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Researchers at Lund University’s Lund Stem Cell Center have made new strides in understanding why some patients with chronic myeloid leukemia respond better to treatment than others. Their study, recently published in eLife, suggests that the amount of healthy blood stem cells at diagnosis could be a key factor in predicting how well patients will respond to standard therapies. Chronic myeloid leu
A group of Japanese researchers from the National Institute for Environmental Studies of Japan and the EX ResearchInstitute conducted an extensive study visit from August 26 to 30, mainly in the Skåne region, focusing on resource recycling and CCUS (Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage) of municipal waste towards carbon neutrality. The group included Prof./Dr. Minoru Fujii from the National In
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-and-japanese-experts-exchange-insights-waste-recycling-and-ccus - 2026-05-01
The call for applications from young Swedish economists to attend the 8th Lindau meeting of the laureates of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel is now open. This information is from the KVA website.8th Lindau meeting in Economic Sciences – kva.seDuring five days Laureates and about 400 highly talented young scientists will be invited to join a unique week of
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/8th-lindau-meeting-economic-sciences - 2026-05-01
An international recruitment initiative from the university has attracted a large number of applicants. A total of 357 researchers from around the world have applied to become visiting professors at Lund University – as many as 86 of them to the Faculty of Science! “It was a very positive outcome of the initiative,” says Per Persson, Dean of the Faculty of Science. “When going through the applicat
https://www.science.lu.se/article/recruitment-initiative-attracts-international-top-researchers-faculty-science - 2026-05-01
Wolfgang Knorr, a researcher at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, is one of three authors of a high-profile climate article recently published in The Conversation. The article, about our future carbon footprint, has received widespread coverage after being shared on Twitter by Greta Thunberg. What prompted you to write the article in The Conversation? – There is a false o
https://www.science.lu.se/article/researcher-was-given-helping-hand-greta-thunberg - 2026-05-01
Before the start of each semester, a staggering 7,500 booking requests are made for teaching premises at BMC and CRC. Behind the scenes, course administrators, course directors and EGLS work for months to ensure everything runs smoothly. Intramed asked Thomas Hellmark, chairman of EGLS, the unit for undergraduate premises and scheduling, to summarize the first year of using the new house E at BMC.
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/undergraduate-teaching-premises-booking-system-well-oiled-machine - 2026-05-01
Cansu Bostan received the Oscar II Stipend, an annual award for the best doctoral thesis at each of Lund University's faculties defended during the previous two years. Bostan defended her thesis, Games of Justice: Ethnographic Inquiries on Space, Subjectivity and Law in Northern Kurdistan, in June 2022. She had spent five years studying ethnographically the changing formations of law within the Tu
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/doctoral-thesis-sociology-law-awarded-facultys-best - 2026-05-01
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We are very happy to announce that two new PIs have joined Lund Stem Cell Center! Björn Nilsson is Professor of Clinical Immunology at the Medical Faculty of Lund University, and the Head of the Division of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine at the Department of Laboratory Medicine. He is also a visiting researcher a
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/two-new-principal-investigators-lund-stem-cell-center - 2026-05-01
An international recruitment initiative from the university has attracted a large number of applicants. A total of 357 researchers from around the world have applied to become visiting professors at Lund University – as many as 86 of them to the Faculty of Science! “It was a very positive outcome of the initiative,” says Per Persson, Dean of the Faculty of Science. “When going through the applicat
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The first round of applications for strategic funding to develop commissioned education closed on Thursday 14 May. “We are very satisfied with the large number of submitted applications, especially in the prevailing Covid-19 situation. The great interest in the call for applications shows that there is an increased am
Did you miss the chance in the spring to apply for funds to develop a commissioned education course at your department, or would you like to try again? Now, the University is opening another round of applications, starting on 1 September. In order to provide further support for organisations within LU in the development of new commissioned education courses, a second round of applications for stra
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-opportunity-apply-funds-develop-commissioned-education-courses - 2026-05-01
Five years ago, shared e-scooters arrived in big Swedish cities almost overnight. Today, they are as debated, as they are a familiar sight of the city landscape. In his doctoral thesis, Phil Justice Flores has investigated why people use shared micromobility such as e-scooters and e-bikes. His research shows that for many people, shared electric scooters are used because they contribute to positiv
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/five-years-electric-scooters-introduction-sweden-heres-why-people-use-them - 2026-05-01
Under våren har det hänt mycket nytt inom universitetets arbete med jämställdhet, lika villkor, trakasserier, sexuella trakasserier och kränkande särbehandling. "Nu har vi börjat skapa de förutsättningar som krävs för att bedriva arbetet med de här frågorna på ett tydligt och bra sätt", säger Jimmie Kristensson som är vicerektor för frågor som rör kommunikation, kurage och karaktär. Läs hela artik
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Den som kan förutspå utfallet av olika valutakurser kan tjäna stora pengar. Problemet är bara att forskningen visar att det inte finns något sådant som tillförlitliga valutaprognoser. Det säger två ledande Lundaforskare inom valutariskhantering. – Det är som att titta in en spåkula och med lite tur har du rätt i vad
Länge sades det att typ 1-diabetiker är normalviktiga och att typ 2-diabetiker ofta är överviktiga. Det stämmer inte längre. Bland personer med typ 1-diabetes är övervikt och fetma allt vanligare och med samma hälsovådliga konsekvenser som vid typ 2-diabetes. En svårighet med att hålla vikten är att insulinbehandling i sig ökar risken för övervikt. Frågan togs upp i tidskriften The Lancet Diabetes
https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/overvikt-ar-ett-vaxande-problem-bland-personer-med-typ-1-diabetes - 2026-05-01
Huge congratulations to our former Doctoral student Lea Porsager with the Eckersberg Medal, awarded by Akademiraadet, the council of the Royal Danish Academy of Art! Lea Porsager's works give us a new look at how the world and knowledge are materialized, entangled and connected. In the quantum world, we talk about entanglement: her works unfold in a wide range of media and dimensions, with titles
https://www.khm.lu.se/artikel/lea-porsager-awarded-eckersberg-medal - 2026-05-01
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Abdulhadi Khalaf of the Sociology Department has together with co-editors just published the book "Transit States: Labour, Migration and Citizenship in the Gulf". The states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar) form the largest destination for labour m
https://www.soc.lu.se/artikel/ny-bok-transit-states-labour-migration-and-citizenship-gulf - 2026-05-01
