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Dr Oskar Skog, Uppsala Universitet, har fått ett anslag från stiftelsen Diabetes Wellness Sverige för sitt projekt "Characterization of the diabetic pancreas to unravel the pathogenesis and etiology of type 1 diabetes". Anslaget är på på 200 000 kronor. Varför började du forska?- Jag har alltid varit intresserad av hur saker fungerar och var redan när jag började min utbildning på biomedicinarprog

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/malet-ar-att-forsta-vad-som-orsakar-diabetes-typ-1 - 2025-11-06

Allt fler människor drabbas av diabetessjukdom, som kan leda till diabetiska ögonskador. Forskare behöver därför få en större förståelse för hur många diabetespatienter som utvecklar retinopati. En stor och långvarig studie i Finland visar på en kontinuerlig minskning av antalet fall av diabetiska ögonskador. ”I takt med att allt fler insjuknar i diabetes och att den förväntade livslängden ökar ko

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/screening-kan-ligga-bakom-minskning-av-diabetiska-ogonskador - 2025-11-05

Hållbarhetsveckan har under de sju senaste åren etablerats som en självklar mötesplats för att diskutera omställningen till ett hållbart samhälle. I år samlar Lunds universitet tillsammans med Lunds kommun över 70 event i programmet. Där lyfts frågor som rör allt från biologisk mångfald och klimatfrågor till demokrati, stadsutveckling och kulturella uttryck. 8–13 april är det dags att diskutera vä

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/8-13-april-ar-det-dags-hallbarhetsveckan - 2025-11-06

Is it possible that a single biomarker can detect all types of diseases related to dopamine deficiency in the brain? Yes, that's what a research group in Lund is discovering. "We have observed that an enzyme in cerebrospinal fluid and in blood is a useful marker for identifying all types of Parkinson's-related diseases with high accuracy," says Oskar Hansson, who led the study. The marker in quest

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-blood-marker-can-identify-parkinsonian-diseases-0 - 2025-11-05

Males and females are affected in different ways by cooperation and competition in social groups – something that could determine which group sizes work best. According to a new study from Lund University in Sweden, this depends to a large extent quite simply on females and males having different interests. Over a seven-year period, the researchers studied ostriches in differently sized groups in

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/differences-male-and-female-ostriches-could-explain-how-they-form-groups - 2025-11-06

At the start of 2018 – as a reaction to the MeToo movement – the University decided to implement the Tellus project in order to strengthen the prevention of sexual harassment. Professor Anette Agardh was selected as the project leader. Almost five years have passed and what has happened since then? The first report of the Tellus project stated, among other things, that we needed to gather and incr

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/continued-work-against-sexual-harassment - 2025-11-06

An experimental study from Lund University in Sweden has revealed that the Alzheimer’s protein amyloid-beta accumulates inside nerve cells, and that the misfolded protein may then spread from cell to cell via nerve fibres. This happens at an earlier stage than the formation of amyloid-beta plaques in the brain, something that is associated with the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. The study in

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/does-alzheimers-disease-start-inside-nerve-cells - 2025-11-05

Extensive power outages and satellite blackouts that affect air travel and the internet are some of the potential consequences of massive solar storms. These storms are believed to be caused by the release of enormous amounts of stored magnetic energy due to changes in the magnetic field of the sun’s outer atmosphere - something that until now has eluded scientists’ direct measurement. Researchers

https://www.science.lu.se/article/breakthrough-method-predicting-solar-storms - 2025-11-05

Every year, millions of tons of bird feathers from slaughterhouses are wasted. In the future, we can instead perhaps make use of the protein in the feathers and eat them. Researchers in biotechnology at Lund University in Sweden have identified and refined a microorganism capable of converting various forms of organic waste into products for food, animal feed and cosmetics, among others. The initi

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-wasted-bird-feathers-turned-food - 2025-11-05

