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Vartannat år delar Nordiska gerontologiska förbundet ut det mest prestigefyllda priset inom gerontologi, Sohlbergpriset på 10 000 euro. Priset tilldelas en forskare som är ledande inom området gerontologi, verksam i ett nordiskt land och som har haft stort inflytande på utvecklingen inom åldrandeforskningen. 2022 års pristagare är professor Susanne Iwarsson vid Lunds universitet. Priset delas ut u
Den 26 januari firade Lunds universitet sin årshögtid med en högtidlig ceremoni inför en fullsatt universitetsaula. Lunds universitets första hedersledamot installerades och universitetets guldmedalj delades ut. Många ville komma och delta i det högtidliga firandet med välkända pristagare och hyllningar. den nyblivna nobelpristagaren Anne L’Huillier överraskade de närvarande efter att hon mottagit
https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/se-bilder-fran-arshogtiden-den-26-januari - 2026-07-14
With a focus on pancreatic regeneration and diabetes, Christos Karampelias is the latest recruit to WCMM Lund. In this interview, he discusses his research vision, the importance of collaboration and what excites him about joining Lund University. Christos Karampelias is a biomedical researcher whose work focuses on diabetes, metabolism and pancreatic biology, with particular emphasis on how insul
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “Behind every successful man there is a woman”, according to an old saying. So what about successful women? And what about couples where both are successful – how do they manage family life? LUM met Olle Melander and Marju Orho-Melander, who are among the Lund University researchers to have been awarded most prizes an
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/planning-key-success-researcher-couple - 2026-07-13
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Fifty per cent of all pregnant women in need of a C-section are unable to get one. Most people around the world still do not have access to safe surgery, resulting in millions of deaths and disabilities each year. As a paediatric surgeon, Lars Hagander wanted to find ways to help, and has travelled the world to perfor
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lack-surgeons-threat-global-health - 2026-07-13
Ett långt musikliv och en livslång gärning belönas när Gullan Bornemark blir hedersdoktor vid den konstnärliga fakulteten. Den 26 maj får hon ta på sig sin doktorshatt i samband med den årliga ceremonin i Lunds domkyrka. Ett långt musikliv och en livslång gärning belönas när Gullan Bornemark blir hedersdoktor vid den konstnärliga fakulteten. Den 26 maj får hon ta på sig sin doktorshatt i samband m
https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/gullan-bornemark-hedersdoktor-en-akademisk-eloge-till-barnmusiken - 2026-07-13
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUMES alumni Sophia Speckhahn and Annabel Schickner from batch 19 visited LUMES to share their stories about life after LUMES, from graduation to getting their first jobs. Today they are both working with sustainability within different sectors in Germany. Find out what they think are the most important skills they ga
https://www.lumes.lu.se/article/meet-lumes-alumni-sophia-speckhahn-and-annabel-schickner-batch-19 - 2026-07-13
Can fashion ever become sustainable? How do we transition to environmentally smart e-commerce? What role will universities play in future society? These are some of the subjects to be discussed during the research festival Our Future City on 7-10 June at Campus Helsingborg. The event is organised in collaboration with the daily newspapers Helsingborgs Dagblad. Our Future City can most simply be de
After graduation from the master's programme in International Strategic Management (ISM) in 2021, Marc Leon started his career in the fast paced world of consultancy at Porsche Consulting in Hamburg, Germany. Today, he thrives in the role as senior consultant where he manages workflows, junior colleagues and advice clients in the life sciences sector. Editor's note: this interview is from 2024.Hi
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/marc-leon-willemsen-alumnus-international-strategic-management-2021 - 2026-07-13
Tycker (både du och) dina studenter att föreläsningarna blir för långa i onlineklassrummet? Nu kan äntligen alla anställda använda röstningsverktyget Mentimeter för att skapa ytterligare interaktivitet i undervisningen. Med Mentimeter kan du aktivera dina studenter i ett digitalt möte/eMöte i Zoom eller Teams såväl som i klassrummet. Som lärare (eller varför inte mötesledare?) skapar du exempelvis
https://www.education.lu.se/artikel/nu-kan-vi-rosta-med-mentimeter - 2026-07-13
Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten erbjuder fem metodworkshops i september och oktober. I år ingår bland annat en workshop om ChatGPT i forskningen och en femdagarsworkshop i mixed methods, om hur man kombinerar och integrerar kvalitativa och kvantitativa metoder. Workshopparna vänder sig till lärare, forskare och doktorander från samtliga ämnen och fakulteter som önskar bredda och fördjupa sin meto
https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/metodworkshoppar-under-hosten-2023 - 2026-07-14
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. During her Ph.D. studies, Yiyi Yang has been investigating the role of microglia in the pathological development of Alzheimer’s disease. On the 3rd of June, it is time to defend her work supervised by Prof. Tomas Deierborg. Now, Yiyi tells us about her research in the Experimental Neuroinflammation Laboratory as being
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-yiyi-yang - 2026-07-13
Cancer is a genetic disease, caused by a change in the genes which make up our DNA. Normally one change or mutation is not enough to trigger the development of cancer, instead cancer is typically comprised of a combination of genetic mutations. Researchers at Lund University have now revealed a novel somatic gene mutation is involved in the formation and progression of acute myeloid leukemia. The
In Sweden, class actions - such as the ongoing Aurora case, where 300 young people are suing the government for failing to implement climate policies - are rare. Too rare, according to the sociologist of law Michael Molavi. He argues that Sweden would benefit from more class actions and that the state should finance the legal costs. On 21 March, Nacka District Court announced that the youth group
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/should-state-pay-climate-class-action-litigation - 2026-07-13
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers at Lund University have contributed to creating a uniquely detailed global climate model that will increase our understanding of climate change. It is the first time that vegetation and land use, at this level of detail, are included in climate modeling within EC-Earth, a global climate and earth system mo
https://www.merge.lu.se/article/unique-climate-model-includes-vegetation-developed - 2026-07-13
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers at Lund University have contributed to creating a new, updated version of a global climate model that will increase understanding of global warming. Through the new model, one can now look at how land use and changes to vegetation can influence, and be influenced by, climate change. It is the first time th
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/unique-climate-modeling-vegetation-focus - 2026-07-13
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The scent of a madeleine dipped in lime blossom tea awakened a flood of childhood memories for the main character in Marcel Proust’s famous novel about ‘lost time’. The madeleine is an example of a clue for the memory. In Proust’s case, the clue worked subconsciously, in other cases we can use clues to consciously try
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/clues-can-awaken-hidden-memories - 2026-07-13
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. This autumn, a unique research satellite, Gaia, will be launched. The project aims to map a billion stars and involves hundreds of European astronomers. One of the originators of the initiative is Lund University’s Professor of Astronomy Lennart Lindegren. Lennart Lindegren tests a meridian circle, which was used in t
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/idea-lund-behind-research-satellite - 2026-07-13
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Patients with diabetes or Parkinson’s disease can be cured with stem cells at a clinic in China. Multiple sclerosis, stroke and cerebral palsy are treated at a stem cell clinic in Mexico, and in Thailand, the deadly disease ALS can be cured with stem cells... at least according to advertising from these and other clin
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hyped-hope-shady-stem-cell-clinics-take-advantage-desperate-patients - 2026-07-13
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. What if you could take a substance that allows a nasty bacterium to resist the human immune system and develop it into a drug to help people with completely different diseases? It sounds like a fairy tale for medical researchers. Yet this is precisely what is about to happen in Lund. Lars Björck hopes that the enzyme
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/enzyme-killer-bacteria-could-save-seriously-ill-kidney-patients - 2026-07-13
