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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 - 2026-06-29

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Möt Ivanna Read: masterstudenten i strategisk kommunikation som sätter Lunds universitet på kartan som bloggare på Studyinsweden.se. Förutom att prestera på topp i akademiska sammanhang är hon också universitetets senaste globala ambassadör – den 8 maj utnämns hon till Lunds universitets Global Swede vid en ceremoni

https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/samhallsvetare-universitetets-nya-globala-ambassador - 2026-06-29

Soroor Mansouryar has been a LUSEM student for five years, first in the bachelor's programme in International Business and then in the master's programme in International Strategic Management. When she graduated in 2023 she felt ready to step into her dream job as a management consultant. Editor's note: this interview is from 2024.Hi Soroor! Can you share a bit about what you have been up to since

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/soroor-mansouryar-alumna-international-strategic-management-2023 - 2026-06-29

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Mikael Dolsten har varit rådgivare för president Obama, arbetat med Joe Biden kring Cancer Moonshot, bidragit till ett 30-tal läkemedel – och nu leder han utvecklingen av Pfizers och BioNTechs corona-vaccin som forskningschef på Pfizer. En minst sagt imponerande karriär har stakats ut, och den började i Lund. Den 1

https://www.lu.se/artikel/mikael-dolsten-forskningschef-pfizer-blir-gastprofessor-vid-lunds-universitet - 2026-06-30

Joan Yuan, associate professor of immunology at the Department of Laboratory Medicine, and researcher at Lund Stem Cell Center, is one of three researchers from Lund University to receive a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) this year. The main goal of the project is to explore the fascinating world of B cells, which originate from our very earliest time in life, but play

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/erc-grant-advances-study-b-cells-crucial-role-our-immune-system - 2026-06-29

"When I was a kid, I said tetra about all the juice drinks," says Roxanne Mae Targa when she talks about her first experience with Tetra Pak. Now she knows more. After completing her degree project, she is now employed by the company. As a student at Tetra Pak, she quickly felt like one in the group – an experience she shares with her classmates Nawapan Boonchum and Elif Tiryakioglu. How much did

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/degree-project-students-appreciate-open-working-climate-tetra-pak - 2026-06-29

At the start of 2018 – as a reaction to the MeToo movement – the University decided to implement the Tellus project in order to strengthen the prevention of sexual harassment. Professor Anette Agardh was selected as the project leader. Almost five years have passed and what has happened since then? The first report of the Tellus project stated, among other things, that we needed to gather and incr

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/continued-work-against-sexual-harassment - 2026-06-30

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. By analysing almost daily water samples taken from the same river from 1940 until today, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have confirmed their hypothesis that the browning of lakes is primarily due to the increase in coniferous forests, as well as rainfall and sulphur deposits. The study was carried out on the

https://www.science.lu.se/article/unique-data-confirms-why-water-turns-brown - 2026-06-29

Researchers at MultiPark have uncovered in mice how the protein TDP-43, known for its role in several neurodegenerative diseases, disrupts the hypothalamus, the brain’s key center for metabolic control. Their study sheds new light on the role of TDP-43 in metabolic and psychiatric symptoms shared across frontotemporal dementia, Huntington’s disease, and ALS – findings that could support the develo

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/protein-mismanagement-brains-control-center-fuels-early-symptoms-neurodegenerative-diseases - 2026-06-29

