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Gabriel Börner preferred playing pinball to studying at upper secondary school and therefore failed to get into a medical programme. Today, he is a senior consultant in surgery at Helsingborg Hospital and a researcher at Lund University. He has invented a “sewing machine” to suture patient’s wounds after abdominal surgery. Although the journey there was longer than he could ever have imagined, he
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/needlework-surgery - 2026-07-09
Gabriel Börner preferred playing pinball to studying at upper secondary school and therefore failed to get into a medical programme. Today, he is a senior consultant in surgery at Helsingborg Hospital and a researcher at Lund University. He has invented a “sewing machine” to suture patient’s wounds after abdominal surgery. Although the journey there was longer than he could ever have imagined, he
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/needlework-surgery - 2026-07-09
Lund University’s Faculty of Engineering, LTH, is now launching profile areas for its collective excellence in research. The areas are interdisciplinary and will contribute to increased collaboration with business and industry as well as wider society. Seven themes form the profile areas: aerosols, circular construction industry, energy transition, nanoscience, photon science, AI and digitalizatio
https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2022/lth-launches-profile-areas-stronger-responses-societal-challenges - 2026-07-09
Caroline Isaksson will take up her post as head of Evolutionary Ecology and Infection Biology on 1 July. With a focus on accessible leadership, open communication and a positive working environment, she aims to help create the conditions for staff to thrive, develop and achieve their goals. In this interview, Caroline talks about her new role and her thoughts ahead of taking up the position. What
https://www.biology.lu.se/internal/article/caroline-isaksson-new-head-division - 2026-07-09
För tio år sedan upptäckte forskare i Lund tecken på att en av fysikens mest fundamentala lagar, Coulombs lag, inte verkade solid i vatten. I experiment såg det ut som att två laddningar av samma tecken attraherade varandra. Men tack vare en superdator kan forskarna nu lägga fram en förklaringsmodell som visar att Coulombs lag inte låter sig utmanas i brådrasket. Det var i samband med ett experime
Christmas music is more than background noise to the hustle and bustle. From Mariah Carey’s Christmas cracker ‘All I Want For Christmas’ to Wham’s lost love in ‘Last Christmas’, each song tells its own story of why it belongs to the festive season. “The power of Christmas music lies in its ability to put us in touch with our emotions, from celebration to reflection. Although we may not feel that w
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-mariah-carey-and-wham-became-christmas-icons - 2026-07-09
Blood transfusions are vital, but demand for blood far exceeds supply all over the world. In India and China, for example, relatives are usually called upon to give blood in the case of an accident or an operation. An international conference in Lund, Sweden, the first of its kind, will now discuss various possible alternative treatment methods with the potential to complement or even replace bloo
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/shortage-blood-global-problem - 2026-07-09
Living with bipolar disorder means constantly balancing between extremes – something that can be particularly difficult if the diagnosis is met with silence and stigmatisation. To raise awareness of mental illness and why it concerns us all, including at work, five LTH departments have joined forces and invited speaker Henrik Wahlström. In his lecture, he shares his own experiences of bipolar diso
https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/life-balance-beam-talking-about-mental-health-work - 2026-07-09
Continuous-cover forestry methods are gaining attention as a way to enable forests to deliver a broader range of benefits. The aim is to make forestry more sustainable, but significant challenges remain. These will now be addressed in a new project where five organizations are testing continuous-cover forestry in practice. In Bockeboda, just outside Kristianstad, the future of continuous-cover for
https://www.mgeo.lu.se/en/article/continuous-cover-forestry-testing-methods-future - 2026-07-09
Continuous-cover forestry methods are gaining attention as a way to enable forests to deliver a broader range of benefits. The aim is to make forestry more sustainable, but significant challenges remain. These will now be addressed in a new project where five organizations are testing continuous-cover forestry in practice. In Bockeboda, just outside Kristianstad, the future of continuous-cover for
https://www.science.lu.se/article/continuous-cover-forestry-testing-methods-future - 2026-07-09
Continuous-cover forestry methods are gaining attention as a way to enable forests to deliver a broader range of benefits. The aim is to make forestry more sustainable, but significant challenges remain. These will now be addressed in a new project where five organisations are testing continuous-cover forestry in practice. In Bockeboda, just outside Kristianstad, the future of continuous-cover for
https://www.becc.lu.se/article/continuous-cover-forestry-testing-methods-future - 2026-07-09
Continuous-cover forestry methods are gaining attention as a way to enable forests to deliver a broader range of benefits. The aim is to make forestry more sustainable, but significant challenges remain. These will now be addressed in a new project where five organizations are testing continuous-cover forestry in practice. In Bockeboda, just outside Kristianstad, the future of continuous-cover for
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/continuous-cover-forestry-testing-methods-future - 2026-07-09
The idea behind procurement is to guarantee the right product or service at the right price. But what happens when public procurements are consciously structured to avoid appeals – or are simply discontinued early? Fredrik Tesch-Morawetz’s doctoral thesis in business law examines these issues and has been commended by the Lund University School of Economics and Management as the faculty’s best the
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/sweden-needs-review-option-appealing-against-public-procurements - 2026-07-09
Bibiana Prinoth has been awarded the Oscar II Scholarship 2026 for the best thesis at the Faculty of Science. The scholarship recognises the most prominent thesis presented during the past two years within each field at Lund University. In her work, Bibiana Prinoth studies distant and extreme planetary atmospheres using advanced spectroscopy, opening up new possibilities for understanding how plan
https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/thesis-exploring-extreme-exoplanet-atmospheres-awarded-oscar-ii-scholarship - 2026-07-09
Bibiana Prinoth has been awarded the Oscar II Scholarship 2026 for the best thesis at the Faculty of Science. The scholarship recognises the most prominent thesis presented during the past two years within each field at Lund University. In her work, Bibiana Prinoth studies distant and extreme planetary atmospheres using advanced spectroscopy, opening up new possibilities for understanding how plan
After graduation from the master's programme in International Strategic Management (ISM) in 2021, Marc Leon started his career in the fast paced world of consultancy at Porsche Consulting in Hamburg, Germany. Today, he thrives in the role as senior consultant where he manages workflows, junior colleagues and advice clients in the life sciences sector. Editor's note: this interview is from 2024.Hi
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/marc-leon-willemsen-alumnus-international-strategic-management-2021 - 2026-07-09
Do you want to expand the scope of your research within one of the Europe's most successful university alliances? Would you like to strengthen existing collaborations with colleagues at University of Paris-Saclay, Lund University, Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, University of Porto and University of Szeged? Are you interested in getting to know and access the vast network of Excellence Cor
https://www.virology.lu.se/article/call-application-euglohria-seeding-grant-deadline-january-15th-2023-2 - 2026-07-09
In a research system where publishing success can shape scientific careers, targeted support can make a decisive difference. Sofie Mohlin, Associate Professor at Lund University and a research group leader at the Lund Stem Cell Center has received a Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Award from the Life Science Editors Foundation. Today’s publish-or-perish research culture means that
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/may-publishing-be-you-sofie-mohlin-receives-international-jedi-award - 2026-07-09
How can philosophy help us make sense of the technologies shaping our everyday lives? A brand new doctoral course explores these ideas and other intersections between philosophy and technology. The doctoral course Introduction to Philosophy of Technology, a collaboration between the Department of Informatics at Lund University (LU) School of Economics and Management and the Division of Informatics
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/philosophy-technology-course-receives-praise-doctoral-students - 2026-07-10
