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography (SSAG) awards a gold medal to an outstanding researcher in physical geography, human geography, or anthropology. Every third year, the prestigious Vega Medal is presented to a physical geographer, an award that has honored some of the world’s most influential scientists in the field. The Importance of the Vega MedalThe Vega Medal is one

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/call-nominations-2026-vega-medal-physical-geography - 2025-12-19

Are you curious about how forests affect the climate, how the climate affects forests, and how we can actually know anything about the forests of the future? Then this new exhibition at Naturum Skrylle is for you! There’s a lot of talk about forests and their importance for people, the climate, and biodiversity. This exhibition offers brief insights into current research from Lund University on th

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/opening-climate-and-forests-new-popular-science-exhibition-naturum-skrylle-0 - 2025-12-19

From a room in the University Building, via AF-borgen and today’s Centre for Languages and Literature, to the current premises at Geocentrum. From being a small part of the Department of History to becoming two distinct academic directions. The story of the Department of Geography is full of twists and chapters—now documented in a new book by Jonas Åkerman. There are two people who, between them,

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/jonas-akermans-last-excursion-and-story-department - 2025-12-19

Dr Dan Metcalfe is co-author to a Nature paper now out, based upon his work with the Global Ecosystem Monitoring Network. From observations across a network of forest plots in the Amazon basin, the study finds that tree keep growing but cut back on respiratory metabolism during severe drought.This remarkable result suggests that trees maintain their short-term competitive edge through stressful pe

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/drought-impact-forest-carbon-dynamics-and-fluxes-amazonia - 2025-12-19

Welcome to a seminar co-organised by SASNET and the PhD community at the Department of Political Science 27 January 2026 13:15 to 14:30. Tushar Joshi is a doctoral student at the University of Melbourne and will be staying at the Department of Political Science, Lund University during the period December to March as a holder of a "GloHub Doctoral Student Mobility Grant". Strategic Culture and Fore

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-seminar-tushar-joshi-strategic-culture-and-foreign-policy-behaviour-bjp-and-rss-influence - 2025-12-19

On 9 and 10 April 2026, SASNET is organising a workshop on the theme 'Authoritarianism and Democratic Resurgence in South Asia' at Lund University. We hereby invite PhD students and postdoctoral researchers based at European universities to send us a paper proposal by 9 January 2026. Please, send us an abstract-length description of the paper and a CV. Send these to ted [dot] svensson [at] svet [d

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/invitation-workshop-theme-authoritarianism-and-democratic-resurgence-south-asia-lund-university - 2025-12-19

The fifth annual Young South Asia Scholars Meet (Y-SASM) Workshop will be held from 24–25 June 2015 in Göttingen, Germany. The theme of the workshop is ”Transformations of ‘the Political’” and the themes discussed will be: - State and Governance; - Politics of knowledge production, - Political performance, - Development and Dissent; - Labouring Lives and the Politics of Labour; and - Contested cul

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/fifth-young-south-asia-scholars-meet-workshop-be-held-gottingen - 2025-12-19

The Department of Culture, Politics and Society at University of Turin, Italy, holds its second edition of the Summer School on “Politics, Development and Social Change in Contemporary India” from 27 June – 1 July 2016. Through an interdisciplinary approach, the School provides students with an opportunity to analyze key social, political and economic issues of contemporary India. Important recent

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/june-2016-july-2016-turin-summer-school-social-change-contemporary-india - 2025-12-19

On 4–8 July 2016, the European Association for South Asian Archaeology and Art will take place in Cardiff, Wales, UK. Conference contributions should draw on current and unpublished research relating to the archaeology and art history of South Asia from all periods. Topics from neighboring regions will also be considered if they throw light on South Asian archaeology or art history. More informati

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/23rd-conference-european-association-south-asia-archaeology-and-art-announced - 2025-12-19

The Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) holds its next Biennial Conference at the Australian National University in Canberra on 5 – 7 July 2016. The South Asian Studies Association of Australia (SASAA) – the organisation behind the excellent South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies – actively participates in the Canberra conference with special panels; and Professor Craig Jeffrey (phot

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/craig-jeffrey-keynote-speaker-asaa-conference-canberra - 2025-12-19

A Call for papers has been announced for a panel on ”Economic Transformation and Urbanisation: The future of pluriactive small farmers and rural workers in South Asia?” to be held at the International Sociological Association (ISA) Third Forum of Sociology in Vienna, Austria, 10 – 14 July 2016. The panel will be chaired by Prof. Staffan Lindberg, Lund University, and Prof. Surinder Jodhka,  Jawaha

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/call-papers-economic-transformation-and-urbanisation-india - 2025-12-19

On Saturday 30 July 2016, the Bangalore Research Network – NAGARA invites scholars and ethnographers for its second annual workshop. The aim is to share recently-completed or advanced stage Ethnographic research on the city of Bangalore in a one-day workshop. The main goal is to take stock of the field of ‘Bangalore Studies’ over the last few decades and to consider future directions. The workshop

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/bangalore-research-network-nagara-second-annual-workshop-announced - 2025-12-19

The University of Jyväskylä in Finland invites participants to a conference entitled ”Poverty's Causes and Consequences in the Urban Developing World”, which will be held 4–6 August 2016. Anthropologists, ethnologists, sociologists, socio-economists, political scientists and development researchers among others are invited to submit session proposals for this conference. Session proposals should h

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/august-2016-jyvaskyla-conference-povertys-consequences-urban-developing-world - 2025-12-19

SASNET and School of Journalism (Journalistutbildningen) at Lund University invites you to a workshop day on September 23, 2016, from 9.30 to 3 pm in the LUX building in Lund. The event will discuss and highlight the future challenges for journalism and media in India and Sweden. The event is part of the Sweden–South Asia Media Project. During the day you will be able to meet and discuss the lates

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-arranges-workshop-about-digital-media - 2025-12-19

The Second International Conference on Law and Economics will be held in at IIT Kanpur, India on 3 - 4 September 2016. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT-K), Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) and Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) jointly organize the conference. The conference seeks to provide a platform where intellectuals in international and national law and economic

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/kanpur-conference-law-and-economics - 2025-12-19