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A new COVID-19 antibody test developed by scientists at Lund University in Sweden has shown robust performance upon clinical validation and application. The test detects antibodies in the blood targeting the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, and determines in just 15 minutes whether a person has had COVID-19, regardless of whether they have had any symptoms. “Unlike other serological tests to determine

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-rapid-and-robust-covid-19-antibody-test-developed - 2026-07-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Harvard professor Nathan Nunn, creative economist, is the 2020 recipient of the Jan Söderberg Family Prize in Economics and Management. Professor Nunn will receive the Prize on SEK 1 million in Lund, Sweden, and give a lecture on his research on 25 March. Experimental economics and development economics are hot topics

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/prize-pioneering-knowledge-africas-development - 2026-07-21

Why do some people develop type 1 diabetes and others do not? Worldwide, researchers are now collaborating to find the answer to this complex question.Diabetes researchers at Lund University recently contributed data to a new study that shows that type 1 diabetes develops in three different ways in children. This improved understanding makes it possible for scientists to conduct new types of studi

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/blood-testing-children-leads-better-understanding-type-1-diabetes - 2026-07-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The University’s main priority in these difficult times is the safety and well-being of our students, our staff and the community around us. As a centre of education and research in Sweden for more than 350 years, the University has stood through many major events in world history and by working together in solidarity

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-and-coronavirus-covid-19 - 2026-07-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Mikael Dolsten was an advisor to President Obama, worked with Joe Biden on Cancer Moonshot, was involved in the R&D for some 30 drugs – and he is now leading the development of Pfizer’s and BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine as head of research at Pfizer. It is an impressive career to say the least, and it started in Lund

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/mikael-dolsten-head-research-pfizer-appointed-visiting-professor-lund-university-0 - 2026-07-21

Capsules for transporting drugs, knee injuries that are really osteoarthritis, skin cells reprogrammed into nerve cells, variations in our DNA affecting the production of blood cells, and the urban sharing economy as a potential solution to our sustainability challenges. These are the research areas which have been awarded ERC Consolidator Grants from the European Research Council (ERC) in the 201

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/prestigious-erc-grants-awarded-lund-researchers - 2026-07-21

Ten years have passed since the countries of the world signed the Paris Agreement. Political scientist Fariborz Zelli sums up the surprises – both positive and negative – in climate policy over the past ten years and also looks ahead. What has been the biggest success of the Paris Agreement so far?I would say the biggest success is that the UN has succeeded in keeping its central role in global cl

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/decade-paris-agreement-brings-progress-and-setbacks - 2026-07-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. IT IS HIGH TIME that we start thinking about how we define life, according to a group of Lund University researchers. An army of intelligent robots is growing in front of us, but also opportunities to alter people’s DNA, create super babies and, perhaps, to encounter life in space.“Human beings have always dreamed of

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/designer-babies-and-intelligent-robots-how-new-life-challenging-humankind - 2026-07-21

On 22 August 2023, Department of Business Law at Lund University School of Economics and Management was visited by an academic delegation from Wuhan University. This was an insightful academic exchange of ideas and discussions on possible future scholarly collaborations. The aim with the meeting was to explore academic collaboration on trade and sustainability towards climate neutrality. The acade

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/exploring-academic-collaboration-trade-and-sustainability-towards-climate-neutrality - 2026-07-21

Meet trumpet player and diploma student Matilda Lloyd, performing together with Malmö Symfoniorkester November 26. Hi Matilda, do you live in Sweden or did you travel here for the concert? - I have just moved to Munich in Germany, so I have travelled here just for the concert, which I am very excited for. Did you yourself choose the music piece that you are playing by Weinberg for your diploma con

https://www.mhm.lu.se/artikel/and-each-time-my-best-better-last-times-best - 2026-07-21

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/bes-om-global-styrning - 2026-07-21

https://www.soch.lu.se/artikel/korean-national-assembly-delegation-visits-school-social-work - 2026-07-21

https://www.khm.lu.se/artikel/alumn-samaneh-reyhani - 2026-07-21

Den 10 december är Nobeldagen, och i år tilldelas Sir John B. Gurdon och Shinya Yamanaka Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin. diabetesportalen.se backar bandet och berättar bakgrunden till 1923 års Nobelpris i medicin – som gick till insulinets upptäckare Frederick Banting och James Macleod. Sent på eftermiddagen den 11 januari 1922 fick 14-årige Leonard Thompson två insulininjektioner, en i var

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/insulinets-upptackare-fick-nobelpriset-1923 - 2026-07-21

I år är det 100 år sedan insulinets upptäckt 1921. Insulinbehandling kunde snart ges med livräddande effekt till patienter med diabetes. Frederick Banting och John Macleod fick Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin för fyndet, men flera andra forskare var nära upptäckten. Länge tvistade forskarna om vad diabetessjukdomen berodde på. Handlade det om en obalans i kroppsvätskorna? Uppstod sjukdomen i

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/striden-om-upptackten-av-insulinet - 2026-07-21

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. 14 november är Världsdiabetesdagen, för första året också med FN stöd. Orsaken är att FN klassar diabetes som ett lika stort hot mot hälsan i världen som HIV/AIDS, malaria och TBC. Datumet 14 november är valt därför att det är insulinets upptäckare Frederick Bantings födelsedag. diabetesportalen.se berättar den hist

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/varldsdiabetesdagen-och-insulinets-upptackt - 2026-07-21

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. In addition to the Data Protection Regulation Jens Henricson has completed the artistic intervention Measurement of Time that was commissioned by Akademiska Hus and the Swedish Public Art Agency, owned and managed by Akademiska Hus and integrated in the glazed facade of the Police Education Building at Umeå Universi

https://www.khm.lu.se/artikel/alumni-jens-henricson - 2026-07-21

New project funded by Swedish National Data Service (SND). The project IAC Art Files has been granted funding as a so-called flagship of the Swedish National Data Service (SND) 2025–2027. With IAC Art Files, Inter Arts Center (IAC) aims to create a sustainable archive and accessible database for artistic research data and output. IAC Art Files will provide solutions for sustainable archiving and a

https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/iac-art-files - 2026-07-21

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Att upptäckten av insulinet 1921 var värt ett nobelpris var tämligen oomstritt. Men vem skulle lönas? När Nobelkommittén 1923 hade bestämt sig flammade protesterna upp. Jag var först, hävdade några. Inte ens i gruppen som ärades var man nöjda. Likväl - 14 november, pristagaren Frederick Bantings födelsedag , är till

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/varldsdiabetesdagen-ifragasatta-pristagare-upptackten-av-insulinet - 2026-07-21

https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/artikel/utmarkelse-basta-artikel - 2026-07-21