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Utvecklingen av fotosyntesen spelade en avgörande roll när livet på jorden uppstod för fyra miljarder år sedan. Under det senaste decenniet har en del forskare tyckt sig se indikationer på att kvantmekaniska effekter är av betydelse i denna komplexa process. De idéerna krossas nu i en studie som publiceras i den vetenskapliga tidskriften Science Advances. Fotosyntesen, i vilken levande organismer

https://www.lu.se/artikel/ny-studie-slar-hal-pa-teorier-om-kvantmekanikens-betydelse-fotosyntesen - 2025-11-08

Förändringar i syresättning och klimat hade fundamental betydelse för marina miljöer och ekosystem under en av de mest omvälvande tiderna i livets utveckling. Det visar en ny studie där forskare analyserat jod och kalcium i kalkstensprover från Sverige, Estland och Ryssland. Det har länge spekulerats kring storskaliga samband mellan biodiversitet och syretillgång under livets tidiga utvecklingshis

https://www.lu.se/artikel/kallare-klimat-och-syrerika-havsstrommar-lade-grund-moderna-marina-ekosystem - 2025-11-08

När vi människor är sjuka minskar vår aktivitet. Detta gäller också för vilda djur, men hittills har vi inte vetat hur länge den minskade aktiviteten håller i sig för djuren och vilka aktiviteter som påverkas. Ny forskning från Lunds universitet visar att fåglars aktivitet minskar i upp till tre veckor när de blir sjuka – något som faktiskt kan innebära skillnad mellan liv och död. Forskarna mätte

https://www.lu.se/artikel/sjukdomar-slar-hardare-mot-koltrastar-vad-som-tidigare-varit-kant - 2025-11-08

Fåglar har ett av de mest imponerande synsystemen i djurvärlden. Men trots deras avancerande näthinna är fåglarna inte märkbart bättre än människor på att urskilja olika nyanser av snarlika färger. Det visar ny forskning från Lunds universitet. Få djurgrupper visar en så stor variation av färger som fåglarnas fjäderdräkter. Många undersökningar har visat att fåglar använder färg för att utvärdera

https://www.lu.se/artikel/avancerat-oga-ser-inte-fler-fargnyanser - 2025-11-08

Konstentreprenören Sune Nordgren får Rausingska humanistpriset 2015. Vi känner honom genom spännande konstutställningar, upprörda debatter och oväntade sammanhang.  Han har varit en vital del av kulturlivet både i Sverige och internationellt sedan 1970-talet.  Priset delas ut i samband med Rausingföreläsningen som avslutar Humanist- och teologdagarna den 17-18 april. Sune Nordgrens meritlista är l

https://www.lu.se/artikel/2015-ars-rausingpris-tilldelas-sune-nordgren - 2025-11-08

Anna Fossum, Project Manager at the StemTherapy FACS Core Facility research infrastructure, has been sorting cells with a variety of types of FACS machines for the past 23 years. But she hasn’t gotten tired yet of the job – quite the opposite. And now she has a new and more powerful member of the “FACS family” to look after. “I really love my job! It’s stimulating to meet so many people and hear a

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-addition-lund-stem-cell-center-facs-facility - 2025-11-07

Anna Fossum, Project Manager at the StemTherapy FACS Core Facility research infrastructure, has been sorting cells with a variety of types of FACS machines for the past 23 years. But she hasn’t gotten tired yet of the job – quite the opposite. And now she has a new and more powerful member of the “FACS family” to look after. “I really love my job! It’s stimulating to meet so many people and hear a

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/new-addition-lund-stem-cell-center-facs-facility - 2025-11-07

“We are dependent on one another globally – this became evident not least through the Ebola epidemic. For cooperation to work and develop, Africa cannot be left out of the loop”, says Benedict Oppong Asamoah, researcher and lecturer in public health. He hopes that the University’s focus on Africa will lead to more and better contacts Benedict Oppong Asamoah. Photo: Gunnar Menander Lund University

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/africa-strategy-shows-great-potential - 2025-11-07

