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The Swedish Cancer Foundation, Cancerfonden, has announced the researchers it will be supporting in its most recent round of funding and Lund Stem Cell Center was especially successful, with seven scientists awarded a total of almost 30 million SEK. Cristian Bellodi, a research team leader from the Division of Molecular Hematology, was awarded 12 million SEK - the largest grant to any researcher a

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/cancerfonden-supports-research-role-rna-modification-cancer-development - 2025-12-22

The harp is traditionally seen as a delicate, classical instrument, but Eleonora Pennino – student at Malmö Academy of Music – has managed to transform it into a powerful jazz voice, proving it can swing, groove, and improvise with the best. Eleonora, originally from Italy, has been captivated by music since childhood. Growing up in a household filled with the sounds of her mother playing piano an

https://www.mhm.lu.se/artikel/eleonora-pennino-and-harp-classical-roots-jazz-innovation - 2025-12-21

The harp is traditionally seen as a delicate, classical instrument, but Eleonora Pennino – student at Malmö Academy of Music – has managed to transform it into a powerful jazz voice, proving it can swing, groove, and improvise with the best. Eleonora, originally from Italy, has been captivated by music since childhood. Growing up in a household filled with the sounds of her mother playing piano an

https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/eleonora-pennino-and-harp-classical-roots-jazz-innovation - 2025-12-21

UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science I veckan kom UNESCO:s rekommendationer rörande öppen vetenskap. Man har identifierat sju "key objectives and areas of action", nämligen: Promoting a common understanding of open science, associated benefits and challenges, as well as diverse paths to open science Developing an enabling policy environment for open science Investing in open science infrastructur

https://www.lub.lu.se/internt/artikel/nyhetsbrev-december-januari-e-media-och-vetenskaplig-kommunikation-0 - 2025-12-21

I början av hösten äger många disputationer rum vid Medicinska fakulteten. Här är tre av dem: Fabian Larrosa Pardo om patienter som söker vård för smärta, och hur smärtan och dess konsekvenser kan utvecklas på sikt. Kenta Okuyama om vad platsen där vi bor spelar för roll för våra hälsoval. Cecilia Häggsgård om upplevelsen av att ha extra förlossningsstöd under utdrivningsskedets sista del. Fokus:

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/nya-disputationer-om-smarta-forlossningsstod-och-grannskapets-halsoeffekter - 2025-12-22

En stor majoritet rapporterar att de i speciella situationer, exempelvis vid stress, nedstämdhet eller trötthet, får ett ökat sug efter godis, choklad eller annat sött. Nu visar österrikiska forskare att en stunds fysisk aktivitet effektivt dämpar det mest desperata sötsug. I undersökningen deltog 47 överviktiga personer med 28 år som genomsnittsålder. De medgav att de varje dag åt choklad eller g

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/stressen-vacker-sotsuget-promenaden-dampar - 2025-12-21

Var 30:e sekund tvingas en person någonstans i världen amputera sin fot som en komplikation av diabetes. Men enkla åtgärder som skoinlägg, fotvård och regelbundna kontroller skulle kunna halvera antalet amputationer, det visar en kommande studie vid Sahlgrenska akademin i Göteborg. Ortopedtekniska forskare har sedan 2008 studerat fotkomplikationer vid diabetes. Fokus har legat på att skydda fötter

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/antalet-amputationer-bland-diabetiker-kan-halveras - 2025-12-22

The next-door neighbour whose home you’ve never been inside. That was how Jason Diakité, also known as hip hop artist Timbuktu, felt about the University while growing up in Lund. Today, he feels differently – having been awarded an honorary doctorate and now taking his seat as one of LU’s external Cultural Council members. Inside the historic Old Bishop’s House, final preparations are underway fo

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/timbuktu-universitys-cultural-council-glimpse-under-bonnet - 2025-12-22

Contained within Greenland’s millennia-old ice are the traces of gigantic solar storms. Geology professor Raimund Muscheler is now undertaking a major initiative to chart the storms back through time, to improve our knowledge of potentially dangerous solar flares. Our sun is currently in an active phase which is seeing an increased number of solar storms. During such events, particles from the sun

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/ice-stone-age-might-reveal-future-solar-storms - 2025-12-22

Professor Marko Milanovic is appointed as Raoul Wallenberg Visiting Chair in Human Rights and Humanitarian Law from September 2025. The Faculty of Law is honoured and pleased to announce that Professor Mark Milanovic, University of Reading, has been appointed as Raoul Wallenberg Visiting Chair in Human Rights and Humanitarian Law from September 2025 until August 2027, and affiliated to the Faculty

https://www.law.lu.se/article/professor-marko-milanovic-appointed-raoul-wallenberg-visiting-chair - 2025-12-21

Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) is a world class sustainability centre for research, teaching and impact. During 2021, we welcome an intern with focus on social media, strategic communication and events. About the internship We are looking for an intern with strategic communication skills, innovative ideas and a passion for sustainability who wants to be part of developi

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/event-and-communications-intern-lucsus - 2025-12-21

John Molson MBA International Case Competition är en prestigefylld case-tävling där lag från hela världen deltar. Under sex dagar i januari samlades 30 lag med högkvalificerade studenter i Montréal, Kanada. Tävlingen följer ett format där alla lag möter varandra och omfattar sju olika case. Den är öppen för ekonomihögskolor världen över och erkänd som den största tävlingen i sitt slag. Syftet är a

https://www.ehl.lu.se/artikel/ekonomihogskolan-pa-john-molson-mba-international-case-competition-0 - 2025-12-22

KHM x MMM is a series of lectures and artist talks created in collaboration between Malmö Art Academy and Moderna Museet Malmö. KHM x MMM presents a broad programme of internationally active artists, theorists, writers and curators connected to current themes and exhibitions. The programme and the invited speakers is presented continuously. Free admission! 14 March 16.30: Kirsty Bell “How to read

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/artist-talks-khm-x-mmm-spring-2019 - 2025-12-21

Most women will experience menopause at some point in their working lives. How can a workplace be set up to make things easier for employees going through their menopausal transition? A pilot project at Lund University is investigating the issue. Sweating, mood swings and poor sleep. Many women are adversely affected by menopause. According to a 2021 study published by the Swedish National Board o

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-can-lund-university-become-more-menopause-friendly-workplace - 2025-12-22

Sveriges främsta tonsättarpris, det stora Christ Johnson-priset, tilldelas i år Prof. Rolf Martinsson för hans "Orchestral Songs on Poems by Emily Dickinson" med motiveringen: "Genom sitt mästerliga musikaliska språk skapar han med utgångspunkt i Emily Dickinsons texter ett gemensamt uttryck av stor klanglig lyskraft". Rolf Martinsson är en av Sveriges internationellt mest framförda tonsättare. Ha

https://www.mhm.lu.se/artikel/rolf-martinsson-tilldelas-sveriges-framsta-tonsattarpris - 2025-12-21

Ludwig Schmiderer has studied how to overcome delivery challenges in stem cell biology with nanotechnology. In this interview, he tells us about his research and generative art. What have you been working with during your PhD studies? At the beginning of my PhD, I was trying to reengineer the CRISPR/Cas9 system to make it work in mitochondria instead of nucleus. The project started off quite well

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-ludwig-schmiderer - 2025-12-21

Investigation of a metre-long front flipper, uniquely preserved with fossilized soft tissues, has revealed that the giant ichthyosaur Temnodontosaurus was equipped with flow control devices that likely served to suppress self-generated noise when foraging in dimly lit pelagic environments about 183 million years ago. Thus, this visually guided megapredator relied on underwater stealth—or ‘silent s

https://www.science.lu.se/article/ancient-giant-marine-reptile-relied-stealth-while-hunting-darkness - 2025-12-21

What if you could take a substance that allows a nasty bacterium to resist the human immune system and develop it into a drug to help people with completely different diseases? It sounds like a fairy tale for medical researchers. Yet this is precisely what is about to happen in Lund. Lars Björck hopes that the enzyme IdeS can be used to treat a number of autoimmune diseases. The nasty bacterium is

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/enzyme-killer-bacteria-could-save-seriously-ill-kidney-patients - 2025-12-21

Young people in India are often described as a well-educated and progressive force. How does that align with the right-wing populism sweeping through the country? Journalism student Linn Jönsson embarked on a reporting journey to Bombay, delving into religious and political conflicts of present-day India. In the Fall of 2023, Linn Jönsson received the SASNET travel grant for journalism students at

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/reporting-bombay-young-perspectives-indian-politics - 2025-12-21

Nine senior researchers from five different faculties at Lund University have been granted three million SEK for a novel transdisciplinary initiative to improve the early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. Four of them are research leaders from the strategic research area MultiPark at the Medical Faculty. The collaboration also involves Region Skåne, Lund Municipality, and several important partner

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/three-million-new-thematic-collaboration-initiative-about-early-diagnosis-and-prognostics-alzheimers - 2025-12-21