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Sexual harassment, mental health issues, racism and non-European doctoral students engaged in uphill struggles with the Swedish Migration Agency to be allowed to remain in Sweden. These are examples of the sorts of things that Haro de Grauw has been faced with since becoming doctoral student ombudsman in Lund almost two years ago. Most often, however, it is another factor that makes doctoral stude
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/ombudsman-rescue - 2026-06-26
There has been great and broad interest in the University’s international assistant professor (associate senior lecturer) positions and visiting professorships. In total, the University received 1,326 applications and the first selection phase has been completed. In October the top candidates began to arrive in Lund to present their research in tough competition. The call for applications referred
Enkla SMS med råd och pepp kring sunda vanor, kan motivera vissa patientgrupper med högt blodtryck att förändra sina levnadsvanor och förbättra sin kärlhälsa. Det visar studien PUSHME från Lunds universitet som nu publiceras i PLOS One och Preventive Medicine Reports. Högt blodtryck (hypertoni) är idag den vanligaste diagnosen inom primärvården i Sverige och en av de viktigaste riskfaktorerna för
https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/fyra-sms-i-veckan-battre-livsstil - 2026-06-25
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. With a research focus on the development and application of in vitro models to study human brain evolution and disease, PhD student Daniela Grassi will be defending her thesis on Thursday 23rd of April 2020. Here, Daniela tells us about her research in the Molecular Neurogenetics group, led by Johan Jakobsson, and her
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/thesis-defence-interview-daniela-grassi - 2026-06-25
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Professor Søren Brunak from Copenhagen - member of the LUDC-IRC Scientific Advisory Board - has been awarded the grand Nordic Prize for 2019 by the Eric K. Fernström Foundation. It is one of the largest Scandinavian research prizes in medicine and Søren Brunak receives the award for his work as a pioneer in the border
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/prestigious-prize-goes-pioneer-bioinformatics - 2026-06-25
The usual way of cultivating cells is to use a flat laboratory dish of glass. However, inside a human body, the cells do not grow on a flat surface, but rather in three dimensions. This has lead researchers at Lund University in Sweden to develop a porous “spaghetti” of tissue-friendly polymers with cavities in which the cells can develop in a more natural way. “When cultivating brain cells in a f
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/cells-grow-more-naturally-spaghetti - 2026-06-25
Professor Filipe Pereira, researcher at the Lund Stem Cell Center, is the principal investigator of one of two innovation-driven research initiatives at Lund University to receive a Proof of Concept Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). The goal of the project is to harness a new technology to enable powerful and targeted therapies for the treatment of solid tumors. Since receiving the E
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/erc-grant-supports-new-innovative-advancements-immunotherapy-research - 2026-06-25
Can music only be experienced in a fleeting moment in time? In Bertrand Chavarria-Aldrete’s, researcher and teaching staff member, research he has investigated how music can be materialised. Through the course Plastic Extension of Music, students have the opportunity to try out his research in practice. Bertrand Chavarria-Aldrete’s doctoral thesis is about allowing music to leave the instrument an
https://www.mhm.lu.se/en/article/research-gives-music-physical-form-bertrand-chavarria-aldretes-plastic-extension - 2026-06-25
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lobbyists are actively trying to come up with creative ways to influence politicians. Ideally, they want to be seen as friends. Adopted legislation to regulate lobbying within the EU does not cover the way it works in practice. Camilla Nothhaft has shown this in a thesis presented at Örebro University. She now works a
https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/how-lobbyists-want-befriend-politicians-behind-scenes-eu - 2026-06-25
Science has the technology to measure the activity of every gene within a single individual cell, and just one experiment can generate thousands of cells worth of data. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now revolutionised the way this data is analysed – by using 3D video gaming technology. The study is published in the journal iScience. Advanced techniques in DNA and RNA sequencing hav
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-virtual-reality-tool-be-used-fight-against-disease - 2026-06-25
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Social and economic factors have led to a dramatic rise in type 2 diabetes and obesity around the world. In a review in Science, Mark McCarthy, professor at the University of Oxford, UK, and Paul Franks, professor at Lund University, Sweden, examine the knowledge of the actual causes and the interplay between genetics
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/type-2-diabetes-and-obesity-what-do-we-really-know - 2026-06-25
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. More than 900 students has graduated from the LUMES programme since it started in 1997. We asked some of our current students what they think about the programme, and list the top 10 best things about LUMES. Testimonials from LUMES students (2020) You learn a lot about sustainability, society, human relationships and
https://www.lumes.lu.se/article/top-10-best-things-about-lumes-programme - 2026-06-25
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. During two days in October, the Department of Strategic Communication and its senior Lecturer James Pamment hosted the conference Managing Societal Threats in the Digital Age: The Case of Propaganda and Violent Extremism, together with the key note speaker Corneliu Bjola from Oxford University. The aim was to bring to
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/we-are-sticking-plan - 2026-06-25
Alumni are a group that we sometimes almost manage to overlook, but given that our network of alumni is approaching 50,000 individuals, they are certainly worthy of our attention! Even more so, perhaps, as we approach the end of an academic year with many students about to take the step to becoming alumni. Getting alumni involved in activities brings many advantages for a university. This might in
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/our-alumni-are-universitys-best-ambassadors - 2026-06-26
Lund University continues to rise in the QS World University Rankings 2026 and is rated number 72 in the world. That is three places higher than last year and means that Lund University is the top-ranked higher education institution in Sweden. QS has published annual university rankings since 2004. In the latest QS rankings (2026), 8,467 higher education institutions were evaluated, of which 1,501
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-best-sweden-qs-rankings - 2026-06-26
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Karin Steen, researcher at LUCSUS, has been appointed as the new Director of Studies for LUMES (International Master Programme in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science). What will your role as Director of Studies for LUMES entail?I am responsible for leading the work with the master programme both in everyd
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/meet-new-director-studies-lumes-karin-steen - 2026-06-25
The jury was out for a long time. But now, we can announce the winner in both categories: “Best visual communication of scientific content” and “Most aesthetically appealing image”. “Not far from the manners of Lennart Nilsson, Sara Davidsson Bencker has captured two pancreatic cells at the end of their cell division cycle, connected to the top of nanotubes. The image clearly visualizes both the c
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/nanolund-image-competition-we-have-winner - 2026-06-25
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Can insulin taken as an infant in small doses together with food render the immune system used to insulin and thus prevent type 1 diabetes? Can a gluten-free diet and probiotics prevent celiac disease (so called gluten intolerance)? These questions will be asked by two separate studies that are being planned at Lund U
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Can insulin taken as an infant in small doses together with food render the immune system used to insulin and thus prevent type 1 diabetes? Can a gluten-free diet and probiotics prevent celiac disease (so called gluten intolerance)? These questions will be asked by two separate studies that are being planned at Lund U
