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A new research strategy is now in place, effective from 1 January. It is based on the Strategic Plan and the findings of the RQ20 project. The Strategy will guide the University’s research and describe the core values of research and the conditions necessary for achieving world-class research excellence. The Research Strategy has been developed by the Research Board and has been discussed by all f

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/universitys-new-research-strategy-2023-2026 - 2026-05-02

Lund University works actively to ensure that students and staff feel secure, regardless of ethnicity or religious belief. A review shows that the University works systematically on risk assessments, educational initiatives and core value-related activities to prevent threats and harassment. Global conflicts can affect both staff and students in different ways. The conflict between Israel and Pale

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/university-strengthens-its-efforts-ensure-secure-work-and-study-environment - 2026-05-02

Kompetensportalen, Lucat, Lupin, Lubas and LUCRIS. Those are the names of some of Lund University’s administrative systems. They are now also the names of five new bacteriophages that have recently been discovered in the ponds of Lund University’s Botanical Gardens. Bacteriophages – often abbreviated to phages – are viruses that attack bacteria. Phages are astonishingly effective assassins – these

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/fishing-phages-lund-universitys-botanical-gardens - 2026-05-02

Martin Magnusson received a 4.8 million VR project grant 2023-2026 for the project "Incretin system´s impact on cardiovascular disease and cancer" together with Joao Duarte and Anja Meissner. The aim of this study is to assess the long-term effects of incretin hormones GIP and GLP-1 on the cardiovascular system. These hormones initiate insulin secretion, which reduces blood sugar levels after a me

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-fellows-receive-vr-grant-2 - 2026-05-03

Many species of bee are threatened by global warming, but not all. The buff-tailed bumblebee is the world’s most common bee and will likely remain that way, as researchers from Lund University have discovered that this species benefits from a warmer climate. Through research into buff-tailed bumblebees collected by amateurs and researchers over a period of 150 years, biologists and climate researc

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/warmer-climate-making-worlds-most-common-bumblebee-even-more-common - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) signalling pathway is often dysregulated in cancer and PDGF-receptor expression has been linked to unfavourable prognostic factors in breast cancer (e.g. ER negativity, high Ki67 and high grade). This study aimed to evaluate the expression of PDGFRα, PDGFRβ and ligand PDGF-CC

https://www.tcr.lu.se/article/pdgf-pathway-breast-cancer-linked-tumour-aggressiveness-triple-negative-subtype-and-early-recurrence - 2026-05-03

The BECC Board and the BECC and MERGE steering group at the University of Gothenburg (UGOT) have decided to strengthen the interdisciplinary development of BECC research by announcing funding for up to six 2-year post doc positions. This effort aims to specifically favour BECC’s research development within the field of ecosystem-based climate adaptation in response to actual or expected climatic s

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/call-6-becc-post-docs-years-2023-2025-and-becc-call-research-funding-prolonged - 2026-05-03

The Board of the Faculty of Medicine (MFS) has held a meeting. The meeting began with the Dean informing about the research bill and how it affects us at the university and the faculty and how we are now working with this. She also informed about the ongoing work on the new strategic direction for the faculty, which will be decided at a coming meeting, and the continued implementation of the decis

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/report-faculty-board-meeting-5-february-2025 - 2026-05-03

NanoLund researchers engage in three of the competence centres invested in by Sweden’s Innovation Agency, Vinnova. It has been a productive year for all of them – below, you can read their reports from 2024. C3NiT, managed by Vanya Darakchieva has for the second time arranged its yearly meeting in Lund with great success together with industrial and academic partners. The updates on the six projec

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/strong-year-our-vinnova-competence-centres - 2026-05-03

Did you miss the chance last spring to apply for funds to develop a commissioned education course at your department, or do you want to try again? The University is now opening a fourth round of applications with the ambition of launching new types of courses in the future. We welcome your application! To further support units within LU in setting up new commissioned education courses, a fourth ro

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-opportunity-apply-funds-develop-commissioned-education-courses-0 - 2026-05-03

