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Trots att den förlegade synen på äldre är utbredd och det flödar av stereotypa bilder är medvetenheten om så kallad ålderism begränsad. En ny snabbguide ger enkla tips om hur du i din kommunikation kan motverka diskriminering av äldre. Världshälsoorganisationen (WHO) och Förenta Nationerna (FN) har i snart 20 år uppmärksammat ålderism, som enkelt uttryckt kan beskrivas som en fördomsfull inställni

https://www.lu.se/artikel/sex-skrivtips-att-motverka-alderism - 2026-05-30

Sveriges gränsvärde för sexvärt krom har varit oförändrat sedan 1996 och är högre än i flera andra länder. En forskningsstudie från Lunds universitet visar att även arbetare som exponeras för krom under det svenska gränsvärdet, uppvisar betydande cellförändringar långt innan cancer utvecklas. Nu finns det ett förslag från Arbetsmiljöverkets att sänka gränsvärdet. I Sverige exponeras ungefär 18 000

https://www.lu.se/artikel/cellforandringar-aven-under-gransvardet-sexvart-krom - 2026-05-30

Idag är Alzheimers sjukdom den vanligaste dödsorsaken för personer med Downs syndrom. Forskare vid Lunds universitet har därför, i samarbete med Alzheimer’s Biomarker Consortium – Down Syndrome i USA, undersökt biomarkörer i blodplasman hos denna grupp. Dessa markörer kan hjälpa till att förutsäga framtida förändringar i hjärnan och kognitiv nedsättning vid Alzheimers sjukdom, för personer med Dow

https://www.lu.se/artikel/blodprov-kan-forutse-demens-vid-downs-syndrom - 2026-05-30

From a rejected article to world-leading Alzheimer’s research. Kaj Blennow has made it possible to detect Alzheimer’s disease up to 20 years before symptoms appear – an achievement that has not only transformed research but also laid the foundation for new therapies. He has now been awarded the Eric K. Fernström Nordic Prize for his groundbreaking research. Professor Kaj Blennow also enjoys gettin

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/lund-world-stage-meet-fernstrom-prize-winner-kaj-blennow - 2026-05-29

The faculties’ honorary doctors for 2025 have been announced and they will receive their honorary doctorates at the Doctoral Degree Conferment Ceremony on 23 May. Information on the honorary doctors’ lectures will be updated regularly during the spring. The title of honorary doctor, doctor honoris causa in Latin, is a distinction which is awarded by a faculty. The honorary doctors are people who h

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/full-list-faculties-honorary-doctors-2025 - 2026-05-30

The LTH Faculty Board has decided to support building a new nanolab and the establishment of more activities in Science Village. The board of the Faculty of Science has, given current conditions, decided not to proceed with their establishment in Science Village. The University Board and University Management continue to see the University’s establishment there as an important goal. “For Lund Univ

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/science-village-and-new-nanolab-remain-important-lund-university - 2026-05-29

The Conversation is a unique collaboration between academics and journalists that in a decade has become the world’s leading publisher of research-based news and analysis. 25% of all articles from Lund University published in the Conversation in 2023 focused on the Middle East, generating about 46,000 reads. Lund University has reached a milestone with over 10 million reads in The Conversation sin

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/46000-reads-lund-university-articles-middle-east-conversation-2023 - 2026-05-29

The faculty's organisational project is growing and is now entering a more active phase. In addition to practical preparations for the new Department of Communication, planning and analyses are underway for further mergers in the coming years. Preparations for the new Department of CommunicationAt the end of April, the faculty board decided that a new department - the Department of Communication -

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/latest-news-organisational-project - 2026-05-29

The Vice-Chancellor has now decided on a revised Sustainability Plan for 2023-2026. The revised plan contains concrete measures with a high level of ambition. It is hoped that the revised plan will help the University achieve the ambitious goals set out in the 2019 Sustainability Strategy. The work on the revision has involved many bodies across the University: the Education Board, Research Board,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/we-will-work-broadly-sustainability-coming-years - 2026-05-30

