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A common cause of myocardial infarction and stroke is the rupture of atherosclerotic plaques. The exact location of plaque ruptures has previously been unknown, but now researchers at Lund University have mapped this. The research team has also identified an enzyme, a marker, that they hope will help predict who is at risk of having a myocardial infarction or a stroke due to a ruptured atheroscler
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lisa graduated from the Master's programme in Environmental Management and Policy this summer. Now she's a PhD student at the IIIEE, doing research on circular business model innovation and its implementation in the Swedish manufacturing industry. Hej Lisa! Tell us something about yourself and what you’re working with
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-our-new-phd-student-lisa-heldt - 2026-07-23
Whether you are an experienced researcher or new to the field, finding relevant scientific journals to publish your article in can be challenging. Book a consultation with one of the faculty librarians to learn how to identify high-quality journals in your research area. Since last spring, Helena Stjernberg Tagesson has been providing research support and publication advice at the Social Sciences
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/need-help-finding-right-journal-your-research - 2026-07-23
The building that houses the University Library has been named the most beautiful in Lund and Sweden several times. After the renovation, we hope you feel that the inside of the building harmonises with the outside. See a glimpse of how it turned out here. The University Library boasts a stunning exterior. But the inside may not have been as impressive as the outside. We addressed this in the reno
https://www.ub.lu.se/en/article/renovated-library-awaits-you-autumn - 2026-07-23
On Friday 4 October, Linn Alenius Wallin successfully defended her thesis “Bonus-grandchildren and Bonus-grandparents: On Care and Relationships Between Generations in Reconstituted and Chosen Families” and can now call herself a Doctor of Sociology. In her thesis, Linn Alenius Wallin examines the relationships between bonus grandchildren and bonus parents, i.e. bonus grandparents and bonus grandp
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/linn-alenius-wallin-has-successfully-defended-her-dissertation - 2026-07-23
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Arctic climate change research relies on field measurements and samples that are too scarce, and patchy at best. The researchers in the BECC action group looked at thousands of scientific studies, and found that around 30% of cited studies were clustered around only two research stations in the vast Arctic region. A p
https://www.becc.lu.se/article/agpatchy-field-sampling-biases-understanding-climate-change-impacts-across-arctic - 2026-07-23
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In a new national register study from Lund University in Sweden, researchers have studied the link between prostate cancer and infertility. The study, published in the British Medical Journal, includes over one million Swedish men. “Men who seek health care for infertility and assisted reproduction were shown to be at
https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/link-between-assisted-reproduction-and-risk-prostate-cancer - 2026-07-23
Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson, Professor of Lung Biology at Lund University, has been awarded the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Lifetime Achievement Award in Basic and Translational Science 2025. The European Respiratory Society is a leading international organisation with more than 35,000 members from over 160 countries, working to improve lung health through research, education, and clinical
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/lifetime-achievement-award-gunilla-westergren-thorsson - 2026-07-23
A newly started project is to produce a web solution to support potential students in the process of choosing courses and programmes. The decision to implement the project “A unified web experience for education” was taken at the Vice-Chancellor’s decision-making meeting on 30 November. The aim of the “a unified web experience for education” project is to create a modern service website that provi
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-web-solution-will-focus-prospective-students - 2026-07-24
No 55, 19 February 2026 Welcome to the latest addition of the NAISS training newsletter. In this edition we have one new event on scientific visualialization with ParaView. Registration is closing soon for “Intro to Python for HPC” and “Array computing in C++ using Eigen”. If you want to speak to us directly, the next zoom-in is scheduled for the 12th of March.An overview on our events is ava
https://www.compile.lu.se/article/naiss-training-newsletter-8 - 2026-07-23
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. This spring students in the Critical & Pedagogical Studies Programme at Malmö Art Academy will present their exam projects towards the completion of a Master of Fine Arts degree. The exam projects will lead to several weeks of diverse activities which will discuss and reflect different critical and pedagogical aspec
https://www.khm.lu.se/artikel/critical-and-pedagogical-studies-exam-projects-2017 - 2026-07-23
More than half of teenage girls experienced heavy bleeding and 40 per cent had an iron deficiency. The research, led from Lund University in Sweden, also shows that young teenage girls who experience heavy menstrual bleeding – and are therefore at greater risk of iron deficiency – can be identified using a simple questionnaire. As many as half of the teenage girls in the study published in PLOS On
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Love poems, playing cards and secret notes. For half a millennium, people who have attended mass at Lund Cathedral have found ways to pass the time when the sermons felt too slow. In a few years, the Lund University Historical Museum will introduce a new cabinet of curiosities, containing notes and strange objects whi
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hidden-treasures-choir-stalls-made-exhibition - 2026-07-23
Lund University sociology student Julia Grahn is among those who receive learning support. She is deaf and is provided with sign-language interpretation during her studies. Cilla Riber Alm is one of the sign-language interpreters who work with deaf students at the University. LUM has spoken to both of them. “In all educational situations, such as lectures, seminars and group work, I have access to
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/when-studies-depend-interpretation - 2026-07-24
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Low age, the number of hours spent on the internet/social media, feelings of loneliness and thoughts about seeking treatment for mental illness. All of these are associated with problem gaming over the internet. This is one of the findings of a study recently published by researchers at Lund University that includes a
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/study-screen-games-mental-illness-and-addiction - 2026-07-23
Today two separate batches of available housing were published, one for September and one for remaining accommodations in late August. Please note that response deadlines for August rooms will be very short. Two batchesToday (19 August), the fifth batch of available housing for August 2024 was published, as well as the first batch of housing available from September. These batches have different d
https://www.luaccommodation.lu.se/article/september-and-late-august-batches-published - 2026-07-23
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Vinnova is investing SEK 500 million in collaboration on non-communicable diseases over the next ten years. A call for proposals for collaborative projects is currently open. “Researchers who collaborate with either the business sector or the health service, or both, have a chance of obtaining a grant”, says Peter Nor
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/strategic-innovation-area-coordinated-lund - 2026-07-23
An international team of researchers has identified 13 biomarkers that significantly improve the ability to accurately predict cardiovascular disease risk in people with type 2 diabetes. The analysis was led by Lund University, Johns Hopkins University, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The study was published in Communications Medicine. Although people with type 2 diabetes are two times mo
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-study-biomarkers-improve-prediction-cardiovascular-disease-type-2-diabetes - 2026-07-23
Each year the Faculty of Social Sciences announces a number of recurring grants that are available to apply for certain categories of faculty staff. Also, please note the deadlines concerning appointments and courses for teaching in higher education. GrantsApplication monthsThe application months are to be used to draw up research applications. PhD holders employed until further notice as senior l
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/important-application-dates-2025 - 2026-07-23
