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Can innovation strengthen research? Heiner Linke, professor of nanophysics and member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, has done exactly that by combining research and innovation. His own attitude towards utilisation and innovation has evolved from a sense of duty to passion: “Now I think it's genuinely exciting.” Do you see increasing integration of innovation within research?“Twenty year
Bringing together clinical insight and molecular research is essential for advancing modern medicine. With the appointment of Lisa Rydén as new Clinical Co-Director at the Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine Lund, the centre aims to further strengthen the bridge between healthcare and academic research environments in Lund. A professor of surgery with long-standing experience in translational
https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/lisa-ryden-appointed-clinical-co-director-wcmm-lund-strengthen-translational-research - 2026-06-11
Can innovation strengthen research? Former NanoLund director Heiner Linke, professor of nanophysics and member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, achieved this by combining research and innovation. His own attitude towards utilisation and innovation has evolved from a sense of duty to passion: “Now I think it’s genuinely exciting.” Do you see increasing integration of innovation within rese
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/best-both-worlds-heiner-linke-why-swedish-researchers-should-invest-innovation - 2026-06-11
For the autumn semester of 2025, more than 72,000 people applied to programmes at Lund University — and LUSEM continues to stand strong in the competition. LUSEM’s programmes remain highly attractive. According to the recently published application statistics from the Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR), the Swedish Bachelor’s Programme in Business and Economics (Ekonomie kandidatprogrammet
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/top-application-numbers-lusem - 2026-06-12
IndiCell, short for Individualized Cell Therapy, is a national initiative in Sweden to speed up the development of advanced therapies that can help treat or cure a range of diseases and medical conditions. The project, led by researchers at the Lund Stem Cell Center at Lund University, is now celebrating its second anniversary. Launched in 2021 with funding from Vinnova, the Swedish Innovation Age
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/innovation-environment-customised-stem-cell-treatments-turns-two - 2026-06-11
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new technology has brought researchers one step closer to a future cure for Congenital Muscular Dystrophy type1A, a devastating muscle disease that affects children. The new findings are based on research by Kinga Gawlik at Lund University, Department of Experimental Medical Science, and were recently published in N
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/reversing-muscle-dystrophy - 2026-06-11
The Lung Bioengineering and Regeneration research group is made up of about 15 researchers focusing on chronic lung disease. The group’s work includes the development of different methods to study disease models for conditions such as COPD and pulmonary fibrosis. One of the researchers, John Stegmayr, has been awarded SEK 700,000 from the Carl Tesdorpf Foundation to expand research into idiopathic
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/focusing-chronic-lung-disease - 2026-06-11
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A year ago LUCSUS researcher Sara Gabrielsson went to Tanzania to study the cultural acceptability and management challenges of different menstrual products among adolescent school girls in rural Tanzania. The study, which tested three types of menstrual products: the menstrual cup, disposable sanitary pads and washab
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/she-wants-break-silence-about-menstruation - 2026-06-11
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. What does the origin of life on Earth have to do with malignant tumour cells? In an unusual research project, a geochemist and a tumour biologist have joined forces to explain the emergence of animals in a new way, thereby questioning one of the cornerstones of evolution. Geochemist Emma Hammarlund is excited to see w
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/odd-pair-solves-evolutionary-riddle - 2026-06-11
Trump’s attack on US universities and their research is actually a broader attack on democratic values, according to historian of knowledge Johan Östling. By destroying them, the Trump administration is paving the way for a very different kind of society. “We need to understand the breadth and depth of this offensive,” says Johan Östling.Could you put Trump’s actions against universities in the U
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/researcher-johan-ostling-attack-us-universities-unprecedented - 2026-06-12
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ghana’s “overall best student 2018” is studying Sociology of Law in Lund. Labiks’s story shows how far hard work and perseverance can get you. Ghana’s Inter Tertiary Excellence Award 2018 for Overall Best Student 4th Year in the academia category went to Thomas Duke Labik Amanquandor, who is studying the second semest
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. "Empowerment of vulnerable groups is unlikely to arise through interventions from climate adaptation projects only. Yet, often these projects are seen as drivers for social change", says Stephen Woroniecki, PHD-candidate at LUCSUS. He says that, in a warming and increasingly unequal world, more and more people are on
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/nature-based-solutions-climate-change-what-scope-empowerment-vulnerable-groups - 2026-06-11
Professor Olle Melander has been awarded research support from SRA EpiHealth for the employment of a postdoc for the project “Translational epidemiological studies of the cardiometabolic hormones neurotensin and adrenomedullin” SRA EpiHealth is interested in knowing how he intends to use the EpiHealth cohort in his research and Olle explains “The beauty of a big cohort such as the EpiHealth cohort
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Some people say it’s about time, and Deputy Vice-Chancellor Eva Wiberg agrees that the time is now ripe. After an intensive week in South Africa and Botswana, with visits to seven universities, alumni events and official openings, it is time for Lund University to put its Africa strategy down on paper. The delegation
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/university-visits-first-step-towards-africa-strategy - 2026-06-11
This year, the Swedish University Pitch Competition was held for the first time for students engaged in finance associations at Swedish universities. The Lund University Finance Society, LINC, both hosted the competition and won first prize with one of their participating teams. Hello Ture Eknor, President of LINC! Can you tell us about the Swedish University Pitch Competition?“It all started with
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/finance-society-linc-hosted-new-competition-won-first-prize - 2026-06-12
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. School students are right to demand more ambitious climate policies on 15 March. The scientific facts are entirely on their side. As researchers working on climate change we support the student movement and share our insights and research-based advice for local and global policymakers. For the past months, school stud
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-supports-ongoing-climate-strikes - 2026-06-11
Type 2 diabetes is a complex disease that can lead to serious health problems. It is important to find ways to predict the disease to take preventive measures. A large interdisciplinary study led by Lund University has identified a biomarker in the blood that predicts type 2 diabetes several years before diagnosis. Diabetes is on the rise and over time, diabetes can lead to complications such as c
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/blood-biomarker-identified-predicts-type-2-diabetes-several-years-diagnosis - 2026-06-11
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. "No matter what happens in real time politics, some damage is already done”. Researcher Torsten Krause comments on the newly elected Brasilian president Jair Bolsonaro’s plans for deforestation and exploitation of the Amazon. Bolsonaro takes office on the first of January 2019 and has promised to open protected areas
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/torsten-krause-comments-exploitation-and-deforestation-brazilian-amazon - 2026-06-11
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Can insulin taken as an infant in small doses together with food render the immune system used to insulin and thus prevent type 1 diabetes? Can a gluten-free diet and probiotics prevent celiac disease (so called gluten intolerance)? These questions will be asked by two separate studies that are being planned at Lund U
When the researchers from the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) cross the border into Bhutan, the first thing that strikes them is the sense of calm and peacefulness. But it is not just the tranquillity of nature that attracts them, they are here to deepen the collaboration between Swedish engineering know-how and Bhutanese sustainability philosophy – an international exchange that has been going on fo
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/land-happiness-learning-lund - 2026-06-12
