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Martin L. Olsson has received the International Society for Blood Transfusion (ISBT) Presidential Award, the highest international honour in transfusion medicine. The award is presented every two years to a researcher who has made outstanding contributions to transfusion medicine. Martin L. Olsson is recognised for translational research on red blood cells, following 35 years of work mapping the g

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/prestigious-international-award-martin-l-olsson - 2026-05-08

This year’s largest grant from the IngaBritt och Arne Lundbergs Forskningsstiftelse goes to Vinay S. Swaminathan at Lund University. He is awarded five million SEK for his research on how healthy breast tissue develops into tumors and spreads. Vinay S. Swaminathan’s research group has developed 3D models that mimics the tumor microenvironment in the laboratory. The technology opens new opportuniti

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/healthy-sick-3d - 2026-05-07

Kimberly Nicholas was appointed professor in Sustainability Science in June 2024. After more than 15 years at Lund University, her commitment to stopping climate change is stronger than ever. “We need to keep our eyes on the prize and focus on where the problem is to address it.” What has been the most important moment in your career? I got to witness the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015. T

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/professor-kimberly-nicholas-mission-combat-climate-change - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Within 100 years, approximately half of the 6,000 languages in the world will become extinct. A window to the past is currently being opened in Lund, where you can listen to languages that are no longer spoken thanks to a special resource for digital language documentation. Niclas Burenhult. Every two weeks, a languag

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/language-collectors - 2026-05-07

Newborn babies are already being screened for mutations and genetic tests help families with hereditary breast cancer. Genomic-driven precision medicine (GDPM) is an emerging approach for disease treatment. Around 30 Swedish researchers suggest a direction forward in a review article in Journal of Internal Medicine (JIM). "At the moment newborns are screened for a small number of mutations. In the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/precision-medicine-emerging-approach-complex-diseases - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The coronavirus pandemic has not put Lund University in any financial difficulty. There is money in the University's coffers, assures the head of planning Tim Ekberg. The agency capital currently amounts to SEK 1.7 billion. "It is money that could be useful to support affected areas of activity", he comments. The agen

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/no-threat-lund-universitys-finances-thanks-agency-capital - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Getting important information out fast to the right target group has been a challenge for the crisis management group, which has now entered a calmer phase after an intensive spring. “Now it is mostly a question of coordination and we are also considering opening the group up to representatives of education and resear

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-successful-quick-digital-restart - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Everyone knows about source criticism, but researchers Jutta Haider and Olof Sundin want to emphasise source confidence. “There has been an intensive focus on the critical aspect. Pupils leave school with the attitude that you cannot trust anything, so source confidence is an important complement to source criticism.

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/they-strike-blow-source-confidence - 2026-05-07

While we are inundated with data on rising temperatures, carbon dioxide levels and melting glaciers, there are other areas that are also affected by a warming planet. Political scientist Christie Nicoson explores the relationship between gender, climate change and peace and finds that they are closely linked. She is now receiving the Agenda 2030 Award for 2024. Can you tell us about your backgroun

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/phd-student-christie-nicoson-agenda-2030-award-winner-2024 - 2026-05-07

When Quick Bites for Researchers launched in spring 2025, it began as an experiment — an attempt to open up a new and informal channel between researchers and the library’s expertise. One year on, librarians Fredrik Larsson and Anja Zimmerman can look back at an initiative that not only survived its first year, but is now ramping up.“We wanted to find a simple, low-threshold way to support researc

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/librarys-quick-bites-researchers-continues-grow-new-topics - 2026-05-07

Understanding that others hold different viewpoints from your own is essential for human sociality. Adopting another person’s visual perspective is a complex skill that emerges around the age of two. A new study from Lund University in Sweden, published in Science Advances, suggests that this ability first arose in dinosaurs, at least 60 million years before it appeared in mammals. These findings

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/dinosaurs-were-first-take-perspectives-others - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Workhorse Philip Warkander became Sweden’s first PhD graduate in Fashion Studies. He describes research in a new subject as continuously doubting – an approach he also applies to the academic community’s focus on hard work. Moving around as a researcher, he noticed one day that he had fallen into the classic man-trap

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/doubting-fashion-pioneer - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Giving up research has never been an option for Ronald Kröger, professor in biology with a specialisation in fish lenses and dog noses. “I conduct research with all of my heart!” He is, however, at least as dependent on his brain – and it has really suffered. It is nearly five years since the Saturday morning when Ron

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/nose-noses - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. How has life and work changed during the pandemic? LUM has met coworkers with widely different situations, starting with Tove Eriksson and Anna Löthman. Anna Löthman and Tove Eriksson, Communication officers at EHLLU has become a race car!Many people are working from home due to the coronavirus, but not you. Why?"We l

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/everyday-life-wake-corona-crisis - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. During a unique rescue operation, Lund University sent armed security forces into an Islamic State (IS) warzone to rescue a doctoral student and his family. For several years, Firas Jumaah, his supervisor Charlotta Turner and former chief security officer, Per Gustafson, have kept quiet on the events; however, now the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/rescue-operation - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ceremonies have a certain power that speaks more to the emotions than to the intellect. This is the opinion of the newly inaugurated vice-chancellor Erik Renström, who sees the value in academic traditions. In his management team, however, new winds are blowing, bringing with them the values of “integrity” and “charac

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/integrity-and-character - 2026-05-07

Artificial intelligence has gone from horror visions on film to a tool in everyone’s pocket. From spelling advice to shopping tips – and now to assigning work and measuring performance. What’s next? We met with organisational researcher Sverre Spoelstra to talk about algorithmic leadership and management. You may not have your boss in an app, yet. But the idea is not as futuristic as it may sound.

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/he-researches-algorithmic-leadership - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. There are delicious smells emanating from the kitchen at the Malmö apartment of nutrition physiologist, Louise Brunkwall. Today, she is making pasta and vegetable sauce for lunch. A clean up before the interview with LUM means she can no longer find anything in the kitchen cupboards:  “Usually there is always some kin

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/help-your-body-outwit-reptile-brain - 2026-05-07

The capacity development programme Innovation, Transformation and Resilience for Sustainable Development is part of a larger project, which aims to strengthen the development and use of science, technology, and innovation (STI) indicators in Africa. The fourth iteration of the programme took place in 2025. Laurinda Macamo from MozambiqueLaurinda Macamo is an alumna of Lund University’s capacity de

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/testimonial-about-programme-innovation-transformation-and-resilience-sustainable-development - 2026-05-08

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. This spring students in the Critical & Pedagogical Studies Programme at Malmö Art Academy will present their exam projects towards the completion of a Master of Fine Arts degree. The exam projects will lead to several weeks of diverse activities which will discuss and reflect different critical and pedagogical aspec

https://www.khm.lu.se/artikel/critical-and-pedagogical-studies-exam-projects-2017 - 2026-05-07