The first round of application for autumn semester accommodation has now closed. LU Accommodation will verify all applications, and then start sending out offers. Offers are projected to be sent out within two weeks. On 23rd May, the application for the first round of available housing for Autumn 2024 was closed. In the next step of the process, the following will happen:LU Accommodation will veri

https://www.luaccommodation.lu.se/article/autumn-application-closed-what-happens-now - 2025-11-07

Thank you to all who submitted their entries to Lund Stem Cell Center image competition 2020. Now it’s time to choose a winner! Over the past six months, researchers from Lund Stem Cell Center have been submitting images of their research and work environment to the image competition.Now it's time to pick a winner and, due to the current coronavirus restrictions, we will be deciding on the winning

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/lund-scc-image-competition-time-cast-your-vote-0 - 2025-11-08

Tomas Bergström is stepping down as head of department after nine years at the helm, twelve if you count his time as assistant head of department. During his time as head of department, the department grew by 50 per cent, external funding tripled, internationalisation proceeded at record speed, English became the working language at the department and Eden was refurbished. In the corner office on

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/tomas-bergstrom-hands-over-growing-eden - 2025-11-07

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/how-little-enough-meet-steinunn-knuts-onnudottir-get-possible-answers - 2025-11-07

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/how-little-enough-meet-steinunn-knuts-onnudottir-get-possible-answers - 2025-11-07

Researchers have identified 395 genes that are differently expressed in people with type 2 diabetes. One of the genes proved to be very strongly associated with impaired insulin secretion. Now, researchers want to investigate if it is possible to use the genetic CRISPR/Cas9 scissors to correct the gene’s activity. The research team’s scientific paper was published in the Journal of Clinical Invest

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/pax5-gene-strongly-associated-impaired-insulin-secretion-type-2-diabetes - 2025-11-07

Food impacts not only the body but also the brain. Researchers at Lund University strive to understand how a diet rich on fat and sugar impacts memory functions in relation to obesity and type 2 diabetes. Their new study on mice shows that although an unhealthy diet leads to memory impairment, the damage does not have to be permanent. Obesity is a risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes and car

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/diet-rich-fat-and-sugar-damaged-memory-mice-not-permanently - 2025-11-07

New results from the Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young (TEDDY) study showed an association between prolonged enterovirus infection and the development of autoimmunity to the insulin-producing pancreatic beta-cells that precedes type 1 diabetes (T1D). Notably, researchers also found that early adenovirus C infection seemed to confer protection from autoimmunity. The full findings

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/unexpected-viral-behavior-linked-type-1-diabetes-high-risk-children - 2025-11-07

The LERU meetings for deans are a priority for social scientists and lawyers. These meetings have provided social scientists with new ways to approach the EU, and lawyers with doctoral student exchanges with other prestigious LERU universities. So says Ann-Katrin Bäcklund – dean at the Faculty of Social Sciences for more than six years –, and Mia Rönnmar, newly appointed dean of the Faculty of Law

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/leru-collaboration-opens-new-doors-eu - 2025-11-07

When used as a diagnostic aid, artificial intelligence (AI) can help physicians save time and make more accurate diagnoses. However, physicians should also understand and be able to explain the computer’s decision to the patient to avoid jeopardising trust, says AI researcher Stefan Larsson. AI also puts us at a crossroads: do we want to reflect the world or change it? Stefan Larsson is a research

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/ai-can-both-strengthen-and-undermine-trust-healthcare - 2025-11-07

In a tumour, cancer cells grow and multiply in an uncontrolled manner. However, the cancer cells also need help from other, normal cells for the tumour to develop. This network of ‘helper cells’ is the focus of Kristian Pietras’ research. Two years ago, Kristian Pietras left Karolinska Institutet for Lund, attracted by the opportunity to establish an entirely new research group at Medicon Village.

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/charting-how-normal-cells-help-cancer-cells - 2025-11-07

Meningitis is a very serious brain infection with limited treatment options. In a new study performed in rats, researchers from the University of Copenhagen present an alternative treatment based on immune cells that helps rinse away toxins that accumulate during the infection. Fever, headache, confusion, seizures, amputations, or death. Meningitis is a very serious brain infection that can affect

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/meningitis-researchers-find-possible-treatment-strategy-without-antibiotics - 2025-11-07