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In recent years, researchers have discovered around 70 genetic risk variants for diabetes, but still TCF7L2, known as the diabetes gene, is the gene that carries with it the largest risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Using a new method called exon skipping, Ola Hansson at Lund University Diabetes Centre (LUDC) wants to learn more about TCF7L2 by studying new ways of delaying the onset of type 2 d

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/method-which-repairs-damaged-genes - 2025-11-13

Scientists at Lund University in Sweden have developed a new understanding of how the first blood cells form during human development as they transition from endothelial cells to form blood cells of different types. Using a laboratory model of human stem cell development and by looking at the expression of blood cell and endothelial cell genes in each individual cell, they found a progression from

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/where-does-your-blood-actually-come - 2025-11-13

Maysam Behravesh has successfully defended his thesis entitled 'Political Psychology of Revisionist Behavior in World Politics: State Subjectivity, Ontological (In)Security, and Iranian Foreign Policy'. Congratulations Doctor Maysam! AbstractDriven by a core curiosity about the political psychology of change and change-seeking as opposed to continuity and status quo-keeping in world politics, this

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/maysam-behravesh-has-successfully-defended-his-thesis - 2025-11-13

Is it possible to put a value on nature and the vital ecosystem services it provides for us? What are the pros and cons of different valuation models? These are the key questions addressed in a new report by IPBES, the UN’s biodiversity panel, to be published on 11 July. The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) can be described as the equivalent

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/how-nature-be-valued-new-report-way-ipbes - 2025-11-13

One result of climate change is that spring is arriving earlier. However, migratory birds are not keeping up with these developments and arrive too late for the peak in food availability when it is time for breeding. By getting the birds to fly a little further north, researchers in Lund, Sweden, and the Netherlands have observed that these birds can give their chicks a better start in life. Globa

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/migratory-birds-can-be-taught-adjust-climate-change - 2025-11-14

The Swedish Research Council’s (SRC) latest review of MAX IV, published at the end of last year, was positive. It states that the SRC’s review committee is very impressed by the scope and pace of changes that MAX IV has achieved since the previous review in November 2021. The committee also praised MAX IV’s staff for the technical and scientific performance during 2022 and changes initiated by the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/max-iv-praised-srcs-review-and-has-new-chair-board - 2025-11-14

Nuclear power is an advanced low carbon technology that can help to reduce the risk of dangerous climate change. Yet, many countries, including those with rapidly rising greenhouse gas emissions and enormous electricity needs, have not managed to construct a single nuclear power plant. Why do some countries use nuclear power and others don't? A new paper co-authored by Aleh Cherp answers this ques

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/why-nuclear-power-not-used-more-countries - 2025-11-13

Physical geographer Alex Vermeulen, who leads the work on the ICOS Carbon Portal, was the editor of a new publication on greenhouse gas flows that has received significant international recognition. It was recently presented at the UN Climate Summit in Baku. Alex, you've been working with the Greenhouse Gas Bulletin again this year. What do the results look like?– Concentrations of all major green

https://www.science.lu.se/article/researcher-draws-attention-dark-report-greenhouse-gases - 2025-11-13

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 Ronald Kröger woke up and thought he was getting a cold or flu. It did not stop him

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/nose-noses - 2025-11-13

Evaluate employees’ performance differently – it could be a route to achieving a more gender equal university. This according to Rebecca Selberg, associate professor of gender studies. “A better, more holistic perspective on career development is needed,” she says. It is clear that a lot has happened in the area of gender equality at Lund University since women were first allowed to study here 150

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/rethink-employee-performance-and-improve-gender-equality - 2025-11-12

MultiPark researchers have discovered a new promising pharmacological approach stimulating recovery after stroke. Professor Tadeusz Wieloch tells about how the MultiPark Innovation Office supported the first steps in converting their academic research findings into something with commercial potential that may finally benefit the patients. Around 80% of people who suffer a stroke permanently lose s

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/turning-academic-discoveries-therapies-how-multipark-innovation-office-helps - 2025-11-13

Inför riksdagsvalet 2022 flyttade en del av den politiska diskussionen till TikTok. Att vi diskuterar svensk politik på en Kinaägd plattform där snabba klipp som tangerar primära känslor premieras av algoritmerna har förfärat många. Men formen är varken farlig eller särskilt ny - utan användes redan i antikens Grekland. Det säger kommunikationsforskaren Nils Gustafsson. Medieakademins årliga kartl

https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/politik-pa-tik-tok-enligt-antik-modell - 2025-11-13

The dream of finding the “diabetes gene” is dead. However, partly thanks to Leif Groop – professor and multiple award recipient for his ground-breaking research – we will look at type 2 diabetes in a whole new way in the future. He is now retiring, and in an interview with diabetesportalen.se he looks back on his eventful career in research. The study that since 2006 has been the central hub of th

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/time-burie-lada-interview-leif-groop - 2025-11-13

Farshid Jalalvand has a PhD in infection biology and vaccine development, and he has appeared frequently in the media during the debate on the Covid-19 vaccine. “When you work, as I do, with vaccines and you understand how they work, it feels important to try to explain it so that people can take decisions based on solid evidence”, he says. A lot of the criticism against vaccines occurs on social

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/it-everyones-responsibility-get-vaccinated - 2025-11-14

Stem cells from umbilical cords in Skåne are improved with nanotubes. By cross-pollinating nanotechnology with stem cell biology, researchers are creating gentle methods to ensure that more cells perform better. Blood stem cells are altered without showing that they have been modified. “If you are interested in working with blood stem cells in Sweden, this is the place to be.” So says Martin Hjort

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/kind-methods-mean-happy-cells - 2025-11-13

Alumni are a group that we sometimes almost manage to overlook, but given that our network of alumni is approaching 50,000 individuals, they are certainly worthy of our attention! Even more so, perhaps, as we approach the end of an academic year with many students about to take the step to becoming alumni. Getting alumni involved in activities brings many advantages for a university. This might in

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/our-alumni-are-universitys-best-ambassadors - 2025-11-12

The PI retreat in January resulted in a groundbreaking decision: MultiPark’s working groups should be replaced by a more dynamic organization including both "special interest groups” and “task force groups”. Here is what will happen. Discussing the MultiPark seven translational working groups was an important point in the agenda of the PI member retreat in January. Already while planning for the m

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/working-groups-renovation-progress - 2025-11-13

Each year, companies, organizations and authorities spend almost 40 billion Swedish kronor on communication. They assume that communication is decisive for effectiveness, for establishing and retaining the confidence of interested parties and for the development and image of organizations. But how well does this accord with reality? ”There is relatively little research in this area,” says Mats Hei

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/lund-university-begins-major-project-strategic-communication-campus-helsingborg - 2025-11-13

Lund University and the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) are establishing a joint hub, focusing on water. The initiative will strengthen Lund University’s connection with the UN, and also offer a unique UN track for students. The new hub will be called Water in a Changing Environment (WICE). The initiative will run for five years and then be evaluat

https://www.science.lu.se/article/lund-university-start-new-un-collaboration-focusing-water - 2025-11-13

A coordinated IT organisation is now being introduced at the faculty. The background is, among other things, increased requirements for IT and information security. Reducing risks in IT and information security is a priority for Lund University. All operational managers have therefore been urged by the university management to implement a number of IT security-enhancing measures within their depar

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/joint-it-organisation-stricter-security-requirements - 2025-11-13