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The Faculty of Medicine welcomes three new international visiting professors — Robert Cramer, Patrick MacDonald, and Sarah Rowland‑Jones — through the Lund University Programme for Global Excellence. They bring expertise in mental health, diabetes and pancreatic biology, and immunology, and support ongoing research collaboration within prioritised areas. Meet our new three visiting professors:  Pa

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/global-visiting-professors-faculty-medicine - 2026-06-05

The war in Gaza has caused conflict at universities in Sweden and abroad. Overcoming the differences between protestors and university managements and within groups of employees is likely to take time. We met with both Lund University’s Vice-Chancellor and protestors from the encampment in Lundagård. In this edition of LUM, they share their visions of how to move forward. We have also interviewed

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/after-palestinagard-way-forward - 2026-06-06

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In the past decade, knowledge of how lifestyle affects our genes, a research field called epigenetics, has grown exponentially. Researchers at the Lund University Diabetes Centre have summarised the state of scientific knowledge within epigenetics linked to obesity and type 2 diabetes in a review article published in

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/how-lifestyle-affects-our-genes - 2026-06-05

In just two weeks, Zhengyao Lu, Researcher in Physical Geography at Lund University and a member of MERGE and BECC, gained 60.000 reads of his article “Gigantic solar farms of the future might impact how much solar power can be generated on the other side of the world”. How could this be? We asked Zhengyao Lu himself to share his experience. Following the publication of a new piece of research wit

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/60000-views-conversation-two-weeks-whats-secret - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Presented on June 9 at the 2019 American Diabetes Association’s 79th Scientific Sessions and published in the New England Journal of Medicine (nejm.org), findings from TrialNet’s Teplizumab (anti-CD3) Prevention Study show a drug that targets the immune system can delay type 1 diabetes a median of 2 years in children

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/immunotherapy-delays-type-1-diabetes-diagnosis-people-high-risk - 2026-06-05

Researcher Emma Hammarlund realized that geological measurement methods can also be used for medical purposes. With a simple hair sample, she hopes to find cancer at an early stage. First in the study are prostate cancer and breast cancer. Now her project has been selected for the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences' (IVA) 100 list. The list also includes eight other research projects fr

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/ivas-100-list-hair-analysis-find-cancer-early-stage - 2026-06-05

Last week, six intrepid retail researchers from the Centre for Retail Research at Lund University travelled to London to observe the latest retail trends. Here, we summarise the most important trends and what the Swedish retail industry can learn from what is happening in London. Trend #1: Interesting use of space London is a densely populated city, which means they make use of all available space

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/handbags-flowers-and-desserts-what-can-sweden-learn-londons-retail-trends - 2026-06-05

Elisabet Gersbro-Bülow började arbeta som vägledare på LTH 1996 och nu går hon i pension som chef för Studentservice. Vi firar henne med en extra lång intervju om hur vägledningsarbetet med studenterna på LTH har utvecklats genom åren. – Jag började mitt arbete den 1 december 1996 som vägledare på Kemiteknikprogrammet och var stationerad på Kemicentrum där jag jobbade nära programplaneraren Anna C

https://www.lthin.lth.se/artikel/2025/det-ar-hos-studenten-det-ska-handa-nagot - 2026-06-05

Karin Smirnoff, andraårsstudent på Författarskolan vid Lunds universitet har fått vara med om det många författare drömmer om och få får uppleva. Hennes debutroman Jag for ner till bror är nominerad till årets Augustpris i den skönlitterära kategorin. Det betyder att en expertjury vaskat fram den och fem andra verk ur årets utgivning och att den nu läses av 21 elektorer, lika många bibliotekarier

https://www.lu.se/artikel/student-nominerad-till-arets-augustpris - 2026-06-05

Är Die Hard en julfilm? Hur undviker vi kräksjuka när släkten samlas? Nyårsfest - vilken klädkod gäller? Här är årets lista över forskare från Lunds universitet som kan svara på många olika slags frågor som kan bli aktuella under de stundande helgerna, från A till Ö.  God jul önskar Lunds universitet! A Historiska omständigheter kring Jesu födelse Samuel Byrskog, professor i Gamla testamentets exe

https://www.lu.se/artikel/expertlista-jul-och-nyar-2025 - 2026-06-06

Have you ever wondered what it takes to grow a brain in a petri dish or how scientists use viruses to fight genetic diseases? These are just some of the fascinating topics explored on UniStem Day 2023 at Lund Stem Cell Center in Sweden. On 10 March 2023, more than 220 high school students from across Sweden's southern Skåne region arrived at Lund Stem Cell Center at Lund University for a day of le

