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The Promobilia Foundation is investing SEK 25 million in a new large-scale research project targeting Parkinson’s disease. The donation enables four research groups—one at Lund University and three at Karolinska Institutet—to join forces in developing new treatment strategies that address the root causes of the disease. Using innovative approaches, including advanced gene therapies and targeted ve

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/promobilia-foundation-invests-sek-25-million-new-large-scale-research-project-targeting-parkinsons - 2026-04-27

The Promobilia Foundation is investing SEK 25 million in a new large-scale research project targeting Parkinson’s disease. The donation enables four research groups—one at Lund University and three at Karolinska Institutet—to join forces in developing new treatment strategies that address the root causes of the disease. Using innovative approaches, including advanced gene therapies and targeted ve

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/promobilia-foundation-invests-sek-25-million-new-large-scale-research-project-targeting-parkinsons - 2026-04-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new study from Lund University and Region Skåne in Sweden indicates that potency-enhancing PDE5 inhibitor drugs have an anti-cancer potential with the ability to improve the prognosis in patients with colorectal cancer. PDE5 inhibitors include a few approved drugs in which sildenafil (Viagra) is the most well-known.

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/potency-enhancing-drugs-linked-decreased-risks-men-colorectal-cancer - 2026-04-27

Over the summer, three articles from Lund University garnered record numbers of readers. An article by Inês Bramão and Mikael Johansson at the Department of Psychology is the most-read article from Lund University in years. The article, "The people we like can influence the connections our memory makes," was republished in a Greek journal, and it is these republications that help articles reach a

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/record-breaking-numbers-ines-and-mikaels-article-conversation - 2026-04-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Directly after birth, the immune system completes production of a subtype of antibody-producing immune cells, B-1, that are to last for a lifetime. No more B1-cells are formed after that point. However, these cells are self-reactive – they produce not only antibodies against foreign substances, but also against the bo

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/how-self-reactive-immune-cells-are-allowed-develop - 2026-04-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Johan Richter's research has resulted in the successful development of gene therapy for the hereditary disease malignant infantile osteopetrosis. For the past few years, the research group has established a collaboration with an American biotech company and all the permits needed to start a clinical trial have now bee

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/successful-biotech-collaboration-brings-gene-therapy-project-clinic - 2026-04-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. What if you could take a substance that allows a nasty bacterium to resist the human immune system and develop it into a drug to help people with completely different diseases? It sounds like a fairy tale for medical researchers. Yet this is precisely what is about to happen in Lund. Lars Björck hopes that the enzyme

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/enzyme-killer-bacteria-could-save-seriously-ill-kidney-patients - 2026-04-27

Lund University has climbed to first place in the world in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2026. The ranking includes around 2,000 higher education institutions from about 100 countries and measures how universities contribute to a sustainable future – through research, education, and the way they operate as organisations. “Humble, proud, and inspired to continue moving forward –

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-ranked-best-world-sustainability - 2026-04-28

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Since COVID-19 spread to Russia, national authorities have cut off all access to prisons. Based on his recent research, Rustamjon Urinboyev speculates how the everyday lives of transnational Muslim prisoners in Russia are likely to have changed in lockdown. When the coronavirus pandemic hit Russia, all correctional fa

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/locked-lockdown - 2026-04-27

When a new EU project focusing on gender equality and diversity in STEM got under way last autumn, Lund University was involved from the outset. Through the Department of Physics, Lund is participating in the Erasmus+ project GENERA COPA, which has received €400,000 in funding and brings together universities and research environments from across Europe. The project launched in September 2025 in c

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/we-need-more-perspectives-physics-and-mathematics-lund-new-eu-project - 2026-04-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. More than 50 Nordic researchers and academics from 20 universities in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland participated in the Networking Day on South Asian Studies, that SASNET organized in Lund on Monday 25 April 2016. They are all working on South Asia-related issues, and were invited to discuss ways to expand colla

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/lund-meeting-resulted-formation-new-nordic-south-asian-studies-network - 2026-04-27

The Unit for Educational Services offers a broad range of support for teaching staff who want to use digital tools as part of their educational approach in teaching. At the Unit for Educational Services, digital tool specialists, education experts and administrators work together to promote the use of innovative techniques in teaching. They are ready and willing to help you and your work team to u

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/learning-digital-world - 2026-04-28

Over five years, the EU invests SEK 163 million in the POLARIN research project. The aim is to promote interdisciplinary research in both polar regions. Physical geographer Dr Margareta Johansson is one of the researchers who will work in the project. Why is this polar research project needed?- The ongoing climate change is noted most clearly at our northernmost and southernmost latitudes. We ther

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/eu-lifts-polar-research-arctic-and-antarctica - 2026-04-27

On 17 October, the Lubas course syllabus module became operational and replaced the old course syllabus module (Ubas). The Lubas system previously consisted of three modules: Lubas-utbud (information on courses and programmes), Lubas-kursplan (course syllabus) and Lubas-utbildningsplan (programme syllabus). The module for course and programme information was replaced in spring 2021 by a new, more

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-lubas-course-syllabus-module-here - 2026-04-28

Round 3 of offers was sent earlier this week. Round 4 will be sent next week, and Batch 2 published in early January. Earlier this week, the approximately 40 remaining housing offers were sent out. Applicants who have received an offer need to respond by Sunday 22 December.If an applicant has not received an offer at this time, the chances are very low that we will be able to offer any housing. Mo

https://www.luaccommodation.lu.se/article/student-housing-application-update-december-2024 - 2026-04-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Funding for initiatives in support of equal opportunities, gender equality and preventive work against discrimination within Lund University and Equality stimulus funding - financing of visiting chair of the underrepresented gender. Funding for initiatives in support of equal opportunities, gender equality and prevent

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/equality-stimulus-funding - 2026-04-27

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Öppen access på grund av Covid-19Det är många förlag som öppnar upp sin tillgång för att möta svårigheterna på grund av Covid-19. För att det inte ska bli för många utskick om dessa resurser kommer vi att samla all information i vår ämnesguide LUBsearch & Elektroniska resurser, under fliken: Öppna resurser under Cov

https://www.lub.lu.se/internt/artikel/nyhetsbrev-mars-e-media-och-vetenskaplig-kommunikation - 2026-04-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. As a young journalist, Tomas Sniegon had fantastic material – more than one hundred hours of interviews with the former KGB chairman Vladimir Semichastny. It was intended for a memoir, but time moved on and the market was suddenly saturated with Soviet confessions. Twenty years later, the winds have changed. There is

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/investigating-doctored-memories-old-soviet-communist - 2026-04-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Growing Up Googie, Udstillingsstedet Sydhavn Station 3. april 2020 - 19. april 2020 Due to the recommendations of the Danish health authorities the Exhibition Space Sydhavn Station will temporarily be closed, but the Growing Up Googie exhibition will launch online on Friday 3rd April on GrowingUpGoogie.dk Nanna Abell

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/alumni-growing-googie - 2026-04-27

This Regional Outlook focuses on the role of satellite imagery in shaping our understanding of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the physical damage it has caused the landscape.  On 7 October 2023, Hamas carried out a large scale attack against Israel, causing over 1 000 fatalities, taking more than 200 hostages and firing thousands of rockets into Israeli territory. At the time of writing, Isr

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-monitoring-israels-destruction-gaza-space - 2026-04-27