By anders [dot] ortegren [at] biol [dot] lu [dot] se (Anders Örtegren) - published 7 September 2023 Even mild ailments and short disease spans can have far-reaching consequences for animals, not least because it affects their everyday life. Photo: Hermann Kneuwer. When humans are ill, we tend to be less active. This also applies to wild animals, but so far, it has not been known how long the reduc

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/disease-affects-blackbirds-more-previously-thought - 2025-04-15

By anders [dot] ortegren [at] biol [dot] lu [dot] se (Anders Örtegren) - published 25 September 2023 The Pied Flycatchers were transported by car from The Netherlands to Lund. Photo: Viiru Pesonen/Wikimedia Commons. One result of climate change is that spring is arriving earlier. However, migratory birds are not keeping up with these developments and arrive too late for the peak in food availabili

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/migratory-birds-can-be-taught-adjust-climate-change - 2025-04-15

By anders [dot] ortegren [at] biol [dot] lu [dot] se (Anders Örtegren) - published 25 October 2023 Plastic waste is a huge global problem, as large amounts of micro- and nanoplastics end up in our soils. Photo: Flockine/Pixabay. Using micro-engineered soil models, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have investigated the effect of tiny polystyrene particles on bacteria and fungi. While these

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/vacuum-cleaner-effect-fungi-can-hold-nanoplastics-bay - 2025-04-15

By johan [dot] joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - published 17 November 2023 Pictured is the male, blue variant of the bluetail damselfly. Photo: Erik Svensson. For over 20 years, a research team at Lund University in Sweden has studied the common bluetail damselfly. Females occur in three different colour forms – one with a male-like appearance, something that protects the

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/scientists-have-solved-damselfly-colour-mystery - 2025-04-15

By anders [dot] ortegren [at] biol [dot] lu [dot] se (Anders Örtegren) - published 30 November 2023 Bumblebees are a key wild and commercial pollinator. Yet commonly used farmland pesticides continue to harm bumblebee colonies. Photo: Maj Rundlöf. A new study from Lund confirms that pesticides commonly used in farmland significantly harm bumblebees. Data from 106 sites across 8 European countries

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/commonly-used-pesticides-are-still-harming-bees - 2025-04-15

By anders [dot] ortegren [at] biol [dot] lu [dot] se (Anders Örtegren) - published 8 March 2024 "Our medium is open source," says Stina Oredsson, the researcher behind the breakthrough who chose to give away the "recipe" so that more researchers can work with more scientifically accurate and animal-free methods. Photo: Private. It is now possible to test chemicals and makeup without using products

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/she-has-developed-animal-free-preparation-cell-culture-and-giving-away-recipe - 2025-04-15

Published 11 June 2024 The large-eyed bristle worm Vanadis has long been of interest to the world’s vision researchers. But the worm has been difficult to study since it lives in the open sea and is active at night. Now, a research team has succeeded in locating an Italian worm colony and is able to confirm that the worm has a completely unique vision. Bristle worms are a group of annelid worms th

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/marine-worm-outstanding-vision-fascinates-researchers - 2025-04-15

Published 11 June 2024 The Hulk-like lizard. Photo: Javier Abalos. Body shape, colour and behaviour often evolve together as species adapt to their environment. Researchers from Lund University have studied this phenomenon in a specific type of large, bright green and aggressive common wall lizard found near the Mediterranean. They discovered that a unique cell type might have played a key role in

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/incredible-hulk-lizard-provides-clues-understanding-evolution - 2025-04-15

By anders [dot] ortegren [at] biol [dot] lu [dot] se (Anders Örtegren) - published 27 September 2024 The larvae of the invasive box tree moth are wreaking havoc in private gardens and public spaces. The box tree moth was first found in Sweden in 2016 – the invasive species is increasing very rapidly and could become a major problem in the near future. Box tree moth has so far hit the continent ver

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/scientists-reveal-invasive-box-tree-moth-rise-sweden - 2025-04-15

Published 8 November 2024 A team of researchers have succeeded in creating a kind of GPS for microorganisms. Illustration: Inger Ekström/Pixabay. A research team led by Lund University in Sweden has developed an AI tool that traces back the most recent places you have been to. The tool acts like a satellite navigation system, but instead of guiding you to your hotel, it identifies the geographical

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/new-gps-system-microorganisms-could-revolutionise-police-work - 2025-04-15

