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Neurogenesis, the process by which new neurons are formed, dramatically declines in the aging brain. A research group from Lund Stem Cell Center have published a study that sheds light on the different factors contributing to this loss, particularly the role of inflammation. “One of the focuses of our research is on what goes wrong in the brain during aging” explains Henrik Ahlenius, principle inv

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/researchers-identify-novel-regulator-neurogenesis-aged-brain - 2025-12-18

Researcher Karin Steen is leading a new Formas project on love, gender and agriculture in Zimbabwe. – I wanted to pursue research that took a different approach to sustainability, gender, power and agriculture. Usually, you look at things like ownership and access to land. By focusing on immaterial values such as love, I believe that you can gain new insights into existing power structures, and ho

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/whats-love-got-do-it-place-gender-and-agriculture-zimbabwe - 2025-12-18

Africa, despite its large area and thus large impact on the global carbon cycle, is relatively unexplored with respect to ecosystem functions and impact on climate change. Now one of few in situ studies over a long period of time, 2010-2022, shows that the Sahel area has lost a lot of its power as a carbon sink during the time period examined. Africa, despite its large area and thus large impact o

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/reduced-carbon-sink-power-sahel - 2025-12-17

Many pollinating insects benefit from a small-scale agricultural landscape with pastures, meadows and other unploughed environments. In landscapes dominated by arable land, they lack both food and nesting places. Sown flower strips can increase the availability of food for pollinating insects, and are therefore assumed to benefit pollination. However, new research from Lund University in Sweden sh

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/sowing-strips-flowering-plants-has-limited-effect-pollination - 2025-12-18

CASE researchers Arlind Reuter and Susanne Iwarsson were invited to take part in an expert meeting on age-friendly environments in Shanghai last week. The meeting were held at Nordic Centre and was organized by postdoctoral researcher Wenqian Xu, who is employed in the Active and Healthy Ageing research group, Department of Health Science in Lund. He is affiliated with CASE as well as the profile

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/learning-about-experiences-ageing-across-globe - 2025-12-17

Cancer researcher Harald Stenmark, professor at the University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital, is the recipient of this year’s prize. Harald Stenmark is being recognised for his groundbreaking research in cell biology, in which he has elucidated in detail the functions of proteins essential for the regulation of endosomes and cell division of significance to cancer. Harald Stenmark’s researc

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/eric-k-fernstrom-nordic-prize-2023-awarded-cancer-researcher - 2025-12-17

The income and education levels of a child’s environment determine their relationship to nature, not whether they live in a city or the countryside. This is the finding of a new study conducted by researchers at Lund University, Sweden. The results run counter to the assumption that growing up in the countryside automatically increases our connection to nature, and yet the study also shows that na

https://www.science.lu.se/article/socioeconomics-shape-childrens-connection-nature-more-where-they-live - 2025-12-17

School students are right to demand more ambitious climate policies on 15 March. The scientific facts are entirely on their side. As researchers working on climate change we support the student movement and share our insights and research-based advice for local and global policymakers. For the past months, school students around the world have taken to the streets to call for increased climate amb

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-supports-ongoing-climate-strikes - 2025-12-18

Negative emission technologies, or large scale carbon dioxide removal, are increasingly seen as key to slow or halt climate change. Researchers now warn that they are fraught with uncertainties, and raise questions about land use, justice and power. Wim Carton, researcher at Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies, explains what these technologies are about, and why the promises of these

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/uncertain-future-negative-emission-technologies - 2025-12-17

On Friday, February 28, Monica Porzionato defended her thesis "Feeling the changing climate: An affective approach to the strategic communication of floods in a tourist city". Strategic communication studies usually consider emotions as psychological effects of communication or as an influence on people's understanding of an issue. In the first case, emotions like joy or desire result from strateg

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/successful-defence-dr-monica-porzionato - 2025-12-17

