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In the wake of climate change and an increasingly warmer and drier climate, wildfires are becoming more common. In Ukraine, the war further increases the risk. Already in March this year, fires broke out around Chernobyl. CMES researcher Lina Eklund fears that a dry summer could lead to further fires with catastrophic humanitarian and environmental consequences. Physical geographer Lina Eklund, wh

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-researchers-warn-increased-fire-risk-war-torn-ukraine - 2026-04-21

Why do some people develop type 1 diabetes and others do not? Worldwide, researchers are now collaborating to find the answer to this complex question. Diabetes researchers at Lund University recently contributed data to a new study that shows that type 1 diabetes develops in three different ways in children. This improved understanding makes it possible for scientists to conduct new types of stud

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/blood-testing-children-leads-better-understanding-type-1-diabetes - 2026-04-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “Suicide threat. Young woman with self-harming behaviour who has taken an overdose of pills”. This is one of the emergency calls that come in during Rasmus Eltén’s ten-hour shift at the ambulance station in Helsingborg. He is in his first week of internship on the specialist nursing programme in pre-hospital emergency

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/emergency-call - 2026-04-21

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Fetmakirurgi har visat sig ha positiva effekter inte bara på vikten utan på diabetes och hjärtsjukdomar. De goda hälsoeffekterna orsakas inte av en förminskad magsäck, utan av att operationerna leder till ökade gallsyranivåer i blodcirkulationen. Det visar försök på möss. Det visar forskare vid Sahlgrenska akademin

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/mekanismen-bakom-fetmakirurgins-halsoeffekter - 2026-04-21

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Ekonomihögskolan vid Lunds universitet har utsett årets hedersdoktorer 2018, chefekonom Annika Winsth och professor Dorothy Leidner som på ett utmärkande sätt engagerat sig i fakultetens arbete och bidragit till dess utveckling. Annika WinsthAnnika Winsth föddes i Lund 1968. Hon har bedrivit studier vid Lunds univer

https://www.lu.se/artikel/chefekonom-annika-winsth-och-professor-dorothy-leidner-ekonomihogskolans-nya-hedersdoktorer - 2026-04-21

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Kan vanligt vatten förebygga typ 2-diabetes? Vad spelar våra tarmbakterier för roll för att vi ska bli sjuka? Kan vi påverka våra gener? Lunds universitet välkomnar allmänheten till ett öppet seminarium med föreläsningar om forskning för bättre folkhälsa. Den 13 mars uppmärksammar Lunds universitet Europeiska forskn

https://www.lu.se/artikel/forskning-battre-folkhalsa-framsteg-inom-typ-2-diabetes-fetma-och-hjartsjukdomar - 2026-04-21

Teaterhögskolan i Malmö har utsett den internationellt framstående schweiziske regissören Milo Rau till ny hedersdoktor. Genom utnämningen vill Teaterhögskolan särskilt lyfta fram Milo Raus undersökande av nya metoder för samhällsanalys, dokumentärt berättande och skådespelarens gestaltning. Milo Rau promoveras vid en högtidlig ceremoni i Lunds domkyrka den 24 maj.Genom sina iscensättningar av pol

https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/regissoren-milo-rau-konstnarliga-fakultetens-nya-hedersdoktor - 2026-04-21

Småfåglar som blåmes och talgoxe undviker att häcka, alltså bygga bon och lägga ägg, i stadsmiljöer där det finns många främmande träd. Fågelungar väger också mindre desto fler icke-inhemska träd som finns i närområdet. Det visar en ny långtidsstudie från Lund. Naturen i staden bidrar till flera viktiga ekosystemtjänster. Växter och inte minst träd är den levande delen av stadens ekosystem som vi

https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/svenska-trad-battre-urbana-smafaglar - 2026-04-21

