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No 53, 22 January 2026 Welcome to the latest addition of the NAISS training newsletter. Registration for the NAISS Introduction training week is about to close. Registration for the CodeRefienry workshop has now been opened. We re-advertise a number of events advertised before.An overview on our events is available on the NAISS training page (NAISS).Questions on NAISS training events and gene
https://www.compile.lu.se/article/naiss-training-newsletter-6 - 2026-07-05
Martin Stenlo’s PhD thesis aims to improve the intensive care of lung patients as well as to increase the health status of transplantable donor lungs which will improve the success rate of lung transplantation. He is defending his thesis on the 12th of November and in this interview he tells us about his translational research and his time as a PhD student. It can’t be an easy task to combine a fu
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-martin-stenlo - 2026-07-05
Two researchers at Lund Stem Cell Center receive grants, 61 million, for research into immunological long-term memory and reprogramming of tumor cells. The research should lead to more effective vaccination strategies and immunotherapies. The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has granted SEK 835 million to 30 different projects in medicine, natural science and technology that are deemed to have
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/yuan-and-pereira-receive-grants-wallenberg-foundation - 2026-07-05
LUSEM has claimed first place at the John Molson MBA International Case Competition in Montréal — one of the world’s most prestigious international case competitions. The winning team – Hanna Simona Allas, Lina Meyer, Karl Enocson and James Raymond-Paul – together with their case coach Mats Urde, delivered an outstanding performance in a highly competitive international setting. The victory marks
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lusem-wins-john-molson-mba-international-case-competition - 2026-07-06
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lisa graduated from the Master's programme in Environmental Management and Policy this summer. Now she's a PhD student at the IIIEE, doing research on circular business model innovation and its implementation in the Swedish manufacturing industry. Hej Lisa! Tell us something about yourself and what you’re working with
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-our-new-phd-student-lisa-heldt - 2026-07-05
How we feel about nature affects the gardening choices we make and how much those choices benefit pollinators. A new study from Lund University highlights this connection, particularly in the context of widespread urbanisation, which is reducing both green spaces and people’s contact with nature. The researchers also show that for pollinators in cities, gardens with plantings kept over many years
https://www.mgeo.lu.se/en/article/our-feelings-towards-nature-influence-how-we-support-pollinators-our-gardens - 2026-07-05
Professor Oksana Tymoshchuk came to Lund with her children as soon as the opportunity arose. She also wanted to help students from her home university escape the ongoing turmoil in Ukraine. Now four medical students have arrived to study here for six months with a full Erasmus scholarship. “It’s a fantastic opportunity, with such practical studies. The other week I got to stitch up a Cesarean!” “I
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/ukrainian-medical-students-arrive-lund-after-lightning-fast-application-process - 2026-07-05
In just a few years, artificial intelligence has gone from horror film bogie man to a tool integrated into every phone and computer. From spell check to shopping recommendations – and now to allocating tasks at work and measuring performance. LUM met with organisational researcher Sverre Spoelstra to talk about algorithmic leadership. Your boss may not be an app, yet. But the idea is not as futuri
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/will-your-next-boss-be-artificially-intelligent - 2026-07-06
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Två lundaforskare får det prestigefyllda Europeiska forskningsrådets (ERC) Advanced Grant på cirka 25 miljoner kronor vardera: Anne L’Huillier, professor i atomfysik och Olle Melander, professor i internmedicin vid Lunds universitet och överläkare på Skånes universitetssjukhus. Anslagen går till forskning i atomfysi
https://www.lu.se/artikel/erc-advanced-grant-till-en-medicinare-och-en-fysiker - 2026-07-05
Lärare som undervisar om klimat-och hållbarhet vittnar om att elever ofta känner sig modfällda, oroliga och hjälplösa efteråt. Nu har forskare vid Lunds universitet tagit fram en samling övningar som ska ge elever verktyg att hantera klimatstress och ångest. – Vi har märkt att våra studenter ofta är osäkra på hur de ska reagera på fakta om klimatet. De känner sig ofta överväldigade inför det alltm
