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Nyfödda barn screenas för ärftliga sjukdomar. Familjer med ärftlig cancer i släkten kan erbjudas gentester och förebyggande åtgärder. Precisionsmedicinen är på stark frammarsch inom sjukvården. Ett 30-tal svenska forskare står bakom en genomlysning av precisionsmedicinen, som nu publiceras i den vetenskapliga tidskriften Journal of Internal Medicine (JIM). – I dag screenas nyfödda för ett litet an

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/precisionsmedicinen-ar-pa-frammarsch-inom-sjukvarden - 2026-05-07

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Sedan barnsben har hon velat forska, gärna om diabetes. Nu gör hon det vid Lunds universitets Diabetescenter fast merparten av arbetet utförs i Ludhiana i Indien där hon också arbetar som läkare. Upplägget för Geeti Aroras avhandlingsarbete är unikt och har stor potential för nya viktiga insikter om både graviditets

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/geeti-arora-forskar-i-indien-och-doktorerar-pa-ludc - 2026-05-07

Mycket diabetesforskning handlar om att förstå vad som händer när de insulinproducerande cellerna förstörs. Forskare vid Lunds universitet har valt ett annat angreppssätt. Det går ut på att förstå vad som skyddar cellerna. I sin forskning visar de hur ett protein i kroppens immunförsvar skyddar de insulinproducerande cellerna från att inflammeras och dö. Studien som publiceras i PNAS är ett exempe

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/proteinet-som-skyddar-insulinproducerande-celler - 2026-05-07

Män med kraftigt nedsatt fertilitet, löper större risk att utveckla andra sjukdomar i livet. Nu visar ett forskarteam från Lunds universitet att dessa män även oftare drabbas av tjock- och ändtarmscancer samt sköldkörtelcancer. Ett relativt nytt forskningsområde inom reproduktiv hälsa, är sambandet mellan manlig infertilitet och ökad risk för sjukdom. Tidigare studier har visat att det finns en ty

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/okad-cancerrisk-kopplad-till-manlig-infertilitet - 2026-05-08

Engagerade, nyfikna och ivriga att förändra. Studenterna som söker sig till universitetets masterutbildningar i hållbarhet drivs av att vilja förändra världen. Pionjärer och föregångare: så kan masterprogrammen EMP (masterprogrammet i miljöstrategisk styrning) och LUMES (masterprogrammet i miljö- och hållbarhetsvetenskap) beskrivas. De är några av de äldsta tvärvetenskapliga utbildningarna i både

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/vara-hallbarhetsutbildningar-ar-med-och-formar-framtidens-forandringsledare - 2026-05-08

Maurits Johansson investigates neuropsychiatric symptoms in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, before cognitive impairments are developed or diagnosis is set. He defends his thesis on May 13. Here, he shares the most important findings and experiences as a Ph.D. student at the Clinical Memory Research Unit. Tell us about your research! Growing evidence points towards Alzheimer’s disease bein

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-maurits-johansson - 2026-05-07

SWEAH PhD student Pernilla Alencar Siljehag has received an invitation from Latin America's leading and largest institution in public health, the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Brazil. – The research group I am going to visit is running a gigantic population study involving six major federal universities. It is reminiscent of the SNAC study, which I am using data from here in Sweden, but in multi-form

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/traveling-and-learning-about-vulnerability-violence-and-grassroots-activism - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. This autumn five master's students are doing their internship at the Sociology of Law Department in two different research projects. The Master's Programme in Sociology of Law, SASOL, is a multidisciplinary programme that is given here at the Sociology of Law Department in Lund. During the third semester (out of four)

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/interns-sociology-law-department-look-child-rights-and-working-life - 2026-05-07

In his doctoral thesis in sociology "Structures of subcontracting: Work organisation, control, and labour in the Swedish building sector", Rasmus Ahlstrand analyses the increased use of subcontractors and explores new forms of work organisation in the Swedish building sector. A key contribution of his study is the concept of masked staffing, which refers to unauthorised ways of organising labour t

