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Last month, Ella Quist defended her Ph.D. thesis. After beginning her research journey as a master’s student within our Ph.D. Preparatory Program, she dedicated the last several years to developing more efficient methods that can be used to generate functional and mature astrocytes for disease modeling of neurological disorders. In this interview, we learn more about her efforts to facilitate futu

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/generating-human-astrocytes-disease-modeling-phd-interview-ella-quist - 2026-04-29

The future of working life in Europe is analysed in a new anthology which, with the help of multiple researchers, looks primarily at three major changes taking place in working life right now. These changes are due to three inevitable phenomena: the pandemic, climate change and digitalisation. Four sociologists from Lund University contribute with chapters in the book. Never in modern times has wo

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/pandemic-climate-and-digitalisation-three-major-adaptations-working-life-right-now - 2026-04-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden studied self-grooming rats in order to better understand how the brain chooses what comes next in a sequence of actions. The study shows that when they switch from one action to the next in the grooming chain, the signalling in different parts of the brain changes. The results,

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/self-grooming-rats-offered-clues-how-brain-chooses-behaviour - 2026-04-29

LUCSUS PhD candidate Sara Ullström competed in the national popular science competition, Forskar Grand Prix. We took the opportunity to talk to her about the experience and the importance of communicating your research to an audience outside of the scientific community. Forskar Grand Prix is the biggest national competition in presentation technique where researcher present their research in a com

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/phd-candidate-sara-ullstrom-knows-how-pitch-her-research-4-min-these-are-her-tips - 2026-04-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Are there ways in which local communities can benefit from hosting large-scale land investments? This question forms the basis for a project on land in Africa, in which LUCSUS researcher Genesis T. Yengoh is involved.Genesis says that over the last few years, there has been a large increase in the amount of land that

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/mutually-beneficial-engagement-between-local-communities-and-large-scale-investors - 2026-04-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. An international study led from Lund University in Sweden shows that 30 per cent of the energy in a certain type of light-absorbing iron molecule disappears in a previously unknown manner. By closing this loophole, the researchers hope to contribute to the development of more efficient solar cells using this iron-base

https://www.science.lu.se/article/iron-based-solar-cells-track-becoming-more-efficient - 2026-04-29

Each year, Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies welcomes international Fellows who join our interdisciplinary research groups. The Institute’s coordinator Eva Persson tells us about the programme and why it matters. What is the International Fellows Programme?Experience has shown that the core idea of the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies holds true: When people with different perspecti

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/opening-minds-across-borders-our-international-fellows-pufendorf-ias - 2026-04-29

During last autumn and winter a team of researchers, PhD students and master students from Lund University and Leuphana University, Lüneburg, joined forces to undertake a student-driven quantitative review on temporal changes in ecosystem services. While the primary outcome of this collaboration will be a review to be published in an international scientific journal, the true added value of the st

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/student-driven-quantitative-review-temporal-changes-ecosystem-services - 2026-04-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Stem cell researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a new research model of the early embryonic brain. The aim of the model is to study the very earliest stages of brain to understand how different regions in the brain are formed during embryonic development. With this new insight, researchers hope to be

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/new-method-provides-unique-insight-development-human-brain - 2026-04-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. WINGS Workshop with Finish on Time:From negative to positive stress & from efficiency to effectiveness for doctoral student supervisors  Date and timeFriday 8 November, 09.00-16.00 PlaceAF Borgen, Sandgatan 2, Lund (https://goo.gl/maps/bCj8eCTMX4cwXw1s5) Target groupDoctoral student supervisors ObjectiveThe objective

https://www.wings.lu.se/article/negative-positive-stress-efficiency-effectiveness-doctoral-student-supervisors-fully-booked - 2026-04-29

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Nya fynd från TEDDY-studien visar ett samband mellan långvarig enterovirusinfektion och utvecklingen av autoimmunitet mot betacellerna i bukspottkörteln, som föregår typ 1-diabetes. Forskarna fann även att tidiga adenovirusinfektioner minskade risken för betacellsautoimmunitet. Fynden publiceras i Nature Medicine. –

