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This year's prestigious Segerfalk lecture will be given by Eero Castrén, Research Director at the Neuroscience Centre at the University of Helsinki. In his research on brain plasticity, he has discovered clues about which mechanisms in the brain are affected by antidepressants – and they could explain why these medicines work. Eero Castrén conducts research on brain plasticity and is primarily int

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/brain-plasticity-and-link-depression - 2026-05-07

Research is like solving a puzzle, some might say. One of the biggest of these is the body’s proteins – with over 90,000 pieces to keep track of. LUM meets three professors of protein to understand what makes the subject so fascinating and how they are working to understand when proteins go wrong in the body. If a research field were to be evaluated based on the number of Nobel Prizes it has been

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/protein-professors-puzzle - 2026-05-08

A new study from Lund University has, for the first time, reconstructed solar activity during the last ice age. The study shows that the regional climate is influenced by the sun and offers opportunities to better predict future climate conditions in certain regions. Raimund Muscheler is co-author of the article and is an active researcher within BECC and MERGE. For the first time, a research team

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/suns-activity-influences-natural-climate-change - 2026-05-07

Professor Charlotte Ling is doing research within the field of epigenetics to understand changes in the expression of genes based on our environment and lifestyle and how these changes increase a person´s risk of catching diseases such as type 2 diabetes. She is also trying to develop epigenetic biomarkers that can forecast the development of disease, serve as an early health warning system, and b

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/i-put-together-lifelong-puzzle-epigenetics - 2026-05-07

A new study from Lund University has, for the first time, reconstructed solar activity during the last ice age. The study shows that the regional climate is influenced by the sun and offers opportunities to better predict future climate conditions in certain regions. Raimund Muscheler is co-author of the article and is an active researcher within MERGE and BECC. For the first time, a research team

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/suns-activity-influences-natural-climate-change - 2026-05-07

Is all the material you have in the freezer actively used in your research? If not, it should be classified as biobank material and instead stored in Region Skåne's Biobank. On 9 April, a digital seminar will be held (in Swedish) on freezer storage options and news in the new Biobank Act. There is a shortage of freezers and space for new freezers in the faculty's premises. Roger Lindskog is an exp

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/mission-more-space-freezers-and-room-more-freezers - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Susanna Johansson, Senior lecturer at the School of Social Work, is one of the editors of a new book offering an interdisciplinary approach to the understanding of the Barnahus model. This edited collection explores the background and implementation of the Nordic Barnahus (or 'Children's House') model – recognised as

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/new-book-nordic-barnahus-model - 2026-05-07

There has been a recent proliferation of research and practice on the interior dimensions of sustainability, such as values, beliefs, worldviews and inner capacities. In a new article published in Sustainability Science, LUCSUS Professor Christine Wamsler and colleagues systematise the core contributions of this emerging field for supporting sustainability and climate work. – In recent years, the

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/key-characteristics-and-contribution-emerging-field-inner-transformation-sustainability - 2026-05-07

What happens when scientists, municipal actors, and private sector stakeholders from six European countries come together to question the future of aquathermal energy? At LUCSUS, we just found out. June 17 to 19, the Interreg North Sea WaterWarmth partner meeting took place in Lund, hosting partners from Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. LUCSUS’s researchers Sara Broo

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/ideas-action-shaping-aquathermal-futures - 2026-05-07

One of the honorary awards in this year’s “Future Innovations Award 2025” went to NanoLundian Mattias Borg. He is awarded for his, Johannes Svensson's, and Johan Lundgren’s major climate impact project “Detecting greenhouse gas leaks with room-temperature camera sensor”. Since its launch in 2017, the Future Innovations Award has recognised ideas that can “change our world for the better”. This yea

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/mattias-borg-awarded-low-cost-monitoring-methane-emissions - 2026-05-07

Anders Persson, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Biology, will receive SEK 2.8 million from the Kamprad Family Foundation. The grant will support research on artificial reefs aimed at helping the endangered Baltic cod.Congratulations on the grant, Anders – how does it feel?– It’s amazing! We’re a small group that has been working for a long time to develop methods for studying reefs, mostly wi

https://www.science.lu.se/article/biologist-receives-million-sek-grant-support-baltic-sea-cod-stocks - 2026-05-07

Scientific advice to decision makers requires transparent scientific assessments, in which communication of uncertainty is important in order to avoid over- or underestimating conclusions. In her dissertation ”Robust analysis of uncertainty in scientific assessments”, doctoral student Ivette Raices Cruz, who recently defended her dissertation at Center for Climate and Environmental Science (CEC),

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/important-express-scientific-uncertainty - 2026-05-07

CMES affiliated researcher Sarah Anne Rennick has co-edited a book published by the Arab Reform Initiative. The book, Knowledge as a Public Good: Reconceiving the Purpose and Methods of Knowledge Production, was co-edited by Jamil Mouawad (American University of Beirut), Sarah Anne Rennick (CMES and Arab Reform Initiative) and Andrew Findell-Aghnatios (Arab Reform Initiative).IntroductionThis volu

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/knowledge-public-good - 2026-05-07

Thank you for your lovely Valentine's greetings to colleagues, contagious kindness and hearty cake at the office. The social committee at Kansli M invited to heartwarming coffee with heart sprinkled cake and red heart-shaped balloons in connection with this year's Valentine's Day. "I think it's so cozy and nice that the social committee organises this activity. It reminds us that we should be nice

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/valentines-faculty-medicine-contagious-kindness - 2026-05-07

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/ho-ho-ho-christmas-coming-first-few-tips-ahead-break - 2026-05-08

EduLab has been a successful project and has meant that the University has had an infrastructure in place to support and manage educational initiatives. As a result, the University’s EduLab experimental platform has now been extended until December 2026. All faculties have taken the opportunity and received assistance from EduLab to develop and expand their range of courses and financial support.

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/edulab-continue-and-focus-x-courses - 2026-05-08

Every day, huge amounts of satellite images are collected from the Earth's surface – data that shows everything from deforestation to urbanization and the effects of climate change. Now, with the support of the Swedish National Space Board, a new competence center is being established to make it easier for social scientists to use space-based information. The new national center, the Swedish Compe

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-satellite-data-can-be-used-social-research - 2026-05-08

Efforts to strengthen leadership and protect academic freedom are underway, including new leadership programmes and a management forum. A project for academic leadership has also been established. Efforts to strengthen leadershipSome years ago, we completed a study on the leadership of the future at Lund University. The study gave rise to a number of recommendations, resulting in the introduction

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/strengthening-leadership-and-redoubling-efforts-academic-freedom - 2026-05-08

Our Themes are currently all busy with organising their final events and precisely at the same time, the cycle of our new Themes begins. “Breathless with anticipation”, the coordinators have started the practical planning for all involved researchers to be able to spend one day a week at Pufendorf IAS, starting in September. Here we briefly describe what they will be working on. Triggering Transfo

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/during-academic-year-20262027-five-new-themes-will-be-here-pufendorf-ias - 2026-05-07

Packed tightly together like twinkling stellar beehives, these globular clusters are made up of hundreds of thousands of stars. Now, for the first time, a team of scientists can reveal how the ancient and mysterious star systems actually form. The existence of these globular clusters, comprising millions of stars, has been known since the invention of the telescope in the 17th century. Globular cl

https://www.science.lu.se/article/scientists-solve-astronomical-riddle - 2026-05-07