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Marju Orho-Melander, professor of genetic epidemiology in Malmö, has been awarded Lund University’s Fernström prize. Her research is about genetic variants that are associated with blood lipids and lipoproteins and can therefore increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. Many genes exist in different variants. Sometimes, some of the variants have a negative effect, in particular if they are comb

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/lunds-fernstrom-prize-goes-research-genes - 2025-12-09

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/molecular-link-between-diabetes-and-cancer-described - 2025-12-09

A former student had heard that our senior lecturer in statistics, Pierre Carbonnier was about to retire after this semester. Would we do a feature on him? The student remembered him fondly and added that his mother had also had Pierre as a teacher and thought he was pretty awesome. Few, if any statistics teachers can claim to have reached and inspired more students than Pierre Carbonnier, who has

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/44-years-teaching-stats-dont-lie - 2025-12-10

Ice sheets, snow and the ocean as far as the eye can see. No shipping vessels or people in sight, and only polar bears for company. The icebreaker Oden sails between Svalbard and Greenland, and this spring, doctoral student Lovisa Nilsson joined the ship to study the transition from winter to summer in the Arctic, and how soot affects the melting of sea ice. For six weeks, the spaces onboard Oden

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/polar-bears-company - 2025-12-10

Archaeologist Greer Jarrett’s research focuses on reconstructing Viking sailing routes and cartography. To do so, he learnt to sail boats similar to those sailed by the Vikings and set off out to sea. He likens the sailors of that time to today’s extreme athletes. “I started a fairly theoretical doctoral thesis on reconstructing Viking sailing routes, but I wanted practical experience from a sailo

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/chase-vikings - 2025-12-10

The security situation in the world is volatile now and sometimes changes from day to day. How should we manage our international contacts and exchanges in this context? Vice Dean David Gisselsson Nord gives us guidance on how to act. What do we mean by responsible internationalisation?"Responsible international cooperation means assessing opportunities versus risks before each cooperation. This a

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/international-collaborations-be-open-possible-careful-necessary - 2025-12-10

Two therapy dogs instead of one. There was a big turnout on May 5 when the pop-up event "Mental Health on Campus" was held in the Forum Medicum entrance. The goal was to give students a chance to share their thoughts on mental health. Either on a digital bulletin board or post-it notes on-site. Two therapy dog teams visited the event. Carina Tjörnstrand, PhD in Occupational Therapy, came with the

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/therapy-dogs-attracted-students-exchange-ideas-mental-health - 2025-12-10

To ensure that everyone has their say and that no one feels attacked when debating loaded and sensitive topics, it is important to establish the ground rules from the outset. This applies to society at large and in the lecture hall. This is the opinion of Christer Mattsson, Associate Professor of Pedagogy and Director of the Segerstedt Institute at the University of Gothenburg, who has been invite

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/risk-polarisation-lecture-hall - 2025-12-10

Set a goal for your training for one to four months and pay in SEK 1,000. You get your money back if you achieve your goal. Crazy? Perhaps, but in a study by Professor of Economics Erik Wengström and his colleagues, the incentive proved to be quite effective compared with the control groups. “I’ve had a long-standing interest in how people behave in strategic situations and if you look at it from

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/achieve-your-training-goals-and-get-money-back-it-works - 2025-12-10

Biologists Michael Bok and Cecilia Nilsson have been awarded the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant to further study how not to disrupt animal flight and the evolution of eyesight. Michael Bok, researcher, Lund Vision GroupCan you describe your research?I study the evolution of eyes and visual systems. This new grant attempts to discover how advanced visual abilities like colour and polarisation v

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/lund-university-researchers-awarded-major-eu-grant - 2025-12-11

“Behind every successful man there is a woman”, according to an old saying. So what about successful women? And what about couples where both are successful – how do they manage family life? LUM met Olle Melander and Marju Orho-Melander, who are among the Lund University researchers to have been awarded most prizes and grants in the field of medicine. Olle Melander and Marju Orho-Melander. The cou