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/rasmus-ahlstrand-has-defended-his-thesis-changing-swedish-building-sector - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. New Lund students are generally younger and have better educated parents than the average Swedish student. This emerges from the figures in a new LU report. Despite a series of initiatives to attract more students from non-academic backgrounds in recent decades, there is little progress. Now a major regional approach

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/initiatives-aimed-children-widen-participation - 2026-05-07

A new study from Lund University in Sweden on how the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine affects human liver cells under experimental conditions, has been viewed more than 800,000 times in just over a week. The results have been widely discussed across social media – but the results have in many cases been misinterpreted. Two of the authors, Associate Professor Yang de Marinis (YDM) and Professor Ma

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/qa-covid-19-vaccine-study-gains-attention - 2026-05-07

We are delighted to welcome Dr. Minyoung Kim, who will contribute to Korean Studies teaching and research at the Centre. NEST (Nordic–Lund Emerging Scholars Teaching Programme in Korean Studies) supports early-career Korea-focused scholars by providing opportunities to develop teaching experience and strengthen research networks across the Nordic region.Our first NEST Scholar has just arrived and

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/introducing-our-first-nest-scholar-dr-minyoung-kim - 2026-05-07

Working with people from many different backgrounds, cultures and nationalities is one of the biggest benefits from studying the bachelor's programme in Economy and Society, according to alumnus Felix Danielsson who graduated from the programme in 2023. As well as, doing something fun out of thesis writing, like collecting data in the Scottish lowlands. Editor's note: this interview is from 2024.F

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/felix-danielsson-alumnus-bsc-economy-and-society-2023 - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. During the pandemic mediators and conflict parties have had to interact, discuss and even negotiate via computer screens. Women negotiators have benefited from this and describe how they experienced the virtual medium as a more equal space since it is more difficult for men to dominate with body language and appearanc

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/virtual-meetings-more-equal-space-women-peace-negotiators - 2026-05-07

There has been a record-breaking number of applicants for Lund University’s international recruitment drive. The original total of 25 advertised positions has been increased to 45 – researchers from some of the world’s leading universities who are now heading to Lund. The recruited researchers come from higher education institutions such as Harvard University, the University of Oxford, the Humbold

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/unprecedented-interest-lund-universitys-international-recruitment - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. PhD student Martina De Santis will be defending her thesis titled ‘Next generation bioengineering of lung tissue for transplantation’ on Friday 19th February 2021. In this interview, Martina tells us about her research in the Lung Bioengineering and Regeneration group and time spent at Lund Stem Cell Center. Can you t

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-martina-de-santis - 2026-05-08

The Faculty has recently established a research council as an advisory body to the Faculty Board and management. ”We hope to strengthen the quality and impact of our research", says Chair Jonas Larsson, Vice-Dean. A central part of a research council's work is external monitoring and analysis of the quality development of the Faculty's research. As an advisory body to the Faculty Board of Medicine

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/our-facultys-new-research-council-quality-development-and-impact-agenda - 2026-05-07

A meeting at the kitchen table, with lots of coffee and snus. And a donation of SEK 250 million. That’s what happened when Ingvar Kamprad met LTH’s dean in 1998 to talk about the future of industrial design education at the University. The kitchen table belonged to the then dean of LTH Thomas Johannesson, who had invited the founder of IKEA to his house to discuss a collaboration between the desig

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/ingvar-kamprad-design-center-celebrates-its-20th-anniversary - 2026-05-08

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Överviktskirurgi har i många studier lyfts fram som en näst intill magisk metod för viktnedgång och tillbakagång av typ 2-diabetes. En fråga som i stort sett har lämnats obesvarad är huruvida effekten av kirurgi skiljer sig från de effekter man får av en sträng lågkaloridiet. Detta har nu forskare vid Lunds universi

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/strang-diet-forklarar-fetmakirurgins-magi-0 - 2026-05-07

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. ISPAD (International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes) fyller jämt (40 år!) och håller i år sin kongress i insulinbehandlingens ursprungsstad Toronto. Här rapporterar barnläkaren Frida Sundberg från kongressen. Inledningsanförandet av ISPADs president Stephen Green tog upp de olika förutsättningar som I

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/rapport-fran-internationellt-barndiabetesmote - 2026-05-07