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In September 13-15, 2023 the ClimBEco summer meeting entitled “Double up and double down: linking the global climate and biodiversity crises to bring about fast, fair and transformative change” was held. My research background is not in marine sciences, nor am I used to living by the sea, yet something about the Kristineberg Center for Marine Research brings about a comfortable feeling of being in

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/reflections-climbeco-summer-meeting-2023 - 2026-05-05

Are you interested in understanding individuals' work, health, and well-being? Do you want to work with individual-based databases, often longitudinal, research databases? If so, then join us for an informative session on national research infrastructures on November 27th. These databases are important shared resources for the national and international research community. They can be used to anal

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/interested-working-individual-based-databases-join-us-27-november - 2026-05-06

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A significant contribution to the study of law and social norms has been made by the Sociology of Law Department in Lund with the new book 'Social and Legal Norms. Towards a Socio-Legal Understanding of Normativity'. New Technologies and globalization have amongst other things resulted in an increasingly complex relat

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/exploring-law-and-norms-new-book - 2026-05-05

The WCMM Friday club started in spring 2019 as a monthly scientific meeting for all clinical and preclinical PIs at WCMM Lund. It serves as a platform for presenting ongoing scientific work in each member’s research program. The informal format allows for open discussions, brainstorming and encourages new collaborations. 25th of August 2023 | Segerfalk, BMC A10 12:00 - 12:20 | Nika Gvazava, PhD st

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-friday-club - 2026-05-05

Central Asian Law team hosted the visit by the representatives of the newly established Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the Kingdom of Sweden. The representatives of the Embassy visited Lund University’s Sociology of Law department on the 22ndof November 2022. The chargé d'affaires of the Uzbek Embassy in Stockholm – Mr. Nodir Ganiev and the third secretary Mr. Orifjon Ismoilov held meeti

https://www.centralasianlaw.lu.se/article/visit-uzbek-embassy-lund-university - 2026-05-05

How do immigrant organizations in Sweden work with aid and development in their home countries? Other European countries work more actively than Sweden to use the knowledge about home countries that exists within these organizations. Sociologists from Lund Axel Fredholm, Johan Sandberg and Olle Frödin write about this in the research article "The Migration-Development Nexus Revisited: Immigrant Or

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/immigrant-organizations-sweden-can-play-more-important-role-aid-and-development - 2026-05-05

Among the four scholars from Lund University who have received ERC Starting Grants is Filip Lenrick, a researcher in industrial production, for the project “Bulk-like Joints by Gas Actuated Bonding”. The ERC Starting Grant is aimed at researchers in the early stages of their careers and has scientific excellence as its sole selection criterion. The researchers and their projects have been ranked t

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/erc-starting-grant-nanolundian-filip-lenrick - 2026-05-05

In a new observational study, researchers at Lund University in Sweden looked at all children listed for heart transplants in the Nordic countries between 1986 and 2023. A total of 597 children were included in the study, 461 of whom received a transplant. The results show that survival rates have increased significantly over time despite the modest volumes in the region – a development that the r

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/children-waiting-new-heart-study-shows-marked-improvement-survival-rates-and-importance-nordic - 2026-05-05

DIABETES. After more than a decade of stagnation, there is a major surge in kidney research effort. New drugs and biomarkers make it possible to detect and slow the progression of the disease earlier – something that long seemed unattainable. This will impact people with diabetes, for whom kidney damage is a serious long-term complication. “We are entering a new era. What is happening now is simil

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/hope-kidney-care - 2026-05-05

(DIABETES) After more than a decade of stagnation, there is a major surge in kidney research effort. New drugs and biomarkers make it possible to detect and slow the progression of the disease earlier – something that long seemed unattainable. This will impact people with diabetes, for whom kidney damage is a serious long-term complication. “We are entering a new era. What is happening now is simi

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/hope-kidney-care - 2026-05-05

In a recent study from the SCC group of Niels-Bjarne Woods and collaborators, they have investigated the metabolic changes accompanying the emergence of blood during embryonic development. They discovered a previously unknown metabolic switch during endothelial to hematopoietic transition (EHT), the process by which the first blood cells are formed. This switch showed to be crucial in the determin

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/metabolic-switch-during-embryonic-hematopoiesis-major-regulator-lineage-commitment - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The earth is both inundated and drying up. Water supply is a complex phenomenon that has probably never been more complicated – or more important – than now. Kenneth M. Persson is a professor of water resources engineering and he took the initiative for Lund University’s Water Portal, which involves over 200 (!) water

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/earth-both-inundated-and-drying - 2026-05-05

The information age predates the internet by a long stretch – it began with life itself. Nobel Laureate Craig C. Mello described at the Lund Spring Symposium in May how living organisms are not merely carriers of genes, but also active managers, defenders, and editors of genetic information. Craig Mello, who received the Nobel Prize in 2006 for the discovery of RNA interference (RNAi), together wi

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/rnai-genetic-spark-information-inferno-cell - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. After climate change, biodiversity loss is the biggest environmental challenge facing the world today. The loss of plant and animal species also means a loss of the resources that humans obtain from well-functioning ecosystems. At Lund University, a project is underway in which researchers are studying how work to cou

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/green-infrastructure-planning-and-designing-functioning-nature - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The POInT clinic at the Clinical Research Centre (CRC) in Malmö welcomes parents with their young children. One of the research nurses who sees them is Annika Björne Fors, who coordinates all sample-taking and appointments related to the study. The clinic is located one floor above the main entrance and belongs to bot

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/intersection-healthcare-and-academia - 2026-05-05

In 2021, Esthefany Moscoso decided to leave her seven-year long career in HR to pursue her studies in the master's degree programme in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at LUSEM. When leaving her current career, she feared the uncertain future. However, Esthefany had no reason to worry. Three weeks before graduation, she landed her dream job at the worldwide incubator Bridge For Billions. Editor's n

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/esthefany-moscoso-alumna-msc-entrepreneurship-and-innovation - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Governance of Urban Sustainability Transitions (GUST) research project is soon coming to an end. It has explored the concept of Urban Living Labs, and has involved four research organisations and cities in Sweden, the UK, Austria and the Netherlands. One outcome from the project will be a handbook full of ideas fo

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/collaborative-research-speed-sustainable-transition-cities - 2026-05-05

On January 1, 2024, Wallenberg Centre Lund got a new preclinical co-director. Professor Kristian Pietras will replace Jonas Larsson, who recently started his new position as Deputy Dean. Welcome to the team! | How does it feel becoming the next preclinical co-director of WCMM Lund?"I am honored to take on this position and really look forward to working with everyone within the centre to create th

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/get-know-new-wcmm-co-director - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. By generating 3D images of bumblebees’ compound eyes, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered how bumblebees differ in their vision. The results could contribute to increased knowledge about the pollination process - once researchers are able to determine which flowers different bees see easily, and w

https://www.science.lu.se/article/3d-models-reveal-why-bigger-bumblebees-see-better - 2026-05-05

The International Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis (ISTH) awards the Robert P. Grant medal to Björn Dahlbäck, professor emeritus in clinical chemistry at Lund University. The medal is the society's most prestigious award, and Björn Dahlbäck receives it for his outstanding achievements in the field of thrombosis and hemostasis. Björn Dahlbäck received the medal on June 24 at the opening ceremon

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/robert-p-grant-medal-bjorn-dahlback - 2026-05-06