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/planning-key-success-researcher-couple - 2025-12-09

Researchers at Lund University are developing a new type of gene therapy that reprograms cancer cells within tumors into immune cells that can help the immune system fight cancer. Their approach, now published in the journal Science, could lead to more effective treatments for hard-to-treat cancers. Cancer is known for its ability to hide from the immune system, making it tough to fight. But what

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/researchers-reprogram-tumor-cells-cancer-fighting-immune-cells-living-beings - 2025-12-09

This Regional Outlook focuses on the recent political developments in Syria and the implications for Rojava. What is currently happening in Syria?Syria is experiencing a significant escalation in violence, with the civil war reigniting in various regions. Islamist militants from the Syrian National Army (SNA) and Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) have made substantial territorial gains in the past week,

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-fall-assad-regime-challenges-and-opportunities-rojava - 2025-12-09

For the tenth consecutive year, Lund Stem Cell Center at Lund University welcomed high school students from across Skåne for UniStem Day 2025, a hands-on celebration of stem cell research and regenerative medicine. Held on Friday, March 14, this year’s milestone event offered students a unique opportunity to step into the world of science, learning from leading researchers, experimenting in state-

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/unistem-day-2025-decade-inspiring-future-scientists-lund - 2025-12-09

Stem cells programmed to produce insulin in people with type 1 diabetes or to repair the heart muscle after a heart attack. Gene and cell therapies that improve cancer treatments. These new and innovative therapies have the potential to cure, alleviate and treat diseases where traditional medicines are currently insufficient. The monk Gregor Mendel set more in motion than he could have imagined wh

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/advanced-treatments-future-are-soon-here - 2025-12-09

Stem cells programmed to produce insulin in people with type 1 diabetes or to repair the heart muscle after a heart attack. Gene and cell therapies that improve cancer treatments. These new and innovative therapies have the potential to cure, alleviate and treat diseases where traditional medicines are currently insufficient. The monk Gregor Mendel set more in motion than he could have imagined wh

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/advanced-treatments-future-are-soon-here - 2025-12-09

“As though I was driving a fast car but had enough margin to turn before hitting the rock wall.” That is how Evelina Lindén describes her experience of having a cancer tumour that was aggressive but treatable. By being open about her illness and sharing images showing how she was feeling on Facebook, she was able to keep the conversation about healthy life going with her friends. “It was so nice t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/her-cancer-found-its-place-facebook - 2025-12-10

A recent report by WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) identifies 24 places across the world that are hotspots for deforestation - and where forests are under threat. A staggering over 43 million of hectares were lost in these areas between 2004 and 2017 - an area roughly the size of Morocco. Torsten Krause, who researches forest hunting, biodiversity and deforestation, comments on the report. What a

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/torsten-krause-comments-wwf-report-deforestation-fronts - 2025-12-09

Exposure to common infections may shape basal immunity and potentially HIV-1 acquisition amongst a high-risk population in Coastal KenyaLynn Fwambah 1 2, Cheryl Andisi 2, Claire Streatfield 3, Rachel Bromell 3, Jonathan Hare 3 4, Joakim Esbjörnsson 5 6, Thumbi Ndung'u 7 8 9 10, Eduard J Sanders 1 6 11, Amin S Hassan # 1 5, Eunice Nduati # 1 2Affiliations1Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)/We

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/exposure-common-infections-may-shape-basal-immunity-and-potentially-hiv-1-acquisition-amongst-high - 2025-12-09

Laurie Cohen, from the Department of Business Administration, on gender inequality in academia and how it won't go away unless we take action. An old story has re-emerged on social media. It goes like this. A father and his son are in a car accident. The father is killed and the son is rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery. Upon entering the operating theatre and seeing the boy, the surgeon

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-work-actively-against-gender-inequality-academia - 2025-12-09