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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Cheong RY, Gabery S and Petersén Å.Journal of Huntington's disease 2019 Sep 26. doi: 10.3233/JHD-190372. [Epub ahead of print]AbstractHuntington's disease (HD) is a fatal genetic neurodegenerative disorder. It has mainly been considered a movement disorder with cognitive symptoms and these features have been associate

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/role-hypothalamic-pathology-non-motor-features-huntingtons-disease - 2026-05-09

A Nobel laureate and a pioneer have been appointed honorary doctors 2023 at our faculty. On May 24, they offer their insights into the sensitivities of body and mind in an open lecture. In this lecture you will hear the 2023 honorary doctors of the Faculty of Medicine, Nobel laureate professor David Julius and professor Rita Charon each talk about their research and what it has taught them about t

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/understanding-sensitivities-body-and-mind-open-lecture-2023-honorary-doctors-faculty-medicine - 2026-05-09

The Dean opened the meeting with an account of developments following the decision that the Faculty of Science will not proceed with an establishment in Science Village. LTH intends to move forward with the establishment of NanoLab Science Village, and the LTH Board is planning to take a decision on the matter in autumn 2026.The Dean also referred back to the decision on the prioritisation of acad

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/summary-faculty-science-board-meeting-11-february-2026 - 2026-05-09

https://www.law.lu.se/article/working-conditions-care-workers-be-studied-eu - 2026-05-09

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/benefits-and-side-effects-common-pain-meds-osteoarthritis-knee-and-hip - 2026-05-09

It has been known for many years that movement and exercise in different forms are beneficial and can decrease pain for those with osteoarthritis. One might have to look around to find a form of exercise that fits since it is individually. Some prefer to train on their own, and others prefer training in a group. Some get offered to participate in classes led by a trainer/physiotherapist from their

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/exercise-led-trainer-instead-opioids - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. - We discussed questions of how people are geographically affected, who is affected, and therefore who might support or resist a particular political arrangement, and what this means for forests as ecosystems, Emily Boyd, Director at LUCSUS, says. She recently took part in a BECC (Biodiversity and ecosystem services i

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/governance-climate-change-and-biodiversity-loss-global-forestry-sector-emily-boyd-comments-workshop - 2026-05-09

The Faculty of Medicine's one-day conference (6/3) focuses on open science from a researcher's perspective; Opportunities, challenges, open publishing and data management. Librarian Aprile Clark explains why you should join. Open science is an umbrella term that deals with making research results, data and methods freely available to everyone, in order to promote transparency, collaboration and fa

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/our-one-day-conference-everything-you-need-know-about-open-science - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Exciting news - Hedda Andersson guest professorshipWe are very pleased to announce that Prof Anna Godhe from the University of Gothenburg has been awarded a Hedda Andersson guest professorship at our department. Godhe is a biologist by training but has a very broad background. Her main research interests include the r

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/prof-anna-godhe-awarded-hedda-andersson-guest-professor - 2026-05-09

The summer 2022 brought extreme heatwaves in many places globally, and the debate has a included the term "killer heat". In moist areas the high temperatures will be even harder to the human body, and the rising temperatures may make certain areas very hard to live in by the end of this century. High temperatures in combination with humid air may cause extreme heat known as wet bulb temperature, o

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/killer-heat-may-make-middle-east-uninhabitable-within-century - 2026-05-09

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 - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In their recently published paper, Wim Carton and Lennart Olsson argue that perennial polycultures informed by natural ecosystems promise more sustainable agroecosystems – that has the potential to revitalize the economic foundation of farming and hence rural societies. The paper was published together with the Land I

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-research-article-perennial-agriculture - 2026-05-09

Regarding applications for university-wide funding – interdisciplinary projects focusing on Agenda 2030 and sustainable development. Lund University has established a research programme for excellence entailing employment of doctoral students and postdocs and focusing on Agenda 2030 and sustainable development for the period 2021-2025. Within the framework of this programme, on 15 March 2021 the R

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/forthcoming-call-applications-projects-focusing-agenda-2030 - 2026-05-10

Business travel at the University took off again in November last year compared with the same month the year before. More business trips could mean that the University’s climate footprint is increasing again and that the drop seen in 2020 was a one-off phenomenon. For a time last autumn, the pandemic restrictions were eased and people started to travel again. Some employees made the most of the op

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/business-travel-university-rise - 2026-05-10

The summer 2022 brought extreme heatwaves in many places globally, and the debate has included the term "killer heat". In moist areas the high temperatures will be even harder to the human body, and the rising temperatures may make certain areas very hard to live in by the end of this century. High temperatures in combination with humid air may cause extreme heat known as wet bulb temperature, or

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/killer-heat-may-make-middle-east-uninhabitable-within-century - 2026-05-09

Published Open Access in the journal Human Ecology. The article is authored by Pinar Dinc, Lina Eklundh, Aiman Shahpurwala, Ali Mansourian, August Aturinde and Petter Pilesjö Environmental destruction has long been used as a military strategy in times of conflict. A long-term example of environmental destruction in a conflict zone can be found in Dersim/Tunceli province, located in Eastern Turkey.

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/fighting-insurgency-ruining-environment-dersim-province-turkey - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The usual way of cultivating cells is to use a flat laboratory dish of glass. However, inside a human body, the cells do not grow on a flat surface, but rather in three dimensions. This has lead researchers at Lund University in Sweden to develop a porous “spaghetti” of tissue-friendly polymers with cavities in which

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/cells-grow-more-naturally-spaghetti - 2026-05-09

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-did-your-colleagues-fare-years-lundaloppet - 2026-05-10

Times Higher Education (THE) published their latest ranking on 28 September. Lund University made 106th place, an improvement of 13 places compared with last year. The ranking is based on thirteen indicators within five areas. Factors that weigh heavily are the evaluation surveys sent to teaching staff and researchers from other higher education institutions who list the fifteen most important uni

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-106th-place-times-higher-educations-ranking - 2026-05-10

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/power-outage-affecting-parts-campus-friday-now-fixed - 2026-05-10