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Att sova mycket på natten och att ta långa tupplurar på dagen kan vara kopplat till sämre kognitiva förmågor visar ny forskning där 5631 deltagare medverkat från fem olika nordiska studier från ”the National E-infrastructure for Aging Research” (NEAR)*.(Overton et al., 2023) Människan sover nästan en tredjedel av livet och sömnen är en grundläggande faktor för vår hälsa och välbefinnande. Förekoms
Anne-Lise Viotti and Armin Tavakoli will each receive SEK 15 million grants as part of the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research’s investment in Future Research Leaders. For the ninth time, the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) has appointed the Research Leaders of the Future. A total of 213 applications were received, of which 16 were selected and two of these were from Lund Uni
Upplev tvärvetenskaplig forskning när den är som bäst! Snart är det den tiden på året igen, då pågående Teman, våra tvärvetenskapliga forskargrupper vid Pufendorf IAS, arrangerar en veritabel palett av evenemang. Evenemangen är öppna för alla och det är fri entré – men du behöver registrera dig för dem. Läs mer genom att klicka på respektive länk. Pufendorf-Teman bjuder in till evenemang7 maj Tema
https://www.pi.lu.se/artikel/en-handelserik-var-vantar - 2026-07-11
A new face appears in the Applied Gerontology research group's premises in Forum Medicum, Lund. The PhD student, economist and self-taught programmer Johannes Malm, now divides his time between Lund and Jönköping Universities (Schools of Health Sciences), as well as Blekinge Institute of Technology. In addition to personal reasons, Johannes Malm had several reasons for moving to Lund at the end of
https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/he-wants-contribute-better-life-people-dementia - 2026-07-11
Mattias Collin, is the new Head of Department at Clinical Sciences in Lund, IKVL, as of January, 2025. For Intramed, he reveals what attracts him to the assignment: "To be able to raise your sights a little and work for the good of an entire department, instead of a single research area or education," he says. How does it feel to be appointed Head of Department at IKVL?"It feels great that my coll
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/ikvls-head-department-be-i-find-genuine-joy-facilitating-others-do-their-best - 2026-07-11
The Pereira lab, in close collaboration with Asgard Therapeutics, published a new study in Science magazine as a first-release paper on the 5th of September. The corresponding authors Filipe Pereira and Fábio Rosa present a novel approach to addressing one of the main challenges in cancer immunotherapy—immune evasion by tumors. In this study, first author Ervin Ascic, along with co-authors Fritiof
https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/new-publication-science-magazine-pereira-lab - 2026-07-11
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A realistic sense of time, mentors at work, body therapy and a manager who welcomed her back. These were important elements in Ingela Steij Stålbrand’s rehabilitation after a severe case of exhaustion. Now she has organised her life in such a way as to prohibit her job from taking up too much time – and is enjoying ev
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/i-should-have-been-put-bench-lot-earlier - 2026-07-11
A new study is published in Science Advances, titled: “Substantial light woodland and open vegetation characterized the temperate forest biome before Homo sapiens”. In a study I initiated up in Småland during one of my SGU projects, published in 2013, we discussed vegetation composition during the previous interglacial, the Eemian (129,000–116,000 years ago). Some of the pollen data from that stu
https://www.geology.lu.se/article/new-insights-woodland-composition-during-last-interglacial-co-authored-moller - 2026-07-11
Associate professor Steven Schmidt is SWEAH's new study coordinator. Steven Schmidt, also CASE coordinator and research team manager in Applied Gerontology, replaced Cecilia Petterson the 1 January 2024. The assignment is 40 percent of full-time until 31 December 2026. Why did you say yes?– I think it is a great opportunity to support the development of the next generation of researchers in ageing
https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/steven-schmidt-new-study-coordinator - 2026-07-11
To stimulate the University's work for gender equality and equal conditions, we welcome two Visiting Professors of underrepresented gender to IHV, Department of Health Sciences: Torbjörn Falkmer and Ulrik Röijezon. The Department of Health Sciences has been awarded university-wide funds for the employment of Visiting Professors of underrepresented sex for the period 2023-2024. For Torbjörn and Ulr
