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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. This autumn she was awarded SEK 22 million in ERC grants for her Alzheimer’s research. In addition, she is a member of the Nobel Prize committee for chemistry, she has written children’s books, won the veterans’ European Championship in orienteering and is director of Humlegården, a day centre for people with autism.
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/multi-tasking-top - 2026-06-29
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a completely new stimulation method, using ultra-thin microelectrodes, to combat severe pain. This provides effective and personalised pain relief without the common side effects from pain relief drugs. The study, which was conducted on rats, has been published in the research journal Science Advances. The lack of a side effect-free treatment
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/pain-relief-without-side-effects-promising-technique - 2026-06-29
The aggregation of the protein Amyloid-beta (Abeta) into plaques outside the nerve cells has been recognized in patients with Alzheimer’s disease since 1905. But eliminating the plaques has not helped patients so far. Still, Tomas Roos thinks that Abeta matters, but we may need to focus on the aggregates elsewhere. On February 17, he defends his thesis about prion-like proteins in neurodegeneratio
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/does-alzheimers-disease-start-inside-neurons-phd-interview-tomas-roos - 2026-06-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEWCOMERS (New Clean Energy Communities in a Changing European Energy System), an EU Horizon 2020 project, has launched Our Energy, an online platform for education, awareness-raising, and networking, focusing on new clean energy communities, energy transitions and related topics. Our Energy offers short, interactive,
Much of the world's infrastructure is made of concrete, which presents a challenge when it cracks and needs repair. Traditional repair methods involve cutting away a large amount of material. Now researchers at Lund University are investigating an innovative solution: using fungi to mend concrete. This groundbreaking research got off the ground with a Sustainable Idea Exploration grant and support
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The main University building is to become a hub for the organisation! That is the vision proposed by project manager Louise Pierce, who is responsible for repurposing the now almost empty building in Lundagård park. In only three years, it is to be buzzing with activity in the form of students, employees and visitors.
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-plan-university-building-materializes - 2026-06-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. When Anders Ackfeldt and 22 other researchers criticised the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency’s (MSB) research report “The Muslim Brotherhood in Sweden” for adding fuel to an overly conspiracy theory-tinged image of Islam, it provoked a deluge of threatening emails the following day. “My children were mentioned in t
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/islamologist-nuanced-picture-islam-provocative - 2026-06-29
At the foot of the mountains, among more than 200 vineyards, lies Stellenbosch University, that Lund University collaborates with. Daniella Rylander Ottosson and Göran Karlsson, Senior lecturers at Lund University's Stem Cell Center, are currently on sabbatical here. During fall they have been affiliated with STIAS (Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study), an interdisciplinary research institut
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/lund-south-africa-science-everyday-life-and-vineyards - 2026-06-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Nordic Centre in India (NCI) is offering three different grants for scholars from NCI member universities to conduct research in India. As in previous years, the Nordic Centre in India, a consortium of leading universities and research institutions in the Nordic countries, will provide funding to a number of docto
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/nci-grants-research-visits-india-0 - 2026-06-29
The first physical project meeting of the EU-funded project entitled “Intelligent Geotechnologies for Resilient Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change in Lao PDR (INTEGRAL), took place at Lund University the 20-21 September 2023. Intelligent geotechnologies, which integrate mapping, earth observation, geographic information systems and artificial intelligence, can play a fundamental role in sup
https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/project-intelligent-geotechnologies-sustainability - 2026-06-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Nordic Centre in India (NCI) is offering three different grants for scholars from NCI member universities to conduct research in India. As in previous years, the Nordic Centre in India, a consortium of leading universities and research institutions in the Nordic countries, will provide funding to a number of docto
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/nci-grants-research-visits-india - 2026-06-29
Individuals cannot solve the climate crisis, argue researchers Carys Egan-Wyer and Jack Coffin. Policy makers should direct their attention to the (im)moral market structures that influence consumer and corporate decision-making. In the fight against climate change, it is more important to make markets more moral than to make consumers more ethical. Individual consumers are, by now, well used to b
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/why-we-need-more-moral-markets-not-more-ethical-consumers - 2026-06-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. How has life and work changed during the pandemic? LUM has met coworkers with widely different situations, starting with Tove Eriksson and Anna Löthman. Anna Löthman and Tove Eriksson, Communication officers at EHLLU has become a race car!Many people are working from home due to the coronavirus, but not you. Why?"We l
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/everyday-life-wake-corona-crisis - 2026-06-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new collaborative research project led by researchers Torsten Krause and Barbara Schröter will investigate the global value chains of cattle (meat / leather), gold, tin and palm oil - commodities that are all imported to the European market, and originally produced in Brazil, Colombia and Indonesia. What is the proj
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/global-value-chains-meat-gold-tin-and-palm-oil-spotlight-new-research-project - 2026-06-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Read our masterstudent M Nafees Emtiaz Chowdhury´s article about his experiences from his vacation in Sweden. When I came to Helsingborg in Sweden to pursue my Master program in Service Management at Lund University on 31st of August, 2019 it was autumn here. Soon the orange leaves of the trees faded away as winter ca
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/how-i-spent-my-summer-vacation - 2026-06-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Lund University School of Economics and Management has been accredited for five years by both EQUIS and AMBA, placing the school in the top 1 per cent of business schools globally that hold both accreditations. “This really shows the competitive strength of the school. Being accredited by both EQUIS and AMBA demon
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Is the world becoming a better place? This question will be asked by researchers when the first science week of the 350th anniversary celebration takes place in March. Debatt i Lund panellists will start off the week by approaching the question from different angles, followed by five days of discussions and lectures o
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/world-becoming-better-place-checkpoint-sweden - 2026-06-29
People with type 2 diabetes have a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease and dying prematurely due to atherosclerosis. A research team at Lund University in Sweden has now identified molecular mechanisms that may explain the increased risk. Their discovery may lead to more accurate treatments for patients with atherosclerosis and type 2 diabetes in the future. People with type 2 diabete
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-explanation-dangerous-atherosclerotic-plaques-type-2-diabetes - 2026-06-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In her own words, Dean of the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts Solfrid Söderlind writes about the future of the Malmö Art Academy. In the last few days there has been an intense debate in the media about the Art Academy, which has been described as threatened with shut-down due to an eviction notice from the city o
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/current-and-future-premises-malmo-art-academy - 2026-06-29
Following a new decision by Lund University, LU Accommodation will update its rental model to a more standardized student accommodation model. Further rental increases due to inflation have been postponed until August 2024. Rental changes 2024 New rental model LU Accommodation will change to an 11 month rental model, where the yearly rent for almost all accommodations* will be distributed over 11
https://www.luaccommodation.lu.se/article/rental-changes-january-2024 - 2026-06-29
