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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 - 2026-07-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A warmer world affects health, jobs, migration and welfare. We can no longer talk about the climate as a separate issue, says sustainability professor Emily Boyd. – Climate change has long been seen as something separate from society. People often talk about negative effects on our natural environment rather than how
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/time-stop-talking-about-climate - 2026-07-21
The WCMM Fireside Chat is an article series highlighting the research and people shaping discovery within and around WCMM Lund. Through in-depth conversations and research highlights, the series aims to foster collaboration, spark new ideas and strengthen scientific dialogue across disciplines. By showcasing innovative projects, breakthrough discoveries and the researchers behind them, WCMM Firesi
https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/behind-wcmm-day-fireside-conversation-sara-gonzalez-anton-and-katherine-hampton - 2026-07-21
Head of Faculty Office Catrin Malmström reflects on the changes that have taken place at the Faculty office over the past year, and on the ongoing work to build a clearer structure and more coordinated support for the faculty’s activities. With new managers now in place for all functions, and several new roles strengthening both education and research support, the office has taken important steps
Heiner Linke took up the position of LTH’s Deputy Dean with special responsibility for research in January 2021 and his term of office concludes at the end of 2023. Why did he not stand for re-election – and what will he do instead? What is the reason for not continuing as deputy dean?"After I was elected as deputy dean – a role that is part-time – I got a large, extra assignment. It was an ERC re
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. What if you could take a substance that allows a nasty bacterium to resist the human immune system and develop it into a drug to help people with completely different diseases? It sounds like a fairy tale for medical researchers. Yet this is precisely what is about to happen in Lund. Lars Björck hopes that the enzyme
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/enzyme-killer-bacteria-could-save-seriously-ill-kidney-patients - 2026-07-21
After working in a kind of state of emergency for 18 months, Karin Hall is now looking towards the future. On the deputy dean’s wish-list is further development of education, reduction of bureaucracy for teaching staff and increased collaboration within the faculty. But also closer collaboration with the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) to set up cutting-edge education at Brunnshög. The afternoon sun
https://www.science.lu.se/article/preparing-changing-landscape-first-and-second-cycle-education - 2026-07-21
Cancer is a genetic disease, caused by a change in the genes which make up our DNA. Normally one change or mutation is not enough to trigger the development of cancer, instead cancer is typically comprised of a combination of genetic mutations. Researchers at Lund University have now revealed a novel somatic gene mutation is involved in the formation and progression of acute myeloid leukemia. The
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In recent years, RNA molecules, with the ability to affect or turn off pathogenic genes, have become promising drug candidates in several areas. However, it has been a challenge to develop techniques to deliver the RNA molecules into the cells where they have an effect. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have no
https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/rna-drugs-one-step-closer-be-being-used-cancer-treatment - 2026-07-21
Do your students (and yourself) think that your lecture is too long and tedious in the online classroom? Don´t worry - you can now easily add interactivity through the voting/poll tool Mentimeter. The long wait is over and now employees and students can log in to Mentimeter with their LU credentials. With Mentimeter you can add a layer of interactivity in your lecture, both in the classroom as wel
https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/time-vote-now-we-have-mentimeter - 2026-07-21
David Gisselsson Nord and Tony Ingesson both love spy novels and have a nerdy interest in history. Their shared curiosity resulted in an interdisciplinary collaboration about how it might be possible to inspire smarter cancer treatment with the help of methods from espionage and intelligence analysis. Tony Ingesson finds it fairly easy to show a bit of attitude in front of the camera. David Gissel
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/cancer-researcher-and-intelligence-expert - 2026-07-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Recruitment is an area on which the University needs to continue working. "We can certainly become even better in this area", says Freddy Ståhlberg, one of the project managers in the RQ20 research evaluation. The reports from the transverse panels were completed by the start of the new year. There are five such panel
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/research-evaluation-rq20-calls-better-international-recruitment - 2026-07-21
Eating cheese and cream with a high fat content may be linked to a lower risk of developing dementia. This is shown by a new large-scale study from Lund University. The researchers analysed the dietary habits of more than 27,000 people and linked these to the occurrence of dementia over a follow-up period of up to 25 years. The debate about low-fat diets has long shaped our health advice and influ
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/full-fat-cheese-linked-lower-risk-dementia - 2026-07-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Getting important information out fast to the right target group has been a challenge for the crisis management group, which has now entered a calmer phase after an intensive spring. “Now it is mostly a question of coordination and we are also considering opening the group up to representatives of education and resear
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-successful-quick-digital-restart - 2026-07-21
David Gisselsson Nord and Tony Ingesson both love spy novels and have a nerdy interest in history. Their shared curiosity resulted in an interdisciplinary collaboration about how it might be possible to inspire smarter cancer treatment with the help of methods from espionage and intelligence analysis. Tony Ingesson finds it fairly easy to show a bit of attitude in front of the camera. David Gissel
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/cancer-researcher-and-intelligence-expert - 2026-07-22
Elisabet Gersbro-Bülow började arbeta som vägledare på LTH 1996 och nu går hon i pension som chef för Studentservice. Vi firar henne med en extra lång intervju om hur vägledningsarbetet med studenterna på LTH har utvecklats genom åren. – Jag började mitt arbete den 1 december 1996 som vägledare på Kemiteknikprogrammet och var stationerad på Kemicentrum där jag jobbade nära programplaneraren Anna C
https://www.lthin.lth.se/artikel/2025/det-ar-hos-studenten-det-ska-handa-nagot - 2026-07-21
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Universitetslektor Marianne Jacobs har varit verksam som pianist och som pianopedagog vid Musikhögskolan i Malmö sedan 1982. Den 27 november 2017 fick hon den stora äran att vid Kungliga Musikaliska Akademiens årliga högtidssammankomst få ta emot Mai von Rosens pianopedagogpris av Hans Majestät Konungen. Intervjun a
https://www.mhm.lu.se/artikel/pianisten-och-pianopedagogen-marianne-jacobs-prisad-framgangsrikt-yrkesliv - 2026-07-21
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Raoul Wallenberg-institutet (RWI) grundades 1984 tack vare en donation på 400 000 kronor från Stiftelsen Marcus och Amalia Wallenbergs minnesfond. Syftet var att hedra den kände svenske ambassadören, arkitekten och affärsmannen som räddade tiotusentals judar i naziockuperade Ungern under förintelsen. Institutet har
https://www.lu.se/artikel/stiftelseanslag-resulterade-i-gastprofessur-i-manskliga-rattigheter - 2026-07-21
Edstrandska stiftelsen delar ut tre av Sveriges största konststipendier samt fyra stipendier till nyexaminerade Masterstudenter. I samarbete med Konsthögskolan i Malmö visas alla stipendiaterna i en grupputställning som öppnar den 22 oktober. Edstrandska stipendiestiftelsen har i år tilldelat ett stipendium om 500 000 kr vardera till konstnärerna Melanie Kitti, Sandra Mujinga och Matti Sumari. Vid
https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/edstrandska-stiftelsens-stipendiater-2026 - 2026-07-21
Edstrandska stiftelsen delar ut tre av Sveriges största konststipendier samt fyra stipendier till nyexaminerade Masterstudenter. I samarbete med Konsthögskolan i Malmö visas alla stipendiaterna i en grupputställning som öppnar den 22 oktober. Edstrandska stipendiestiftelsen har i år tilldelat ett stipendium om 500 000 kr vardera till konstnärerna Melanie Kitti, Sandra Mujinga och Matti Sumari. Vid
https://www.khm.lu.se/artikel/edstrandska-stiftelsens-stipendiater-2026 - 2026-07-21