Dawit Assefa Arimide will defend his thesis: The HIV-1 epidemic in Ethiopia - transmission patterns, antiretroviral drug resistance and treatment outcomes. Time: 13:00 Place: Belfrage hall, BMC D15, Klinikgatan 32 i Lund Opponent: Docent Ujjwal Neogi, Stockholm The HIV epidemic in Ethiopia –dynamics of viral transmissions and prevalence of transmitted drug resistance — Lund University Summary A co

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/159-thesis-defense-dawit-assefa-arimide - 2026-05-03

Read and listen to CMES researchers' media interviews, podcasts and articles. 2026 Interview on Islam in the West - İstanbul University - Sami El-Daghistani (18 January)Tre experter: Därför är attacken i Iran ett brott mot internationell rätt - Dagens Nyheter - Lisa Strömbom (4 March)Irans ledare död efter attacken – blir det regimförändring nu? - Godmorgon världen, Sveriges Radio - Lisa Strömbom

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-media-analyses-latest-developments-middle-east - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A forest management method different to those practised today would contribute to greater welfare and wellbeing for society in general, compared with current methods that mainly benefit the forestry industry. This has been shown in a new study by two researchers from Lund University in Sweden. There is an intensive de

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/another-type-forest-management-would-provide-greater-values-society - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Leif C. Groop Award for Outstanding Diabetes Research has been awarded to Niels Grarup of the Novo Nordisk Foundation Centre for Basic Metabolic Research at the University of Copenhagen. His research has shown that there is a genetic explanation for the increase in type 2 diabetes in Greenland. The prize, worth SE

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/award-research-increased-risk-type-2-diabetes-greenland - 2026-05-03

According to a new study from Lund University in Sweden, approximately one in five Swedes are already choosing not to buy American brands. The majority would consider boycotting American products such as Coca-Cola in favour of European or Swedish alternatives. A study conducted by brand researchers at Lund University in Sweden, in cooperation with Norstat Sweden, shows that virtually all Swedish c

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/majority-swedes-are-open-boycotting-american-products - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In 2016, a forgotten archival treasure was found in the cellar of the Department of Geology. The material included a unique map of Iceland from 1844 and a geological map of the whole of New Zealand dated 1869. Now 322 works have been restored and plans are afoot for an exhibition. Through arched windows, a pale Novemb

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/forgotten-treasure-trove-maps-restored-its-former-glory - 2026-05-03

The excitement has been palpable in recent weeks following the award of the Nobel Prize in Physics to Anne L’Huillier, a researcher at Lund. This is the first time a researcher at Lund University has received a Nobel Prize, and atomic physicist Anne L’Huillier is only the fifth woman ever to be awarded the prize in Physics. By now it is widely known where atomic physicist Anne L’Huillier was when

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/anne-lhuillier-received-lunds-first-nobel-prize - 2026-05-02

The single market of the EU is often hailed as the number one success story of European integration, and it is one of the reasons why the EU is seen as a law-making machine. Single market laws are partly focused on competition law, which sets out to ban state aid and other interventionist practices in order to create a level playing field among the EU’s businesses. But when these businesses enter

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/how-can-eu-fix-global-trade - 2026-05-03

Soumi Banjeree, 28, is currently doing a PhD at Lund University’s School of Social Work and occupied the coordinator position at SASNET during the autumn. Alongside organising and making sure panellists make their way to Lund for our seminars, she has drafted research articles and worked on her PhD thesis this past semester. However, Banerjee's position as coordinator in 2022 was not her first ass

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/soumi-banerjee-shrinking-civic-spaces-india-ngos-are-attempting-shift-away-activism - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Every year, just over 1000 people are diagnosed with kidney cancer in Sweden. The three most common variants are clear cell, papillary and chromophobe renal cancer. Researchers compare the gene expression in tumour cells from a kidney cancer patient with cells from healthy tissue to figure out in which part of the kid

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/improved-analysis-kidney-cancer - 2026-05-03