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We are currently in the process of evaluate and improve our education, and also keep in contact and build a network with our alumni. It would help us and future students, if you could take a few moments to complete the following questionnaire. Thank you for your contribution! Gender Female Male Other Age Graduation year Degree(s) BSc Degree MSc Degree PhD Degree Skills What were the most important

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To help improve our communication work to our students, we appreciate very much if you would fill in this form. It is anonymous and will be used by the student administration only, for development of information strategies. Thank you for your participation! What is your overall rating on the communication of courses, being a student, student rights, events etc, at the department? 1 2 3 4 5 Comment

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By ricardo [dot] guillen [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Ricardo Guillén) - published 13 June 2023 SVT has interviewed Anders Lindroth about the long-term measurements of forest carbon uptake conducted by ICOS and researchers at the department outside Perstorp in northern Skåne. Previous measurements have shown that the drought in 2018 reduced carbon uptake in southern forests, while northern pine

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/drought-affects-forest-carbon-uptake-research-department-highlighted-svt-segment - 2024-11-17

NGEA17 This course is cancelled in spring 2023. Course contents In this course, you will learn the dynamics of the most important weather systems. You will learn to describe and to analyse weather systems of different scales, from hundreds of kilometers (mesoscale) to the moving high- and low-pressure systems at a scale of several thousands of kilometres (synoptic scale). At the end of the course,

https://www.nateko.lu.se/education/basic-courses/synoptic-mesoscale-meteorology - 2024-11-17

NGEA21 This course teach you the basics about the global climate system. You will learn about climate variations and climatological processes and how those affects the global and local climate.  Course contents In the course you will learn about the global and regional climatology: what causes the largescale differences in the energy budget the different components of the global climate system the

https://www.nateko.lu.se/education/basic-courses/climate-system - 2024-11-17

By susanna [dot] olsson [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Susanna Olsson) - published 21 September 2023 A new study by an international group of researchers, including three scientists from the department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, offers critical insights into the immediate impact of meteorological drought on vegetation across Europe. The information can strengthen the information

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/recent-study-reveals-sub-seasonal-drought-sensitivity-across-europe - 2024-11-17

By susanna [dot] olsson [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Susanna Olsson) - published 26 September 2023 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 observ

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/project-intelligent-geotechnologies-sustainability - 2024-11-17

In the Master Programme in Applied Computational Science with specialisation in Physical Geography, you will learn how to study complex processes in natural sciences, and how Computational Science can contribute to knowledge evolution in society. A few of many examples are environment and climate change, global environmental issues and global cycles. General The Master Programme in Applied Computa

https://www.nateko.lu.se/education/masters-programmes/master-programme-applied-computational-science-physical-geography - 2024-11-17

A process-based dynamic vegetation-terrestrial ecosystem model Potential natural vegetation simulated by the dynamic vegetation model LPJ-GUESS for a grid cell located in Lund. LPJ-GUESS, initially developed in the late 1990s, is a product of collaboration between Lund University in Sweden, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, and the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena,

https://www.nateko.lu.se/lpjguess - 2024-11-17

NGEA52 The purpose of this course is to experience using your skills in physical geography in a company, organisation or institute setting. Course contentsThe aim of this course is to give possibility to gain experience from working with a private company, organisation or governmental body and apply knowledge you obtained during your studies. The obtained working experience is a good compliment to

https://www.nateko.lu.se/NGEA52 - 2024-11-17

By susanna [dot] olsson [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Susanna Olsson) - published 27 October 2023 Traditional wheat on the left, perennial wheatgrass on the right, with a comparison of growth over time. Perennial crops have the potential to reduce the need for ploughing and pesticides, which in turn can lead to reduced soil degradation and greenhouse gas emissions. Recently, a unique research inf

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/can-agriculture-shift-perennial-grain-crops - 2024-11-17

The science of climate and climate change involves study of the interaction between clouds, atmospheric radiation and aerosol particles. Researchers at the department are investigating how the environment controls cloud glaciation, precipitation, lightning and other cloud properties. Improved ways of treating clouds in global climate models that predict climate change are being developed.Ice Initi

https://www.nateko.lu.se/research-physical-geography/meteorology-climatology-and-climate-change/meteorology-clouds-and-climate - 2024-11-17

NGEK01 Course contents This is the thesis course of the bachelor programme in physical geography and ecosystem analysis. The degree thesis is an independent project. Finding a subject We'd like to recommend you to try finding a suitable subject for your thesis project so you are clear about that when you start. Together with your supervisor, you will discuss your subject of choice. Many of our stu

https://www.nateko.lu.se/education/basic-courses/bachelor-degree-project - 2024-11-17

PERENNIAL is the collective name for two research projects funded by FORMAS and ERC. The main purpose of these projects is to investigate how the cultivation of perennial crops can have a positive impact on agriculture, the environment and contribute to mitigating increasing carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere through carbon sequestration in the soil. Traditional wheat on the left, per

https://www.nateko.lu.se/research/ecosystems-functioning-dynamics-and-ecology/perennial - 2024-11-17

By susanna [dot] olsson [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Susanna Olsson) - published 15 December 2023 Hornsund station. Photo by Joanna Perchaluk. Are you curious about the Arctic, and what it is like to work there? INTERACT is a network of stations around the Arctic that is building capacity for research and monitoring in the Arctic. INTERACT has earlier published several books, and this autumn the

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/interact-docu-series-and-bbc-short-films-about-arctic - 2024-11-17

In June 2022, Sofia Bergh started her PhD studies in TNU supervised by Prof. Åsa Petersén. The overall aim of the PhD project is to investigate the cellular and molecular mechanisms of limbic system pathology of Huntington’s disease. Her first original research article is in press titled “Effects of mutant huntingtin in oxytocin neurons on non-motor features of Huntington’s disease” in Neuropathol

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/team/sofia-bergh-phd-student - 2024-11-17

Weydt P, Dupuis L and Petersen Å. Handbook of Clinical Neurology 157: 761-775 (2018) Abstract Huntington disease (HD) is a paradigmatic autosomal-dominant adult-onset neurodegenerative disease. Since the identification of an abnormal expansion of a trinucleotide repeat tract in the huntingtin gene as the underlying genetic defect, a broad range of transgenic animal models of the disease has become

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/thermoregulatory-disorders-huntington-disease - 2024-11-17

Baldo B, Soylu R and Petersén ÅPLoS One 8(12) (2013)AbstractHuntington's disease (HD) is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder caused by an expanded polyglutamine repeat in the huntingtin protein. Neuropathology in the basal ganglia and in the cerebral cortex has been linked to the motor and cognitive symptoms whereas recent work has suggested that the hypothalamus might be involved in the metabolic

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/maintenance-basal-levels-autophagy-huntingtons-disease-mouse-models-displaying-metabolic-dysfunction - 2024-11-17

Bergh S, Gabery S, Tonetto S, Kirik D, Petersén Å and Cheong RY. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology. 2023;49(2):e12891. doi:10.1111/nan.12891 [published correction appears in Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol. 2023 Jun;49(3):e12905]. Abstract Background: Early non-motor features including anxiety, depression and altered social cognition are present in Huntington's disease (HD). The underlying neurob

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/effects-mutant-huntingtin-oxytocin-neurons-non-motor-features-huntingtons-disease - 2024-11-17

Published 10 March 2023 Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has in cooperation with Åsa Petersén produced a short film about Huntington's disease and Petersén's research on HD. Petersén was awarded Wallenberg Clinical Scholar in 2020. Link to the movie "Huntington's disease - the hunt for treatment" on YouTube  

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/film-about-hd-asa-petersen - 2024-11-17