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Although not yet decided, we have good reasons to believe that the funding of the 43 Strategic Research Areas (SRAs) including BECC will continue. As a result, we are now preparing for the long-term future, including a new internal structure where Challenged Themes replace the former Clusters with the aim to increase the integration between disciplines. At the BECC 2015 annual meeting, we discusse

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/new-research-organisation-becc-clusters-grand-challenge-themes - 2026-05-21

Two CASE researchers, Wenqian Xu and Oskar Jonsson, have each received a "seed money grant" in the profile area Proactive Ageing's first internal call. Researcher Oskar Jonsson leads the one project, which was granted SEK 250,000 in the call: "Inclusive Living Environments to Attract the Joy of Movement and Promote Physical Activity for Proactive Ageing: Theory and Method Development and Full-scal

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/ai-and-movement-focus-profile-areas-seed-money-grant - 2026-05-21

Researchers in Lund, Copenhagen and Norwich have shown that harmful mutations present in the DNA play an important – yet neglected – role in the conservation and translocation programs of threatened species. “Many species are threatened by extinction, both locally and globally. For example, we have lost about ten vertebrate species in Sweden in the last century. However, all these species occur el

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/genomics-informed-decisions-can-help-save-species-extinction - 2026-05-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. As part of efforts to modernise its healthcare services, Russia is striving to improve radiation protection. Lund University is helping towards a successful outcome. Aleksandr Vodovatov has a key role in work to establish national guidelines for x-radiation at Russian hospitals. He is carrying out part of his research

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/doctoral-student-set-improve-radiation-protection-russian-healthcare - 2026-05-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. How accessible are Swedish homes to the elderly? Pensioners, teachers and students all over Sweden will be helping researchers at the Centre for Ageing and Supportive Environments (CASE) at Lund University to find out in the ForskarFredag (Researchers’ Friday) 2020 mass experiment – the Housing Experiment. Professor S

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/out-tape-measure-first-time-sweden-mass-experiment-involving-elderly - 2026-05-21

On the first of August, former Head of HR at Medfak, Mikael Rydahl, became Head of Med-service, BIKT, CCM and the University Veterinarian. The new management model will synchronise services and provide a better and more adapted service for all employees. "With a joint manager for the service units, management and dialogue between the dean, management, other users and the service operations are sim

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/new-yet-old-manager-coordinates-our-services-our-goal-flexible-fast-cost-effective-problem-solving - 2026-05-21

During the excursion week this spring, Master’s students from the Department of Geology visited Öland and the Danish town of Faxe. This year there was also a new location in the programme. Students had the opportunity to learn more about the Cretaceous period and its fossil remains in the bat-filled Tykarp Cave, which is actually an old limestone mine. Anders Lindskog and Johan Lindgren suddenly c

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-collaboration-between-university-and-underground-world - 2026-05-22

New webpage covering what you need to know about your work phone, email tips for the summer and information about Microsoft's new M365 portal. Information page on telephony The Staff Pages has a new webpage dedicated to telephony, which makes it easier to find up-to-date and correct information on telephony at Lund University. Here, you can find information on aspects such as buying mobile phoness

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/it-news-telephony-microsoft-365-teams-and-email - 2026-05-22

Over the past 15 years, Lund University has been active in several European collaboration platforms called EIT KICs. But what exactly is a KIC? In short, they are thematic innovation networks within the EU where universities, companies, start-ups, students and entrepreneurs collaborate on societal challenges such as climate, food, culture and water. COOKIES – New blog and newsletter about EIT KIC

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/curious-about-kics-and-what-they-can-offer - 2026-05-22

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

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-discoveries-about-where-atherosclerotic-plaques-rupture-can-lead-preventive-treatments - 2026-05-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The expression “Sweden’s green gold” has a new meaning. Forests are now not only to provide timber and paper – but also save the climate. Chemical engineering researcher Christian Hulteberg has managed to transform a residual product from pulp manufacturing into a liquid that is chemically identical to petrol. The pla

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/he-pumps-petrol-trees - 2026-05-21

Ovarian cancer (OC) is usually detected at late clinical stages and urgent extensive surgery is crucial for survival. Associate professor Päivi Kannisto is using cutting-edge technologies to investigate the multifactorial causes of ovarian cancer which include genetic, immunological, and environmental factors to optimize diagnosis, surgical planning, treatment, and care. -Ovarian cancer is a commo

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/urgent-need-early-detection-ovarian-cancer-cutting-edge-technologies - 2026-05-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Exporting the Swedish welfare model is not a good idea. At least not as a recipe for achieving a more sustainable society, says Professor Max Koch, manager of a research team that links the climate crisis with welfare. Sweden’s relatively low carbon emissions, despite a high gross domestic product, are partly due to t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/measuring-success-terms-economic-growth-devastating-our-climate - 2026-05-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. As the body ages, there is a general loss of function in all organs. Among other things this leads to declining renal function and osteoporosis among the elderly, the latter to a greater extent among women. A new doctoral dissertation from Lund University illuminates women’s aging and investigates the relationship bet

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/kidney-function-and-osteoporosis-elderly - 2026-05-21

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/understanding-behaviour-light-and-matter-key-future-technologies - 2026-05-21

By injecting a solution of nanoparticles around the heart, a temporary heart stimulator self-assembles, which can correct heart arrhythmia in emergencies with the help of an external power source. After treatment, the electrode spontaneously disappears from the body. The study was conducted on animals. Arrhythmia occurs when there are disturbances in the heart’s electrical signals, causing it to b

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/injectable-heart-stimulator-emergency-situations - 2026-05-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUCSUS researcher Emma Johansson is currently in Cambodia to study linkages between land, water and food. The field trip marks the start of a new post doctoral research project aiming to investigate changes in water use and food production linked to land grabbing. The post doctoral studies are funded by the Crafoord F

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-challenges-surrounding-land-are-facing-population-emma-johansson-sets-out-field-trip-cambodia - 2026-05-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Last week LUCSUS’ researcher (Assistant Prof.) Mine Islar presented her research about citizen movements in Barcelona at the ‘ecological democracy’ workshop at the University of Sydney, Australia. The aim of the workshop was to critically explore the tensions and synergies between democracy and sustainability on local

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/can-activist-politicians-be-agents-change - 2026-05-21

I and many others are ambivalent when it comes to the ranking of the world’s universities. But Lund University has made the ranking lists and that does have an impact, at the very least for international marketing purposes. We must be active, rather than passive, in relation to the ranking bodies. Small margins can make a university climb or tumble down the lists, so there is a need to be modest w

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainability-moving-forward-grants-innovations-and-top-ranking - 2026-05-22

Ten Ukrainian medical students, ten supervisors from the Faculty, for ten weeks. Initiator and professor, David Gisselsson Nord, is happy that the pilot project in medical research is up and going. Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine has led to serious disruptions to Ukraine's medical education system. Some universities have suffered extensive destruction and have had to evacuate their campus

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/medfaks-ukrainian-summer-school-has-started-welcome-us - 2026-05-22