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Artikeln "Striking a balance between the costs and benefits of increasing response capability: A microworld study of the effect of capability assessments" av Hanna Lindbom och Henrik Tehler har publicerats i International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. ABSTRACTThe Hyogo and Sendai frameworks highlight the key r

https://www.cencip.lu.se/artikel/ny-artikel-publicerad - 2026-04-21

Open access-policy vid LU I juni beslutade rektor om en ny Open access-policy för publikationer och konstnärliga verk vid LU. Policyn är nu publicerad på medarbetarwebben. Länk till policy (sv): Open access-policy för publikationer och konstnärliga verk Länk till policy (eng): Open access policy for publications and artistic works Delredovisning av samordningsuppdrag för öppen tillgång Den 4e okt

https://www.lub.lu.se/internt/artikel/nyhetsbrev-oktober-e-media-och-vetenskaplig-kommunikation-1 - 2026-04-21

https://www.genus.lu.se/artikel/mia-liinason-i-nytt-forskningsprojekt-om-sprakliga-forandringar - 2026-04-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Curiosity, openness and compassion are words to live by for Sylvia Schwaag Serger, who will become the new deputy vice-chancellor as of next year. She believes that we all have a civic duty to be proactive but must also be aware that we might, actually, be wrong. Sylvia Schwaag-Serger, new deputy vice-chancellor at Lu

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/leaving-her-comfort-zone-lund-university - 2026-04-21

Over the past year, the health service has witnessed an increasing number of patients with long-term effects of Covid-19, including chronic symptoms that suggest POTS. POTS is a condition that causes the pulse to race when you stand up. Until now, too little has been known about POTS as a complication following a Covid infection, but researchers from Lund University and Karolinska Institutet have

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/case-study-sheds-light-pots-connection-long-covid - 2026-04-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Following criticism from the Swedish Research Council for delays and unclear leadership at MAX IV, the organisation is now headed in the right direction. Efficiency has increased through stricter deadlines, clearer priorities among the projects and increased clarity in the decision chains. “We are on the right path an

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/max-iv-sees-light-end-tunnel - 2026-04-21

Southern Scandinavia and Northern Germany form a leading life science region with unique research infrastructures that can help transform research into innovation. There is especially a large unused potential for industrial and clinical researchers to use these unique facilities. The HALRIC consortium led by Lund University has now received EU funding to build collaborations between companies, hos

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/11-million-euros-life-science-research-and-innovation-infrastructure-synergies-northern-europe - 2026-04-21

2018-08-21 The post-Arrival Day waiting list Housing applicants present at our Housing lottery on Arrival day, that did not receive a housing offer, have been placed on the post-Arrival day waiting list. This new waiting list follows the order established through the Housing lottery process. This list is now considered as the new LU Accommodation waiting list for the Autumn 2018 academic term. If

https://www.luaccommodation.lu.se/article/news-updates-2018 - 2026-04-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In a collaborative study with other European research groups, scientists from Lund University in Sweden have shed new light on how the protein aggregates that accumulate in the Parkinsonian brain may contribute to neuronal injury during disease progression. The study is published in Cell Reports. The brain is a comple

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/new-insights-toxic-protein-aggregate-formation-parkinsons-disease-size-matters - 2026-04-21

A multidisciplinary research team at Lund University has innovatively tackled what has long been a major problem in stem cell research. The project has now been awarded a Proof of Concept grant from the European Research Council, ERC. Jonas Larsson, Professor of Molecular Medicine, and his research colleague Ludwig Schmiderer, together with Martin Hjort, a researcher at NanoLund, have developed th

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/how-nanostraws-can-increase-number-blood-stem-cells - 2026-04-21

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 - 2026-04-21

In recent years, great advances have been made in the development of new successful immunotherapies to treat cancer. CAR T-cell therapy and antibody treatments are two types of targeted immunotherapies that have revolutionised areas of cancer care. However, there are still significant challenges in the identification of cancer cell surface proteins as targets for immunotherapies. A research group

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-precision-technology-immunotherapy - 2026-04-21