By Johanna [dot] Mellgren [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Johanna Mellgren) - published 6 November 2024 The Vice-Chancellor has named three of the University’s large research infrastructures as University Platforms. The designation signals that these research infrastructures have high strategic significance for the entire University. The designations are based on a number of criteria, for example whet

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/three-research-infrastructures-named-university-platforms - 2025-03-14

By edina [dot] voloder [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Edina Voloder) - published 9 January 2023 DIGG, the supervisory authority for access to digital public service has audited www.lu.se among many other websites. The audit indicated a few points for improvement but was good overall. A plan will now be developed for how the deficiencies on lu.se are to be rectified. DIGG (Agency for Digital

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/wwwluse-website-has-been-audited-digg - 2025-03-14

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/max-iv-praised-srcs-review-and-has-new-chair-board - 2025-03-14

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 - 2025-03-13

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 2 January 2023 Johan Flygare and Aurélie Baudet, stem cell researchers at Lund University. Photo: Johan Persson. 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

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/advanced-treatments-future-are-soon-here - 2025-03-13

Published 16 December 2016 Join us on a journey through the centuries, a hunt for the point where the present and the past merge. The history of the University is alive and well among us. After all, it is the same city, the same streets and buildings now as then. The only thing that distinguishes us from our colleagues from the 1600s, from a purely geographical point of view, is a measurable stret

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/jubilee-journey-through-time-and-space - 2025-03-13

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 31 March 2021 The forest has many benefits. What climate benefit you get by leaving the forest for storing carbon, or by extracting biomass that can replace fossil raw materials, largely depends on the time horizon. Photo: kn1/IStockphoto. The forest is currently at the centre of an intense debate. It concerns, i

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/climate-benefits-forest-balancing-act-prioritisation - 2025-03-13

By maria [dot] esaiasson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Esaiasson) - published 1 June 2022 The use of technologies to support teaching was essential during the pandemic. But what can they do to support education at a campus university in ‘normal’ times? Here are four reasons why the university might want to plan strategically for the use of digital learning to enhance campus experienc

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/why-bother-blended-learning - 2025-03-13

Published 12 February 2021 Photo: Istock/Jirapong Manustrong Data literacy is increasing its importance for current and future professionals. But what is ‘data literacy’ exactly and how do LUSEM educators work with it? We asked Blerim Emruli, Senior Lecturer in Informatics, and recently announced as one of the select participants in the Inaugural Professor Ambassador Class at Qlik. Senior Lecturer

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/data-has-power-transform-business-and-improve-society - 2025-03-14

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 22 June 2023 Mohamed Eldeeb defended his Ph.D. thesis on June 9, 2023. With a passion for scientific discovery with clinical impact, Mohamed has dedicated the last four years to unraveling the mysteries as to why some children develop pediatric leukemia and others don’t. His research shed light on the mechanisms that p

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/mechanisms-initiation-and-suppression-pediatric-leukemia-phd-interview-mohamed-eldeeb - 2025-03-13

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 3 December 2024 Magnesium plays a crucial role in protecting cells against damage from free radicals (antioxidant defense). Illustration: iStock/Just_Super An international team of researchers, led by scientists at Lund University, has uncovered how magnesium enters mitochondria. Magnesium is a vital mineral that plays a key r

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/auto-regulating-channels-supply-our-cells-magnesium - 2025-03-13

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 - 2025-03-13

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/researchers-block-protein-plays-key-role-alzheimers-disease - 2025-03-13

By maria [dot] lindh [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Lindh) - published 11 May 2019 A donation saved the tulips in the Botanical Garden. Photo:Kennet Ruona 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

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/botanical-garden-temporarily-flourishing - 2025-03-13

By louise [dot] larsson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Louise Larsson) - published 13 June 2019 Stefan Sveningsson and Mats Alvesson. Photo:Louise Larsson Leadership is merely one among an arsenal of tools at the disposal of managers and employees to create a well-functioning group or organisation, according to organisational researchers Mats Alvesson, Stefan Sveningsson and Martin Blom at the School

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/researchers-leadership-overestimated-rely-more-employees - 2025-03-13

Published 2 May 2024 COSHE stands for Computational Science for Health and Environment. The hub is based at Geocentrum II in Lund. Photo: Kenneth Ruona/CEC. A computational science hub, COSHE, has been established at Lund University. The aim is to become a creative hub for computational science with a focus on interdisciplinary research in the fields of health, climate and the environment. COSHE w

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/computational-science-hub-sharpen-research-environment-and-health - 2025-03-14

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-research-describes-differences-between-mice-and-humans - 2025-03-14

By tove [dot] gilvad [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Gilvad) - published 17 October 2024 Collaboration pays off. Anders Christensson and researchers from various medical fields at the Faculty recently received the Eldjarn Prize 2024 for a joint study. Anders Christensson, Anna Åkesson and Anders Grubb and collaborators have been awarded the Eldjarn prize 2024 for significant research efforts in k

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/awarded-collaboration-interdisciplinary-research-provides-new-insights - 2025-03-13

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 20 July 2022 Researchers have found a metabolic "switch" that can activate specific bloodlines and thereby increase the production of NK cells, so-called killer cells. Image: iStock / selvanegra In a recent study from Lund University, researchers have discovered that metabolic changes in the blood cell, affect the deve

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/increased-metabolism-mitochondria-resulted-higher-levels-natural-killer-cells - 2025-03-13

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 24 August 2023 Researchers at Lund University, Rigshospitalet Copenhagen, Hannover Medical School and the biopharma company Amniotics will investigate how natural killer cells can be tailored for the treatment of AML, glioblastoma and pancreatic cancer. Photo: iStock. As certain tumor cells are able to conceal themselv

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/eu-funding-killer-cells-fight-cancer - 2025-03-13