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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 - 2026-07-01

Magnus Gäfvert coachar forskare på LTH att bli nästa generations innovatörer. – Det är en fantastisk känsla att se sin forskning komma till nytta i verkligheten, förklarar Magnus Gäfvert, ny innovationsutvecklare vid LU Innovation som jobbar med forskare på LTH. Efter att ha varit medgrundare och vd för det börsnoterade mjukvaruföretaget Modelon, som bygger på LTH-forskning, har Magnus Gäfvert nu

https://www.lthin.lth.se/artikel/2025/fran-vd-till-innovationsutvecklare - 2026-07-01

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Internet of Things-företaget Mistbase, med rötterna i forskning vid Lunds universitet, köps upp av ARM som planerar att expandera verksamheten i Lund. För Lunds universitets holdingbolag LU Holding AB, som är en av delägarna, innebär det den största enskilda affären någonsin. På den jättelika mobilmässan Mobile Worl

https://www.innovation.lu.se/artikel/portfoljbolag-saljs-i-storaffar - 2026-07-01

”Det är en fantastisk känsla att se sin forskning komma till nytta i verkligheten”, förklarar Magnus Gäfvert, ny innovationsutvecklare vid LU Innovation som jobbar med forskare på LTH. Efter att ha varit medgrundare och vd för det börsnoterade mjukvaruföretaget Modelon, som bygger på LTH-forskning, har han nu återvänt till Lunds universitet. Nu vill han hjälpa nästa generation av forskare att omsä

https://www.innovation.lu.se/artikel/fran-vd-till-innovationsutvecklare-magnus-gafvert-coachar-forskare-pa-lth-att-bli-nasta-generations - 2026-07-01

When LINXS moved from its old premises at Ideon to The Loop in Science Village in March, the institute became the first research environment from Lund University to make the move to Brunnshög. Since then, activities have more than doubled, new collaborations have emerged, and the team’s mood is distinctly optimistic.I met with Anna Ntinidou, Head of Administration, Noomi Egan, Communications Offic

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/home-linxs-pioneer-paving-way-science-village - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Agriculture is critical to achieving many of the Sustainable Development Goals. New research from Lund University shows that researchers, policymakers, and farmers in Europe currently have different, often conflicting priorities for sustainable agriculture. The researchers propose a way forward built on shared priorit

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/identifying-common-ground-sustainable-agriculture-europe - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. From internal training courses for university lecturers in which the participants take a deep dive into case method teaching, to dedicated conferences and competitions. The alternatives to traditional classroom teaching are increasing and one of them is known as case method teaching, with assignments based on real sit

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-case-method-teaching-spreads-one-lecturer-another - 2026-07-01

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 - 2026-07-01

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 - 2026-07-01

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 - 2026-07-02

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 - 2026-07-01

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 - 2026-07-01

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 - 2026-07-01

"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 - 2026-07-02

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 - 2026-07-02

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 - 2026-07-01

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 - 2026-07-02

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 - 2026-07-01

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 - 2026-07-01

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 - 2026-07-01