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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated.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 - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Olle Melander, professor of Internal Medicine and consultant at Skåne University Hospital, has received the prestigious European Research Council’s (ERC) Advanced Grant of approximately SEK 25 million. Olle Melander, Professor of Internal Medicine, does research on new preventive treatments for diabetes and cardiovasc

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/olle-melander-awarded-erc-advanced-grants - 2026-07-05

Change brings development and is a part of life. Sara Novakov has guided LUSEM through changes while maintaining continuity since 2007, but this fall, she will be retiring. Sara joined LUSEM in 2007, having already been employed at the university since 1994, including working as an internal auditor. Coming to a faculty full of economists as an economist herself has worked well, she says with a smi

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/lusems-very-own-head-finance-retiring-what-happens-now - 2026-07-05

Borders don’t just divide nations — they define our bodies too. At the skin and in the gut, our barrier organs form the frontline of defense against infection. Here, diverse communities of friendly microbes, the microbiota, help maintain health and keep these borders strong, backed up by an immune system ready to deploy antibodies against any intruder. Protecting these barrier organs is central to

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/inta-gribonika-awarded-ssmf-starting-grant-research-skin-humoral-immunity - 2026-07-05

The idea of publishing research findings in open access journals is in many ways an asset in the research community. Unfortunately, it has also entailed the emergence of many unprofessional agents on the market. Their only purpose is to trick researchers into giving them money. Not only does a successful researcher need to produce good research, their findings must also be visible among tough comp

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/always-check-magasine-carefully - 2026-07-05

In a collaboration with the Swedish local brewery, Brygghuset Finn, LUCSUS researchers are working toward finding ways of improving sustainability of the craft beer industry. The project is part of an international research project, which focuses on identifying and testing local solutions to challenges within the food-water-energy nexus. We have been collaborating with a local brewer in Landskrona

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/impact-story-collaboration-local-brewery-improve-sustainability-craft-beer-industry - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Swedish manhood enters into crisis at irregular intervals; the male role may now be about to change once again in the aftermath of the #metoo protest. Gender historian Emma Severinsson hopes that the boys of today will learn to show feelings – and gender scholar Jens Rydström adds that men need to get better at talkin

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/will-male-roles-change-after-metoo - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. As a PhD student he made a significant discovery when he identified ghrelin cells in the pancreatic islands. Four hormone-producing cells were already known to exist in the islands, including the insulin cell. The ghrelin cell became the fifth such cell. “In the scientific world, the discovery of a new type of cell in

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/flying-start-fifth-cell - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University needs long-term strategies with clear priorities from the faculties of what type of research to invest in, agree the two new pro vice-chancellors Stacey Ristinmaa Sörensen and Bo Ahrén. They also recognise the difficulty of achieving this at a university as comprehensive as Lund. “Our breadth is defini

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-pro-vice-chancellors-want-strategic-investments-research - 2026-07-05

The human brain is an incredibly intricate organ that regulates everything from our motor skills to our memories. But how did it evolve into the complex structure we see today? Researchers at Lund University offer new insights in their latest study, published in Science Advances, detailing how a specific group of genetic elements have influenced the development of the human brain over time. Hidden

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/how-mobile-dna-shapes-human-brain - 2026-07-05

Lund University, Future By Lund and Tetra Pak are now jointly focusing on bioprocess technology and new solutions in the sustainable production of food and materials. Lund University School of Economics and Management is also part of the initiative that goes under the name Biotech Heights. For Thomas Kalling and his colleagues this is a natural continuation of research on the food industry and its

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/strategic-perspectives-food-future-new-biotech-heights - 2026-07-05

The human brain is an incredibly intricate organ that regulates everything from our motor skills to our memories. But how did it evolve into the complex structure we see today? Researchers at Lund University offer new insights in their latest study, published in Science Advances, detailing how a specific group of genetic elements have influenced the development of the human brain over time. Hidden

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/how-mobile-dna-shapes-human-brain - 2026-07-05

An international consensus report on diabetes identifies the potential for diabetes screening, better classification of type 2 diabetes, and biomarkers that can predict cardiovascular disease. The report also highlights that more evidence is needed before it is possible to provide individualised treatment to all patients. The report is based on a large collaboration between 28 universities worldwi

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-report-opportunities-and-challenges-precision-diabetes-medicine - 2026-07-05

Why are there hundreds of jumbled human bones in the ground at Uppåkra? That is one of the mysteries that archaeologists at Lund University hope to be able to solve in the next few years. They will be aided by the latest DNA technology. A quiet calm rests over Uppåkra, just outside Lund. The only sound under the enormous tent canvas that has been hung just next to an old pigsty – which incidentall

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-technique-reveals-uppakras-violent-past - 2026-07-06

Gabriel Börner preferred playing pinball to studying at upper secondary school and therefore failed to get into a medical programme. Today, he is a senior consultant in surgery at Helsingborg Hospital and a researcher at Lund University. He has invented a “sewing machine” to suture patient’s wounds after abdominal surgery. Although the journey there was longer than he could ever have imagined, he

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/needlework-surgery - 2026-07-05

Set a goal for your training for one to four months and pay in SEK 1,000. You get your money back if you achieve your goal. Crazy? Perhaps, but in a study by Professor of Economics Erik Wengström and his colleagues, the incentive proved to be quite effective compared with the control groups. “I’ve had a long-standing interest in how people behave in strategic situations and if you look at it from

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/achieve-your-training-goals-and-get-money-back-it-works - 2026-07-04

This October marks the launch of Sweden’s first Swedish Biodiversity Symposium—an entirely new meeting place where experts and stakeholders in biodiversity will gather to promote positive developments in the field. We had the opportunity to talk with Mats Björkman, BECC's coordinator in Gothenburg and the project manager for the symposium. Mats Björkman is a senior lecturer at the Department of Bi

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/has-been-lacking-premiere-swedish-biodiversity-symposium-new-meeting-place-biodiversity - 2026-07-05

Lund University has established the Lund University Centre for Preparedness and Resilience (LUPREP) with the aim of bringing together the University’s research and education in total defence, crisis preparedness and societal resilience. The centre is based at Campus Helsingborg and serves as a cross-faculty platform where researchers from across the University meet to address complex societal chal

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/natural-science-perspectives-preparedness-and-resilience-sought - 2026-07-05

The Darknet is often described as criminal, lawless and in need of external control. New research by sociologist Tove Westberg, however, shows that cryptoforums on the Darknet function as complex social communities, shaped by norms, trust and informal social control. Today, Friday 10 April 2026, Tove Westberg marks the successful defence of her doctoral thesis in sociology at Lund University. The

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/beyond-common-misconceptions-new-research-sheds-light-darknet - 2026-07-05

Nair Ferreira Barbosa da Costa, kindly called Voinha in the family, was married off at 14. She gave birth to thirteen children, had to leave her first four children behind, fled 1500 miles to escape an abusive marriage and later became a single mother. "I had the guts. If I decided to do something, I would just do it." Now, Agenda 2030 PhD student Iury Salustiano Trojaborg's interviews with her gr

https://www.agenda2030graduateschool.lu.se/article/exploring-voinhas-life-journey-forced-marriage-feminist-empowerment - 2026-07-05