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With his cycling helmet perched on his head, he rushes in like a whirlwind, fires off monosyllabic replies to emails and then asks thoughtful questions during meetings while simultaneously managing to work away on his computer. For Henrik Smith, life moves at a hundred miles an hour. But he is also a lauded professor with an awful lot to do. Henrik Smith, you see, wants to save the world. Has he g

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/henrik-smith-visionary-who-never-slows-down - 2026-06-25

Den tejpning av rekryters fötter som försvaret rekommenderar inför långa marscher, riskerar att ge livslånga kontaktallergier. Forskare vid Lunds universitet, har undersökt soldater vid ett par regementen och av de rekryter som undersökts uppvisade drygt 75 procent kontakteksem av tejpen. Under cirka tio år har försvaret rekommenderat sina rekryter profylaktisk tejpning av fötterna, för att föreby

https://www.lu.se/artikel/tejpning-mot-skoskav-orsakade-kontaktallergier-hos-rekryter - 2026-06-26

Den tejpning av rekryters fötter som försvaret rekommenderar inför långa marscher, riskerar att ge livslånga kontaktallergier. Forskare vid Lunds universitet, har undersökt soldater vid ett par regementen och av de rekryter som undersökts uppvisade drygt 75 procent kontakteksem av tejpen. Kortfakta: klinisk forskning // diagnostisk inventering testserie // tillämpad forskning orsak-verkan-samband

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/tejpning-mot-skoskav-orsakade-kontaktallergier-hos-rekryter - 2026-06-25

Carin Alegre Castegren When entering the lower gallery (KHM1) of Malmö Art Academy to see the MFA exhibition entitled “Tremeluz” by Carin Maria Alegre Castegren, I was met by numerous paintings, which all seemed to be in a state of flux. They had a lightness to them, an openness as well as something allusive. When reading the exhibition text, it was clear that Castegren had been thinking of light

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/mfa-student-interview-series-part-iii-carin-alegre-castegren-and-my-sjoberg-0 - 2026-06-25

Work on Lund University’s establishment in Science Village has continued this year, but with a new focus. At the end of 2024, the boards of LTH and the Faculty of Science decided not to proceed with scenario 5 – a co-location of the Department of Physics and the Department of Chemistry in the area – due to cost considerations and the challenges of running education across two sites. The project gr

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/light-and-materials-focus-lund-universitys-science-village-establishment - 2026-06-25

LUSEM's long-standing heritage of case competitions has now been revived after some years' intermission and it is a welcomed event both by students and collaborating partners. On 21 November, nine teams gathered to showcase their skills in an intense day of preparation and case solving! The case method is one of the cornerstones of Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM) present

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/case-competition-2024 - 2026-06-25

Christer Betsholtz, professor at Uppsala University and Karolinska Institutet, has been awarded the major Nordic Prize for 2021 by the Eric K. Fernström Foundation. This is one of Scandinavia’s largest research prizes in medicine and Christer Betsholtz is being recognised for his research into vascular structure and function. The motivation for the award states that “His research has been of essen

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/prize-worth-millions-awarded-leading-blood-vessel-researcher - 2026-06-25

To counter the effects of antibiotics, bacteria constantly evolve resistance mechanisms. In order to develop new antibiotics that could overcome the resistance, it´s essential to understand its workings. Using so-called cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) researchers at Lund and Hamburg universities have uncovered the molecular details of an important antibiotic resistance mechanism. This is t

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/nobel-prize-winning-microscopy-technique-uncovers-mechanisms-bacterial-antibiotics-resistance - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The ability to capture the largest possible part of the spectrum of sunlight – with as little material as possible. Physics professor Magnus Borgström is dedicated to finding more efficient ways of utilising solar energy. The ordinary solar cells currently on the market can convert around 15–20 per cent of solar energ

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hunting-worlds-best-solar-cell - 2026-06-25

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/we-are-now-starting-identify-profile-areas - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “My first project was about giving poor families in Thailand the opportunity to send their children to school. A student and I helped set up chicken farms at the schools, which the children took care of. The money they earned by selling the eggs on the markets covered their school fees”. Leif Bjellin. Photo: Gunnar Me

