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Studies of fat cells can help increase the knowledge of how weight loss treatments affect individuals with obesity. But fat cells are difficult to study because they are fragile and prone to break easily. Diabetes researcher Karin Stenkula receives a new grant for a project which will use new technique to study how fat cells are affected in connection with weight loss. Diabetes researcher Karin St

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/research-fat-cells-receives-support-hjelt-diabetes-foundation - 2026-07-21

Studies of fat cells can help increase the knowledge of how weight loss treatments affect individuals with obesity. But fat cells are difficult to study because they are fragile and prone to break easily. Diabetes researcher Karin Stenkula receives a new grant for a project which will use new technique to study how fat cells are affected in connection with weight loss. Diabetes researcher Karin St

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/research-fat-cells-receives-support-hjelt-diabetes-foundation - 2026-07-21

Ekonomihögskolan i Lund har tagit hem förstaplatsen i John Molson MBA International Case Competition i Montréal – en av världens mest prestigefyllda internationella casetävlingar. Det vinnande laget – Hanna Simona Allas, Lina Meyer, Karl Enocson och James Raymond-Paul – imponerade stort tillsammans med sin coach Mats Urde i hård internationell konkurrens. Vinsten är en viktig milstolpe för både la

https://www.ehl.lu.se/artikel/seger-i-montreal-ekonomihogskolan-vann-john-molson-mba-international-case-competition - 2026-07-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. David Gisselsson is a researcher on a roll. In the autumn, he was awarded Lund’s ‘local Fernström Prize’, which goes to a promising young researcher in medicine, and he has recently had an article published in one of the most prestigious journals in the field, Nature Communications. David Gisselsson with two of his re

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/attention-new-findings-childhood-cancer - 2026-07-21

Birds fly more efficiently by folding their wings during the upstroke, according to a recent study led by Lund University in Sweden. The results could mean that wing-folding is the next step in increasing the propulsive and aerodynamic efficiency of flapping drones. Even the precursors to birds – extinct bird-like dinosaurs – benefited from folding their wings during the upstroke, as they develope

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/feathered-robotic-wing-paves-way-flapping-drones - 2026-07-21

https://www.geologi.lu.se/artikel/symposium-climate-development-and-ocean-dynamics-during-last-glacial-interglacial-cycle-june-12-0900 - 2026-07-21

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. The Sound Bench: The Garden During the Sustainability Week (3-8 May 2021) and until mid-summer, the bench will be placed in the Botanical Garden, where a site-specific sound artwork has been developed especially for the bench by the artist Jonna Hägg. For several years Jonna Hägg has been exploring how the soundscap

https://www.khm.lu.se/artikel/alumn-jonna-hagg - 2026-07-21

Emilia Viklund is a SWEAH-affiliated doctoral student in health sciences at the Faculty of Education and Welfare Studies, Åbo Akademi University. In her research, she examines the mental well-being of the elderly and the connection to the use of digital tools. Her research concerns older people in Finland and Sweden. She also examines what the health promotion work aimed at older people looks like

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/emilia-viklund-winner-poster-competition-during-sweah-milestone-conference - 2026-07-21

Why are certain people more severely affected than others by invasive streptococcal infections? According to a new study from Lund University in Sweden, the answer lies in our genome. Carriers of a certain variant of the STING gene are at greater risk, particularly if they encounter the bacterial strains that have increased in the western world since the 1980s. The findings, published in Nature Co

https://www.science.lu.se/article/why-killer-bacteria-affect-some-people-more-severely - 2026-07-21

