By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 13 February 2024 Steven Schmidt. Associate professor Steven Schmidt is SWEAH's new study coordinator. Steven Schmidt, also CASE coordinator and research team manager in Applied Gerontology, replaced Cecilia Petterson the 1 January 2024. The assignment is 40 percent of full-time until 31 December 2026. Why did you say yes

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/steven-schmidt-new-study-coordinator - 2025-03-03

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 21 February 2024 Oskar Jonsson. Photo: Lill Eriksson It will be Oskar Jonsson who will be SWEAH's researcher with collaborative assignment of 20 percent this year. The completely new assignment includes collaborating within the welfare and community building sector, with politicians, interest organisations, business and

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/he-contributes-research-reaching-practice - 2025-03-03

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 19 March 2024 The graduate school's basic course "Theories of ageing" is proceeding according to plan. This week, around 25 doctoral students from all over the country are participating in a two-day workshop in Lund. There will be lectures on the theories of ageing by the biogerontologist Suresh Rattan from Denmark's sec

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/here-theories-ageing-are-practiced - 2025-03-03

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 15 April 2024 Photo: Nick Fewings/Unsplash Three travel grant applications from SWEAH PhD-students have been approved this spring. Sharon Kagwa. Photo: Private Sharon Kagwa, Karolinska Institutet, will visit to the non-governmental organisation SAJIDA foundation in Bangladesh, in June- August this summer.– I am mostly lo

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/they-are-going-research-adventures-abroad - 2025-03-03

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 16 May 2024 Photo: Jakob Dalbjörn/Unsplash Right now, many are looking forward to the big gerontology conference NKG in Stockholm, in June. One who decided to go early on is alumna Charlotta Nilsen, coordinator of the SWEAH Alumni Interdisciplinary Network, SAIN. She is lecturer and program manager for the master's progr

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/sain-alumna-about-nkg-high-search-pressure-year - 2025-03-03

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 14 November 2024 Photo: Unsplash/Agence Olloweb At the moment, feverish activity is underway to compile the graduate school's eleven-year activities. Before the summer, Lund University's vice-chancellor decided that an external evaluation of SWEAH should be carried out in the spring of 2025. – It is very important to hav

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/graduate-school-will-be-reviewed - 2025-03-03

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 24 May 2024 Photo: Kara Nash/Unsplash Meet some of the expectant doctoral students who will participate at the Nordic Congress of Gerontology in Stockholm, June 12-14, 2024. How will you participate at NKG? Mariam Kirvalidze, PhD Student, Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institutet. Photo: Private Mariam: In several way

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/their-way-nkg-i-generally-enjoy-public-speaking - 2025-03-03

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 7 June 2024 Rebecca Baxter, member of SAIN and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Nursing, Umeå University. Photo: Umeå University Hello Rebecca Baxter, moderator on SWEAH Alumni Interdisciplinary Network, SAIN’s panel discussion at NKG June 11. A few questions before the big conference starts next week. A lot of agein

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/exploring-what-i-should-have-told-myself-30-years-ago - 2025-03-03

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 26 August 2024 Early career researchers playing the Serious Game, tools based in empirical evidence, co-designed with older people, designed to help players not only listen to different views, but put themselves in the shoes of others. Photo: University in Stirling More than 20 years ago, Swedish Professor Susanne Iwarss

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/uk-professor-youve-got-fantastic-data-sets - 2025-03-03

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 12 June 2024 Her Majesty the Queen Silvia. Photo: Yanan Li/Kungl. Hovstaterna Relive the Nordic gerontology conference 27th NKG 2024 in pictures. SWEAH participated with a number of doctoral students, postdocs, supervisors and researchers on all conference days at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm in mid-June 2024.