District nurse and SWEAH PhD student Pernilla Alencar Siljehag, at Stiftelsen Stockholms läns Äldrecentrum, earlier this year received SWEAH's travel grant of SEK 20,000 to visit Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, in Portugal. Now she has returned from an almost two-week stay in Lisbon. Pernilla Alencar Siljehag has presented her research project and gained a substantial exchange of knowledge with other

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/unusually-many-people-over-65-no-home-care - 2025-12-17

David Gisselsson is a researcher on a roll. In the autumn, he was awarded Lund’s ‘local Fernström Prize’, which goes to a promising young researcher in medicine, and he has recently had an article published in one of the most prestigious journals in the field, Nature Communications. David Gisselsson with two of his research tools – the microscope and the computer. David Gisselsson’s research is ab

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/attention-new-findings-childhood-cancer - 2025-12-17

For the first time, a Swedish municipality has placed large amounts of sand on its beaches as a way of combating coastal erosion. This would probably never have happened if it wasn’t for Hans Hanson, Professor of Water Resources Engineering at LTH, who has been “nagging the municipal leaders and the Government for the past 25 years”. Hans Hanson by the pier that Ystad municipality has named after

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sand-instead-stone-combat-coastal-erosion - 2025-12-17

By analysing over 100,000 field measurements as well as environmental data, an international research team has created maps that show how and when naturally regrowing forests bind most carbon. To fulfil climate goals and avoid the most serious consequences of global heating, we need to both reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and remove carbon dioxide that is already in the atmosphere. Naturally

https://www.science.lu.se/article/secondary-forests-could-be-key-factor-climate-management-if-we-protect-them-time - 2025-12-17

Alexandre Antonelli is a BECC researcher at the University of Gothenburg, where he won theFaculty of Science’s research award earlier this year. He has built up a successful research team within the area of biogeography within the University of Gothenburg. Read an interview with Alexandre from The Science Faculty Magazine, University of Gothenburg. Alexandre Antonelli falls silent for a couple of

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/passion-diversity-species - 2025-12-17

Reflecting on the IPCC author meeting for the Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C in Malmö this week, Professor Lennart Olsson highlights that LUCSUS’ unique research integration of social and natural sciences very much align with ongoing and future work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.– There has been an increasing realisation within the IPCC, and amongst policy makers, th

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/increasing-social-science-focus-work-ipcc-align-lucsus-research - 2025-12-17

Are you looking to enhance your professional network and learn from industry experts in your field and beyond? Discover how LinkedIn can bring unexpected opportunities and connect us to people around the world, from insights shared by Markus Lahtinen at his seminar “Beyond expectations: Learn more about LinkedIn!”. With over 5000 connections and a top 2% industry SSI (Social Selling Index) ranking

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/learn-more-about-linkedin-markus-lahtinen - 2025-12-18

In our Annual Report for 2019 we share highlights in research, education and impact from the previous year. Read about some of the highlights here and download or read the full report online. Word from Director Emily Boyd 2019 was an unusually busy year for LUCSUS. In January we transitioned into the Faculty of Social Sciences after a two-year transition process. This shift poses new and interesti

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-annual-report-highlights-2019 - 2025-12-18

The forest investigation recently submitted to the Swedish government gives suggestions on creating synergies between international and national commitments on biodiversity and a growing circular bioeconomy. A new report by CEC researchers concludes that forests and forestry also play multiple, key roles for climate change mitigation. The new report provides knowledge relevant for land users and p

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/forestry-plays-key-role-swedens-climate-change-mitigation - 2025-12-17

Why do some pregnancies succeed while others do not? With support from a newly awarded ERC Starting Grant, Assistant Professor Camila Consiglio and her team at Lund University’s Lund Stem Cell Center are embarking on a project to explore the role the immune system plays in fertility, and in determining reproductive success. Infertility is a deeply personal and global health issue, affecting one in

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/erc-grant-awarded-explore-how-immune-system-shapes-fertility - 2025-12-18