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During her thesis project, Elin Byman discovered a role of alpha-amylase in Alzheimer’s disease. January 21, she defends her Ph.D. work supervised by Malin Wennström in the Preclinical memory research group at MultiPark. Here, she tells about the journey and major breakthroughs. Tell us about your research! The enzyme alpha-amylase has long been known to be abundant in saliva and the gastrointesti

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-elin-byman - 2026-07-21

During the spring, a preliminary study is being conducted with the aim of enhancing professional development and career paths for technical and administrative (TA) staff at the University. The preliminary study is to map the current situation: the development opportunities that exist, the rate of staff turnover etc. The work is to lead to concrete proposals for how LU can structure long-term work

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/professional-and-career-development-technical-and-administrative-staff-preliminary-study-underway - 2026-07-22

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/centres-strategic-plan-adopted - 2026-07-21

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/can-we-actually-fix-climate - 2026-07-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. He was selling carpets on Mårtenstorget in Lund, applying for all kinds of jobs and answered an advert from the Department of Clinical Immunology, Lund University, for a lab technician job. He didn´t get the job. Instead he was asked if he wanted to start a Ph.D. A few weeks ago immunology professor William Agace was

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/carpets-market-academy-professor - 2026-07-21

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. The Sociology of Law Department has received funding under the Linnaeus-Palme programme for the academic years 2014-15 and 2014-16. The Linnaeus-Palme programme grants 80 000 SEK to the Sociology of Law Department for the cooperation between Lund University (LU) and the Inner Mongolia Normal University (IMNU). IMNU,

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/artikel/chinese-exchange-child-rights - 2026-07-21

No 54, 5 February 2026 Welcome to the latest addition of the NAISS training newsletter.   We re-advertise a number of events advertised before.  If you like to discuss with us in a zoom session, please join us for the Zoom-in on 12th February.An overview on our events is available on the NAISS training page (NAISS).Questions on NAISS training events and general input for the NAISS training team sh

https://www.compile.lu.se/article/naiss-training-newsletter-7 - 2026-07-21

Two world-leading American researchers known respectively for their research within medical humanities, and the sensory nervous system and perception of pain and temperature have been named honorary doctors at the Faculty of Medicine. The honorary doctorates will be conferred on 26 May 2023. Ever since David Julius’ discovery of the temperature and pain receptor TRPV1, he has contributed crucial d

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/honorary-doctors-named-faculty-medicine - 2026-07-21

No 56, 5 March 2026 Welcome to the latest addition of the NAISS training newsletter.   This time we have four new events:  User developing and optimising applications on the Grace Hopper GPU nodes on Dardel or the future Arrhenius system may be interested to join us in the end of March.  We have a course on using Python in an HPC environment and the Programming Formalisms course.   Users of our se

https://www.compile.lu.se/article/naiss-training-newsletter-9 - 2026-07-21

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. CenCIP-forskare medverkar i en uppföljare till en lyckad sommarkurs i Venedig med fokus på kritiska infrastrukturers resiliens. Anmälan till kursen är öppen till den 29 mars. För mer information och anmälan till kursen, se nedan.VIU Summer School on Critical Infrastructure Resilience (CIR) In this second edition, we

https://www.cencip.lu.se/artikel/anmal-till-kurs-i-venedig-critical-infrastructure-resilience - 2026-07-21

Med anledning av kriget i Ukraina Med anledning av kriget i Ukraina har UB skapat en sida med länkar till material i LUBsearch och på forskningsportalen kopplat till det säkerhetspolitiska läget i Europa. Länk till: Med anledning av kriget i Ukraina Nytt från projektet Öppen vetenskap Projektet har fått en ny styrgrupp, uppdaterad projektplan och en ny medarbetare i projektgruppen, Jon Eriksen. Un

https://www.lub.lu.se/internt/artikel/nyhetsbrev-mars-e-media-och-vetenskaplig-kommunikation-1 - 2026-07-21

Antikroppar är kroppens superhjältar som känner igen och röjer undan sjukdomsframkallande ämnen. Genom att kombinera delar från antikroppar har forskare vid Lunds universitet designat en hybridantikropp som bättre stimulerar immunförsvaret mot både SARS-CoV-2-virus och streptokockbakterier. –  Hybridantikroppen är betydligt bättre än kroppens egna antikroppar på att bekämpa såväl streptokocker som

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/receptet-pa-en-fantastisk-antikropp - 2026-07-21

The Historical Museum at Lund University reopened during the first weekend of December after almost one year of renovation and rebuilding. “It feels great to be able to welcome new and previous visitors to the museum at last. We hope that they will make new discoveries about the past and find new approaches to our collections, while it will be easier to find your way here and around the museum”, s

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/reopened-museum-looks-future - 2026-07-21

Have the flight-free movement’s calls to avoid flying because of climate change had an impact on travel behaviors? What can be attributed to economic factors, changed social norms or a combination of both is unclear - but air travel in Sweden has decreased by 20 percent compared to before the pandemic. – The movement seeks to achieve change by making visible other ways of traveling, and in a large

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-dissertation-explores-how-swedens-flight-free-movement-challenges-social-norms-around-flying - 2026-07-21

On 18 November, a news item was released that went beyond our wildest dreams: Lund University ranked first in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability. We have been ranked as not just the best in Sweden, or even Europe – we are number one in the entire world! This is most likely the first time that a Swedish or Nordic university has been ranked best in the world in one of the major ranking

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/we-are-ranked-best-world-sustainability-according-qs-i-am-speechless - 2026-07-22

625 people gathered at Lund City Library for a highly anticipated CMES lecture by Cecilia Uddén, Middle East correspondent for Swedish Radio. On 6 March, CMES, in collaboration with Lund City Library, hosted a public lecture with award-winning journalist Cecilia Uddén, Middle East Correspondent for Swedish Radio. Part of the CMES Research Seminar Series, the event focused on the latest political d

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/full-house-lund-city-library-cmes-lecture-cecilia-udden - 2026-07-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Having LU researchers and lecturers on site is very important to develop functioning international collaborations, according to Head of International Relations at the Faculty of Medicine Karin Frydenlund. She has recently returned from a visit to Jordan, where the collaboration between LU and the University of Jordan

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/collaboration-jordan-strengthened - 2026-07-21

No 53, 22 January 2026 Welcome to the latest addition of the NAISS training newsletter.   Registration for the NAISS Introduction training week is about to close.  Registration for the  CodeRefienry workshop has now been opened.  We re-advertise a number of events advertised before.An overview on our events is available on the NAISS training page (NAISS).Questions on NAISS training events and gene

https://www.compile.lu.se/article/naiss-training-newsletter-6 - 2026-07-21

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. The award is annually granted to the author (authors) of a Master´s thesis written at the Department of Strategic Communication of Lund University. Send your thesis and a copy of your official grade at the latest 16th of June 2017. The thesis should hold a high academic quality and bring new knowledge to the area of

https://www.isk.lu.se/artikel/apply-gullers-grupp-award - 2026-07-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lars Eklundh, professor at our department, is one of the organizers behind "The Future of Drones: Technologies, Applications, Risks and Ethics", an international workshop on drones. Lars Eklundh, professor, is co-arranging an international workshop on drones. The workshop is entitled "The Future of Drones: Technologie

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/researchers-and-industry-participate-workshop-drones - 2026-07-21