By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 8 January 2025 Efraim Westholm and Lena Eliasson have measured levels of the protein IGFBP7 in beta cells from people with type 2 diabetes. Photo: Petra Olsson In type 2 diabetes, the body's ability to release insulin is impaired, which leads to high blood glucose levels. Research led from Lund University shows how the lev

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/protein-affects-ability-secrete-insulin-type-2-diabetes - 2025-04-01

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 31 January 2025 Ingrid Wernstedt Asterholm at Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg receives the Leif C. Groop Award for Outstanding Diabetes Research for research on the adipose tissue. Photograph: Johan Wingborg This year's recipient of the Leif C. Groop Award for Outstanding Diabetes Research maps out mechanis

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/ingrid-wernstedt-asterholm-receives-leif-c-groop-award-research-adipose-tissue - 2025-04-01

By erika [dot] svantesson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Erika Svantesson) - published 5 February 2025 Pre-cancerous lesions, known as in situ cancers, were also more likely to be detected with AI – 51 per cent more such cases were found (68 people compared with 45). Photo: iStock New research results now published from Lund University’s MASAI trial are even better than the initial findings from last

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/ai-supported-breast-cancer-screening-new-results-suggest-even-higher-accuracy - 2025-04-01

By katrin [dot] stahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Katrin Ståhl) - published 10 February 2025 In a large international study the researchers found that analysis by the AI led to 14 times fewer missed diagnoses of severe arrhythmias. Photo: Bild: iStock/alexaldo. In patients with symptoms such as irregular heartbeats, dizziness, or fainting, or in individuals that physicians suspect may have atrial

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/ai-better-humans-analysing-long-term-ecg-recordings - 2025-04-01

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 11 February 2025 Atopic eczema is one of the most common chronic skin diseases in Sweden and affects just over 25 per cent of all children and 10 per cent of all adults. More than half of sufferers contract the disease before the age of two. Photo: iStock Cold weather, dry air, an overactive immune system or our modern

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/atopic-eczema-widespread-disease - 2025-04-01

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 12 February 2025 Experimental scientist Ilknur Özen and Niklas Marklund, professor at Lund University and neurosurgical consultant at Skåne University hospital have in collaboration with Uppsala investigated brain tissue from 15 patients. Photo: Tove Smeds A study at Lund University reveals that traumatic brain inj

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/cracking-alzheimers-code-how-brain-trauma-triggers-disease - 2025-04-01

By erika [dot] svantesson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Erika Svantesson) - published 14 February 2025 Elin Hård af Segerstad, dietitian specialised in pediatrics and researcher at Lund University. She works clinically at Skåne University Hospital in Malmö. Photo: Tove Gilvad The results of an observational study from Lund University in Sweden are clear: up to the age of two, a more fibre-rich diet

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-research-track-higher-amounts-dietary-fibre-age-two-can-reduce-later-risk-coeliac-disease - 2025-04-01

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 18 February 2025 Assessing patients via chat functions is a means for healthcare centres to streamline care, but it requires an entirely new approach to medical evaluation. Photo: Ingemar Hultquist Assessing patients via chat functions is a means for healthcare centres to streamline care, but it requires an entirely ne

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/nurses-need-new-skills-digital-triage - 2025-04-01

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 11 March 2025 Filipe Pereira, professor at Lund University, together with Cristiana Pires and Fábio Rosa founded Asgard Therapeutics AB. Photo: Kennet Ruona Asgard Therapeutics, in partnership with Lund University and Herlev Hospital, has been awarded €2.5 million for an EIC Transition project from the European Innovation Coun

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/innovative-cancer-cell-therapy-project-lands-eu25-million-eic-funding - 2025-04-01

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 13 March 2025 The study is particularly relevant given the Swedish Work Environment Authority's recent proposal to lower the limit for exposure to hexavalent chromium from 5 to 1 microgram per cubic metre of air. Photo: iStock Unchanged since 1996, Sweden's hexavalent chromium exposure limit is higher than in several o

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/cellular-changes-occur-even-below-hexavalent-chromium-limit - 2025-04-01

Publicerad 5 maj 2015 Vetenskapens Världs program om massutdöenden den 5/5 gästades av Vivi Vajda: http://www.svtplay.se/video/2899418/vetenskapens-varld/vetenskapens-varld-avsnitt-15?start=auto

https://www.geologi.lu.se/artikel/vivi-vajda-diskuterar-massutdoenden-i-vetenskapens-varld - 2025-04-01