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/helping-earthquake-victims-nepal - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. High blood pressure damages our blood vessels. It also damages our heart, our brain and our kidneys. A high blood pressure increases the risk of suffering a heart attack and stroke. However, it is not known exactly why a high blood pressure is so dangerous. – The reason is that we have effective antihypertensive medic

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/high-blood-pressure-bloody-serious - 2026-06-25

At the end of 2024, it was reported that Oskar Hansson, a world-leading Alzheimer's researcher at Lund University, is taking on new challenges at the pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly. At the same time, he continues to conduct research and teach in his role as professor at Lund University. What does the new position at Eli Lilly entail?"At Eli Lilly, I am involved in leading the development of new

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/hello-there-oskar-hansson - 2026-06-25

In English Som vi tidigare informerat om tecknade universitetet den 15 oktober ett lokalt avtal med arbetstagarorganisationen Saco-S om principer för hur lönerevision för medlemmarna ska genomföras. Per den 12 november har universitetet nu även tecknat ett lokalt avtal för arbetstagarorganisationen OFR.  Parterna har kommit överens om en förlängd revisionsperiod där förhandlingsordningen gäller fr

https://www.hr-webben.lu.se/artikel/annu-ett-steg-framat-i-forhandlingarna-om-lonerevisionen - 2026-06-25

Each year, the university-wide research board announces a call concerning university-wide funds for research infrastructure. Apply for this year's call by March 3, 2025 The call focuses on research infrastructures that are of interest to more than one faculty. Decisions on allocation are made by the vice-chancellor after preparation by the research board and its working group on research infrastru

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/apply-funding-local-research-infrastructure - 2026-06-26

On the first of August, former Head of HR at Medfak, Mikael Rydahl, became Head of Med-service, BIKT, CCM and the University Veterinarian. The new management model will synchronise services and provide a better and more adapted service for all employees. "With a joint manager for the service units, management and dialogue between the dean, management, other users and the service operations are sim

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/new-yet-old-manager-coordinates-our-services-our-goal-flexible-fast-cost-effective-problem-solving - 2026-06-25

Anmäl dig här till informations-webbinarium den 26 april. Ansökan öppnar den 28 april. Följande ALF-medel utlyses 2023: ALF forskningsutrymme för ST-läkare 2024-2027 ALF forskningsutrymme för yngre kliniska forskare 2024-2027 period 1 & 2 Ett webinarium för sökande till ALF ST & ALF YF kommer att hållas onsdagen den 26:e april på Zoom. Vid mötet kommer information om årets utlysning att ges och äv

https://www.intramed.lu.se/artikel/webbinarium-sokande-om-arets-utlysning-av-alf-medel - 2026-06-25

Brist på valmöjligheter, krockande åsikter och tidspress är fynd i en första artikel om välfärdsteknologi, från projektet Welfare@home, där SWEAH-doktoranden Samantha Svärdh, Lunds universitet, ingår. Hennes andra artikel ger oss information om fyra olika utmaningar. – Äldre personer och personal fick ofta apparater utan att vara inblandade i beslutet. Vi såg också att teknik som personalen såg so

https://sweah.lu.se/artikel/valfardsteknik-ingen-losning-utan-anvandarnas-medverkan - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In the heart of the beautiful wine-producing region of Stellenbosch is the STIAS research institute. It welcomes researchers from around the world to spend a number of months working with a focus on Africa. LUM visited cognitive science researcher Peter Gärdenfors and his project team at Mostertsdrift farm. “It’s a pr

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/peaceful-research-institute-boosts-creativity - 2026-06-25

She grew up in oil-rich Norway, with a father who travelled the world working in the oil sector. Little did Lina Lefstad know that just two decades later she would be a researcher at the forefront of efforts to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and tackle the climate crisis. What if we could easily capture carbon dioxide from combined heat and power plants and industrial sites, cool it to liqu

https://www.agenda2030graduateschool.lu.se/article/can-oil-industrys-know-how-help-solve-climate-crisis - 2026-06-25