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No 59, 15 April 2026 Welcome to a new addition of the NAISS training newsletter. Since the last edition we have added the course “AI in HPC”, which can be attended on-site in Stockholm and online. We still take late registrations for the “Using Python in an HPC environment” event next week. We remind on a number of events announced previously, which cover a wide range of topics. Our new use
https://www.compile.lu.se/article/naiss-training-newsletter-11 - 2026-05-05
A representative from the strategic research area (SRA) EpiHealth has talked to Martin L. Olsson, who is the faculty management representative of the EpiHealth board and Deputy Dean with special responsibility for research infrastructure and strategic issues at the Faculty of Medicine. Martin is also a Professor of Transfusion Medicine at the Department of Laboratory Medicine and a consultant in t
The aim of this workshop is to provide an overview of research-based policy briefs, including formatting and writing conventions, identifying and disseminating to an audience, and evaluating their impact. The workshop is a joint collaboration with the LU Agenda 2030 Graduate School and the Pufendorf Institute Advanced Study Group "Wildfires in the Anthropocene". Researchers are increasingly encour
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/workshop-writing-policy-briefs - 2026-05-05
Researchers at Lund University and DTU in Copenhagen have discovered enzymes in the colon that, when mixed with red blood cells, can cut away parts of the carbohydrates that separate our ABO blood groups from each other. The method brings us closer to the dream of a universal blood for everyone. It has long been known that blood from different individuals cannot be mixed randomly without the risk
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/enzymes-intestinal-bacteria-opens-universal-blood - 2026-05-05
We have spoken to and asked some questions to Andrea Dell’Isola, a physiotherapist and associate Proffesor at Lund University. Andrea trained to become a physiotherapist in Italy and specialized in orthopedic rehabilitation. He worked clinically as a physiotherapist for several years before starting his doctoral studies and his research career in 2015. Andrea's research primarily focuses on osteoa
https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/reportage-andrea-dellisola-physiotherapist-and-associate-professor - 2026-05-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SASNET researcher Maria Tonini together with Lisa Eklund, Catarina Kinnvall and Helle Rydström at Lund University will start a Research Project entitled "Precariousness at Work: Workplace Violence against Women Employees in Nordic Companies Outsourced to Asia". The project will be funded by the Swedish Research Counci
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/research-project-precariousness-work-funded-swedish-research-council - 2026-05-05
Positivity, humour and tireless energy have characterised Professor Roland Andersson's 40 years at the Faculty. As a happy retiree-to-be, he looks back on his time here. "My advice is to prepare in time", he says. Roland Andersson is a surgeon and professor. He is also one of the pioneers in life science and innovation and was involved in the founding of the Lund company Probi. For some time he wa
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/after-40-years-faculty-pioneer-retiring - 2026-05-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. By generating 3D images of bumblebees’ compound eyes, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered how bumblebees differ in their vision. The results could contribute to increased knowledge about the pollination process - once researchers are able to determine which flowers different bees see easily, and w
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/3d-models-reveal-why-bigger-bumblebees-see-better - 2026-05-05
Mikael has been investigating the influence of cellular heterogeneity in ontogeny, ageing and leukemia. In this interview, he tells us about his time as a PhD student in the group of Stem Cells and Leukemia at Lund Stem Cell Center. He defends his thesis on the 16th of December. What have you been working with during your PhD studies? My PhD project was aimed at resolving cellular heterogeneity wi
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-mikael-sommarin-0 - 2026-05-05
Researchers from Lund University interested in understanding how aging affects the brain have made a new discovery that will help make it easier to study age-related brain diseases and potential treatments in the future. The key to this? human skin cells. The human brain is often likened to the night sky. Look up and one will see billions upon billions of stars. Our brains are similar in that with
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/how-our-skin-cells-might-be-key-better-understanding-human-brain - 2026-05-05
Researchers from Lund University interested in understanding how aging affects the brain have made a new discovery that will help make it easier to study age-related brain diseases and potential treatments in the future. The key to this? human skin cells. The human brain is often likened to the night sky. Look up and one will see billions upon billions of stars. Our brains are similar in that with
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/how-our-skin-cells-might-be-key-better-understanding-human-brain - 2026-05-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. There are plans to build a new animal testing facility at Brunnshög in north-east Lund. It is a strategic decision by the Faculty of Medicine based on the need to replace the present animal facility, which is no longer optimal for breeding, and the desire aim to offer international researchers a safer research environ
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/safer-research-new-animal-testing-facility - 2026-05-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Petter Narby defended his dissertation ”Time of Crisis: Order, Politics, Temporality.” yesterday at one o'clock in Edens Hörsal, The Department of Political Science, Lund. Discussant: Kimberly Hutchings, London School of Economics. AbstractCrises are common and problematic features of contemporary politics. Thought as
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/petter-narby-has-defended-his-thesis - 2026-05-05
On November 20, the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) at Lund University hosted a highly topical seminar titled “It’s Time to Think About the Future of Palestine-Israel.” The event brought together over 50 participants and featured two distinguished speakers: Professor Haim Yacobi and Dr Rami Nasrallah, from University College London. “We are living in very challenging times, but t
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-seminar-explores-shared-homeland-paradigm-palestine-israel - 2026-05-05
Lund University moves forward with the development project at Campus Helsingborg. In the next step, the pre-design phase, architects will present a sketch of a new layout of the University's premises. The architects do their work in dialogue with the University's project group. The plan is to forward a sketch for consideration to relevant actors within the University in the autumn of 2025."The pre
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/pre-design-phase-campus-helsingborg - 2026-05-05
Turning scientific knowledge into solutions that improve people’s lives is the ultimate goal of research. But the path from novel scientific data to an innovation that may impact health care is long; many promising ideas never get a fair chance. For 16 years, MultiPark Innovation has supported researchers in their first efforts in transforming discoveries into inventions that may benefit patients
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/multipark-innovation-grants-have-generated-inventions-2011 - 2026-05-05
Here we outline what is going on now, and what we are doing next with the autumn student applications. If you don’t yet have housing and wish to get an offer from us, you need to join this second application period, that opens next week. Closing the first applicationWe have already sent out the last offers of the first application period that started 28 April. Make sure to double-check your housin
https://www.luaccommodation.lu.se/article/closing-first-autumn-application-and-opening-second-application-period - 2026-05-05
You will recognize them by the black uni tees, the 15 young summer workers now on site at BMC (mainly) who work hard to put all in place after the intense moving carousels. On the command bridge: Joel Johansson and Zippo Prajz, both at Medservice. Sure are busy and hot summer work days for 15 hard-working extra workers at Medfak right now. – They´re doing work at HSC as well as in buildings E, F,
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/swarm-summer-workers-putting-life-medfak-order - 2026-05-06
Production for the textile and fashion industry can, for many countries, represent a first step out of poverty. But what does this mean for those who work in the sector, and what happens when even poorer countries begin to compete by paying even lower wages for the seamstresses in the factories? Linn Ternsjö has studied the clothing manufacturing industry in Mauritius from a sustainability perspec
Production for the textile and fashion industry can, for many countries, represent a first step out of poverty. But what does this mean for those who work in the sector, and what happens when even poorer countries begin to compete by paying even lower wages for the seamstresses in the factories? Linn Ternsjö has studied the clothing manufacturing industry in Mauritius from a sustainability perspec
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/model-inclusive-growth-or-warning-lessons-garment-industry-mauritius - 2026-05-06
