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Toxins and chemicals are a major threat to our environment. The "third crisis" - the chemical crisis - is often forgotten when we talk about the climate and endangered species. Ahead of Biodiversity Day on 22 May, Maria Hansson, a researcher at Lund University, offers tips on how to create a non-toxic environment in your own garden, benefiting all its inhabitants, big and small. Synthetically prod

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/five-ways-create-toxin-free-garden - 2026-05-29

Researchers have succeeded in restoring lost brain function in mouse models of stroke using small molecules that in the future could potentially be developed into a stroke therapy. “Communication between nerve cells in large parts of the brain changes after a stroke and we show that it can be partially restored with the treatment", says Tadeusz Wieloch, senior professor at Lund University who led

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-study-lost-brain-function-restored-after-stroke - 2026-05-29

Researchers have succeeded in restoring lost brain function in mouse models of stroke using small molecules that in the future could potentially be developed into a stroke therapy. “Communication between nerve cells in large parts of the brain changes after a stroke and we show that it can be partially restored with the treatment", says Tadeusz Wieloch, senior professor at Lund University who led

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/new-study-lost-brain-function-restored-after-stroke - 2026-05-29

The conference is an opportunity for all LU researchers, PhD students and support staff to share ideas, experiences and open up for dialogue regarding open science at LU and beyond. On the 20th and 21st of November the Lund University Open Science Champions Group will host the LU Open Science days, a lunch-to-lunch conference at Palaestra. The program for the conference is now set and includes a m

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/welcome-lu-open-science-days - 2026-05-30

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Kidney exchange, refugee placements and choosing schools. Separate things but with the common denominator that, with digitalisation's new tools, it is possible to save both time and money – and to save lives.  "I don't like it when I see things that are wrong which research could solve. Then it is up to me to take my

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/algorithm-maker-saving-lives - 2026-05-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. "Now I dare to rejoice a little", says Sven Lidin, dean of the Faculty of Science. "The uphill task that establishment in Brunnshög had become at times is now much easier, as the whole Department of Chemistry has agreed to join in the move." Another person breathing a sigh of relief is Leif Bülow, who is in his fourth

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/chemists-jump-science-village-bandwagon - 2026-05-29

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Hur kan konst och vetenskap samarbeta för ett bättre klimat? Detta diskuteras under Arts Meet Science på Skissernas Museum, 27 april. Under evenemanget Arts Meet Science diskuterar forskare och konstnärer, om, och i så fall hur, konst och vetenskap kan samverka för att skapa ett mer hållbart samhälle. Evenemanget, s

https://www.lu.se/artikel/konst-och-vetenskap-i-samarbete-klimatet - 2026-05-29

At LU Innovation, anyone who wants to utilise and translate their research into a product or service can get help with things like funding, advice, development and marketing completely free of charge. Niclas Nilsson, head of office at LU Innovation, hopes that more researchers will discover the service. Ultrasound diagnosis, the first respirator, oat milk, Bluetooth and gene therapy in cancer trea

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/helping-researchers-who-want-start-companies-and-develop-innovations - 2026-05-28

Are we too constrained by the demands of funders and politicians? Are we silenced by self-censorship and ideological conformity? What does academic freedom really mean, and how can Lund University strengthen it? Welcome to a conversation on academic freedom open to all staff categories. At the meeting you will have the opportunity to deepen your understanding of what academic freedom means for you

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/make-impact-lets-talk-about-academic-freedom - 2026-05-29

Vad har abort och preventivmedel med miljö och hållbar utveckling att göra? Väldigt mycket faktiskt! Även amning utgör ett område av vikt för miljön som lyfts fram i samband med Barnmorskans dag 2024. Vikten av att stärka sexuell och reproduktiv hälsa och tillhörande rättigheter berörs i flera av de globala hållbarhetsmålen i Agenda 2030.– Men det är rättigheter som globalt sett är få förunnade. J

https://www.intramed.lu.se/artikel/hallbarhet-i-fokus-pa-barnmorskans-dag-5-maj - 2026-05-29