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/sweah-nordic-gerontology-conference-nkg2024 - 2025-03-03

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 13 June 2024 Associate Professors Steven Schmidt and Geidre Gefenaite, Lund University, Associate Professor Signe Tomsone, Riga Stradins University in Latvia, Doctoral Student Nicholas Levak, Karolinska Institutet and Professor Marja Aartsen, OsloMet in Norway. One of the seminars at the Nordic Gerontology Congress, NKG2

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/graduate-leaders-we-need-invite-young-people - 2025-03-03

Published 20 February 2015 DPP-4 inhibitors are a group of drugs used to treat type 2 diabetes that lower high blood sugar levels by stimulating insulin production in the body. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now discovered that DPP-4 inhibitors are also effective against low blood sugar levels. The study, which was carried out on mice, has been published in the journal Diabetologia.

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/diabetes-drug-could-protect-against-low-blood-sugar - 2025-03-03

Published 23 February 2015 A group of Lund University students are behind a ’universal remote control’ called Unified Remote, an app that enables you to control your computer with your smart phone. After millions of downloads, they’re now looking at breaking into the the gaming world - by turning your phone into a joystick. WATCH VIDEO STORYTwo Swedish students who say they were ”too lazy to get o

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-students-behind-successful-remote-control-app-eye-gaming - 2025-03-03

Published 24 February 2015 Niels-Bjarne Woods Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have identified a previously unknown effect of vitamin A in human embryonic development. Their findings show that vitamin A affects the formation of blood cells. The signal molecule, retinoic acid, is a product of vitamin A which helps to instruct how different types of tissue are to be formed in the growing emb

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/previously-unknown-effect-vitamin-identified - 2025-03-03

Published 24 February 2015 A new research study has shed light on the underground interaction between tree roots and fungi. In order to understand how this important symbiosis came about, an international team of researchers have sequenced the genomes of different fungi that live underground. The study shows that in the course of evolution, the symbiotic fungi have lost many genes present in their

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lost-genes-make-fungi-dependent-trees - 2025-03-03

Published 26 February 2015 Åke Lernmark New research shows that it is possible to predict the development of type 1 diabetes. By measuring the presence of autoantibodies in the blood, it is possible to detect whether the immune system has begun to break down the body’s own insulin cells. “In the TEDDY study we have found that autoantibodies often appear during the first few years of life”, said Pr

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/early-signs-young-children-predict-type-1-diabetes - 2025-03-03

Published 2 March 2015 Researchers from institutions including Lund University have taken a step closer to producing solar fuel using artificial photosynthesis. In a new study, they have successfully tracked the electrons’ rapid transit through a light-converting molecule. The ultimate aim of the present study is to find a way to make fuel from water using sunlight. This is what photosynthesis doe

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/supersonic-electrons-could-produce-future-solar-fuel - 2025-03-03

Published 6 March 2015 Tomas Deierborg (Photo: Yiyi Yang) Inflammation is a natural reaction of the body’s immune system to an aggressor or an injury, but if the inflammatory response is too strong it becomes harmful. Inflammatory processes occur in the brain in conjunction with stroke and neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Researchers from Lund University and Karol

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-findings-key-players-brain-inflammation - 2025-03-03

Published 6 March 2015 Ukraine’s First Deputy Minister of Education, Inna Sovsun, meets international students. Photo: GUNNAR MENANDER “Being new in the government of Ukraine is like learning to ride a bike that is broken, while someone is throwing stones at you, and you are trying to fix the bike at the same time”, said Inna Sovsun, Ukraine’s First Deputy Minister of Education and a former Lund U

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ukraine-first-deputy-minister-education-back-lund-day - 2025-03-03

Published 9 March 2015 Jonas Hafström (Photo: Pawel Flato) Meet Jonas Hafström, a lawyer with a background in the diplomatic service, including as Swedish ambassador to the USA. For the past year he has led government trade delegations around the world and helped to coach Swedish embassy staff in countries with strong economic growth. Welcome to Lund University as the new chair of the University B

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-welcomes-new-chair-university-board - 2025-03-03