Published 20 March 2025 Comparing two unpublished datasets - one on the relationship between the number of siblings and the growth of blue tits - revealed different results. Photo: Johan Nilsson. How credible are research results? A new biology study shows that the same data can give different answers depending on the method of analysis used – raising questions about the stability of scientific co

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/reliability-scientific-methods-under-scrutiny - 2025-04-15

Published 4 April 2025 They eye of a roach with a large pupil. Photo: Kaj Hulthén. Roach that migrate between different lakes and water courses have larger pupils and better eyesight than roach that stay in one place. The adaptation makes it easier for the red-eyed freshwater migrants to find food in murky waters. This is shown in a large study from Lund University in Sweden. Animals’ eyes, just l

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/migrating-roach-have-sharper-eyesight - 2025-04-15

Published 31 August 2016 Meeting with the City of Malmö August 29 The announced meeting between Lund University and The city of Malmö took place in Lund as planned. The city of Malmö was represented by Mayor Jan-Inge Alfridh and Planning Director Christer Larsson. The meeting covered both the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts shared premises project, which apply to all institutions and entities,

https://www.arts.lu.se/article/new-meeting-city-malmo-regarding-issue-malmo-art-academys-premises - 2025-04-15

Published 1 March 2017 Mary Kelly has been appointed honorary doctor at the he Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts at Lund University. Mary Kelly is a legendary artist, feminist and educator. Her Post-Partum Document (1973–79) is one of the first research-based works in an international context. It was formally ground-breaking, combining Lacanian structuralism with personal journal annotations and

https://www.arts.lu.se/article/mary-kelly-facultys-new-honorary-doctor - 2025-04-15

Published 26 February 2019 Photo: Hannes Schmid/Bea Borgers Over the past ten years, Swiss director Milo Rau has made a name for himself as one of the most influential and provocative theatre and film directors of our time. His work has been performed at several important international performing arts festivals such as the Theatertreffen in Berlin and the Festival d’Avignon. Rau has been awarded m

https://www.arts.lu.se/article/director-milo-rau-our-new-honorary-doctor - 2025-04-15

By nina [dot] hansson [at] kanslik [dot] lu [dot] se (Nina Hansson) - published 3 June 2020 Two internationally acclaimed artists, Yael Bartana and Bouchra Khalili, have been accepted to our postgraduate programme in fine art. Over two hundred people applied for the two postgraduate positions and the jury* conducted fifty interviews before choosing Yael Bartana and Bouchra Khalili. Yael Bartana is

https://www.arts.lu.se/article/internationally-well-known-artists-accepted-malmo-art-academy - 2025-04-15

By nina [dot] hansson [at] kanslik [dot] lu [dot] se (Nina Hansson) - published 30 September 2020 Esa Kirkkopelto Malmö Theatre Academy is forming a platform for their research with the name Öresund Collegium of Artistic Research. Professor Esa Kirkkopelto is the initiator who believes in building communities and that artistic research needs a critical mass. -The fundament of this is in the name i

https://www.arts.lu.se/article/collegium-artistic-research - 2025-04-15

By nina [dot] hansson [at] kanslik [dot] lu [dot] se (Nina Hansson) - published 30 September 2020 Lena Ekman Frisk There is every reason to keep an eye on Körcentrum Syd during "Future Week" 2020 as they let three different choires interpret the theme of the week: forces in motion. Körcentrum Syd participates for the second year in Future Week and the idea for this year's project has been to let t

https://www.arts.lu.se/article/korcentrum-syd-let-choires-interpret-theme-future-week-2020 - 2025-04-15

By nina [dot] hansson [at] kanslik [dot] lu [dot] se (Nina Hansson) - published 28 October 2020 Youngjae Lih The 34th Beckers Art Award - a grant of 200 000 SEK - will this year be awarded to Malmö-based artist Youngjae Lih, born in 1984 in Seoul, South Korea. He graduated from Malmö Art Academy in 2016 and now works as a junior lecturer at the school. Congratulations to the Beckers Art Award, how

https://www.arts.lu.se/article/youngjae-lih-receives-beckers-art-award - 2025-04-15

By nina [dot] hansson [at] kanslik [dot] lu [dot] se (Nina Hansson) - published 15 November 2020 Maj Hasager Maj Hasager is herself educated at Malmö Art Academy and has for the past nine years been teaching at the Master's Program. From January 1, she will take on the role as Rector. What are your feelings about your new assignment? -I feel great joy, recognition and trust being elected as Rector

https://www.arts.lu.se/article/maj-hasager-elected-new-rector-malmo-art-academy - 2025-04-15