Cancer researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered a new class of fusion genes with properties that affect and may drive the development of cancer. A fusion gene occurs when a chromosomal break brings two separate genes together into a new functioning gene. So far, the research has focused on protein-coded fusion genes. However, human genes consist not only of protein-coded components

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/discovery-new-fusion-gene-class-may-affect-development-cancer - 2025-11-05

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/mimicking-navigation-insect-brain - 2025-11-05

A new epidemiological study from Lund University and Skåne University Hospital in Sweden shows that there is a connection between high levels of the gastrointestinal hormone GIP in the blood, and an elevated risk of cardiovascular disease. It is well known that the intestinal hormones GIP and GLP-1 are important for insulin production in the pancreas. They form in the intestines as we eat, and reg

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/gut-hormone-can-increase-risk-cardiovascular-disease - 2025-11-05

A new epidemiological study from Lund University and Skåne University Hospital in Sweden shows that there is a connection between high levels of the gastrointestinal hormone GIP in the blood, and an elevated risk of cardiovascular disease. It is well known that the intestinal hormones GIP and GLP-1 are important for insulin production in the pancreas. They form in the intestines as we eat, and reg

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/gut-hormone-can-increase-risk-cardiovascular-disease - 2025-11-05

Deputy vice-chancellor Sylvia Schwaag Serger sees an opportunity in the future to start a university-wide AI graduate school, similar to the one for Agenda 2030. “The discussions have started, but they are at a very early stage.” Developments in AI are happening very rapidly. There are many benefits, but complex social challenges arise alongside the technological breakthroughs. Deputy vice-chancel

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/importance-lu-interdisciplinary-ai-initiative - 2025-11-05

Six-month old infants recognize when adults imitate them, and perceive imitators as more friendly, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden. The babies looked and smiled longer at an adult who imitated them, as opposed to when the adult responded in other ways. Babies also approached them more, and engaged in imitating games. The research is published in PLOS One. In the study, a re

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-babies-know-when-you-imitate-them-and-it - 2025-11-05

On 15-17 May, the second edition of the Swedish Climate Symposium will take place in Norrköping. The symposium offers is a unique opportunity for scholars and societal actors to seek greater scientific understanding of climate change and its consequences for the environment and society. David Wårlind is part of the steering group for the symposium, and we asked him three questions about why you do

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/three-questions-david-warlind-about-swedish-climate-symposium - 2025-11-05

William Sidemo Holm, PhD student within Environmental Science and BECC, has received a scholarship from the Swedish trade association, Foder och Spannmål for his thesis "Improving agricultural pollution abatement through result-oriented Remuneration schemes". On February 3, 2016, the trade association Foder och Spannmål, announced its’ annual scholarship for the best thesis in economics at the gra

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-phd-student-wins-scholarship-best-thesis - 2025-11-05

Can dragonflies migrate thousands of miles across the Indian Ocean, from India via the Maldives to Africa, and back again? An international research team led by Lund University in Sweden has used models and simulations to find out if the hypothesis could be true. In 2009, marine biologist Charles Anderson put forward a hypothesis after observing globe skimmer dragonflies (Pantala flavescens) on th

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/study-supports-theory-dragonflies-migrate-across-indian-ocean - 2025-11-05

In a recent study from Lund University in Sweden, researchers have used new technology to study extremely fast processes in solar cells. The research results form a concrete step towards more efficient solar cells. The upper limit for the efficiency of normal solar cells is around 33 per cent. However, researchers now see a possibility to raise that limit to over 40 per cent, thereby significantly

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/quantum-world-without-queues-could-lead-better-solar-cells - 2025-11-05

Eric Lander, a long time collaborator of the diabetes researchers at LUDC, has been appointed as scientific advisor to Barack Obama, the new president of the United States. Eric Lander is an honorary doctor at the faculty of medicine at Lund University and member of the Scientific Advisory Board of LUDC. - It’s an honor, of course, but it's more the responsibility to serve right now, Eric Lander c

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/ludc-and-president-obama-have-same-scientific-advisor - 2025-11-05