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Lunds universitet har tilldelats EU-bidrag på 90 miljoner kronor för ett nytt internationellt doktorandprogram inom regenerativ medicin och avancerade terapiläkemedel. Målet är att stärka miljön för regenerativa medicin och ATMP i Europa och underlätta samarbetet mellan forskning och klinisk tillämpning. Det började som en idé på Lunds Stamcellscentrum att utbilda en ny generation experter inom re

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/90-miljoner-till-doktorandprogram-i-regenerativ-medicin-och-atmp - 2026-07-24

Att fånga in koldioxid från atmosfären lyfts fram som en alltmer avgörande metod för att stoppa den globala uppvärmningen och nå klimatmålen. Men hur fungerar egentligen minusutsläpp och vilka tekniker handlar det om? Forskaren Wim Carton förklarar varför det finns en stor osäkerhet och många avvägningar med metoden som ses som räddningen på klimatet. Minusutsläpp, eller negativa utsläpp, som det

https://www.lu.se/artikel/vad-ar-minusutslapp-och-vilken-betydelse-kan-metoden-fa-klimatarbetet - 2026-07-24

Sötpotatis kan bli en vanlig gröda i Sverige om några forskare får som de vill. Just nu utvecklar de sorter för svenskt klimat. Forskarna efterlyser också hobbyodlare som vill testodla olika varianter – redan i vår. Den är nyttig, lättodlad, har hög avkastning, kan ge bra intäkter och saknar skadedjur i Sverige. Det handlar om sötpotatisen som har blivit en alltmer uppskattad rotfrukt. På bara någ

https://www.lu.se/artikel/sotpotatis-soker-bonde - 2026-07-24

Lund University is establishing a university-wide development center for advanced therapies, LU-ATMP. It is an effort to move medical research with the potential for new groundbreaking therapies to reach patient groups where traditional medicines are not enough. "We want to contribute to the vision of Sweden becoming a world leader in the development and availability of advanced therapies," says E

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/new-atmp-center-lund-university - 2026-07-23

On Friday, February 15, Alicia Fjällhed defended her thesis, "Strategic moral communication: A metatheoretical and methodological response to the normative perspective on strategic communication," which challenges the assumption that strategic communication is immoral. The basis for understanding strategic communication as immoral, a notion prevalent among many social scientists, Alicia Fjällhed s

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/alicia-fjallhed-successfully-defends-her-doctoral-thesis - 2026-07-23

For over 20 years, a research team at Lund University in Sweden has studied the common bluetail damselfly. Females occur in three different colour forms – one with a male-like appearance, something that protects them from mating harassment. In a new study, an international research team found that this genetic colour variation that is shared between several species arose through changes in a speci

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/scientists-have-solved-damselfly-colour-mystery - 2026-07-23

For over 20 years, a research team at Lund University in Sweden has studied the common bluetail damselfly. Females occur in three different colour forms – one with a male-like appearance, something that protects them from mating harassment. In a new study, an international research team found that this genetic colour variation that is shared between several species arose through changes in a speci

https://www.science.lu.se/article/scientists-have-solved-damselfly-colour-mystery - 2026-07-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. For 13 years, Sociology of Law Professor Per Wickenberg ran a training programme implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in schools and education in 16 countries around the world. The effort enrolled more than 500 people from 29 countries, who initiated hundreds of local projects to better the lives

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/looking-back-and-forward-furthering-rights-children - 2026-07-23

Over the past academic year it has been fantastic to see how the organisation has begun to operate as a fourth generation university! The fourth generation university is based on the realisation that it is becoming increasingly crucial for the universities of the future not only to create and disseminate knowledge, but also to actively drive the search for solutions to the societal problems we fac

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/fourth-generation-universities-understanding-explaining-and-improving - 2026-07-24

A new contract catalogue is now available to make all purchases easier, and new guidelines have been developed to help streamline our procurement process. The contract catalogue is a resource that makes it easier to find information about what agreements are available and how to use them. The contract information currently in Lupin/Proceedo will be moved into the contract catalogue. You can find a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-contract-catalogue-help-you-make-informed-purchases - 2026-07-24

Important information on Windows 10 for PC users, some tips on Outlook to simplify your work processes and a reminder about strong authentication. Important information for those using Windows 10 on a PCThis only affects PC users.Microsoft’s support for Windows 10 will cease on 14 October 2025. After that date, the operative system will no longer receive security updates, which means increased ris

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/it-updates-important-windows-10-info-outlook-tips-and-strong-authentication - 2026-07-24

On 20 December, 2022 Kristijonas Zemaitis will defend his Ph.D. thesis. With the goal to improve the availability of human hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) for the treatment of patients with blood disorders, he has spent the past several years working to better understand HSCs and how they are regulated to one day propagate these stem cells in the lab for therapeutic purposes. In this interview, we

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/unravelling-mechanisms-blood-stem-cell-expansion-phd-interview-kristijonas-zemaitis - 2026-07-23

During the 8th - 11 th August 2022, the Development Research School held its first doctoral course in Methodology and Field Studies. It took place in Sogakope, Ghana. The doctoral course was organised by the Institute of Statistical, Economic and Social Research (ISSER), in collaboration with the School of Graduate Studies, University of Ghana, universities of Lund, Gothenburg and Uppsala for doct

https://www.developmentresearchschool.lu.se/article/successful-completion-our-first-course-ghana - 2026-07-23

On January 13th, London-based designers Guillaume Couche & Richard Shackleton held a guest lecture at the Department of Informatics. The guest lecture was delivered to students enrolled in the course Human-Computer Interaction - Design, part of the Master's Programme in Information Systems. The industry experts were invited by Lecturer and Course director Markus Lahtinen.Guillaume, who first visit

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/industry-experts-inspire-students-interface-design - 2026-07-24

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 - 2026-07-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Is it OK for a manager to email employees in the evenings and on weekends? More employers should have explicit rules about emailing outside working hours, according to Mikael Ottosson, who is researching the work environment within a project entitled “Going home already? Fluid working hours means freedom to some peopl

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/should-employees-be-reachable-email-during-their-leisure-time - 2026-07-23

It is not easy to make ends meet for many smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. Everyday life is a complex management of many activities, especially for women, such as providing, preparing and cooking food; provide water and energy for cooking; manage farm activities; rearing children; and not least ensure that the family is healthy. Ill-health can easily tip families into abject poverty. Imp

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/impact-story-building-capacity-and-improving-everyday-life-sub-saharan-africa - 2026-07-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The official figures for forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon in August 2020 show a slight decrease from last year. But researchers at the Brazil's Space Research Institute, Inpe, warn that data may need to be corrected so much that they instead reveal the worst fires in a decade. Torsten Krause, researcher in forest

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/researcher-torsten-krause-comments-fires-brazilian-amazon-august-2020 - 2026-07-23

A career in science was not on the map for Kári Stefánsson, who aspired to become a writer. But life took another road and the return to Iceland almost three decades ago marked the start of a journey that would revolutionize genetics. Meet this year’s receiver of the Eric K. Fernström Award. "Genetics is the only way to systematically study human nature. So we came to the conclusion that the way t

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/success-makes-it-difficult-quit - 2026-07-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The students are not satisfied with the University's system for quality assurance of education. "It does not maintain the high and even quality that we would like", says Ella Sjöbeck, vice president of LUS, the umbrella organisation for Lund University's students' unions. At issue is the national review of the quality

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/students-criticise-quality-assurance-education - 2026-07-23