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A team of researchers led by Daniel E. Coral and Paul W. Franks at LUDC have used human genetics to do a phenome-wide analysis of the degree of genetic dissimilarity between obesity and type 2 diabetes. Together with colleagues from Dundee and Oxford universities in the UK and the Vanderbilt Genetics Institute in the US, the team recently published their findings in the journal Nature Metabolism.

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/genetic-driven-approach-defining-two-obesity-profiles-convey-highly-concordant-and-discordant - 2026-05-31

Answers relating to diseases and accurately targeted drugs. Enhanced batteries and sensors. Smarter solar cells, LED lighting and semiconductors – and a reduced need for natural resources. Lund University’s new nano lab has been made possible due to a long-term collaboration with external stakeholders in which the aim is to meet sustainability challenges and find answers to many of the future’s cu

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/world-leading-curiosity-driven-environment-new-nano-lab-one-cornerstones - 2026-05-31

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The TEDDY Study has increased our knowledge about what happens prior to the onset of autoimmune diabetes (type 1 diabetes) and has shown that a stomach infection can trigger coeliac disease. Lund University in Sweden has now received just over SEK 40 million from the American National Institutes of Health (NIH) to con

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/international-diabetes-study-receives-sek-40-million-continue - 2026-05-31

The most common analytical method within population genetics is deeply flawed, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden. This may have led to incorrect results and misconceptions about ethnicity and genetic relationships. The method has been used in hundreds of thousands of studies, affecting results within medical genetics and even commercial ancestry tests. The study is published

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/study-reveals-flaws-popular-genetic-method - 2026-05-31

On Tuesday, the PhD students who joined SWEAH 2026 met, at Forum Medicum in Lund. They introduced themselves and their research projects, received information about the graduate school, networked and met alumni and PhD students who have been involved with SWEAH for some time. As usual at the graduate school's introductory meetings, a wide range of research projects were presented. This involves co

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/these-are-years-new-sweah-phd-students - 2026-05-31

In this research event, professor Shannon Jackson and curator Milena Högsberg discuss curatorial and performance methods that create critical dialogues with a specific landscape. The discussion is facilitated by Gigi Argyropoulou, curator, writer, practitioner and post doc researcher at Malmö Theatre Academy. Welcome to Inter Arts Center, Friday 13 October 17.30-19.00. No need to register in advan

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/research-event-performance-and-politics-landscapes - 2026-05-31

The 15th International Conference on Nitride Semiconductors (ICNS-15) is just around the corner. Taking place in Malmö, July 6–11, the conference will showcase groundbreaking advancements in materials, physics, optical and electronic devices based on group-III nitride semiconductors. As the call for abstracts deadline for the upcoming conference ICNS-15 approaches, we asked one of the chairs, Vany

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/gearing-nitride-semiconductors-conference-icns-15 - 2026-05-31

A working group, led by Vice Dean Eva Ageberg, has mapped the needs for career support activities at our Faculty. The changes are now being rolled out. Career support means guidance and inspiration regarding career and the labour market. The goal of the mapping has been to enable the faculty to offer career support to a broad target group, thereby reaching many employees at the Faculty of Medicine

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/faculty-career-support-redesigned-include-larger-and-broader-target-groups - 2026-05-31

For the first time, the University has investigated the collective climate footprint of the entire organisation. Emissions of greenhouse gases fell sharply during the pandemic, almost exclusively due to the suspension of travel. However, there is still a long way to go to meet the emission targets for 2023 in the sustainability plan. The recent report shows that, in 2018, the University emitted a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/goods-and-equipment-affect-environment-most - 2026-05-31

Christina Isaxon has always been interested in how small particles in the air affect our health. As society’s use of nanomaterials increases, research questions about safety are becoming urgent. ‟We need to know more about the conditions in which nanoparticles can affect us and how we can safely handle these materials.” Her research is about understanding how nanoparticles are generated and releas

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/better-knowledge-needed-about-handling-nanoparticles - 2026-05-31

When the Swedish Research Council announced funding for so-called "centres of excellence" almost three years ago, a total of 15 new initiatives were approved across Sweden. Only one of them was awarded to Lund: COMMONS – Commonalities in biomembrane and biomolecular interactions.A year has now passed since COMMONS was inaugurated with a ceremony at the Department of Chemistry. What has happened si

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/commons-centre-excellence-focus-common-ground - 2026-05-31

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Off the coast at Haväng, forests several thousands of years old are hidden below the sea. When researchers dive down to examine the well-preserved tree-trunks, they are literally diving deep into human history. Arne Sjöström gets ready for another sea dive. The morning sun is glittering on the calm surface of the Balt

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/studying-stone-age-forest-under-sea - 2026-05-31

Obesity is commonly diagnosed using BMI, but this approach has several limitations. Researchers at Lund University and AstraZeneca show that integrating measurements such as body fat percentage and waist circumference captures disease risks missed by BMI alone.   In recent years, research has shown that there are several limitations with BMI alone when it comes to assessing adiposity quantity, dis

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-study-bmi-alone-does-not-fully-capture-health-risks-linked-obesity - 2026-05-31

Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Sweden, have signed a memorandum of understanding regarding a joint initiative on immunotherapy, a rapidly developing field within cancer research, among other areas. The aim is to accelerate work on new immunotherapies and develop joint strategies to translate research into patient benefit. Immunotherapy harnesses the body’s own immune system to figh

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-initiative-aims-take-immunotherapy-research-patient-benefit - 2026-05-31

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Science should be able to be reproduced, but in reality this is a step that is often overlooked. Researcher Burak Tunca at the School of Economics and Management sees several possible measures that could make research better – and more open. “Researchers should always pre-register their studies and be open with their

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/do-it-again-and-do-it-right - 2026-05-31

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A completely new classification of diabetes which also predicts the risk of serious complications and provides treatment suggestions. We are now seeing the first results of ANDIS – a study covering all newly diagnosed diabetics in southern Sweden — published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. The major difference

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/paradigm-shift-diagnosis-diabetes - 2026-05-31

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Aiming for blue Beijing skies An increasingly ambitious environmental legislation has not reduced economic growth in the EU – indicating it will not do so in China either. This is good news for Chinese environmentalists, who have asked IIIEE researchers for evidence that supports their work for a greener China under b

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-iiiee-researcher-philip-peck - 2026-05-31

Several inaccuracies in historical CPIs in popular online databases have been discovered, according to new research by Jonas Ljungberg at Lund University, published in Cliometrica. This can have major consequences for both research and the decisions politicians make regarding economic policy. Jonas Ljungberg needed access to different European countries' consumer price indices (CPIs) for the last

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/errors-detected-several-historical-consumer-price-indices - 2026-05-31

Currently, a lot is known about which genes are responsible for our individual blood groups, however not much is understood about how and why the levels of the blood group molecules differ between one person and another. And this can be important for blood transfusion safety. Now a research group in Lund has developed a toolbox that finds the answer – and in doing so, has solved a 50-year-old myst

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/new-bioinfomatics-pipeline-solves-50-year-old-blood-group-puzzle - 2026-05-31

Currently, a lot is known about which genes are responsible for our individual blood groups, however not much is understood about how and why the levels of the blood group molecules differ between one person and another. And this can be important for blood transfusion safety. Now a research group in Lund has developed a toolbox that finds the answer – and in doing so, has solved a 50-year-old myst

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-bioinfomatics-pipeline-solves-50-year-old-blood-group-puzzle - 2026-05-31