På bara en dryg vecka har en ny studie om hur Pfizer BioNTechs covid-19-vaccin (BNT162b2) påverkar humana leverceller i odlingsskål väckt stort intresse. Studien har hittills fått nästan 800 000 läsningar och resultaten sprids i sociala medier, där den i flera fall även misstolkas. Men vilka resultat handlar det om, och hur ska de förstås? Två av forskarna bakom studien, professorerna Yang de Mari

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/studie-om-covid-19-vaccin-vacker-uppmarksamhet - 2026-05-29

På bara en dryg vecka har en ny studie om hur Pfizer BioNTechs covid-19-vaccin (BNT162b2) påverkar humana leverceller i odlingsskål väckt stort intresse. Studien har hittills fått nästan 800 000 läsningar och resultaten sprids i sociala medier, där den i flera fall även misstolkas. Men vilka resultat handlar det om, och hur ska de förstås? Två av forskarna bakom studien, forskarna Yang de Marinis

https://www.lu.se/artikel/studie-om-covid-19-vaccin-vacker-uppmarksamhet - 2026-05-30

Professor Charlotta Turner believes in the power of natural science to shape society. As Dean, she wants to create an environment where people meet across boundaries and where going to work or study feels engaging, inspiring and rewarding. Why are you running for Dean of the Faculty of Science?“I am driven by new challenges, especially when it comes to leadership and development in our academic en

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/dean-candidate-driven-diverse-perspectives-dialogue-and-open-exchange-ideas - 2026-05-29

That life is not fair is hardly news. But that inequalities are at risk of increasing as we seek to improve the health of the population is perhaps unexpected. Health economics is a way of evaluating the potential health benefits of different interventions, setting them against the economic cost and their impact on society. Over two million people in Sweden are currently living with cardiovascular

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/unfair-life - 2026-05-30

The idea that research results should be simplified and related to a media logic when being communicated to the public is challenged in a new report on research communication. “It is just as important, if not more so, to provide an understanding of what lies behind the results – of the knowledge and the methods used,” says organisational researcher Anna Jonsson. She has been involved in the recent

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/background-results-important-when-communicating-research - 2026-05-30

https://www.cencip.lu.se/artikel/cip-kurs-genomford-i-venedig-viu - 2026-05-29

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. 2012-06-01 Doktorspromotionen, Susanne Kristensson ny förvaltningschef, Lund University Advisory Boards besök, Trackit!-projektet, HSV:s utvärderingar, rektorernas möte i Uppsala och terminsavslutningar är några punkter i detta rektorsbrev. Doktorspromotionen, vår stora akademiska högtid, hölls i fredags 25 maj. I s

https://www.lu.se/artikel/rektorsbrev-1-juni - 2026-05-29

CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "A Combination of Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms and Machine Learning Methods Improves the Prediction of Groundwater Level" together with Zahra Kayhomayoon (Payame Noor University), Faezeh Babaian (Islamic Azad University Tehran), Sami Ghordoyee Milan (University of Tehran) and Naser Arya Azar (University of Tabriz). The arti

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/predicting-groundwater-levels-iran - 2026-05-29

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-roundtable-may-19-resistance-diaspora-and-sensory-material-culture - 2026-05-29

Isabel Bramsen is the recipient of this year's Diploma Prize. The prize is worth DKK 150,000 and is awarded to young people who are expected to make a valuable contribution to Danish society. Congratulations Isabel! About the award winner and motivationIn the world we live in, the Hartmann Foundation believes that it is important to stimulate the work for peace and conflict resolution, and with th

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/isabel-bramsen-receives-hartmann-foundations-diploma-award - 2026-05-29

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/call-papers-sasnet-workshop-hindu-majoritarianism-caste-politics-and-minoritisation - 2026-05-29