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As 2025 gets under way, the University, and I dare say the whole higher education sector, has got off to a flying start. The reason for this flying start is, of course, the Research and Innovation Bill that was presented just before Christmas and has since been analysed from all angles. The analysis will continue, as the parts that are still unclear take shape in the Spring Budget or in new direct
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/flying-start-2025 - 2026-05-06
SRA EpiHealth has conducted an interview with board member of EpiHealth Professor Martin Englund and postdoc Andrea Dell'isola about the EpiHealth cohort, how they plan to use it in their research, and what it means to them and SRA EpiHealth. Martin has been awarded research support from SRA EpiHealth for the employment of Andrea as a postdoc for the project “The role of lifestyle and metabolic he
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Two full-time technicians help biology researchers to realise new ingenious ways of gathering data on how animals move. Thanks to computer chips, wireless communication and nanotechnology, the researchers can achieve groundbreaking results. Johan Bäckman and Arne Andersson sort out the technology for CAnMove projects.
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/research-facilitators - 2026-05-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new COVID-19 antibody test developed by scientists at Lund University in Sweden has shown robust performance upon clinical validation and application. The test detects antibodies in the blood targeting the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, and determines in just 15 minutes whether a person has had COVID-19, regardless of
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-rapid-and-robust-covid-19-antibody-test-developed - 2026-05-05
On 20 December, 2022 Kristijonas Zemaitis will defend his Ph.D. thesis. With the goal to improve the availability of human hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) for the treatment of patients with blood disorders, he has spent the past several years working to better understand HSCs and how they are regulated to one day propagate these stem cells in the lab for therapeutic purposes. In this interview, we
For Jane Pinyapat, the master’s programme in Data Analytics and Business Economics opened the door to programming and equipped her with skills she considers invaluable. After graduating in 2022, she began her European career as a Data Engineer Specialist in Copenhagen. Read Jane’s story for her favorite programming tools, passion for Pink Programming, and top advice for LUSEM students aiming for a
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/jane-pinyapat-alumna-msc-data-analytics-and-business-economics-2022 - 2026-05-06
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A record donation of SEK 350 million from the IKEA Foundation has secured the future of the School of Industrial Design at Lund University. It is not the first time that the school has received a major donation from IKEA. It all started at a meeting over a lot of coffee and snuff between Ingvar Kamprad and Thomas Joha
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/shared-vision-about-good-design-everyone-behind-huge-donations - 2026-05-05
Renewable and affordable energy is key for societal and economic growth, and for achieving national and global climate goals. Research from LUCSUS is mapping the energy transition in Nepal and has identified how increasing energy access is closely linked to a new political awakening in the country. "Nepal is a very interesting case study since it has been held up as a case for how a country can t
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/double-transition-energy-nepal - 2026-05-05
Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) – previously known as UFOs – have fascinated humankind for centuries, from mysterious lights in the sky to sensor data and close contacts which defy conventional explanations. These events challenge our understanding of nature, technology, and even our place in the universe. Will a new interdisciplinary group of researchers at the Pufendorf Institute, Lund Un
https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/unknown-out-there-once-more - 2026-05-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Using harmless viruses to insert genes that produce healthy, healing substances into the brain... transplanting cells, possibly from the patient’s own skin... or, most sci-fi of all, controlling special treated nerve cells with light signals in the brain. These are three different paths to a possible treatment for epi
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-paths-treatment-epilepsy - 2026-05-05
Emily Sonestedt investigates how food affects the health and the risk to develop type 2 diabetes. This knowledge is of importance to society when developing food-based dietary guidelines. It can be hard to make healthy food choices. The bread rolls behind the counter in the café at Clinical Research Centre (CRC) in Malmö have a dark color, but it does not have to mean that they are a healthy choic
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/healthy-eating-reduce-risk-type-2-diabetes - 2026-05-05
Henrik Smith receives the Marsh Awards for Ecology by the British Ecological Society. The prize recognizes his long-standing contributions to advancing ecological research and strengthening the connection between science and society. He himself highlights the need for public engagement in science — the days of letting hefty reports collect dust are behind us. The motivation for the Marsh Awards fo
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/henrik-smith-receives-award-has-message-academia - 2026-05-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. To distinguish between education and research as early as the allocation stage of basic government funding does not benefit their intertwining. Nor is it helpful that only research counts if you want to have a good career. “Good teaching initiatives are to be rewarded and teaching should be well-regarded” according to
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-intertwining - 2026-05-05
What happens when people meet? How do they interact? How do they react? Annika Nyman, lecturer at Malmö Theatre Academy, regards helping students to understand these things as the most important aspect of her teaching duties. Inside the Malmö Theatre Academy’s premises on Bergsgatan in Malmö, a group of acting students are busy rehearsing their degree project, a production that will be staged at B
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/flair-dramatic - 2026-05-06
The international application period is over and we can conclude that once again, LUSEM has some of the most popular master's programmes both within Lund University and nationally. What do the programme managers themselves think about the two most popular programmes, and what do the present and former students say? For many years, our Master's programme in International Marketing & Brand Managemen
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lusem-claims-top-spot-among-most-applied-masters-programmes - 2026-05-05
The international application period is over and we can conclude that once again, LUSEM has some of the most popular master's programmes both within Lund University and nationally. What do the programme managers themselves think about the two most popular programmes, and what do the present and former students say? For many years, our Master's programme in International Marketing & Brand Managemen
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/lusem-claims-top-spot-among-most-applied-masters-programmes - 2026-05-05
With 10,000 new cases a year, prostate cancer is the most common cancer type in Sweden. To create equal, accessible and high-quality prostate cancer care, Region Skåne has introduced Organised prostate cancer testing, OPT. "Anyone who wants to should be allowed to be tested for prostate cancer. Studies show that early detection lowers long-term mortality", says Anders Bjartell, one of Sweden’s lea
https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/organised-prostate-cancer-testing-provide-more-equal-care - 2026-05-05
Our researcher is part of the Swedish Olympic Committee’s development programme “Tomorrow’s Sports Researchers” and her research on para-athletes’ health and wellbeing aims to ensure that people with physical disabilities can play sports safely. Presently she is in China to provide support for the Swedish Paralympians at the Winter Paralympics. In terms of performance, it is Sweden’s best Winter P
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Enlightenment philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft believed that living in hierarchies destroyed and corrupted people deep down in their souls. “For her, inequality was the greatest threat to democracy and liberty. It is still dynamite today, as the gulf between rich and poor widens and the world is divided into lords and
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/reinterpreting-feminist-pioneer - 2026-05-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. When Lund University switched to digital teaching there were many challenges both for the teaching staff and students. How exams and assessment were to be conducted now that the students were not on-site was an important question and a very difficult challenge. The existing tools for digital on-campus exams were teste
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/digital-exams-campus-and-remote-solutions - 2026-05-05
