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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
Veterinarian in charge Anders Forslid is retiring after 30 years working to improve the welfare of research animals at Lund University. He has witnessed a paradigm shift in animal health and animal experiments, and the way animal testing and humans’ obligations are viewed has changed. When Anders Forslid started out as a laboratory animal veterinarian at Lund University, he received a fairly cool
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/if-we-are-going-have-animal-testing-then-we-have-do-it-well - 2026-05-06
The Edstrand Foundation is one of the largest scholarship funds for the visual arts in Sweden and has previously received some of the Nordic region's most prominent artists. Now the scholarship recipients for 2024 have been announced.This year, the Edstrandska Scholarship Foundation has awarded a grant of 500,000 SEK each to the artists: Pia Ferm Tarik Kiswanson Elisabeth Östin In additi
https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/edstrandska-foundation-scholarship-holders-2024 - 2026-05-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Pollination is more important for strawberry growth than previously thought. A rich pollination gives better strawberry harvesting with strawberries that grow faster and weigh more. This is shown in a recently published study from the Center for Environmental and Climate Research, CEC. Three out of four cultivated cro
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/rich-pollination-improves-strawberry-harvesting - 2026-05-05
A new mini LUCSUS documentary, The Beans Of/For Change, introduces the challenges and opportunities around specialty coffee in Colombia. It is based on research results from field visits to Antioquia and Quindío in Colombia, as part of the FORMAS-supported project, Unravelling climate change impacts on migrant farmworkers in agrifood production. Dianne Kok has produced and edited the documentary.
At Trappan in Forum Medicum, employees from the Faculty gathered for this year's Faculty Christmas celebration. With snacks and drinks, quiz and a Lucia procession, it was an afternoon filled with Christmas spirit and many happy conversations. The event began with a slideshow looking back at the past year, reminding us of the big and small moments that have shaped our work. Then the room was fille
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/holiday-send-quiz-lucia-procession-and-highlights-year - 2026-05-05
On Friday, December 3, Mikael Lundholm’s eight-year doctoral education ended with a successful defence of his thesis “The Social Contingency of Law: Studies of Social Control during Foreclosure in Sweden”. Mikael Lundholm’s thesis defence was the Sociology of Law Department’s first on-campus since social restrictions were prescribed at Lund University in the spring of 2019 to mitigate the spread o
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/now-it-doctor-mikael-lundholm - 2026-05-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Anna Tengberg and Sandra Valencia at LUCSUS have written a report, Science of Integrated Approaches to Natural Resource Management – commissioned by the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) of the Global Environment Facility (GEF).The GEF is a partnership of 18 agencies, including United Nations agencies, mu
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-researchers-write-report-global-environment-facility - 2026-05-05
Armin Tavakoli, Associate Senior Lecturer at the Department of Physics at Lund University and researcher at the Wallenberg Centre for Quantum Technology (WACQT), has been appointed associate editor for Physical Review Letters (PRL) – one of the world’s most prestigious journals in physics. 'It’s an honour to take on this role,' says Tavakoli. “PRL holds a unique position in the physics community,
https://www.science.lu.se/article/lund-physicist-appointed-associate-editor-physical-review-letters - 2026-05-05
Armin Tavakoli, Associate Senior Lecturer at the Department of Physics at Lund University and researcher at the Wallenberg Centre for Quantum Technology (WACQT), has been appointed associate editor for Physical Review Letters (PRL) – one of the world’s most prestigious journals in physics. 'It’s an honour to take on this role,' says Tavakoli. “PRL holds a unique position in the physics community,
https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/lund-physicist-appointed-associate-editor-physical-review-letters - 2026-05-05
The idea of publishing research findings in open access journals is in many ways an asset in the research community. Unfortunately, it has also entailed the emergence of many unprofessional agents on the market. Their only purpose is to trick researchers into giving them money. Olga had published academic work over 25 times before she fell victim to a predatory journal. Today she is embarrassed be
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/watch-out-predators - 2026-05-05
New ideas are needed to address complex societal challenges. On 24 September 2024, the Lund University PhD Conference on Sustainable Development encourages interdisciplinary collaboration to advance academic research on sustainability. It's a space to share ideas, learn, and explore. We invite all LU PhD students to submit papers, posters, seminars, workshops, or exhibitions by the 15 August deadl
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/phd-conference-sustainable-development-24-september - 2026-05-06
Roberto García-Roa, postdoc at the department of Biology has won yet another prestigious photo award. This time he’s the overall winner of “Capturing Ecology”, the British Ecological Society photo competition. Congratulations Roberto, what does this award mean to you?– It’s very special! First, it links two powerful allies, science and photography. They are probably two of the best tools we have t
https://www.biology.lu.se/article/sharp-shooting-biologist-winner-international-photography-award - 2026-05-05
Many of us have worked more remotely during the pandemic than we ever dreamed of doing. Informatics researcher Saonee Sarker has been studying IT-enabled collaboration and its impact on work-life balance for many years, but mainly with a focus on the IT sector. Today, she sees how that industry's digital settings has moved to encompass us all. The bookshelves in Saonee Sarker's office at the Schoo
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hybrid-workplace-future - 2026-05-05
A new collaborative research project led by researchers Torsten Krause and Barbara Schröter will investigate the global value chains of cattle (meat / leather), gold, tin and palm oil - commodities that are all imported to the European market, and originally produced in Brazil, Colombia and Indonesia. What is the project about? The project EPICC: Environmental Policy Instruments across Commodity C
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/global-value-chains-meat-gold-tin-and-palm-oil-spotlight-new-research-project - 2026-05-05
Welcome to a digital meeting in which Lund researchers who are active on social media will share their insights and tips. For many researchers, social media is an opportunity to interact with wider society, from colleagues in the research community and other experts to politicians, journalists and decision-makers. However, approaches to, and benefits from, a social media presence vary. At this dig
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/researchers-social-media-share-their-tips - 2026-05-05
New research results now published from Lund University’s MASAI trial are even better than the initial findings from last year: AI-supported breast screening detected 29 per cent more cases of cancer compared with traditional screening. More invasive cancers were also clearly detected at an early stage using AI. Now the final part of the research study will focus on breast cancer missed by screeni
https://www.ai.lu.se/article/ai-supported-breast-cancer-screening-new-results-suggest-even-higher-accuracy - 2026-05-05
New research results now published from Lund University’s MASAI trial are even better than the initial findings from last year: AI-supported breast screening detected 29 per cent more cases of cancer compared with traditional screening. More invasive cancers were also clearly detected at an early stage using AI. Now the final part of the research study will focus on breast cancer missed by screeni
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/ai-supported-breast-cancer-screening-new-results-suggest-even-higher-accuracy - 2026-05-05
