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The University will hold its first Future Week in October. It is to become an annual event in which researchers from the entire University will offer the general public lectures, panel discussions and debates intended to stimulate reflection about major future issues. The theme for this year’s week is adaptations – what do we have to do? What do we want to do? And what would we like to avoid? Hist
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/future-starts-october-0 - 2025-12-19
The work to find a new vice-chancellor has begun. The recruitment committee, which now consists of equal numbers of members from the Electoral College and the University Board (with the chair of the board having the casting vote), has started the process of producing a person specification. At the turn of the year, applications will be open for the position as Torbjörn von Schantz's successor. Fol
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/search-new-vice-chancellor-underway - 2025-12-19
With over 40 exhibitors and thousands of visitors, this year’s ATLAS Career Fair was the largest to date! The annual career fair, organised by LUNA – the Science Student Union – with support from the Faculty of Science, brings together students, PhD candidates, companies and organisations with a shared focus: creating opportunities for the natural scientists of the future.ATLAS offers undergraduat
https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/record-interest-years-atlas-career-fair - 2025-12-19
Helena Filipsson, professor at the Department of Geology, together with colleagues, has received seed funding from Lund University for the interdisciplinary project From Microns to Models: Leveraging μCT and Machine Learning for High-Resolution Morphological Diversity Analysis (MICROMORPH). The project brings together expertise in geology, biology, mathematics, and statistics, and is carried out i
Helena Filipsson, professor at the Department of Geology, together with colleagues, has received seed funding from Lund University for the interdisciplinary project From Microns to Models: Leveraging μCT and Machine Learning for High-Resolution Morphological Diversity Analysis (MICROMORPH). The project brings together expertise in geology, biology, mathematics, and statistics, and is carried out i
Researchers at Lund University and Washington University have identified a blood marker that reflects the amount of Alzheimer’s pathology in the brain. This discovery may play a key role in determining who is most likely to benefit from the new Alzheimer’s drugs. In brief:A newly discovered blood marker, MTBR-tau243, can reveal how much Alzheimer’s disease pathology is present in the brain. The hi
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/new-reliable-blood-marker-reveals-extent-alzheimers-pathology-brain - 2025-12-19
Enormous amounts of data about Alzheimer’s Disease have been generated from clinical studies so far. Still, the molecular drivers of Alzheimer’s Disease are largely unknown. With the TAU-TIME project, Jacob Vogel aims to advance knowledge by developing an AI tool that brings together known biological mechanisms with data from patients with the disease. Recent funding from the European Research Cou
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/time-unite-lab-and-clinic-15-million-eu-build-ai-model-alzheimers-disease - 2025-12-19
https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/arctic-passion - 2025-12-19
A study at Lund University reveals that traumatic brain injury alters the small vessels in the brain, resulting in an accumulation of amyloid beta — a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease. The findings suggest that vascular dysfunction could be an early driver in neurodegenerative disorders rather than being caused by neuronal damage. The study is published in Acta Neuropathologica. An increased risk o
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/cracking-alzheimers-code-how-brain-trauma-triggers-disease - 2025-12-19
Lack of choice, clashing views and time pressure are findings in a first article on welfare technology, from the Welfare@home project, which includes SWEAH PhD student Samantha Svärdh, Lund University. Her second article gives us information about four different challenges. – Older adults and staff were often given devices without being involved in the decision. We also saw that technologies that
https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/welfare-technology-not-solution-without-user-engagement - 2025-12-19
Congratulation to Wolfgang Knecht and his collaborators, who have been awarded a grant for a LINXS theme initiative titled Pandemics and Alertness (PandA)! The theme is a “spin-off” from the Pandemics and Alertness the thematic collaboration initiative at Lund University, with a deeper focus on advancing understaning of viruses and strengthening crisis preparedness. The themes want to achieve an i
https://www.virology.lu.se/article/grant-awarded-linxs-theme-initiative-pandemics-and-alertness-panda - 2025-12-19
More than four out of ten doctoral students experience stress, anxiety and depression. This autumn, the doctoral students’ union will redouble efforts to improve wellbeing and prevent poor mental health. Measures include the establishment of a new role, which will focus on preventing and tackling ill health and will work closely with the doctoral student ombudsman and the occupational health servi
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/steps-prevent-mental-ill-health-among-doctoral-students - 2025-12-20
What does it feel like to live with dementia? The answer is offered by the “dementia simulator” developed by virtual reality researchers at the Faculty of Engineering, LTH. The simulator takes the user into a virtual world to experience different aspects of life with a cognitive disorder. LTH researchers Joakim Eriksson and Maria Hedin have been working for several years on virtual experiences of
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/successful-commercialisation-dementia-simulator - 2025-12-20
According to a travel survey conducted last autumn, better public transport and secure bicycle parking at the workplace are the main measures needed to reduce car commuting. There are also differences in travel patterns between faculties. "The travel survey provides a valuable insight into the commuters’ wishes on what can facilitate sustainable travel in their everyday lives. Now we can weave thi
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/depth-report-employees-commutes-lund - 2025-12-20
Celebrate Culture Night with Lund University! Browse among all our activities for young and old, which extend from morning to late evening. Culture NIght Lund is a festival for the whole Lund Municipality, and Lund University is a part of the programme.Bring your family or friends and take a part of the events and activities that Lund University have to offer. For everybody and all ages. Some of t
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-culture-night-saturday-20-september - 2025-12-18
Ett nytt supportcenter är på plats som ska användas för alla supportärenden och ersätter ServiceNow. Viktig information om LU-box och nytt om softphone-lösningen. Det nya supportcentret på plats!Nu har ärendesystemet och den nya portalen för support och ärenden, Supportcenter, slagit upp portarna. Här kan du lägga supportärenden och göra vissa beställningar. Det finns också guider så att du själv
https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/nytt-om-it-supportcenter-oppnar-lu-box-softphone-pa-teams - 2025-12-18
I ett unikt arkiv på Universitetsbiblioteket förvaras 500 djupintervjuer med överlevande från koncentrationslägret Ravensbrück, gjorda direkt efter att de ankom till Sverige våren 1945. Nu är arkivet nominerat till FN-organet Unesco för att bli ett världsminne, ett skrivet kulturarv som är av stort värde för mänskligheten. Taj Mahal i Indien, den vattenburna staden Venedig liksom Grand Canyons svi
https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/ravensbruckarkivet-vid-universitetsbiblioteket-nominerat-som-varldsminne - 2025-12-18
För 9:e gången arrangerar universitetet Hållbarhetsveckan tillsammans med Lunds kommun. Med uppåt 90 programpunkter under sex dagar kommer hållbarhetsfrågor belysas på olika sätt inom social, ekologisk och ekonomisk hållbarhet. Det är en vecka med diskussion och handling, allvarliga frågeställningar och hoppfulla framtidsvisioner. Programmet består av allt från föreläsningar, panelsamtal och works
https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/5-10-maj-ar-det-dags-hallbarhetsveckan - 2025-12-18
Universitetet är med i klimatsamarbetet CoAction Lund och i vår kommer alla deltagande organisationer tävla mot varandra inom hållbar pendling. För att tävla kan du välja på att cykla, åka kollektivt, samåka bil eller gå till arbetet. Tävlingen sträcker sig över fem veckor, 28 april – 30 maj och avslutas med prisutdelning och fest den 3 juni. Nu är anmälan till CoAction Lunds tävling i hållbar pe
https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/gor-din-pendling-till-en-vinnande-vana-var-med-och-tavla-om-fina-priser - 2025-12-18