Den 19 september så är det premiär för Off Highway "Independence Day" på Inkonst. Nina Jeppsson, skådespelare och scenkonstnär har tillsammans med musikern och tonsättaren Kent Olofsson, som också är lärare här på Teaterhögskolan, skapat ett helt nytt scenkonstverk utifrån Aileen Wournos våldsamma historia. "I juli 1990 går det ut en varning till alla vita medelålders business-looking män som färd

https://www.thm.lu.se/artikel/4-fragor-till-nina-jeppsson - 2026-07-21

Workshop with information and discussions on how to use CMU Flex at the Faculty. Register no later than August 26. Invitation to a workshop with information and discussions on how to use CMU Flex at the Faculty. The workshop is arranged in relation to the investigation of the animal houses of the Faculty, which was led by Bo Ahrén. During the workshop, CMU Flex will be presented and ideas of how t

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/invitation-workshop-discuss-cmu-flex - 2026-07-21

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/52-million-sek-goes-uncovering-genetic-drivers-parkinsons-disease-0 - 2026-07-21

Europeiska rådets slutsatser om vetenskaplig publicering antagna Den 23 maj antog Europeiska unionens råd dokumentet Council Conclusions on high-quality, transparent, open, trustworthy and equitable scholarly publishing som beskriver EUs hållning gällande vetenskaplig publicering. I dokumentet lyfts bland annat betydelsen av icke-kommersiell OA-publicering utan författaravgifter samt att forskares

https://www.lub.lu.se/internt/artikel/nyhetsbrev-juni-augusti-e-media-och-vetenskaplig-kommunikation-0 - 2026-07-21

Researchers studied if auricular acupressure could work as pain relief in osteoarthritis patients at 65 years old or older. In the study, researchers also investigated the participants' sleep quality. All the participants were 65 years old or more and lived in nursing homes in Korea.  There is a link between osteoarthritis pain and poor sleep. According to the study, sleep quality in people withou

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/auricular-acupressure-relieve-oa-pain - 2026-07-21

During the autumn I will be immersed in leadership for the future. Managers and leaders already have good opportunities for professional development. However, I am convinced that we can further sharpen our skills and become even better at equipping current and future leaders. There is much that we do well at Lund University. Among other things, there are leadership courses and programmes and we ar

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/developing-leadership-future - 2026-07-21

Our new Chief Veterinarian has landed. Research has always attracted her and the her new job means that she will have influence on strategic issues that require wise solutions. She is looking forward to the challenges. On a new job since the first of October, as Chief Veterinarian at Medfak, how does it feel? "It feels very exciting because it is a job where I get to be part of the changing enviro

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/new-chief-veterinarian-research-must-be-ethically-defensible-and-thus-contribute-societal-acceptance - 2026-07-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Applications are now open for 2 postdoctoral fellowships in China’s, Japan’s, and/or Korea’s contemporary society at the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University. Starting date 1 October 2020, or by agreement. DutiesThe person employed is expected to work independently but should also cooperate wi

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/applications-open-2-postdoctoral-fellowships - 2026-07-21

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Högt blodtryck är en välkänd riskfaktor för hjärt- och kärlsjukdom. Forskare vid Sahlgrenska akademin, Göteborgs universitet, kan nu i en studie på 4 000 patienter visa att fetmakirurgi genom så kallad gastric bypass ger en sänkning av blodtrycket, som är bestående så länge som tio år efter operationen. – Vi vet sed

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/fetmaoperation-ger-langsiktig-sankning-av-blodtrycket - 2026-07-21

These are busy times for atomic physicist Anne L’Huillier. Earlier this year, she received the prestigious Wolf Prize – perhaps not as widely known among the general public, but within the field of physics it is considered second only to the Nobel Prize. Anne L’Huillier was honoured for her contribution to ultrafast laser science and attosecond physics. “I haven’t really taken it all in yet. I hav

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/prestigious-physics-prize-goes-lund-researcher - 2026-07-21

On the first day of the COP28 climate change conference in Dubai, a formal decision was taken to establish a loss and damage fund to support developing countries to deal with loss and damage from climate change. A pragmatic success for climate justice, says sustainability professor Emily Boyd, who now hopes that Sweden will follow suit with promises of financial support. Emily Boyd, director and p

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/many-questions-remain-new-loss-and-damage-fund-formally-established-cop28 - 2026-07-21