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/ovantad-koppling-mellan-virus-och-typ-1-diabetes - 2026-04-30

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Nya fynd från TEDDY-studien visar ett samband mellan långvarig enterovirusinfektion och utvecklingen av autoimmunitet mot betacellerna i bukspottkörteln, som föregår typ 1-diabetes. Forskarna fann även att tidiga adenovirusinfektioner minskade risken för betacellsautoimmunitet. Fynden publiceras i Nature Medicine. –

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/ovantad-koppling-mellan-virus-och-typ-1-diabetes - 2026-04-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. As a PhD student he made a significant discovery when he identified ghrelin cells in the pancreatic islands. Four hormone-producing cells were already known to exist in the islands, including the insulin cell. The ghrelin cell became the fifth such cell. “In the scientific world, the discovery of a new type of cell in

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/flying-start-fifth-cell - 2026-04-29

Associate Senior Lecturer Olena Bokareva has been granted SEK 7.8 million for the research project Sustainable Carbon Capture, Transportation and Storage: Liability and Governance in Light of International and EU Law. Associate Senior Lecturer Olena Bokareva, Lund University, and Associate Senior Lecturer Gabriela Argüello, University of Gothenburg, together with two postdoctoral researchers, will

https://www.law.lu.se/article/olena-bokareva-awarded-multi-million-grant-marianne-and-marcus-wallenberg-foundation - 2026-04-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Mona Hemmaty at the Department of Sociology has defended her doctoral thesis in sociology ”On the Margins. Migrants, Status Mobility and Recent Turns in Swedish Migration Politics” today, 26 April at 10:15 in the Kulturen Auditorium in Lund. Discussant: Associate Professor Blanca Garcés-Mascareñas, Barcelona Centre fo

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/mona-hemmaty-has-defended-her-thesis - 2026-04-29

Dick Harrison is 57 years old and has written 105 books. He lectures all over the country, is a regular expert on TV and radio, runs a podcast, and writes articles for magazines and two columns a week in one of Sweden’s largest newspapers. “Teaching is my calling, though, the thing closest to my identity.” It’s winter and muddy on the drive in front of the Harrisons’ Art Nouveau villa in Åkarp. On

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/dick-harrison-brand - 2026-04-30

To further professionalise the leadership role, the faculty management, in collaboration with the University's central HR section, has developed a year-long leadership programme to be offered to senior lecturers or newly appointed professors. Lena Eliasson, Vice Dean with special responsibility for employeeship, work environment and infrastructure, explains. Why have you developed a new leadership

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/new-faculty-course-better-leaders-imply-stronger-research-environments - 2026-04-29

Film is an effective way to communicate about your research. Lund University Cancer Center, LUCC, made a film about bladder cancer. Mustafa Kadhim, a doctoral student in medical radiation physics at the Department of Clinical Sciences in Lund, explains how they went about it. Why did you make a film about bladder cancer research?"The bladder cancer researchers wanted to spread information about th

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/they-made-their-own-movie-heres-what-you-should-keep-mind - 2026-04-29

In a world marked by geopolitical changes and climate impact that create entirely new conditions, we need to alter the way we work on international matters. This is the starting point for a new way of working – Global Dynamic Engagement (GDE). GDE aims to strengthen and develop the University’s international impact in research, education, external engagement and innovation. The aim is for the Univ

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/global-dynamic-engagement-will-enhance-our-international-presence - 2026-04-30

Per Augustsson, a researcher in biomedical engineering, is one of five Lund University researchers receiving the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant. He is developing new devices to separate cells and nanoparticles using ultrasound. Sound contains energy that can generate forces on microscopic objects such as blood cells and biological nanoparticles. Blood is mostly made up of red blood cells, but

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/erc-consolidator-grant-augustsson - 2026-04-29