Published 23 November 2016 A new interdisciplinary research environment for human rights will soon be launched in Lund. “Interdisciplinarity and innovative thinking are required if our work on human rights is to remain relevant to society”, writes Morten Kjaerum, director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute. Morten Kjaerum, director and adjunct professor Raoul Wallenberg Institute. The head of the h

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/chronicle-human-rights-are-become-interdisciplinary - 2025-01-29

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 3 July 2024 Jan Nilsson's research group has identified a substance that stimulates the repair capacity and growth of vascular cells. Biomedical analyst Filiz Serifler has contributed to the project. Photo: Petra Olsson Heart attack and stroke are common complications of diabetes, as the body's ability to repair and form v

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-peptide-may-reduce-risk-diabetes-complications - 2025-01-29

Published 14 October 2021 The Polar regions play a crucial role in balancing global climate – with the poles heating up much faster than the rest of the world. Yet, climate projections for the Polar regions still have significant uncertainties. This is hampering efforts to curb climate change and deal with the effects we already see at play not only within the Polar regions, but also in Europe and

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/exploring-future-climates-polar-regions - 2025-01-29

Published 22 May 2013 In recent years, researchers have discovered around 70 genetic risk variants for diabetes, but still TCF7L2, known as the diabetes gene, is the gene that carries with it the largest risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Using a new method called exon skipping, Ola Hansson at Lund University Diabetes Centre (LUDC) wants to learn more about TCF7L2 by studying new ways of delaying

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/method-which-repairs-damaged-genes - 2025-01-29

By louise [dot] larsson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Louise Larsson) - published 13 May 2019 Photo:Louise Larsson From internal training courses for university lecturers in which the participants take a deep dive into case method teaching, to dedicated conferences and competitions. The alternatives to traditional classroom teaching are increasing and one of them is known as case method teaching, wi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-case-method-teaching-spreads-one-lecturer-another - 2025-01-29

Published 31 March 2020 PORTRAIT. Michael Edgerton is a composer, world citizen and since the summer of 2019, Professor of Artistic Research at the Malmö Academy of Music. How come you decided to apply for a job in Sweden and move here? - In 2002, I began to work with guitarist Stefan Östersjö and then later ensemble Ars Nova, and the Stockholm Sax Quartet. These were good experiences and I was im

https://www.mhm.lu.se/en/article/unusual-sounds-complex-contexts - 2025-01-29

By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir) - published 10 June 2024 Tony Ingesson writes about Morse code in one of his articles published in The Conversation. Photo: Johan Persson and Chris Curry Why does Russia still use Morse code? Has military conscription increased equality? These are two questions that Tony Ingesson, political scientist and expert

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/path-idea-popular-article-conversation - 2025-01-29

By carys [dot] egan-wyer [at] fek [dot] lu [dot] se (Carys Egan-Wyer) - published 13 January 2022 Photo by Warren Wong on Unsplash Martin Moström from Retail House shares insights on the necessity for the retail sector to embrace change. Contrary to rumours, the physical store is far from obsolete; it has consistently evolved. Over the past two decades in the grocery trade, store numbers in Sweden

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Published 4 June 2018 Swedish nature is teeming with wild edible plants. Some taste good, others don’t. A group of biologists from 11 different countries got to learn which plants are edible, and what they taste like, when the department’s SACT (Scientific Activities) group organised a herbal excursion to Abusa Valley outside Södra Sandby in Skåne. The goal was to learn more about the herbs of nat

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/biologists-feasting-spring-abusa-valley - 2025-01-29

Published 23 October 2023 Apply to become a post-doctoral fellow at CMES to study political youth, water security, research data infrastructure or geopolitics in the Middle East before 20 November 2023! Postdoctoral Fellow on Political Youth in Middle East Conflicts The postdoctoral position will be part of a research project focused on the Middle East and youth in armed conflicts. The conflicts i

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/job-openings-4-cmes-postdoctoral-fellows-political-youth-water-security-and-geopolitics - 2025-01-29

