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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. This autumn she was awarded SEK 22 million in ERC grants for her Alzheimer’s research. In addition, she is a member of the Nobel Prize committee for chemistry, she has written children’s books, won the veterans’ European Championship in orienteering and is director of Humlegården, a day centre for people with autism.
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/multi-tasking-top - 2026-06-29
Sexual harassment, mental health issues, racism and non-European doctoral students engaged in uphill struggles with the Swedish Migration Agency to be allowed to remain in Sweden. These are examples of the sorts of things that Haro de Grauw has been faced with since becoming doctoral student ombudsman in Lund almost two years ago. Most often, however, it is another factor that makes doctoral stude
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/ombudsman-rescue - 2026-06-30
What do the Assistant Heads of Departments do? What responsibilities do they have, what decisions do they make and which of your questions might they answer? Helena Filipsson, Assistant Head of Department with responsibility for scientific infrastructure. What do you do in your role, and what are your main responsibilities?I am part of the department’s management group together with the other assi
https://www.mgeo.lu.se/internal/article/roles-assistant-heads-departments - 2026-06-29
Time to install three new Professors at the Faculty and 28 in all of Lund University. Everyone is welcome to attend the installation on October 18 in the Main University Building. Three of the 28 professors installed this year at Lund University belong to the Faculty of Medicine. Lennart Greiff, ear, nose and throat diseases Filipe Pereira, molecular medicine, regeneration, transplantation and r
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/ceremonial-installation-three-new-professors-faculty-we-had-chat-one-them - 2026-06-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Economy packs of Danish meat and potato chips or venison and hand-picked lingonberries? The new Nordic green cuisine has become one of our most important marks of identity. Eating like a foodie – organic, ethical, modern and innovative food, is a way of acquiring status. Sofia Ulver, Associate professor of marketing
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-nordic-green-cuisine-has-become-mark-identity - 2026-06-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The expression “Sweden’s green gold” has a new meaning. Forests are now not only to provide timber and paper – but also save the climate. Chemical engineering researcher Christian Hulteberg has managed to transform a residual product from pulp manufacturing into a liquid that is chemically identical to petrol. The pla
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/he-pumps-petrol-trees - 2026-06-29
Cancer cells are the ultimate sugar addicts, gobbling up glucose to fuel their growth and spread. What if we could starve them of their favorite food? A recent study in Blood Advances by Lund University researchers describes a new method to combat leukemia by disrupting the energy-making machinery of cancer cells, cutting off their dual energy supply. Despite advancements in treatment, acute myelo
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/powering-down-cancer-cells-new-way-beat-leukemia - 2026-06-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University is investing SEK 64 million in a graduate school focusing on societal challenges and the 2030 Agenda. Kristina Jönsson, associate professor in political science, will be its coordinator. “This is a unique opportunity to achieve something really new and exciting”, she says. The graduate school is funded
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sek-64-million-leading-graduate-school - 2026-06-29
Graduation was approaching and alumnus Erik Månsson didn't know what he wanted to do. A few months later he received the diploma in his hand, as well as his first job - CEO for a start-up within Food Tech. We had a talk with Erik about his job - as well as the start-up world, student life and sources of inspiration. Editor's note: this interview is from 2024.Erik, tell us about what you do today!I
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/erik-mansson-alumnus-bsc-business-and-economics-2019 - 2026-06-29
When the next semester starts, the students and teachers in Business Administration here at the School will have the privilege of collaborating with our very first Director of AI Integration, Burak Tunca. Burak Tunca is senior lecturer in Digital marketing and deeply interested in the AI developments in his field. As of the autumn semester 2024, he is also responsible for the integration of artifi
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/meet-first-director-ai-integration-education-business-administration - 2026-06-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. This year, the Centre for European Studies has awarded the 2020 Best Thesis Award to Kristy Louise Rhades for her thesis in the Master of Arts of European Studies. Note: this article was originally published on December 18, 2020. Kristy Louise Rhades’ thesis is called “How European welfare states perpetuate the growt
https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/best-thesis-award-2020 - 2026-06-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. After a series of studies, researchers at Lund University in Sweden, together with colleagues in Italy, have shown that not only one part, but most parts of the brain can be involved in processing the signals that arise from touch. The results open the way for a new approach to how the brain’s network of neurons proce
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-view-mechanisms-how-brain-works - 2026-06-29
B cells and the antibodies they produce play an important role in our immune system, protecting us from the microscopic enemies that make us ill. Uncovering how they form and are ‘programmed’ during development is key to better understanding the immune response to infections and vaccinations. A new study by researchers from Lund Stem Cell Center at Lund University in Sweden provides new insights i
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/how-b-cells-are-programmed-early-life-can-impact-long-term-immune-health - 2026-06-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. This autumn five master's students are doing their internship at the Sociology of Law Department in two different research projects. The Master's Programme in Sociology of Law, SASOL, is a multidisciplinary programme that is given here at the Sociology of Law Department in Lund. During the third semester (out of four)
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/interns-sociology-law-department-look-child-rights-and-working-life - 2026-06-29
B cells and the antibodies they produce play an important role in our immune system, protecting us from the microscopic enemies that make us ill. Uncovering how they form and are ‘programmed’ during development is key to better understanding the immune response to infections and vaccinations. A new study by researchers from Lund University in Sweden provides new insights into the origin and develo
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/how-b-cells-are-programmed-early-life-can-impact-long-term-immune-health - 2026-06-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. PhD student Martina De Santis will be defending her thesis titled ‘Next generation bioengineering of lung tissue for transplantation’ on Friday 19th February 2021. In this interview, Martina tells us about her research in the Lung Bioengineering and Regeneration group and time spent at Lund Stem Cell Center. Can you t
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-martina-de-santis - 2026-06-29
On the second day of COP26, more than 100 global leaders, representing 85% of the world's forests, pledged to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by the end of the decade. The Glasgow Leaders' Declaration on Forest and Land Use will cover forests totaling more than 13 million square miles. Sustainability researcher and deforestation expert, Torsten Krause, at Lund University for Su
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/researcher-torsten-krause-comments-world-leaders-pledge-end-deforestation-2030 - 2026-06-29
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Vissa ämnen skrivs det särskilt ofta i media om under sommaren. Här finns en lista över forskare vid Lunds universitet som kan svara på vanliga sommarfrågor och en rad andra ämnen som ofta är aktuella. Medicin, mat och hälsaFästingsmitta och malaria Kristina Persson svarar på frågor om malaria och babesia – en fäst
https://www.lu.se/artikel/lunds-universitets-sommarlista-2019-massor-av-experter-pa-sommarens-fragor - 2026-06-29
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Som styrelseordförande i Crafoordska stiftelsen har Ebba Fischer bland annat medverkat till inrättandet av en professur i ämnet mänskliga rättigheter och stöttat flera initiativ med inriktning på konst, musik och historia. 2014 utnämndes hon till hedersdoktor vid Lunds universitets humanistiska fakultet. Som en av g
https://www.lu.se/artikel/filantrop-med-oga-studenternas-basta - 2026-06-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In our everyday lives, we surround ourselves with electronics without really thinking about it. We go to work by car or train, travel by air when we go on holiday, and are reliant on our mobile phones, iPads and laptops. We take the products’ functions for granted, until they suddenly stop working. The fact is that th
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/eu-project-produce-more-reliable-electronics - 2026-06-29