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Gitarristen och professorn vid Musikhögskolan i Malmö, Göran Söllscher, har tilldelats årets upplaga av Skåne Music Award. Priset delas ut av Musik i Syd och Musikhögskolan i Malmö och är på 100.000 kronor som finansieras med stöd från Sparbanksstiftelsen Finn, ägare till Sparbanken Skåne. Prisutdelning ägde rum vid

https://www.mhm.lu.se/artikel/goran-sollscher-tilldelas-skane-music-award-2016 - 2026-05-29

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Den 10 november drar kampanjen Färgstarkare Tillsammans igång. Initiativtagare är 12 studenter som läser Strategisk kommunikation vid Campus Helsingborg. Med kampanjen vill man uppmana till ta tillbaka den 30 november från rasistiska grupper och få unga att engagera sig och minska utanförskap i samhället. – Vi vill

https://www.isk.lu.se/artikel/studenter-lanserar-fargstark-kampanj-mangfald - 2026-05-29

Students at Lund University can now log in to Microsoft Bing’s generative AI tool Copilot with their student account. This way, their data is better protected than when using the public version. This means that there is now a GAI tool that all students have equal access to and that you can use in teaching if you want to, without excluding anyone. Employees have already been able to log in via LU.F

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/bings-ai-tool-copilot-now-students - 2026-05-29

On 17 May, Lund University will raise the rainbow flag on several buildings around the University. The flag-raising is to highlight IDAHOT (International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia) and the violence and discrimination that LGBTQIA persons are subjected to worldwide. “It is important that we mark this day to remind us that human rights and freedoms are not a given everywhere,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/university-will-fly-flag-idahot-day-17-may-1 - 2026-05-30

Ett forskarteam från Lunds universitets diabetescentrum (LUDC) har genomfört en omfattande analys av de genetiska skillnaderna mellan olika grupper med personer med fetma. Forskarna definierade i studien två fetmaprofiler med olika risk för bland annat typ 2-diabetes. Fetma är ett globalt folkhälsoproblem som påverkar flera hundra miljoner människor runt om i världen oberoende av kön och ålder. De

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/forskare-definierar-tva-fetmaprofiler-med-olika-risk-typ-2-diabetes - 2026-05-29

Welcome to the third WCMM Fireside Chat article. Today we present our discussion with Darcy Wagner, a WCMM researcher focusing on lung regeneration. We talked about her science, motivations, aspirations and the importance of collaboration and knowledge exchange. Enjoy! Regenerating lungs outside the bodyDarcy’s lab is focused on engineering lung tissue outside the body for the purpose of regenerat

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-fireside-chat-darcy-wagner - 2026-05-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Following criticism from the Swedish Research Council for delays and unclear leadership at MAX IV, the organisation is now headed in the right direction. Efficiency has increased through stricter deadlines, clearer priorities among the projects and increased clarity in the decision chains. “We are on the right path an

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/max-iv-sees-light-end-tunnel - 2026-05-29

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Internet of Things-företaget Mistbase, med rötterna i forskning vid Lunds universitet, köps upp av ARM som planerar att expandera verksamheten i Lund. För Lunds universitets holdingbolag LU Holding AB, som är en av delägarna, innebär det den största enskilda affären någonsin. På den jättelika mobilmässan Mobile Worl

https://www.innovation.lu.se/artikel/portfoljbolag-saljs-i-storaffar - 2026-05-29

SWEAH's research administrator, Stina Elfverson, is taking a six-month leave of absence from October 1, 2024. She is going out and seeing the world. What are you going to do?– I will work as a tour guide, which has long been my "jobby" alongside work at the university. In the past I have traveled a lot in Asia and Europe, but now I am focusing on Africa and will visit Egypt, Madagascar and Namibia

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/pausing-sweah-job-adventures-africa - 2026-05-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Francisca Skoogh dreams of establishing an interdisciplinary centre for “performance science” at Lund University. She is both a pianist and a psychologist, and conducts research on her own relationship with the stage and stage performance anxiety. She is also a new member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. The con

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/she-wants-teach-artists-overcome-stage-fright - 2026-05-29