https://www.lu.se/artikel/ovningspaket-ska-vanda-ungas-klimatstress-till-hopp - 2026-07-06
Berättelsen om Ukrainas musikscen sedan den ryska invasionen är en historia om motståndskraft. Även om musicerandet har inneburit att spela i tunnelbanan eller i kalla bombskydd har musiker hittat nya vägar för att kunna fortsätta spela. Nu står fem klassiska musiker från Ukraina på scenen i Malmö.Det har gått över tre år sedan Rysslands invasion av Ukraina 2022. Staden Charkiv, hemstad för Ukrain
https://www.mhm.lu.se/artikel/musik-som-trotsar-krig-och-bomber-musiker-fran-krigsharjade-charkiv-nu-i-malmo - 2026-07-05
Berättelsen om Ukrainas musikscen sedan den ryska invasionen är en historia om motståndskraft. Även om musicerandet har inneburit att spela i tunnelbanan eller i kalla bombskydd har musiker hittat nya vägar för att kunna fortsätta spela. Nu står fem klassiska musiker från Ukraina på scenen i Malmö.Det har gått över tre år sedan Rysslands invasion av Ukraina 2022. Staden Charkiv, hemstad för Ukrain
https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/musik-som-trotsar-krig-och-bomber-musiker-fran-krigsharjade-charkiv-nu-i-malmo - 2026-07-05
No 59, 15 April 2026 Welcome to a new addition of the NAISS training newsletter. Since the last edition we have added the course “AI in HPC”, which can be attended on-site in Stockholm and online. We still take late registrations for the “Using Python in an HPC environment” event next week. We remind on a number of events announced previously, which cover a wide range of topics. Our new use
https://www.compile.lu.se/article/naiss-training-newsletter-11 - 2026-07-05
Raquel Garza Gómez is a Ph.D. student at Lund University, who will be defending her thesis on January 19, 2024. With a background in computational biology, Raquel's research focuses on studying the role of transposable elements in the human brain. Transposable elements refer to DNA sequences capable of moving from one part of the genome to another. Her research aims to provide a better understandi
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Economist and researcher Andreas Bergh is closely involved in public debate. Few things make him really angry. One of them is stupidity. Like when the city of Malmö fails to create simple entry-level jobs because of unreasonable demands on people who want to start mobile food trucks. “That is how the sluggish Swedish
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/advocating-capitalist-welfare-state - 2026-07-05
The aggregation of the protein Amyloid-beta (Abeta) into plaques outside the nerve cells has been recognized in patients with Alzheimer’s disease since 1905. But eliminating the plaques has not helped patients so far. Still, Tomas Roos thinks that Abeta matters, but we may need to focus on the aggregates elsewhere. On February 17, he defends his thesis about prion-like proteins in neurodegeneratio
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/does-alzheimers-disease-start-inside-neurons-phd-interview-tomas-roos - 2026-07-05
“English is like a membrane between us and reality”. The quote comes from a teacher at a Swedish higher education institution and describes their experience of teaching Swedish students in English. “Today, there are often no educational reasons why a particular course in the first-cycle is taught in English,” argues Peter Svensson, senior lecturer in Business Administration at Lund University Scho
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/poorer-learning-if-teaching-anglicised - 2026-07-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Article in The Conversation by Paul Franks, professor of genetic epidemiology and Peter M Nilsson, professor of internal medicine - epidemiology at Lund University. A growing number of Swedish doctors and scientists are raising alarm over the Swedish government’s approach to COVID-19. Unlike its Nordic neighbours, Swe
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/sweden-under-fire-relaxed-coronavirus-approach-heres-science-behind-it - 2026-07-05
“English is like a membrane between us and reality”. The quote comes from a teacher at a Swedish higher education institution and describes their experience of teaching Swedish students in English. “Today, there are often no educational reasons why a particular course in the first-cycle is taught in English,” says Peter Svensson, senior lecturer in Business Administration at the School of Economic
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/poorer-learning-if-teaching-anglicised - 2026-07-06
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Gun Denhart från Lund är en förgrundsgestalt i USA. Den svenskättade affärskvinnan uppmärksammades tidigt för sitt sociala företagande och nyskapande affärsmetoder. Redan på 1980-talet började hon göra investeringar som visade att det gick att förena lönsamhet och etisk hänsyn. Vi träffade Gun för en pratstund om he
https://www.lu.se/artikel/gun-denhart-filantropiforegangare-med-svenska-rotter - 2026-07-05
