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Torbjörn Sjöstrand, post-retirement professor at the Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics, has been awarded the EPS High Energy and Particle Physics Prize. This desirable prize, which has previously been given to several Nobel laureates, is awarded by the European Physical Society. Congratulations on the prize, Torbjörn, how does it feel? Well, of course it feels great. In everyday life

https://www.science.lu.se/article/prestigious-prize-awarded-particle-physicist - 2026-05-07

SOCIOLOGIDAGARNA 2018: The Swedish Sociological Association's bi-annual conference titled "Sociology in a Polarized World" took place in Lund last week and was hosted by the Department of Sociology. This year's conference, March 7-9, was among the largest in the history of the association, with a peak of 268 delegates attending on International Women’s Day, March 8th. It was also among the first o

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/hundreds-sociologists-came-lund-discuss-divided-world - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The University’s central initiative on contract education is now getting underway. New business developers are on their way into the strengthened organisation that is to administrate the education. “If we succeed, we will need to employ more teaching staff”, says Bo Ahrén, pro vice-chancellor responsible for external

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/contract-education-will-require-more-teaching-staff - 2026-05-07

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 - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In the seventh anniversary of the Gezi Park protests, Dr. Ömer Turan, Swedish Institute fellow at CMES, has published a chapter, in the volume edited by Maria do Mar Castro Verela, and Baris Ülker (Doing Tolerance, Urban Interventions and Forms of Participation, Barbara Budrich, 2020). Taksim Square’s historical backg

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-publication-cmes-guest-researcher-omer-turan - 2026-05-07

Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM), the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) and Sparbanken Skåne are founding a joint centre for sustainable enterprising at Lund University. Together, they are investing several million SEK in the centre, which will start welcoming new doctoral students across a variety of research collaborations this autumn. The focus is on the transition to a mor

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/major-investment-new-interdisciplinary-centre-sustainable-enterprising-lund - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Chad Boda is a post-doctoral researcher at LUCSUS. He has a passion for researching and teaching on issues of environmental conservation and sustainable development. In this interivew, he explains what he is working on in the project, DICE, Recasting the Disproportionate Impacts of Climate Change Extremes, and highlig

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/research-interview-we-aim-make-major-advances-methodology-measuring-loss-and-damage-way-builds-yet - 2026-05-07

Her diary is full for the rest of the year, and new invitations to events around the globe pour in every day. Receiving the Nobel Prize does not just mean a gala dinner with the King, it also means a different everyday life. “It almost feels like I’ve got a new job,” says Anne L’Huillier. In Anne L’Huillier’s office in the A building at the Department of Physics there is a majestic plant with gree

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/nobel-prize-having-new-job - 2026-05-08

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Oktawia Nilsson's doctoral thesis describes Apolipoprotein A-I (shortly named ApoA-I), the main protein of HDL also known as “the good” cholesterol. Based on the experiments performed in the scientific papers included in this thesis, we propose that ApoA-I can be used as a promising treatment for diabetes and cardiova

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/apolipoprotein-i-good-player-dark-side - 2026-05-07

Taha Sen’s PhD thesis focus on the life span of red blood cells and elucidates the important role of mitochondria. He is defending his thesis on the 17th of November and in this interview he gives us an overview of his results as well as what it’s been like being a doctoral student during a pandemic. Can you tell us about the research during your PhD? I’ve been focusing my thesis work on the life

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-taha-sen - 2026-05-07

Svetlana Soboleva is set to defend her Ph.D. thesis on 13 April, 2022. For the past few years her world has revolved around red blood cells, as she has worked to establish methods that allow for the generation of enucleated cells, using immortalized erythroid cell lines, to develop erythrocytes. In short, she’s been working to find ways to produce red blood cells in a lab. In this interview she te

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/blood-lab-phd-defence-interview-svetlana-soboleva - 2026-05-07

Why are some people with obesity protected from type 2 diabetes? Who is at risk of developing gestational diabetes and type 2 diabetes? The Hjelt Diabetes Foundation awards two diabetes researchers at Lund University Diabetes Centre grants for projects that are seeking new answers to these questions. Gestational diabetes happens when the body cannot produce enough insulin during pregnancy. The con

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/research-obesity-and-gestational-diabetes-receive-support-hjelt-diabetes-foundation - 2026-05-07

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 - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. This autumn she was awarded SEK 22 million in ERC grants for her Alzheimer’s research. In addition, she is a member of the Nobel Prize committee for chemistry, she has written children’s books, won the veterans’ European Championship in orienteering and is director of Humlegården, a day centre for people with autism.

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/multi-tasking-top - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Over the past year, the health service has witnessed an increasing number of patients with long-term effects of Covid-19, including chronic symptoms that suggest POTS. POTS is a condition that causes the pulse to race when you stand up. Until now, too little has been known about POTS as a complication following a Covi

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/case-study-sheds-light-pots-connection-long-covid - 2026-05-07

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a completely new stimulation method, using ultra-thin microelectrodes, to combat severe pain. This provides effective and personalised pain relief without the common side effects from pain relief drugs. The study, which was conducted on rats, has been published in the research journal Science Advances. The lack of a side effect-free treatment

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/pain-relief-without-side-effects-promising-technique-0 - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. With around 350 million patients worldwide, diabetes is one of the world’s major public health problems. This year’s Fernström Foundation Nordic Prize, with prize money of SEK 1 million, goes to the internationally renowned diabetes researcher Leif Groop from Lund University in Sweden. Leif Groop’s speciality has been

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/major-prize-lu-diabetes-researcher - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “Suicide threat. Young woman with self-harming behaviour who has taken an overdose of pills”. This is one of the emergency calls that come in during Rasmus Eltén’s ten-hour shift at the ambulance station in Helsingborg. He is in his first week of internship on the specialist nursing programme in pre-hospital emergency

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/emergency-call - 2026-05-07

Linnéa Jönsson and Patrik Nilsson were two of the PhD students who seized the opportunity to have a research visit financed by NanoLund last year. This is a support that NanoLundians – PhD students as well as senior scientists – can apply for at any time. “Do it! You have to take the opportunity to do something like this if you get the chance,” says Linnéa Jönsson. As a researcher at NanoLund, you

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/electrospray-and-surface-plasmon-resonance-spectroscopy-phd-students-broadened-their-horizons - 2026-05-07

Most African countries contribute only marginally to the increase of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, in the atmosphere. Nevertheless, Africa is the continent most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. The impact varies across the continent and also within individual countries. An improved set of data increases the possibilities for evaluating future risks, and how to best address

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/africas-vulnerable-ecosystem - 2026-05-07