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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Collaboration between the worlds of industry and academia promotes the dissemination of knowledge and technology in society. This is why the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) is investing SEK 30 million in industrial doctoral students. The grant covers the study period for the doctoral students and must
A new study from Lund University in Sweden on how the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine affects human liver cells under experimental conditions, has been viewed more than 800,000 times in just over a week. The results have been widely discussed across social media – but the results have in many cases been misinterpreted. Two of the authors, Associate Professor Yang de Marinis (YDM) and Professor Ma
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/qa-covid-19-vaccine-study-gains-attention - 2026-06-05
Eating cheese and cream with a high fat content may be linked to a lower risk of developing dementia. This is shown by a new large-scale study from Lund University. The researchers analysed the dietary habits of more than 27,000 people and linked these to the occurrence of dementia over a follow-up period of up to 25 years. The debate about low-fat diets has long shaped our health advice and influ
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/full-fat-cheese-linked-lower-risk-dementia - 2026-06-05
Eating cheese and cream with a high fat content may be linked to a lower risk of developing dementia. This is shown by a new large-scale study from Lund University. The researchers analysed the dietary habits of more than 27,000 people and linked these to the occurrence of dementia over a follow-up period of up to 25 years. The debate about low-fat diets has long shaped our health advice and influ
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/full-fat-cheese-linked-lower-risk-dementia - 2026-06-05
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.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/organised-prostate-cancer-testing-provide-more-equal-care - 2026-06-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Doctoral education in Service Studies at the Department of Service Management and Service Studies is interdisciplinary and focuses on services as an object of study. But what is it like being a doctoral student at ISM, what can a normal working week look like and what kind of research areas are our doctoral students i
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/job-lets-me-grow-many-ways - 2026-06-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. He is checking out at the same fighting weight as when he checked in, and does the same number of push-ups (40!) now as he did then. He has been through several tough rounds and had to fight to defend his convictions and his views on the University’s development. Per Eriksson summarises his time as vice-chancellor as
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/eriksson-you-have-dare-take-risks-sometimes-if-you-want-make-things-happen - 2026-06-05
This CMES Regional Outlook (2025:2) by Lisa Strömbom focuses on the global responses to the escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza. In February 2025, a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas came into force, briefly easing the intense humanitarian crisis in Gaza after months of devastating conflict. The truce was structured in three phases. The first stage was implemented and included the ex
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-global-responses-escalating-humanitarian-crisis-gaza - 2026-06-05
Kriget i Gaza har skapat konflikter på universitet i Sverige och i andra länder. Motsättningarna mellan demonstranter och universitetsledningar och mellan grupper av anställda lär ta tid att överbrygga. Vi har träffat både LU:s rektor och demonstranter från tältlägret i Lundagård. I LUM ger de sin syn på vägen framåt. Vi har också intervjuat Lundaforskare med vitt skilda specialiteter och frågat h
https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/efter-palestinagard-vad-hander-nu - 2026-06-06
There has been great and broad interest in the University’s international assistant professor (associate senior lecturer) positions and visiting professorships. In total, the University received 1,326 applications and the first selection phase has been completed. In October the top candidates began to arrive in Lund to present their research in tough competition. The call for applications referred
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Farshid Jalalvand has a PhD in infection biology and vaccine development, and he has appeared frequently in the media during the debate on the Covid-19 vaccine. “When you work, as I do, with vaccines and you understand how they work, it feels important to try to explain it so that people can take decisions based on so
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/it-everyones-responsibility-get-vaccinated - 2026-06-05
Read about our research, engagement and researchers at COP27, the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, hosted by Egypt in Sharm El Sheikh. It is held between 6-18 November. Reports launched at COP27 The land Gap report Countries’ climate pledges are dangerously over reliant on inequitable and unsustainable land-based measures to capture and store carbon. This is stated in a new study, c
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-engagement-during-cop27 - 2026-06-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new trend among the food-conscious is to adopt a gluten-free diet. However, according to LU researchers studying coeliac disease (gluten intolerance), the trend is not solely a good thing as it may blur the line between illness and health. “The fact that patients with coeliac disease now have more food products to c
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/gluten-riddle-searching-triggers-coeliac-disease - 2026-06-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A researcher who made invisible female labour visible and had her hypotheses that efficiency thinking in healthcare is neither good nor cheap confirmed when her own husband became ill. Rosmari Eliasson-Lappalainen is a pioneer in elderly research. Photo: Gunnar Menander You could say that Rosmari Eliasson-Lappalainen
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/efficiency-mindset-inappropriate-elderly-care - 2026-06-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. This year’s Association of American Geographers’ conference got me thinking about maps. I’ve been to a fair few geography conferences but, funny enough, have never really come across very many maps. Or, rather, have given them very little thought. This year, wherever I turned there they were. And they were truly, deep
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/blog-post-reflections-years-association-american-geographers-conference-maja-essebo - 2026-06-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We need new ways of understanding and accounting for how people depend on nature to protect and preserve our environment. Research from Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) strives to diversify ways of measuring and evaluating ecosystem services to take into account people’s place-based, varied a
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new trend among food-conscious Swedes is to adopt a gluten-free diet. However, according to LU researchers studying coeliac disease (gluten intolerance), the trend is not solely a good thing as it may blur the line between illness and health. “The fact that patients with coeliac disease now have more food products t
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/gluten-riddle-searching-triggers-coeliac-disease - 2026-06-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Curiosity, openness and compassion are words to live by for Sylvia Schwaag Serger, who will become the new deputy vice-chancellor as of next year. She believes that we all have a civic duty to be proactive but must also be aware that we might, actually, be wrong. Sylvia Schwaag-Serger, new deputy vice-chancellor at Lu
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/leaving-her-comfort-zone-lund-university - 2026-06-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Collaboration, innovation and entrepreneurship! These concepts are now being taken seriously in first, second and third cycle programmes. LUM sat down with students taking the elective "Interdisciplinary project development" and the compulsory PhD course on knowledge in collaboration at the Faculty of Medicine. Mari
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/entrepreneurship-timetable - 2026-06-05
In the early 1950s, no one knew what caused Parkinson's disease. Then, Arvid Carlsson's discovery of dopamine opened the door to world-leading transplantations for Parkinson's patients. Thanks to the pioneering basic research at MultiPark, stemcell-derived neural cells can now be tested in a clinical trial for the first time. In Parkinson's disease, the nerve cells in an area of the brain that con
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/world-parkinsons-day-transplantations-parkinsons-disease-time-travel - 2026-06-05
