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As a researcher, you sometimes have to work a little extra to get your knowledge out there. SWEAH's Impact Officer, Oskar Jonsson, has been training hard during the winter and spring. On May 4, he will embark on a 1,000-kilometer lecture tour on ageing and health – on a tandem bicycle, together with other SWEAH researchers, in the southern Swedish countryside. The plan is to cycle around 50 km a d

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/time-1000-kilometers-bike-research-tour-tandem - 2026-05-01

In Sweden he fears a risk of care damage, which likely does not exist in countries like Romania. During three months in the autumn, SWEAH PhD student Glenn Möllergren, Lund University, will live in Romania and find out more about it. First one year in the 1990s and then at a number of longer stays for education and work. Soon a smaller moving load will go to Romania again. Möllergren has received

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/romania-you-bite-bullet-and-do-it-yourself - 2026-05-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. … Professor of Functional Zoology and Cancer Cell Biology, who is helping to develop a world-class cell culture laboratory in Bolivia. It is part of a SIDA-funded project to study how medicinal plants can influence cancer cells. What is your collaboration with Bolivia like? “This is the third in a line of SIDA-funded

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/meet-stina-oredssonabout-collaboration-bolivia - 2026-05-01

With the Research Data Office, the University is working to improve support for researchers in the management of research data. Each faculty now has a data steward to assist researchers in their work with research data. Maria Johnsson will take on the role of data steward at the Faculty of Medicine. The new Research Data Office will better support researchers in managing their research data accord

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/new-research-data-unit-data-stewards-each-faculty - 2026-05-01

This spring, LU is launching a joint faculty initiative to further train already established research supervisors. They constitute a hitherto forgotten group when it comes to professional development according to Maria Stanfors, vice chair of the Research Programmes Board (Swedish abbreviation FUN) and the person leading the project. “Over the years, there has been a lot of focus on doctoral stude

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/overlooked-supervisors-receive-further-training - 2026-05-02

Rachel Forsyth of the Unit for Educational Services has been selected to be one of the EU's experts in the Digital Education Content (DEC) Expert Group, which is a sub-group of the EEA, the European Education Area. What issues does DEC work with, specifically? “The Digital Education Content (DEC) expert group has been set up by the European Commission. The group works with the Digital Education Ac

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/rachel-forsyth-elected-eu-digital-education-content-expert-group - 2026-05-02

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. 14 november är Världsdiabetesdagen därför att det är Frederick Bantings födelsedag. Banting är den kanadensiska läkaren som gått till historien som insulinets upptäckare. diabetesportalen.se uppmärksammar även i år dagen med en historisk artikel om den vanliga och vämjeliga fettkuren, en behandling många diabetiker

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/den-vamjeliga-fettkuren - 2026-05-01

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Sabina Rešić Lindehammer är den första som har undersökt samband mellan moderns antikroppar efter en följd av infektioner under graviditeten och barnets framtida risk för autoimmuna sjukdomar. Här skriver hon själv om sitt avhandlingsarbete. Typ 1-diabetes är en allvarlig, autoimmun, sjukdom och Sverige har världens

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/virusinfektion-under-graviditet-och-diabetes-hos-barnet - 2026-05-01

In the Colombian rainforest, cattle ranching is spreading and leading to forest fires and deforestation. This threatens the environment, climate and indigenous people in the Amazon. More efficient use of existing pastures and alternative livelihoods are some of the factors needed to protect the rainforest, according to a new thesis by Jesica López. Colombia's rainforest is part of the Amazon and i

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/new-thesis-highlights-sustainable-solutions-protect-amazon-rainforest - 2026-05-01

According to a new study from Lund University in Sweden, approximately one in five Swedes are already choosing not to buy American brands. The majority would consider boycotting American products such as Coca-Cola in favour of European or Swedish alternatives. A study conducted by brand researchers at Lund University in Sweden, in cooperation with Norstat Sweden, shows that virtually all Swedish c

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/majority-swedes-are-open-boycotting-american-products - 2026-05-02