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/inspiring-tomorrows-scientists - 2026-06-05

In his doctoral thesis in sociology "Structures of subcontracting: Work organisation, control, and labour in the Swedish building sector", Rasmus Ahlstrand analyses the increased use of subcontractors and explores new forms of work organisation in the Swedish building sector. A key contribution of his study is the concept of masked staffing, which refers to unauthorised ways of organising labour t

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/rasmus-ahlstrand-has-defended-his-thesis-changing-swedish-building-sector - 2026-06-05

First-born children are at lower risk of heart attack and stroke than their siblings – provided that the number of siblings does not exceed three; then it is the other way around. And people without siblings have a higher risk of heart attack and stroke later in life compared to those who have siblings. These are among the findings of a new population study from Lund University published in BMJ Op

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/number-siblings-may-be-linked-risk-cardiovascular-disease - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Forum Medicum – the new major construction of the Faculty of Medicine at the top of Sölvegatan – will become a reality. For a while, things looked bad, but by making small adjustments here and there, the project can now be pursued to begin construction in the winter of 2018/2019. The idea of Forum Medicum is to establ

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/after-slimming-down-construction-plans-forum-medicum-now-underway - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The fight against COVID-19 continues. In Lund, researchers have been awarded a large Vinnova grant to identify a compound that could be used to prevent viral infection, and thus save lives. The project is a co-operation between preclinical, clinical researchers and a company, an efficient way for creating synergies in

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/new-interdisciplinary-co-op-between-researchers-healthcare-and-industry-formed-fight-virus - 2026-06-05

The glymphatic system, which helps clear waste products from the brain, was discovered about a decade ago. Nicholas Bèchet’s project shines light on how it works in Alzheimer’s disease. On June 17, he defends his PhD thesis supervised by Iben Lundgaard at MultiPark. Here, he tells about his discoveries and why we should not compromise on our sleep. Tell us about your research! The glymphatic syste

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/glymphatic-system-phd-interview-nicholas-bechet - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The fight against COVID-19 continues. In Lund, researchers have been awarded a large Vinnova grant to identify a compound that could be used to prevent viral infection, and thus save lives. The project is a co-operation between preclinical, clinical researchers and a company, an efficient way for creating synergies in

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-interdisciplinary-co-op-between-researchers-healthcare-and-industry-formed-fight-virus - 2026-06-05

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Hon har överlevt en hjärntumör och hatar floskler som ”fånga dagen” och ”leva i nuet”. Trots det har Ulrika Sandén efter tumöroperationen både forskat på och skrivit en bok om vad hon kallar ”Nuets förnöjsamhet”, ett förhållningssätt till livet som hon tog till sig under sina år vid Vesterålen i Nordnorge. – Nuet ka

https://www.lu.se/artikel/tappade-minnet-fann-fornojsamheten - 2026-06-06

Each year, around 350 children in Sweden are diagnosed with cancer. Thanks to progress in research and treatment, six out of seven children today survive. But unlike cancer in adults, we don't know what causes most childhood cancers to develop. This spring Barncancerfonden, the Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation, awarded SEK 64 million to 29 researchers across the country. The funding includes po

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/three-researchers-receive-barncancerfonden-funding-investigate-causes-childhood-leukemia - 2026-06-05

We now welcome the visiting professors recruited to the Faculty of Science through last year's international call for applications. Their collective expertise and international experience will strengthen the academic environment and create conditions for continued development in research, education and collaboration. To provide an overall picture of their backgrounds and assignments, all participa

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/our-new-visiting-professors-and-their-expertise - 2026-06-05