Publicerad 5 maj 2015 Maria Åkesson har tilldelats Oscar II:s stipendium på 4400 kr för sin avhandling "On the scope and assessment of pesticides in groundwater in Skåne, Sweden". Maria disputerade den 19 september 2014 och arbetar idag som hydrogeolog på Tyréns i Malmö. Handledare var Charlotte Sparrenbom och Dan Hammarlund (Geologiska Institutionen) samt Christel Carlsson (SGI). Stort Grattis Ma

https://www.geologi.lu.se/artikel/maria-akesson-har-tilldelats-oscar-iis-stipendium-sin-avhandling - 2025-04-01

Publicerad 5 maj 2015 Jorunn Falkenhaug får av SGU pris för bästa examensarbete med sitt kandidatarbete "Vattnets kretslopp i området vid Lilla Klåveröd: ett kunskapsprojekt med vatten i fokus". Hon kommer att belönas med 10 000 kr vid en prisceremoni med lunch och GD den 27 maj Uppsala. Handledare Göran Persson (HP-Borrningar), Mattias Gustafsson och Peter Dahlqvist (SGU) samt Charlotte Sparrenbo

https://www.geologi.lu.se/artikel/jorunn-falkenhaug-far-pris-av-sgu-basta-examensarbete - 2025-04-01

Publicerad 22 maj 2015 Helena Alexanderson har blivit antagen till Naturvetenskapliga fakultetens Pedagogiska akademi och har därmed fått titeln Excellent Teaching Practioner (ETP-lärare). Vi gratulerar!!

https://www.geologi.lu.se/artikel/helena-alexanderson-utnamnd-till-excellent-teaching-practioner-etp-larare - 2025-04-01

Publicerad 5 juni 2015 Department of Geology organizes a full day symposium on the theme “Climate development and ocean dynamics during the last glacial - interglacial cycle” as a tribute to Professor Svante Björck and his research in Quaternary Science for more than 40 years because of his retirement from the Chair in Quaternary Geology on February 2015 02 28.Program

https://www.geologi.lu.se/artikel/symposium-climate-development-and-ocean-dynamics-during-last-glacial-interglacial-cycle-june-12-0900 - 2025-04-01

Publicerad 18 juni 2015 I projektet Landscapes Lost undersöker Anton Hansson de urskogar från stenåldern som finns bevarade på havsbottnen utanför Skånes östkust. Målet är att få ökad kunskap om hur landskapet har förändrats under de senaste 10 000 åren. Läs mer om Anton och projektet i Naturvetaren.

https://www.geologi.lu.se/artikel/han-letar-skog-pa-havets-botten - 2025-04-01

Publicerad 12 augusti 2015 Intervju med Mikael Calner för P4 Radio Gotland 2015-08-12

https://www.geologi.lu.se/artikel/geologiska-institutionen-borrar-400-miljoner-ar-ner-i-gotlands-berggrund - 2025-04-01

Publicerad 8 september 2015 I samband med geologins dag i Sverige (12:e september) kommer Jorunn Falkenhaug, som vunnit SGU's pris för bästa examensarbete 2015 att prata om vattnets kretslopp (9.00), och Charlotte Sparrenbom (lektor vid Geologiska Institutionen) att prata om vattenkvalitet (13.00). Detta äger rum på Lilla Klåveröd, Söderåsen och arrangemanget ordnas av HPborrningar. Fler föreläsni

https://www.geologi.lu.se/artikel/foredrag-om-vatten-pa-geologins-dag-den-129 - 2025-04-01

Publicerad 10 september 2015 ”On behalf of the Canadian Geomorphology Research Group – Le Groupe Canadien de Recherche en Géomophologie, I’d like to congratulate you [Tom] on being awarded one of two 2015 Olav Slaymaker Awards for Best Student Oral Paper at the Joint Assembly in Montreal this past May.This award recognizes the quality of your [Tom’s] Oral Presentation: Streamlined Landforms in Swe

https://www.geologi.lu.se/artikel/tom-dowling-har-fatt-pris-best-student-oral-paper-vid-en-konferens-i-kanada - 2025-04-01

Publicerad 11 september 2015 Se vår sida för lediga tjänster. 

https://www.geologi.lu.se/artikel/flera-lediga-tjanster-som-universitetslektor-och-postdok - 2025-04-01