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Erika has both a bachelor's degree and a master's degree from the Department of Informatics at Lund University. She finished her master's degree during spring 2021. Editor's note: This interview is from 2024 and translated from Swedish.Tell us about what you do today!“I work as a Senior Analyst in cyber security at Accenture in Malmö. Since joining the company two years ago, I have worked on sever

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/erika-hultman-alumna-msc-information-systems-2021 - 2026-05-01

Joan Yuan, researcher and associate professor in immunology, receives the Eric K. Fernström prize for younger, particularly promising and successful researchers at Lund University in 2024. Her research is about how the immune system is formed and how it affects us throughout life. Award justification: "For her decisive discoveries that have changed our understanding of hematopoiesis and the immune

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/eric-k-fernstrom-award-young-successful-researchers-goes-joan-yuan - 2026-05-01

In certain situations it is used, in others, not. We take a look at the use of the academic quarter at LUSEM today and share some background on where the tradition comes from. The classic explanation is that in times past the students did not necessarily own watches and had to rely on the church bells to know what time it was. When you heard the bells of Lund’s cathedral strike the full hour, you

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/academic-quarter-yes-no-sometimes - 2026-05-02

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Using new technology it is possible to get a detailed colour image of all retinal layers without inserting any instrument into the eye. The technology will be used by eye researcher Elisabeth Wittström, who studies diseases of the macula. Her colleague, Linnéa Taylor, is researching the link between inflammation and d

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-technology-facilitates-studies-macula - 2026-05-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A detective work that reflects society in terms of both working life and fashion trends. This is how you could describe Cecilia Svedman’s task as a dermatologist and researcher, specialising in contact allergies. Cecilia Svedman. Cecilia Svedman is the director of the main hospital in Helsingborg, who at the same time

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/she-looking-what-itches-stings-and-peels - 2026-05-01

Current knowledge of food safety is based on traditional foods that include animal products. Corresponding knowledge of plant-based foods lags behind. “There is a naive belief that plant-based food is safer than animal-based food. Unfortunately, this is not the case,” says Jenny Schelin, a researcher on food safety at Lund University in Sweden. “Plant-based foods are just as vulnerable to the same

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researcher-challenges-myth-plant-based-food-safer - 2026-05-01

Making independent decisions about your body and your life is a big part of being a human being in Sweden today. Part of this is taking care of your sexual health and choosing whether and when to have children. In heterosexual relationships, this is a task that often falls on the person who can get pregnant. The ideal, according to new research, is different and involves an equal distribution of c

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/share-unshareable-strong-equality-ideal-young-peoples-contraceptive-work - 2026-05-01

Visible matter in the universe represents only five per cent of everything that exists. The rest is invisible dark matter and dark energy. Particle physicist Ruth Pöttgen is one of the Lund University researchers involved in the search for the mysterious dark matter of the universe. She is standing at her whiteboard in a small office at Fysicum. With the help of her pen, Ruth Pöttgen tries to pain

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/search-shadow-invisible - 2026-05-02

Accumulation of the substance amyloid beta in the brain impairs the memory and cognitive ability in people with Alzheimer’s. New findings from Lund University in Sweden show that the cause of amyloid beta pathology might be more versatile than previously known. Researchers believe that these new findings may be of significance to the development of new medications. The accumulation of the protein

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/alzheimers-more-versatile-previously-known - 2026-05-01

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) can cause more serious liver conditions, such as liver failure. A new study, led by Lund University in Sweden, presents new data that may lead to better disease management and prevention in the future. The international research team identified an altered expression of specific genes in samples from individuals with obesity, MASLD an

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-research-identifies-potential-treatment-target-fatty-liver-disease - 2026-05-01

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) can cause more serious liver conditions, such as liver failure. A new study, led by Lund University in Sweden, presents new data that may lead to better disease management and prevention in the future. The international research team identified an altered expression of specific genes in samples from individuals with obesity, MASLD an

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-research-identifies-potential-treatment-target-fatty-liver-disease - 2026-05-02

(DIABETES) After more than a decade of stagnation, there is a major surge in kidney research effort. New drugs and biomarkers make it possible to detect and slow the progression of the disease earlier – something that long seemed unattainable. This will impact people with diabetes, for whom kidney damage is a serious long-term complication. “We are entering a new era. What is happening now is simi

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/hope-kidney-care - 2026-05-01

DIABETES. After more than a decade of stagnation, there is a major surge in kidney research effort. New drugs and biomarkers make it possible to detect and slow the progression of the disease earlier – something that long seemed unattainable. This will impact people with diabetes, for whom kidney damage is a serious long-term complication. “We are entering a new era. What is happening now is simil

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/hope-kidney-care - 2026-05-01

In this series of reports, you will learn about the process for surgical treatment of advanced osteoarthritis, starting from when a patient first sees an orthopedic specialist to ultimately receiving surgery. We will give you insight into the multiple healthcare visits one needs in order to undergo joint replacement. If you or someone you know is waiting to see an orthopedic doctor for assessment

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/reportage-meet-fatima-waiting-surgery - 2026-05-01

Is there any point in participating in a graduate school? After qualitative interviews with alumni from SWEAH, a scientific publication has now been published, which establishes that interdisciplinary graduate schools can play a crucial role in educating the next generation of researchers. A few questions to the article's first author Catharina Melander, senior lecturer at SWEAH's partner universi

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/important-new-researchers-deal-uncertainty - 2026-05-01

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 - 2026-05-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Martin Leijnse, researcher in solid state physics at Lund University in Sweden, has received a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) synergy grant worth EUR 1.5 million. He shares the total grant amount of EUR 10 million with three researchers from the University of Copenhagen. The four researchers have worked t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/erc-grant-research-unusual-quantum-state - 2026-05-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Staffan Michelson defended his doctoral thesis in Sociology of Law ”Empowerment and Private Law. Civil Impetus for Sustainable Development” Friday 30th November at one o'clock in the room Pufendorfsalen at the Faculty of Law, in Lund. The dissertation is the result of a study of private law viewed as a source of power

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/staffan-michelson-has-defended-his-thesis - 2026-05-01

SAGA Diagnostics, a portfolio company of LU Ventures, has the potential to transform cancer care by detecting cancer recurrence early with unparalleled sensitivity. Founded in 2016 from research in Lund, their groundbreaking test is now available in the U.S. From Lab to Life: The Research Behind SAGA's BreakthroughThere's a significant need for improved biomarkers to diagnose cancer, select the be

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/transforming-cancer-care-saga-diagnostics-test-now-launched-us - 2026-05-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Around 20,000 people have been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in Sweden. Today, there is no imaging method of changes in the brain that are believed to cause the disease. Researchers at Skåne University Hospital and Lund University have received nearly SEK 7 million from the Michael J Fox Foundation to develop an

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/millions-michael-j-fox-foundation-improve-diagnosis-parkinsons - 2026-05-01