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/gender-equality-we-welcome-two-visiting-professors-health-sciences - 2026-07-12
Idag hölls ännu ett forskarseminarium inom åldrande och hälsa, denna gång lett av gästforskaren Wenqian Xu, som har undersökt barnlöshet i Kina, och CASE-anslutna arkitekten Kiran Maini Gerhardsson som får äldre att se över sin belysning. Postdoktor Wenqian Xu i forskargruppen Aktivt och hälsosamt åldrande, rapporterade om sina två manus “Causes of childlessness in rural China: A timeline analysis
https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/om-aldres-barnloshet-och-ljus-i-hemmet - 2026-07-11
Grattis till Hanna Thorsson, vars avhandling utsetts till årets bästa hematologiavhandling 2025, av Svensk Förening för Hematologi. I maj 2025 försvarade Hanna Thorsson sin doktorsavhandling, "Single-cell Sequencing of Acute Leukemia", vid Lunds universitet. I oktober tilldelades hon utmärkelsen Årets bästa avhandling i hematologi av Svensk förening för hematologi i samarbete med Blodcancerförbund
https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/arets-basta-hematologiavhandling - 2026-07-12
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. NYTT FRÅN VÅRA FORSKARE: Hanna Bäck har medförfattat artikeln "Partisanship, Ministers, and Biotechnology Policy" (med Marc Debus och Jale Tosun), som har publicerats i tidskriften Review of Policy Research. Resultaten visar att ett förbud mot bioteknologi är mer sannolikt med kristdemokratisk närvaro i regeringen.L
https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/forbud-mot-bioteknik-mer-sannolikt-med-kristdemokrater-i-styre - 2026-07-11
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. NYTT FRÅN VÅRA FORSKARE: Annika Björkdahl och Johanna Mannergren Selimovic har författat artikeln "Gendering Agency in Transitional Justice", publicerad i Security Dialogue (2015) vol. 46 no. 2: 165-182. Abstract:Mainstream transitional justice and peacebuilding practices tend to re-entrench gendered hierarchies by
https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/annika-bjorkdahl-om-gendering-agency - 2026-07-11
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University Students’ Unions (LUS) has now received a hearing for its demand that the meetings of the University’s internationalisation committee should be held in English. The meetings will be held in English for a trial period, while minutes will be taken in Swedish to fulfil the legal requirements placed on pub
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/meetings-english-students-request - 2026-07-11
CASE has two visitors this week, Merja Rantakokko, associate professor of gerontology, from the University of Jyväskylä and PhD student Emmi Matikainen-Tervola from the JAMK University of applied sciences/University of Jyväskylä, some 300 kilometers north of Helsinki in Finland. On Wednesday they lecture about their research area; on mobility and gait parameters in older people.– It will be a bro
https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/finnish-researchers-we-have-involve-users-more - 2026-07-11
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Meet Jonas Hafström, a lawyer with a background in the diplomatic service, including as Swedish ambassador to the USA. For the past year he has led government trade delegations around the world and helped to coach Swedish embassy staff in countries with strong economic growth. Welcome to Lund University as the new cha
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-welcomes-new-chair-university-board - 2026-07-11
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Sara Ullström, PhD in Sustainability Science, will present her work at a first seminar on 17th September. We asked her to explain what her research within the project, The takeoff of staying on the ground, is about. What do you explore in your PhD? My research investigates the questioning of high-carbon worlds through
The manager's extended arm and their guidance in HR issues. To listen and contribute with solutions. As of June 1, all of the University's HR employees will receive new titles. Emelie Falck at the Department of Laboratory Medicine, who was previously titled staff coordinator, explains her role. – Our main role is to guide managers in HR issues in their daily work. For example, we get questions abo
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/hr-guides-managers-and-promotes-good-work-environment - 2026-07-12
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Hanna Bäck was promotet to professor by decison of chancellor Torbjörn von Schantz on February 26, 2015. The promotion was based on positive reviews of Bäck's work, by for instance Kaare Strøm: In sum, Hanna Bäck has produced a significant body of important and excellent scholarship. Her publications are works of high
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/hanna-back-promoted-professor - 2026-07-11
