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Earth’s meteorite impacts over past 500 million years tracked
New doctoral thesis questions dating of known lunar crater
Dung beetles use wind compass when the sun is high
New professor wants to be role model for female students
She is a new ‘Hedda’ professor, but has a long career behind her. Biologist Ellen van Donk now hopes that she can serve as a role model for female students who dream of a future career in research. Biologist Ellen van Donk is a new professor in Hedda Andersson’s name. LUM meets ecology researcher Ellen van Donk on a beautiful summer’s day. She comes from the Netherlands and is in excellent spirits
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-professor-wants-be-role-model-female-students - 2025-11-13
Lund to coordinate new EU exchange with India
For the next four years, Lund University will coordinate a new exchange programme with India. Over 100 Indian scholarship recipients will get the chance to study or do research in Europe. Lund University hopes that many of them will choose Lund as their destination. “We are pleased that the European Commission has put its trust in us again. We can now further develop the relationships we have buil
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-coordinate-new-eu-exchange-india - 2025-11-13
A new research group led by Christopher Douse joins Lund Stem Cell Center
Principal Investigator Christopher Douse and the Epigenetics and Chromatin Dynamics research group join Lund Stem Cell Center, where they will explore the control and influence of ‘genomic dark matter’ in human brain development. Motivated by fundamental questions about mechanisms underpinning human disease, Christopher Douse’s research interests have gradually shifted from the natural sciences to
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/new-research-group-led-christopher-douse-joins-lund-stem-cell-center - 2025-11-13
Charlotte Ling receives major grant for clinical diabetes research
Congratulations to Charlotte Ling who, together with Katarina Fagher and Alice Maguolo, has been awarded a grant of five million Danish kroner by the Novo Nordisk Foundation. The funding will support clinical research in precision medicine, focusing on epigenetic analysis of blood samples from 13,000 individuals. Charlotte Ling, a professor in diabetes research with a particular focus on epigeneti
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/charlotte-ling-receives-major-grant-clinical-diabetes-research - 2025-11-13
Review: Type 2 diabetes and obesity – what do we really know?
Obesity reprogrammes muscle stem cells
Search for new vice-chancellor underway
The work to find a new vice-chancellor has begun. The recruitment committee, which now consists of equal numbers of members from the Electoral College and the University Board (with the chair of the board having the casting vote), has started the process of producing a person specification. At the turn of the year, applications will be open for the position as Torbjörn von Schantz's successor. Fol
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/search-new-vice-chancellor-underway - 2025-11-13
Five important tips on the way to a thesis
Åsa Burman is a former doctoral student at LU who has developed a method for efficiency and stress management. In January she held a workshop for doctoral students and has also written a book entitled "Finish on time - the Doctoral Student Handbook". Here are her best tips. Work in unitsDivide your day into units and A and B tasks. You should dedicate four 45-minute sessions to undisturbed work on
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/five-important-tips-way-thesis - 2025-11-13
The HR Director promises help with tricky salary payments
The transition of the salary and human resources administration to the National Government Service Centre (SSC) is not painless. After just over four months, uncertainty still prevails among administrative staff and managers about processing cases through Primula. “We are happy to come and help people out where there is a need”, says human resources director Ann Silbersky Isaksson. She sees the tr
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hr-director-promises-help-tricky-salary-payments-0 - 2025-11-13
Botanical garden temporarily flourishing
The presence of the glorious tulips, which have captivated so many of the visitors to the garden and spread to the Instagram accounts of the residents of Lund, is in no way guaranteed. Neither are the coming summer flowers currently being planted in the flower beds, which last year were left bare and brown. “We depend on grants”, says the garden director Bente Eriksen. “However, this year we recei
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/botanical-garden-temporarily-flourishing - 2025-11-13
The future starts in October
The University will hold its first Future Week in October. It is to become an annual event in which researchers from the entire University will offer the general public lectures, panel discussions and debates intended to stimulate reflection about major future issues. The theme for this year’s week is adaptations – what do we have to do? What do we want to do? And what would we like to avoid? Hist
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/future-starts-october-0 - 2025-11-13
Sarah Anne Rennick's Research Profiled in Lund University Magazine
How can youth movements influence and promote democratisation and social justice in the Middle East? Can researchers support and contribute to democratic reform? These are questions that political scientist Sarah Anne Rennick is working on as a researcher at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies. Sarah Anne Rennick is a familiar face among political scientists in Lund. She received her do
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/sarah-anne-rennicks-research-profiled-lund-university-magazine - 2025-11-14
The project DICE: linking climate change and extreme events with inequality
"We are seeing an increase in the intensity of extreme climate events, as well as growing inequality. There is an urgency to look at the intersections between climate change and parameters such as class, gender, ethnicity and soco-economic background", says Director Emily Boyd. She is leading the four yearlong project, Recasting the disproportionate impacts of climate change extremes, DICE. It lo
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/project-dice-linking-climate-change-and-extreme-events-inequality - 2025-11-13
Four ways to address challenges of urban solid waste: new policy brief developed for the City of Kisumu in Kenya.
“Better communication between different waste actors is paramount”. LUCSUS researchers present policy brief on how to address challenges linked to urban solid waste management in Kisumu, Kenya. The collection and handling of municipal solid waste pose a significant challenge in urban Kisumu. The demand for more sustainable waste handling and treatment strategies in the city has become more acute b
Meet Emil Eriksson…about students as consultants
… CEO of Lund University’s student consulting company Lunicore, which increased its turnover by 45 per cent last year. As a result, it is now probably the largest student-run consulting company in Scandinavia. Why should students work as consultants during their studies? “Because they get the chance to put their theoretical knowledge into practice while they’re still studying, to see their skills
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/meet-emil-erikssonabout-students-consultants - 2025-11-13
“It’s no harder for researchers to combine career and family”
“Yes, academic life is uncertain and competitive. However, that’s the case even for those who don’t have families. I don’t think it’s any harder to have children if you are a researcher than in any other line of work.” Olga Göransson is also a member in the network WINGS (Women in Great Sciences). So says Olga Göransson, who heads a research group at the Department of Experimental Medical Science.
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/its-no-harder-researchers-combine-career-and-family - 2025-11-13
