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Travel grants for the SANORD conference 22 – 25 September 2026 in NamibiaSANORD (Southern African–Nordic Centre) is a network aiming at facilitating, expanding, and strengthening collaborations and contacts between higher education institutions in southern Africa and the Nordic region. The SANORD annual scientific conference will be held at the University of Namibia 22 – 25 September 2026 and the
Read the director’s message, explore the latest research news, discover upcoming events, and browse our recent publications. Read CMES newsletter here.Spring is slowly transforming the lawns across Lund into brilliant shades of blue as early flowers come into bloom, also around the Forsman Villa, home to researchers at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies. Another clear sign of the seas
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-59 - 2026-06-01
Martin L. Olsson has received the International Society for Blood Transfusion (ISBT) Presidential Award, the highest international honour in transfusion medicine. The award is presented every two years to a researcher who has made outstanding contributions to transfusion medicine. Martin L. Olsson is recognised for translational research on red blood cells, following 35 years of work mapping the g
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/prestigious-international-award-martin-l-olsson - 2026-06-01
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Corn starch, with elements of heavy metals, powdered brick, amphetamines, ink, wall paint or furniture polish. This is what can be found in falsified medicines, a market currently considered more profitable than that of drug crime. Professor of Ethnology Susanne Lundin. Photo: Kennet Ruona Some defective medicines wer
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/industry-worth-billions-puts-lives-risk - 2026-06-01
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The students had the opportunity to learn more about matters such as: History of the Persian language and some common phrases (Mehdi Ghavideldostkohi), Islam and the young people in the Middle East (Anders Ackfeldt) Is populism a European fruit? The experience of the Middle East (Spyros Sofos) Has peace a chance in th
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/katedralskolans-history-class-had-full-day-lectures-about-middle-east - 2026-06-01
In English: New salaries for doctoral students in the year´s salary review Doktorander får en höjd månadslön om 1 000 kronor (vid heltidsanställning) från och med den 1 oktober 2020. Detta är resultatet av de kollektiva förhandlingar som Lunds universitet har genomfört med Saco-S och OFR/S gällande nya löner för doktorander i samband med årets lönerevisionsarbete. Höjningen omfattar en förlängd r
https://www.hr-webben.lu.se/artikel/nya-loner-doktorander-i-arets-lonerevision - 2026-06-01
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. There has been no known link between diabetes and vitamin A -- until now. A new study suggests that the vitamin improves the insulin producing β-cell´s function.The researchers initially discovered that insulin-producing beta-cells contain a large quantity of a cell surface receptor for vitamin A. "There are no unnece
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/role-vitamin-diabetes - 2026-06-01
Dyk ner i fysikens spännande värld här i Lund - från materiens minsta byggstenar till kosmos mysterier. Följ med på roliga experiment och demonstrationer, där du bland annat kan testa ett svepelektronmikroskop eller sakta ner tiden med en höghastighetskamera. Årets evenemang kommer också att innehålla presentationer (på engelska eller svenska) av forskning från institutionen, chansen att besöka Lu
https://www.fysik.lu.se/artikel/kvantfysik-och-jubileum-x-2-pa-kulturnatten - 2026-06-01
A Vice-Chancellor’s decision has been taken on five profile areas for Lund University. One of the areas is ClimBioSis, which involves several CEC researchers. Thirty researchers from over a dozen departments at Lund University were behind the profile area application for Sustainable solutions in the climate change – biodiversity – social nexus – ClimBioSis. “The application is based on a fantastic
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/vice-chancellor-says-yes-climbiosis-profile-area - 2026-06-01
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 - 2026-06-01
The Science Village Establishment (Phase 2) project team wishes everyone a great summer with lots of well-deserved rest! Before work starts again in August, we want to share what we have been working on during the spring. It’s been a time filled with exciting and challenging activities that we’ve previously highlighted on the blog. Here is a brief summary of the spring focus areas:Evaluation of th
https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/summer-greetings-and-update-science-village-project-team - 2026-06-01
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 - 2026-06-01
The first two days in Uppsala included a course on machine learning in epidemiology. The third day was a conference day with presentations from the large Swedish cohorts. PhD student Josefine Andreasson participated all three days and was a bit surprised: "Machine learning is more accessible than I thought!" Josefine Andreasson is a PhD student in epidemiology and population studies (EPI@Lund), an
https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/lessons-learnt-8th-swedish-cohort-meeting-uppsala - 2026-06-01
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. On Thursday 10th of November 2016, we had another inspiring edition of the Development Research Day, a flagship annual event at Lund University bringing together all disciplines working on development issues since 2002. This year the Development Research Day was hosted by the Human Geography department and was dedic
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. CenCIP anordnar ett seminarium i Stockholm den 22 november med fokus på aktuella frågor och utmaningar inom området skydd av samhällsviktig verksamhet. Skydd av Samhällsviktig verksamhet – Aktuella frågor och utmaningarVälkomna till ett heldagsseminarium med fokus på det viktiga arbetet med skydd av samhällsviktig v
https://www.cencip.lu.se/artikel/ssv-seminarium-stockholm-22-november - 2026-06-01
Petra Holmberg won the Researchers’ Grand Prix heat in Helsingborg on 7 October. She presented her research – on the risks involved when 80 per cent of Gen Z use chatbots to manage stress or anxiety – to an audience of over 500 upper secondary school pupils. In her presentation she talked to an animated chatbot to illustrate how AI can give destructive advice to young people who already feel unwel
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/winner-petra-holmberg-will-represent-lund-university-researchers-grand-prix-2025 - 2026-06-02
The biology researchers from Lund, Milda Pucetaite and Colin Olito, have been awarded starting grants from the European Research Council, ERC. The research projects aim to advance methods in microbiological ecology and map the development of sex chromosomes. Milda Pucetaite, researcher in microbiological ecology, on the project “Tracing single-cell scale chemical signaling between interacting soil
https://www.biology.lu.se/article/two-biology-researchers-receive-generous-starting-grants-european-research-council - 2026-06-01
Two researchers at the Department of Biology, Milda Pucetaite and Colin Olito, have been awarded starting grants from the European Research Council, ERC. The research projects aim to advance methods in microbiological ecology and map the development of sex chromosomes. Milda Pucetaite Researcher in microbiological ecology. Project: “Tracing single-cell scale chemical signaling between interacting
https://www.science.lu.se/article/two-biology-researchers-receive-generous-starting-grants-european-research-council - 2026-06-01
