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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In type 2 diabetes, the body’s cells are unable to assimilate the essential hormone insulin which is produced in the beta cells of the pancreas. Exactly what is wrong with the beta cells in type 2 diabetes is the question to which Professor Erik Renström at Lund University Diabetes Centre is searching for an answer. A

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/nordic-award-research-what-wrong-beta-cells-type-2-diabetes - 2026-07-01

This year’s report from the V-Dem Institute’s Academic Freedom Index focuses in particular on the institutional autonomy of higher education institutions in different countries, which in turn is fundamental to the protection of individual academic freedom.  This includes countries such as Hungary, which began its steady decline from a high ranking in institutional autonomy in 2009 to a bottom-of-t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/academic-freedom-can-be-rapidly-undermined - 2026-07-02

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/flying-start-2025 - 2026-07-02

An evolutionary perspective should be taken into account to ensure long-term crop pollination. This is the conclusion of an article published by BECC and CEC-affiliated researchers at Lund University. The researchers build on recent findings that evolutionary processes, in response to landscape change, are happening faster than previously thought. The article presents a model that can help us unde

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/effects-landscape-change-evolution-pollinators - 2026-07-01

For her pioneering work in attosecond physics, Anne L’Huillier is one of the three new laureates of the Frontiers of Knowledge Award in basic science, a prize from the BBVA Foundation. The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Sciences goes in this fifteenth edition to Anne L’Huillier (Lund University, Sweden), Paul Corkum (University of Ottawa, Canada) and Ferenc Krausz (Max Planc

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/anne-lhuillier-new-frontiers-knowledge-awardee - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A social sciences centre in the Paradis quarter and a continued reinforcement of the Knowledge Highway are priorities in the new premises plan that presents the University’s intended renovations, extensions and new builds for the next five years. “It will be nice to complete the major projects that have been underway

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-premises-plan-reveals-universitys-future-building-projects - 2026-07-01

Unfair, ineffective, and inefficient. These are some of the moral objections to increasing fuel prices in Sweden. A new study from Lund University identifies how social movements are resisting green transition policies through moral reasoning and argues that their concerns must be both recognised and responded to, in order to achieve a low-carbon future. – If politicians want different climate pol

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/moral-resistance-green-transitions-focuses-unfairness-inefficiency-and-ineffectiveness - 2026-07-01

An evolutionary perspective should be taken into account to ensure long-term crop pollination. This is the conclusion of an article published by BECC and CEC-affiliated researchers at Lund University. The researchers build on recent findings that evolutionary processes, in response to landscape change, are happening faster than previously thought. The article presents a model that can help us unde

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/effects-landscape-change-evolution-pollinators - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Broke and depressed – that’s how doctoral students risk ending up if they don’t complete their studies in time. The Doctoral Student Ombudsman, Aleksandra Popvic, says supervisors and the University must take more responsibility for the structure of the thesis work, a view supported by a survey conducted by the Swedis

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/stressed-doctoral-students-want-better-support-their-supervisors - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In the so far largest clinical study of the development of microbiomes, i.e. intestinal flora, in infants, researchers at the Baylor College of Medicine, USA, have found that development takes place in different phases that can be associated with lifestyle changes during the early stages in life. The findings are base

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-findings-intestinal-flora-development-infants - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUCSUS is part of the annual Sustainability Week in Lund, 8-13 April. This year's theme "Transforming our world" focuses on the global goals and agenda 2030. LUCSUS will participate in, and host, several events about sustainable transformations at different levels. 8 AprilOpening  and guided tour of the exhibition Car

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-sustainability-week - 2026-07-01

Trots banbrytande forskning når många cell- och genterapier inte hela vägen till patienterna. Forskare och kliniker i Lund presenterar nu en ny samarbetsmodell som ska korta ledtider och minska kostnader – med målet att ge fler tillgång till avancerade, potentiellt botande behandlingar. Detta är en gemensam nyhet från Lunds universitet och Skånes universitetssjukhus.I korthet:Varför lovande cell-

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/ny-lundamodell-vill-korta-vagen-till-livraddande-cell-och-genterapier - 2026-07-02

Trots banbrytande forskning når många cell- och genterapier inte hela vägen till patienterna. Forskare och kliniker i Lund presenterar nu en ny samarbetsmodell som ska korta ledtider och minska kostnader – med målet att ge fler tillgång till avancerade, potentiellt botande behandlingar. Detta är en gemensam nyhet från Lunds universitet och Skånes universitetssjukhus.I korthet:Varför lovande cell-

https://www.lu.se/artikel/ny-lundamodell-vill-korta-vagen-till-livraddande-cell-och-genterapier - 2026-07-02

Pufendorf-temat DigiJustice har nu avslutat sin första termin. Två temamedlemmar och forskare från Institutionen för informatik delar med sig av sina erfarenheter av temat så här långt. Miranda Kajtazi, docent i informatik, leder det pågående Pufendorf-temat DigiJustice tillsammans med Lena Halldenius, professor i mänskliga rättigheter. Institutionen för informatik representeras också av Osama Man

https://www.ehl.lu.se/artikel/en-host-med-digijustice-informatikperspektivet - 2026-07-01

https://www.science.lu.se/article/creating-scope-cutting-edge-research-international-impact - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Getting important information out fast to the right target group has been a challenge for the crisis management group, which has now entered a calmer phase after an intensive spring. “Now it is mostly a question of coordination and we are also considering opening the group up to representatives of education and resear

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-successful-quick-digital-restart - 2026-07-01

Hi Simon! You graduated from the Bachelor's programme in Economy and Society in 2023. Can you tell us a bit about what you’ve been doing since then – both academically and professionally?My studies at LUSEM sparked a deeper interest in economics, so I applied to various master’s programs and eventually ended up at the Stockholm School of Economics. The motivation for choosing that school was its c

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/simon-persson-alumnus-bsc-economy-and-society-2023 - 2026-07-02

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. nano_tsunami.com_-_nano_medicine_in_depth.pdf File nano_tsunami.com_-_nano_medicine_in_depth.pdf High-powered living DNA cannonWe all know that a viral infection can be developed extremely quickly, but in factit's even more dramatic than that - the process is literally explosive.The pressure inside a virus is 40 atmos

https://www.virus-biophysics.lu.se/article/high-powered-living-dna-cannon - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Today’s governance of Swedish higher education institutions is short-sighted, poorly coordinated and much too general and competitive. The separation of direct government funding between education and research has created unnatural boundaries and promoted a culture within academia that underestimates education in rela

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/combine-government-funding-research-and-education - 2026-07-01

I allt större utsträckning vill industrin idag anställa personal som har doktorerat till tjänster inom forskning och utveckling. Det kan handla om att knyta an personer med teknisk kompetens inom ett specialistområde och som samtidigt har tillräckliga kvalifikationer att självständigt driva projekt enligt företagets önskemål. En nydisputerad individ som kommer direkt från den akademiska sektorn ka

https://www.lu.se/artikel/industridoktorander-vardefulla-naringslivet - 2026-07-02