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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On June 11th and 12th medial students Benjamin Sjögren and Yousef Hamid successfully presented their master thesis.Benjamin's thesis investigated non-invasive hyperspectral imaging in skin cancer diagnostics. Skin cancer is one of the most common types of cancer worldwide. In order to improve patient survival through
On 17 April, the annual FEK Table Tennis Tournament unfolded. A total of 20 players battled fiercely until the very end, and the final match of this year may well be remembered as the most thrilling and of the highest quality ever! A set of quick questions for the winnersCongratulations! How do you feel?Djevdet: “Amazing!""She was amazing. It was all thanks to her!" (points at Yuqing)Yuqing: "I al
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/fek-table-tennis-tournament-2024-meet-winners - 2026-07-19
In the Cardiac MR group in Lund, great importance is placed on personal development and leadership training. “When recruiting new members, the most important thing is not what is written in the CV, but the personal qualities and the willingness to develop in collaboration with others" says Henrik Engblom. "PhD students are trained to work for the whole, beyond their own personal interests”, says H
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/trust-key-successful-collaborations - 2026-07-19
A new centre to stimulate interest in science, technology and research is being built at Campus Helsingborg. In the long term, the Helsingborg Science Centre will attract 50,000 visitors a year, following the example of the Vattenhallen Science Centre in Lund. Lund University, together with the City of Helsingborg, Wihlborgs, Navet Analytics and the Helsingborg Trade Association, is laying the fou
https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/science-centre-be-established-campus-helsingborg - 2026-07-19
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Urban Living Labs: Visiting researcher James Evans in search of success factors Can urban living labs create more sustainable urban development? Manchester researcher James Evans and colleagues at the IIIEE are studying and comparing four Scandinavian cases, seeking common drivers of success – and of failure. – Today
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-visiting-iiiee-researcher-james-evans - 2026-07-19
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. This year, the Centre for European Studies has awarded the 2020 Best Thesis Award to Kristy Louise Rhades for her thesis in the Master of Arts of European Studies. Note: this article was originally published on December 18, 2020. Kristy Louise Rhades’ thesis is called “How European welfare states perpetuate the growt
https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/best-thesis-award-2020 - 2026-07-19
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Swedish manhood enters into crisis at irregular intervals; the male role may now be about to change once again in the aftermath of the #metoo protest. Gender historian Emma Severinsson hopes that the boys of today will learn to show feelings – and gender scholar Jens Rydström adds that men need to get better at talkin
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/will-male-roles-change-after-metoo - 2026-07-19
Taha Sen’s PhD thesis focus on the life span of red blood cells and elucidates the important role of mitochondria. He is defending his thesis on the 17th of November and in this interview he gives us an overview of his results as well as what it’s been like being a doctoral student during a pandemic. Can you tell us about the research during your PhD? I’ve been focusing my thesis work on the life
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-taha-sen - 2026-07-19
The strong connection between financial problems and mental health issues is well known. A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that only one in five young adults could correctly answer three basic questions about inflation, interest rates and risk diversification. At the same time, they are getting more into debt. This, the researchers argue, is a worrying development. We now know that
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/alarmingly-low-financial-awareness-among-todays-youth - 2026-07-19
Photo by M.Accelertor on Unsplash It is not necessarily the students who need to join a lecture via Zoom; sometimes the lecturer is the one taking part remotely. This is very practical for guest lecturers who are very far away and can thereby avoid a long trip. It also opens up opportunities for simple collaborations between higher education institutions. The solution will be different depending o
https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/guest-lecturers-good-opportunity-hybrid-teaching - 2026-07-19
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Just before Christmas, his department lost out on a top international researcher, an investment worth over SEK 100 million. A month later, his group reported a major breakthrough in pheromone research. Professor Christer Löfstedt, head of the Department of Biology, one of the largest departments at Lund University, fe
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/rollercoaster-life-head-department - 2026-07-19
We were all small, newborn infants once. But some of us were perhaps too small as newborns? A child that is born “small for gestational age” means that they have not grown according to their normal curve during the foetal period. By studying the group of small newborns in epidemiological, or register, studies, researchers follow what happens to these infants later in life. This knowledge is of gre
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/even-sprat-can-thrive-being-born-small-gestational-age - 2026-07-19
Solo living in your own home places a greater strain on the planet’s resources than living with others, as everyone needs their own appliances – a toaster, a washing machine and so on. The Nordic countries stand out: almost half of all households are solo living households. Sustainability researcher Tullia Jack interviewed people who live alone about the reasons for this and hopes for new forms of
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/why-we-live-alone-and-what-it-means-climate-and-our-sense-community - 2026-07-19
Emily Sonestedt investigates how food affects the health and the risk to develop type 2 diabetes. This knowledge is of importance to society when developing food-based dietary guidelines. It can be hard to make healthy food choices. The bread rolls behind the counter in the café at Clinical Research Centre (CRC) in Malmö have a dark color, but it does not have to mean that they are a healthy choic
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/healthy-eating-reduce-risk-type-2-diabetes - 2026-07-19
What were the results of the Turkish elections? On May 14, over 50 million people went to polls to cast their vote for the presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey. There were four presidential candidates on the ballot papers, but due to the withdrawal of one candidate, the race took place between the current president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu (leader of the social democr
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-turkish-elections - 2026-07-19
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Many people with cystic fibrosis develop diabetes. The reasons for this have been largely unknown, but now researchers at Lund University in Sweden and Karolinska institutet have identified a molecular mechanism that contributes to the raised diabetes risk. “The increased risk of diabetes has previously been explained
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/cystic-fibrosis-and-diabetes-link-explained - 2026-07-19
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. During a brief visit to Sweden, the renowned US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg received a jubilee honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Law in a formal ceremony in Stockholm. As the honoured guest did not have the opportunity to travel to Lund, the ceremony was held at the Svea Court of Appeal in Stockholm
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ruth-bader-ginsburg-receives-jubilee-honorary-doctorate - 2026-07-19
Global e-waste levels continue to rise, posing serious challenges to human health and the environment. Observed annually on January 24, Circular Electronics Day raises awareness about this escalating crisis and promotes sustainable practices such as more sustainable production, extending product lifespans, repairing, buying second-hand, and recycling responsibly. This initiative empowers both cons
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new online portal opening today at Lund University in Sweden makes a unique archive containing first-hand accounts from Nazi concentration camp survivors freely accessible to the general public. During World War II, Ravensbrück, north of Berlin in Germany, was a concentration camp mainly reserved for women and child
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/holocaust-survivors-stories-made-available-online - 2026-07-19
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Meet Paul Franks... ... Professor of Diabetes Research and sportsman, who raised money for diabetes research by competing in the Copenhagen Ironman* triathlon race a while ago. How have the race and the fundraising gone? “I think it’s gone well. Despite a broken toe, I finished the race in just over 10 hours. I beat m
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/running-diabetes - 2026-07-19