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Forsknings- och innovationspropositionen i sin helhet, Universitetsstyrelsen, tillfälliga studieplatser, Lund University Experience, Japanresa, LERU-möte, professorsinstallation, ett rosa Universitetshus, SUHF:s årskonferens och förbundsförsamling och KA Wallenbergs huvudmannaråds möte är några av punkterna i detta

https://www.lu.se/artikel/rektorsbrev-15-oktober - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Students tackled overconsumption through setting up a centre for borrowing household items; devised an action plan to ensure that our universities become more sustainable, and explored the potential for art to affect social norms around flying. The Knowledge to Action, K2A, course is all about bringing your theoretica

https://www.lumes.lu.se/article/2019-knowledge-action-projects - 2026-06-29

Den årliga Hållbarhetsveckan i Lund närmar sig, med ett rikt program även i år. Från Konstnärliga fakulteten hittar vi musik, performance och konstnärlig forskning i interaktiva evenemang som vill mer än att informera - de vill beröra.Hållbarhet är ett mångfacetterat område som sträcker sig långt bortom naturvetenskapen. Begreppet omfattar även konstnärliga, existentiella och sociala perspektiv. F

https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/hallbarhet-som-gar-att-kanna-konstnarliga-perspektiv-under-hallbarhetsveckan-i-lund - 2026-06-29

Although emissions from air travel at Lund University have slightly decreased compared to last year*, longer journeys remain a major source of emissions. Now, a group of five researchers from different departments is tackling the challenge of shifting travel norms and reducing air travel with fresh perspectives. Funded by the University's Sustainability Fund ("Hållbarhetsfonden"), the project, ‘Bi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/researchers-aim-change-travel-norms-and-reduce-air-travel-lund-university - 2026-06-30

These are busy times for atomic physicist Anne L’Huillier. Earlier this year, she received the prestigious Wolf Prize – perhaps not as widely known among the general public, but within the field of physics it is considered second only to the Nobel Prize. Anne L’Huillier was honoured for her contribution to ultrafast laser science and attosecond physics. “I haven’t really taken it all in yet. I hav

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/prestigious-physics-prize-goes-lund-researcher - 2026-06-29

Although emissions from air travel at Lund University have slightly decreased compared to last year*, longer journeys remain a major source of emissions. Now, a group of five researchers from different departments is tackling the challenge of shifting travel norms and reducing air travel with fresh perspectives. Funded by the University's Sustainability Fund ("Hållbarhetsfonden"), the project, ‘Bi

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/researchers-aim-change-travel-norms-and-reduce-air-travel-lund-university - 2026-06-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We are very happy to announce that Professor Anna Falk has joined Lund Stem Cell Center. Anna and her research team are focused on understanding the mechanisms that control human brain development and how defects in these may contribute to the development of brain disorders. The Falk group are also exploring the regen

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/professor-anna-falk-joins-lund-stem-cell-center - 2026-06-29

Several of the Faculty's departments will elect a new department board this year. It is a long process that is preceded by nominations and elections to a nomination committee. In parallel, the process of appointing a new Head of Department is also ongoing. But what does the board do and why is it important to participate in the process? Here is what our Heads of department say. Why is it important

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/department-board-drives-development-and-reviews-management - 2026-06-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Smith & Meissner are two researchers who have been hand-picked to find molecular clues to healing processes in the heart and blood vessels. A cardiologist and a molecular biologist who complement one another and work together to move research forward, Gustav Smith and Anja Meissner are one of the “tandem pairs” in

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/tandem-researchers-smith-meissner - 2026-06-29

Vombsjösänkan i Skåne kan bli världens första biosfärområde där den kulturella dimensionen vävs in. Om ansökan går igenom hos Unesco kan området bli en internationell föregångare som den första att arbeta med kultur i olika former av samverkan med medborgare, akademi, näringsliv och offentlig sektor. Vombsjösänkan i Eslöv, Lunds och Sjöbos kommun i södra Skåne är ett 110 000 hektar stort område va

https://www.lu.se/artikel/vombsjosankan-pa-vag-att-bli-ett-nytt-unikt-biosfaromrade - 2026-06-30

After graduating from the MSc in Managing People, Knowledge and Change (MPKC) at LUSEM, Karim has built an international career in digital transformation and consulting. He currently works as a Manager at EY in Italy, leading strategic digital initiatives across the financial services sector. In this interview, Karim shares insights from his career journey and offers advice to current and prospect

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/career-days-ey-karims-journey-digital-transformation - 2026-06-30