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Taha Sen’s PhD thesis focus on the life span of red blood cells and elucidates the important role of mitochondria. He is defending his thesis on the 17th of November and in this interview he gives us an overview of his results as well as what it’s been like being a doctoral student during a pandemic. Can you tell us about the research during your PhD? I’ve been focusing my thesis work on the life

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-taha-sen - 2026-04-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A workshop entitled "Towards Global Social Theory? Possibilities and Tensions" will be held at Linnaus University in New Delhi, India on 18-20 April 2017. This workshop is addressing current debates regarding the dominance of Northern thought in social theory. The role of modern European Empire and European modernity,

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/workshop-global-social-theory-delhi - 2026-04-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. WINGS is happy to invite you to a lunch seminar with Jessica Abbott (Researcher, Evolutionary Ecology, Lund University) My main interest is in the evolutionary genetics of sex differences, especially sexually antagonistic genetic variation—in other words, when the same gene has opposite effects on the fitness of males

https://www.wings.lu.se/article/lunch-seminar-jessica-abbott - 2026-04-27

The Swedish Research Council and The Department of Geology have the pleasure to invite you to the inaugural lecture by Beth Parker, as holder of the Tage Erlander Guest professorship, entitled 'Groundwater: An Invisible Resource Presenting Challenges and Opportunities’ 17 of May 14.15-16 in Pangea lecture hall, Department of Geology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, Lund  Program Welcome address We

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/inaugural-lecture-beth-parker-holder-tage-erlander-guest-professorship-entitled-groundwater - 2026-04-27

A record number of PhD students, around 25, from 10 of SWEAH's 13 partner universities, participated in the spring SWEAH PhD Student Days at Kristianstad University last week. It was a replay of the popular theme "Introduction to Writing Retreats". As usual, the doctoral students networked, shared experiences and learned new things during a lecture on how AI can be used in scientific writing, and

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/popular-theme-attracted-many-sweahs-phd-student-days - 2026-04-27

CASE researchers Björn Slaug and Susanne Iwarsson have shown that their instrument for assessing accessibility in housing for the elderly also works in Japan - even though it was originally developed according to Swedish conditions. Swedish research contributes to improving public health in Japan.– Through long-term and careful work, we have been able to transfer it to a very different cultural co

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/japan-takes-help-case-developed-research-tool - 2026-04-27

Cities around the world are running experiments to address climate change and sustainability challenges - from new mobility trials and energy pilots to green space projects and circular economy initiatives. Yet too often, these efforts remain small, isolated, or disappear once funding ends. Researchers from the IIIEE, Professor Kes McCormick and Senior Lecturer Yuliya Voytenko Palgan, have contrib

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/future-urban-experimentation-through-ten-critical-lessons-decades-practice - 2026-04-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Professor Stina Oredsson and the owner of the women’s underwear store Kvinnligt under, Carolina Le Prince, have together created a calendar of partially nude women. This unusual way to raise money for cancer research resulted in SEK 235,000. Stina Oredsson (right) receives the collected money from Carolina Le Prince (

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/calendar-girls-promote-cancer-research - 2026-04-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Just over a year has passed since LU was awarded funds by the Swedish Institute (SI) to implement three of the five announced capacity building programmes focusing on Agenda 2030. Professional course participants from all over the world are currently pursuing their continuing professional development activities. Two o

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/professional-development-lund-inspired-agents-change - 2026-04-27

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 - 2026-04-27

For the first time, researchers have identified a previously unrecognized metabolic defence mechanism in aggressive brain tumours: a sugar-rich shield that surrounds tumour cells and protects them against a particularly destructive form of cell death. Aggressive brain tumours grow in an extreme environment characterised by oxygen and nutrient deficiencies, low pH and chronic cellular stress. Insid

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/aggressive-brain-tumours-build-protective-sugar-shield-survive-extreme-stress - 2026-04-27

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 - 2026-04-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “It was previously believed that you are stuck with the genes you were born with, regardless if they are favourable or unfavourable. But now it seems that you can affect how your inherited genes manifest themselves”, says diabetes researcher Charlotte Ling. Charlotte Ling. Because all the cells in the body have the sa

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lifestyle-can-affect-our-genes - 2026-04-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Why is the Stringhyllan bookshelf considered a design classic but not the Billy? And what makes the Lamino armchair into the furniture design of the century while Norrgavel’s Länstol chair isn’t even considered a classic? “I believed, rather naively, that it was quality that determined whether a piece became a Anna Wa

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/she-knows-what-makes-design-classic - 2026-04-27

Changes in land use have been highlighted as one of the main reasons for the global decline of insects. New research from Lund University, which examined three common Swedish grassland butterflies, shows that changes in land use not only reduce insect numbers. The loss of habitat can also lead to increased inbreeding, especially among specialised species that find it increasingly difficult to move

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/changes-land-use-leads-increased-inbreeding-swedish-butterflies - 2026-04-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Somewhere in an abandoned chalk quarry in northeastern Skåne lurks the skeleton of an 84 million-year-old dinosaur. A group of geologists is convinced of it. Now that a number of teeth have been found, the treasure hunt has intensified. The September sun blazes over the extensive chalk quarry outside the Skåne village

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hunt-missing-dinosaur - 2026-04-27

Researchers at the Lund Stem Cell Center at Lund University have developed a stem cell-based therapy that rejuvenates the aging blood and immune systems in mice without harsh treatments like chemotherapy or radiation. The findings recently published in the journal Nature Communications is a step toward safer, non-toxic treatments for age-related blood disorders and immune decline. As we age, the s

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/non-toxic-stem-cell-therapy-prevents-age-related-blood-diseases-mice - 2026-04-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. DPP-4 inhibitors are a group of drugs used to treat type 1 diabetes that lower high blood usgar levels by stimulating insulin production in the body. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now discovered that DPP-4 inhibitors are also effective against low blood sugar levels. The study, which was carried out on

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/diabetes-drug-could-protect-against-low-blood-sugar - 2026-04-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A large proportion of our elite athletes are suffering psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic, with more women than men reporting adverse reactions. This is demonstrated by the study Psychological Distress and Problem Gambling in Elite Athletes during COVID-19 Restrictions: A Web Survey in Top Leagues of

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/many-elite-athletes-feeling-psychological-distress-during-pandemic - 2026-04-27

When fish from different habitats meet, it’s not always love at first swim. New research from Lund University in Sweden in collaboration with North Carolina State University shows that aggressive females can actively repel males from the “wrong” environment. This behaviour may ultimately contribute to the emergence of new species. Understanding how species evolve is one of the most fundamental que

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/aggressive-female-fish-put-stop-mating-may-lead-new-species - 2026-04-27