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Published 26 September 2019 40 teams were running for Lund University the 17th of September. Around 160 employees were running the 22 kilometres race. See images and result: https://spårvägsstafetten.se/
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/tramline-relay-race-results - 2025-01-13
Published 2 March 2020 180 000 e-mails are sent everyday within Lund University, and most are simple and quickly taken care of. However, quite a few are unclear and difficult to interpret. To simplify the communication between staff, some recommendations have been drawn up on how we can communicate internally and externally in a more structured way in order for it to be easier for all recipients a
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/tips-and-advice-email-management - 2025-01-13
Published 26 September 2019 As of 16 September, you will be given the right support quickly via our new support form. The form is just as fast to fill in as it is to write an email, with the added extra of you indicating a category. The category directs your question to the right group in our case management system. As before, support is available during normal business hours and we will respond a
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-support-form-how-get-best-possible-support-division-finance - 2025-01-13
Published 27 September 2019 The Electoral College and University Board have now each appointed four members to the Recruitment Committee, which is to prepare proposals for the new vice-chancellor and deputy vice-chancellor. The University Board decided to appoint its chair Jonas Hafström as chair of the Recruitment Committee. The other members are:Head of finance Ingrid Bengtsson-Rijavec, Malmö Un
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/all-members-recruitment-committee-are-now-appointed - 2025-01-13
By jenny [dot] loftrup [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Loftrup) - published 30 September 2019 Ulrika Sandén, taking a break from driving her motorcycle. Photo:Kennet Ruona. She has survived a brain tumour and hates empty phrases such as “seize the day” and “live in the present”. Despite this, after the tumour operation Ulrika Sandén both researched and wrote a book on what she calls “C
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/contentment-moment-makes-life-more-enjoyable - 2025-01-13
By emma [dot] holm [at] education [dot] lu [dot] se (Emma Holm) - published 2 October 2019 Nurul Izzati is teaching at Sumbawa University of Technology in Indonesia. Photo:Jenny Loftrup Just over a year has passed since LU was awarded funds by the Swedish Institute (SI) to implement three of the five announced capacity building programmes focusing on Agenda 2030. Professional course participants f
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/professional-development-lund-inspired-agents-change - 2025-01-13
By louise [dot] larsson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (louise[dot]larsson[at]ehl[dot]lu[dot]se) - published 1 October 2019 Tommy Andersson Photo: Charlotte Carlberg Bärg Kidney exchange, refugee placements and choosing schools. Separate things but with the common denominator that, with digitalisation's new tools, it is possible to save both time and money – and to save lives. "I don't like it when I
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/algorithm-maker-saving-lives - 2025-01-13
Published 21 June 2021 Three research projects involving a total of 10 postdocs received a total of SEK 23.5 million in the first round of Lund University’s research programme for excellence, focusing on Agenda 2030 and sustainable development. In March this year, Lund University announced SEK100 million in funding for a research programme for excellence,focusing on Agenda 2030 and sustainable dev
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ten-postdocs-kick-excellence-programme-sustainable-development - 2025-01-14
Published 28 June 2021 “It’s 2050. Selma is dead. But before she is buried, she wants to talk to a person from 2021 and show them how, in Malmö, everything is possible. That person is you.” That is the dramatic beginning of a climate soundwalk that gives the listener the opportunity to imagine how Malmö, Sweden, might be affected by climate change over the coming 30 years. The project is a collabo
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/soundwalk-future-imagines-climate-transition - 2025-01-14
Published 1 July 2021 A great snipe in Jämtland, Sweden (Photo: Åke Lindström) Extreme differences in flight altitude between day and night may have been an undetected pattern amongst migratory birds – until now. The observation was made by researchers at Lund University in Sweden in a study of great snipes, where they also measured a new altitude record for migratory birds, irrespective of the sp
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/astonishing-altitude-changes-marathon-flights-migratory-birds - 2025-01-14
