By backa_elias [dot] bondpa [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Backa Elias Bondpä) - published 21 November 2021 Lund University is to get better at reporting and taking measures against incidents that occur in information security. This is the goal of a recently approved sub-project within efforts to introduce a management system for information security. Anders Sjöö is in charge of the sub-pro

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/management-information-security-incidents-be-coordinated - 2025-04-04

Published 6 February 2017 Johanna Alkan Olsson from CEC, Lund University was awarded 5,000 Euros for her project on algorithmic potato farming at Climate-KIC Nordic Ideation Day 27 January. The project will create a method for farmers to better handle outbreaks of late blight on crops, a disease expected to become more problematic in a changing climate. This was the second ever Climate-KIC Nordic

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/potato-project-awarded-grant - 2025-04-04

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Published 7 July 2017 In a new study, Donatas Zigmantas and Erling Thyrhaug from NanoLund, together with researchers from the University of Copenhagen, have studied nanoclusters consisting of 20 silver atoms. For the first time, the researchers managed to measure the exact energy levels and identified that the ultrafast energy flow is linked to the structural changes that occur when light excites

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/silver-atom-nanoclusters-could-become-efficient-biosensors - 2025-04-03

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By fredrik [dot] bexell [at] byggnad [dot] lu [dot] se (Fredrik Bexell) - published 22 March 2024 In an ongoing deadly violence (ODV) situation, it is important to act in a rapid and effective way. Since late last year, a procured course has been available to increase preparedness for possible ODV situations. During the course, the participants learn, among other things, to obstruct any perpetrato

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/course-about-ongoing-deadly-violence-odv - 2025-04-04

Published 7 December 2017 Two universities within 20 km of each other will become a reality next year when the higher education institution in Malmö will receive full university status. What this will mean for Lund is unclear. Will the university in Malmö be a complement or a competitor? In Lund, the feeling is cautiously optimistic. Huset Orkanen, Malmö Högskola (foto: Fiora M.C /Mostphotos) och

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/complement-or-competitor - 2025-04-03

Published 7 February 2023 The SciLifeLab & Wallenberg National Program for Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS) is the is one of the latest research initiative funded by Knut and Alice Wallenberg foundation. Lund University has successfully recruited two DDLS Fellows starting now in the beginning of 2023. The practice of life science is continuously becoming more data-dependent. The amount and complexi

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/scilifelab-wallenberg-national-program-data-driven-life-science - 2025-04-03

By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 4 March 2025 Henrik Smith has not only built successful research environments such as BECC, he has also inspired a whole generation of students to work on environmental and climate issues. Photo: Göran Smith With his cycling helmet perched on his head, he rushes in like a whirlwind, fires off monosyllabic replies to em

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/henrik-smith-visionary-who-never-slows-down - 2025-04-03

By gisela [dot] lindberg [at] kansliht [dot] lu [dot] se (Gisela Lindberg) - published 17 December 2019 Missiologist Mika Vähäkangas travels a lot – from Lund, Helsinki and to different countries in Africa. Photo: Kennet Ruona Missiologist Mika Vähäkangas thinks that Scandinavians can be a little self-righteous. He says that he has become who he is in great part thanks to his research in Africa –

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/africa-has-given-me-more-i-could-ever-give-back - 2025-04-03

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 6 November 2023 Diabetes researcher Rashmi Prasad at Lund University has been awarded this year's Medeon Scholarship for her research on the inheritance of type 2 diabetes and why the disease is inherited from the mother to a greater extent. Photo: Petra Olsson. How do heritability and the fetal environment affect the risk

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/research-inherited-type-2-diabetes-awarded - 2025-04-03

By tove [dot] gilvad [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Gilvad) - published 29 April 2021 Tau accumulation in different brain regions depending on the subtype of Alzheimer’s disease. Photo: J Vogel Alzheimer's disease is characterized by the abnormal accumulation and spread of the tau protein in the brain. An international study can now show how tau spreads according to four distinct patterns that l

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/alzheimers-disease-composed-four-distinct-subtypes - 2025-04-03

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/funding-basic-science-advance-cancer-research-cancerfonden-distributes-28-million-sek-lund-stem-cell - 2025-04-03

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 13 April 2023 In 2023, the Lund Stem Cell Center turns 20 years old. This will be celebrated with a conference attended by some of the world's leading stem cell researchers. Image: iStock/Maksim Tkachenko For two decades, researchers at Lund University's strategic research area, Lund Stem Cell Center, have focused on d

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/vision-reality-20-years-cutting-edge-research-lund-stem-cell-center - 2025-04-03

Published 2 May 2016 Statins are a cholesterol-lowering drug that almost one million Swedes take to reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease. But could perhaps statins also be used against breast cancer? Cancer researcher Signe Borgquist at least hopes so. Signe Borgquist and her colleagues found that statins had a tumour-inhibiting effect in a study they conducted of 50 women in Lund. With 9,0

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/common-drug-may-have-effect-breast-cancer - 2025-04-03

Published 13 June 2016 Growing up in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, he knew that one wrong word could get you killed; as a forced recruit, he came close to death many times. But after three Master’s degrees, Dara Maghdid has earned a PhD with his investigation of cultural differences in the teaching of mathematics. Now he wants to thank Lund University. In the future, motivation among students of mathemat

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/phd-mathematics-against-all-odds - 2025-04-03

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 6 November 2023 Rashmi Prasad is awarded the Medeon stipend 2023 for her her research on heritability of type 2 diabetes. The stipend will be presented during the World Diabetes Day Skåne event. Photo: Petra Olsson How do heritability and the fetal environment affect the risk for the child to develop type 2 diabetes? This

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/research-inherited-type-2-diabetes-awarded - 2025-04-03

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/searching-switch-cancer - 2025-04-03

Published 28 January 2016 IIIEE researcher Yuliya Voytenko Closed loops in the sharing city?Sharing is caring – but is it always sustainable? The sharing economy is altering the way we look at ourselves as consumers and our idea of the market, but it also raises other questions: what role should the city take in this, and how can we ensure that the result is truly sustainable?The sharing economy i

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-iiiee-researcher-yuliya-voytenko - 2025-04-03

Published 21 January 2016 IIIEE researcher Luis Mundaca Photo: Sara Bernstrup Nilsson Green economy depends on high national ambitionsSustainable growth, supporting a resource efficient and low-carbon economy, is a high priority for most governments today. But which way is the most effective for the transition towards a green economy? IIIEE researchers Luis Mundaca and Lena Neij are soon wrapping

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-researcher-luis-mundaca - 2025-04-03