Researchers at Lund University have identified a previously unknown precursor stage of leukemia. The discovery may help explain why an especially aggressive form of blood cancer initiates already during fetal life. When we think of cancer, we usually imagine a disease that develops over many years in adults. But for one particular group of leukemia – acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) – it is quit

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/study-offers-clues-why-leukemia-develops-infants - 2026-05-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 1.5 million Swedes and 850 million people globally suffer from migraines, a condition that Lars Edvinsson has been researching for almost forty years. Practically every day over the past year, he has received thank you letters from all over the world from patients whose lives have been transformed thanks to new medica

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/migraine-researcher-who-bucked-trend - 2026-05-01

Ekonomihögskolans Joakim Zander blev jurist i Uppsala och doktor i Nederländerna, men författarskapet har han tagit med sig till Lund, hem­staden sedan drygt tio år. Den 31 juli har filmatiseringen av spännings­romanen ”Ett ärligt liv” premiär på Netflix. Där utgör Lund både skåde­plats och brottsplats för en juriststudents drömmar och vedermödor. Finkaffe vid Clemenstorget, övervuxna rabatter vid

https://www.ehl.lu.se/artikel/lund-i-huvudrollen-nar-zanders-roman-blir-film - 2026-05-02

A discussion on semiconductors was on the agenda in Almedalen. The dialogue, hosted by LTH at Lund University, addressed how Sweden can contribute to the efforts being made in Europe. One of the conclusions of the discussion was “the crisper the proposal – the more policy influence”. Semiconductors are a strategically important component of today’s and tomorrow’s society. The technology is needed

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/crisp-proposal-requested-during-almedalen-talk-semiconductors - 2026-05-01

As part of the University’s annual academic ceremony in January, Håkan Hardenberger, world-famous trumpet soloist and professor, will receive Lund University’s gold medal for his extremely important contributions to the University. “I don’t usually care much about medals, but when Vice-Chancellor Erik Renström called and told me that I would receive the Lund University gold medal, I felt genuinely

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-universitys-gold-medal-awarded-hakan-hardenberger - 2026-05-02

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have conducted a clinical study to show how a woman’s genetic profile provides information on which hormone treatment is most effective for in vitro fertilisation (IVF). The researchers have now developed a simple oral swab test that shows which hormone therapy is the best option for IVF treatment About 15 per cent of all couples of reproductive age are inv

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/higher-success-rate-using-simple-oral-swab-test-ivf - 2026-05-01

The packing crates are emptied, new furniture is in place, the art is hung, and the tech is working. The Offices of the Vice-Chancellor and staff have moved into the King’s House. The new entrance opens onto the University Square and the fountain. Behind the doors of the University’s oldest building, there’s a definite air of new and modern. You are greeted first by an exhibition about the buildin

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-beginning-kings-house - 2026-05-02

On 15-17 May 2024, SMHI, the strategic research areas MERGE and BECC, and the Bolin Centre for Climate Research invite you to the second Swedish Climate Symposium in Norrköping. A symposium for increased scientific understanding of climate change and its environmental and societal consequences. Climate change strongly affects natural systems and humanity. In Sweden, the effects of climate change a

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/now-you-can-submit-your-contribution-swedish-climate-symposium - 2026-05-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The network Women IN Great Sciences – WINGS – is happy to invite you to a workshop called A toolbox for increased productivity – from efficiency to effectiveness!Aim: The aims of the workshop are 1) to provide new work strategies and to shift the focus from what you are working with and the content to how you are work

https://www.wings.lu.se/article/toolbox-increased-productivity-efficiency-effectiveness - 2026-05-01

For twenty years now, LTH has educated students in the programme Master of Science in Engineering Nanoscience. It’s an education that blurs the boundaries between traditional fields of knowledge such as biology, physics, chemistry, materials science, and electronics. “It felt very solemn and nice to celebrate 20 years. The students I talked to thought it was inspiring to hear alumni talk about the

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/no-longer-just-buzzword-science-fiction - 2026-05-01