Published 1 July 2021 The image to the far left is from sputum prior to treatment with the DNase drug. The one in the middle was taken 3.5 days after treatment, and the one to the far right was taken the day the patient was discharged. When researchers at Lund University in Sweden performed advanced analyses of sputum from the airways of severely ill Covid-19 patients, they found high levels of ne
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/drug-dissolved-net-structures-airways-severely-ill-covid-19-patients - 2025-01-14
By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 6 July 2021 Cryo-EM generated image of an antibiotic resistance factor (pink) protecting the protein factory, the ribosome, (white/grey). he reistance factor pushes its "arm" into the ribosome to remove the drug. Image credit: Hauryliuk-Atkinson lab To counter the effects of antibiotics, bacteria constantly evolve
By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 6 July 2021 Researchers at Lund University Diabetes Centre are studying whether different subgroups of diabetes need different treatment. Photo: Kennet Ruona Newborn babies are already being screened for mutations and genetic tests help families with hereditary breast cancer. Genomic-driven precision medicine (GDPM) is an
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/precision-medicine-emerging-approach-complex-diseases - 2025-01-14
Published 29 July 2021 A nocturnal dung beetle climbing atop its dung ball to survey the stars before starting to roll (Photo: Chris Collingridge) For the first time, researchers have been able to prove that city lights limit the ability of nocturnal animals to navigate by natural light in the night sky. Instead, they are forced to use streetlamps, neon light or floodlights to orient themselves. T
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/artificial-light-disrupts-dung-beetles-sense-direction - 2025-01-14
Published 12 August 2021 Photo: Anton Starikov, Mostphotos Two Lund University climate scientists, Kimberly Nicholas, who has acted as an observer at two global climate summits, and Markku Rummukainen, Sweden’s IPCC representative, talk about what comes next following the recent IPCC report. What do you view as the next steps following what was concluded in the IPCC report? Kimberly: Something the
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/what-comes-next-after-ipcc-climate-change-report - 2025-01-14
Published 16 August 2021 Arrival Days are taking place today and tomorrow. Lund University expects around 2 000 international students this autumn. (Photo: Nga Nguyen) The Arrival Days for international students who are to begin their studies at Lund University in the autumn of 2021 are Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 August. All the events during the reception days and introductory weeks have been adapt
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/adapted-arrival-days-lus-incoming-international-students - 2025-01-14
Published 18 August 2021 Photo: Mostphotos An experimental study from Lund University in Sweden has revealed that the Alzheimer’s protein amyloid-beta accumulates inside nerve cells, and that the misfolded protein may then spread from cell to cell via nerve fibres. This happens at an earlier stage than the formation of amyloid-beta plaques in the brain, something that is associated with the progre
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/does-alzheimers-disease-start-inside-nerve-cells - 2025-01-14
Published 19 August 2021 Sverker Sikström (Photo: Kennet Ruona) People have a hard time grasping the potential severity of psychological abuse and women's violence against men, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden. The research reveals discrepancies in how victims – in contrast to the rest of society - evaluate different types of violence. ”Our study could have implications for
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/these-two-types-abuse-are-often-taken-less-seriously - 2025-01-14
By fritzliselotte [at] gmail [dot] com (Liselotte Fritz) - published 24 August 2021 In a new study, researchers at Lund University and Uppsala University have seen a clear connection between how long a person sleeps and a number of biomarkers linked to cardiometabolic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. “With greater knowledge of the actual mechanisms of disease developmen
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/hours-you-sleep-mean-more-you-think - 2025-01-14
Published 27 August 2021 Using a supercomputer, the researchers created a high-resolution simulation Using a supercomputer simulation, a research team at Lund University in Sweden has succeeded in following the development of a galaxy over a span of 13.8 billion years. The study shows how, due to interstellar frontal collisions, young and chaotic galaxies over time mature into spiral galaxies such
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-disorderly-young-galaxies-grow-and-mature - 2025-01-14