Published 25 March 2010 Children of immigrants from countries with low risk of type 1 diabetes develop the disease more often than expected if they grow up in Sweden, which is a high-risk country. Scientists mean that it is something in the Swedish environment that causes this elevated risk. Ahmed Delli, who is a scientist at Lund University Diabetes Centre, has mapped what happens when a child mo

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/moving-sweden-increases-risk-diabetes - 2025-01-29

Published 19 September 2013 With around 350 million patients worldwide, diabetes is one of the world’s major public health problems. This year’s Fernström Foundation Nordic Prize, with prize money of SEK 1 million, goes to the internationally renowned diabetes researcher Leif Groop from Lund University in Sweden. Leif Groop’s speciality has been referred to as ‘gene fishing’. It involves fishing u

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/major-prize-lu-diabetes-researcher - 2025-01-29

Published 21 January 2015 Antidiabetics that also provide cardiovascular benefit is a key unmet need in diabetes treatment. ApoA-l is a protein shown to have both glucose lowering and cholesterol-lowering effects and has been investigated by Jens Lagerstedt and Karin Stenkula for its therapeutic potential. They have now received 2,5 million Danish kroner from the Novo Seeds for taking innvoation a

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/lagerstedt-and-stenkula-receive-novo-seed-grant - 2025-01-29

Published 16 March 2020 Message from the LUDC Executive Board. Photo by CDC on Unsplash Dear Friends and colleagues,We are all now well aware that the COVID-19 pandemic is spreading fast in Sweden and around the world. There is a lot of information to digest. Some of this is factual and helpful, but there is also a great deal of poorly informed speculation, that risks promoting anxiety and panic.

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/updates-covid-19 - 2025-01-29

Published 13 November 2020 One clear change meant minimising the number of patient visits to the clinic – instead, physicians, nurses and patients met via telephone or video call. A cancer diagnosis often entails many hospital visits and intensive treatments that can be very tiring for the patient. In the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, however, cancer patients were identified as an at-risk g

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/wake-pandemic-new-methods-cancer-care - 2025-01-29

Published 15 January 2025 On 12 December, the Government presented the Research and Innovation Bill entitled “Research and Innovation for the Future, Curiosity and Benefit”. An overall assessment of the Bill shows that it is much more challenging for Lund University than any previous Research Bill. It offers great opportunities for many researchers and different types of research, while stearing r

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/research-bill-great-opportunities-very-challenging - 2025-01-30

By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir) - published 10 June 2024 Morse code is still used in Russia, but the manuals have probably  been updated. Photo Chris Curry. Why does Russia still use Morse code? Has military conscription increased equality? These are two questions that Tony Ingesson, associate senior lecturer at the Department of Political Sc

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/morse-code-russia-path-idea-popular-article-conversation - 2025-01-30

Av maria [dot] esaiasson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Esaiasson) - publicerad 28 oktober 2021 Corona och den följande nedstängingen av universitet över hela världen har betytt att vi alla behövt lära oss undervisa på distans i ett högt tempo. Pedagoger över hela världen har samlat erfarenheter och utvärderat hur det fungerat och talar ofta om samtiden som ”det nya normala” och avser

https://www.education.lu.se/artikel/det-nya-normala-en-litteraturoversikt - 2025-01-29

Publicerad 28 september 2018 Nya e-resurserDETAIL inspirationThe new image and reference database DETAIL inspiration uses precise, relevant visual inspirations to support architects in their search for construction solutions. With around 3,000 projects from the past 30 years, DETAIL inspiration is a highly valuable source of research and inspiration for architects.UppsägningarSpringerMaterialsUnde

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Published 18 November 2021 Conference title “Understanding legal cultures in Central Asia” on 6-8 November, 2021 in Istanbul, Turkey Central Asian Law project organized the conference titled “Understanding legal cultures in Central Asia” on 6-8 November in Istanbul, Turkey. The conference focused on the discussion of the interconnections between international actors, domestic institutions, busines

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