By minna [dot] wallen-widung [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Minna Wallén-Widung) - published 25 October 2024 Jason Diakité. Photo: Jenny Leyman The next-door neighbour whose home you’ve never been inside. That was how Jason Diakité, also known as hip hop artist Timbuktu, felt about the University while growing up in Lund. Today, he feels differently – having been awarded an honorary doctora

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/timbuktu-universitys-cultural-council-glimpse-under-bonnet - 2025-03-16

By minna [dot] wallen-widung [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Minna Wallén-Widung) - published 25 October 2024 Photo: Max Böhme When researchers are working in the field, they may be faced with challenging and sometimes dangerous situations. How does Lund University prepare its doctoral students and researchers for fieldwork? When LUM asks about the faculties’ procedures, it becomes clear tha

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/safe-fieldwork-who-responsible-security - 2025-03-16

By jan [dot] olsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jan Olsson) - published 25 October 2024 Laura Cox. Photo: Charlotte Carlberg Bärg More than four out of ten doctoral students experience stress, anxiety and depression. This autumn, the doctoral students’ union will redouble efforts to improve wellbeing and prevent poor mental health. Measures include the establishment of a new role, which

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/steps-prevent-mental-ill-health-among-doctoral-students - 2025-03-16

By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 25 October 2024 Researcher Jesica López flew over a fire-ravaged Amazon during fieldwork in Colombia. The fires are a consequence of climate change and expanding cattle breeding. Photo: Private Colombia is the world’s most dangerous country for those fighting to protect the rain forest and the environment. Last year, 7

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/safe-fieldwork-important-plan-thoroughly - 2025-03-16

By jessika [dot] sellergren [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Jessika Sellergren) - published 25 October 2024 Rainwater is collected and purified with an existing technique but in a new way before it is used to flush a couple of toilets. Photo: Jenny Leyman It is not every day that the inauguration of a toilet draws a hundred spectators. Such a toilet would have to be pretty special – and this one is. I

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/rain-roof-restroom - 2025-03-16

By teresia [dot] rindefjall [at] er [dot] lu [dot] se (Teresia Rindefjäll) - published 4 November 2024 University of Melbourne. Photo: Mostphotos. As part of the work with Global Dynamic Engagement (GDE), Lund University is announcing three calls for funding to stimulate collaboration and activities that strengthen our international impact in research, education, innovation and cooperation. Seed f

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/international-impact-actions-20242025-current-calls - 2025-03-16

By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir) - published 6 November 2024 More than two thousand patent applications have been filed by researchers at Lund University between 2000 and 2020. Photo: Kennet Ruona Swedish higher education institutions excel in patents from academia, with Sweden ranking fifth in Europe. Lund University claims the top spot on the Swedish

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-tops-patent-ranking - 2025-03-16

By karin [dot] lilja [at] innovation [dot] lu [dot] se (Karin Lilja) - published 4 November 2024 As of Wednesday 6 November, the Division of IT will change its email addresses with domain names from ldc.lu.se to it.lu.se. At the turn of the year 2023-24, Lund University's central Division of IT changed its name from LDC to Division of IT. As part of this change, the section's email addresses will

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/division-it-gets-new-email-addresses - 2025-03-16

By anna [dot] mansfeld [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Mansfeld) - published 5 November 2024 The Vice-Chancellor has decided to appoint Professor Titti Mattsson as the new holder of the Pufendorf Endowed Chair. The Vice-Chancellor appoints a professor at Lund University to the four-year professorship in the subjects of economics, political philosophy and jurisprudence in the spirit of P

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/titti-mattsson-named-pufendorf-endowed-chair - 2025-03-16

By webbansvarig [at] hr [dot] lu [dot] se (HR-sektionens webbansvarig) - published 1 November 2024 Foto: Mikael Risedal As Primula will be closed from 29 November to 2 December, 3 December is the final day to apply for health promotion reimbursement relating to 2024 (instead of 30 November). Bear in mind that your application and enclosures need to be complete in Primula by 3 December at the lates

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/apply-years-health-promotion-reimbursement-3-december - 2025-03-16

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 - 2025-03-16

By Maria [dot] Blad [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Blad) - published 5 November 2024 Olof Skoog, EU Special Representative for Human Rights, has been named the 2024 annual Anna Lindh speaker. On 19 November, he will present “Strategy of Human Rights” Time and place: 19 November 2024, at 18:00, University Auditorium, Main University Building, Paradisgatan 2, LundThe lecture is open to

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/anna-lindh-lecture-olof-skoog-strategy-human-rights - 2025-03-16

Av asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - publicerad 30 januari 2020 Kartläggning av cancerceller Cancerforskningen går ständigt framåt. Oftast handlar det inte om den stora coola medicinen som förändrar livet, utan om tålmodig och uthållig forskning som till slut räddar liv. De genetiska kartorna över cancerns olika överlevnadsstrategier blir mer omfattande och innebär

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/cancerforskningen-gar-standigt-framat - 2025-03-16

Av katrin [dot] stahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Katrin Ståhl) - publicerad 31 januari 2020 En forskartjänst och totalt 54 miljoner kronor i forskningsanslag till forskare i Skåne inom hjärta, kärl och lungor när Hjärt-Lungfonden summerar. Hjärt-Lungfonden finansierar fyra nya forskartjänster för treårsperioden 2020–2022 varav en beviljats Daniel Engelbertsen, biträdande forskare i kardiovaskulär

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/stort-stod-till-forskning-inom-hjart-och-lungforskning - 2025-03-16

Publicerad 4 februari 2020 Upp mot 45 procent av alla dödsfall i industrialiserade länder är orsakade av fibrossjukdomar. Genom gränsöverskridande forskning och det högteknologiska MAX IV-laboratoriet i Lund kan kunskapen om fibros öka – och ett botemedel vara närmare. – Fibros är en form av ärrbildning som kan drabba alla typer av skadade organ och vävnader i kroppen. När denna process sker okont

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/hogteknologiskt-samarbete-framjar-fibrosforskning - 2025-03-16

Av tove [dot] gilvad [at] medlu [dot] se (Tove Gilvad) - publicerad 5 februari 2020 Maria Fridh är årets mottagare av Barnafridspriset. Hon prisas för sin avhandling om samband mellan nättrakasserier, psykisk ohälsa och självskadebeteende. Att vara utsatt för nättrakasseri en enda gång kan påverka den psykiska hälsan. Maria Fridh har fått Barnafridspriset för sin avhandling “Bullying, violence and

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/maria-fridh-far-barnafridspriset - 2025-03-16

Av sara [dot] liedholm [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Liedholm) - publicerad 5 februari 2020 En ny epidemiologisk studie från Lunds universitet och Skånes universitetssjukhus visar att det finns ett samband mellan höga nivåer av tarmhormonet GIP i blodet och ökad risk för hjärtkärlsjukdom. Att tarmhormonerna GIP och GLP-1 (glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide och glucagon-like peptide) är vi

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/tarmhormon-kan-oka-risken-hjartkarlsjukdom - 2025-03-16

Av asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - publicerad 6 februari 2020 Kerstin Nilsson, docent i folkhälsovetenskap vid Lunds universitet. Foto: Åsa Hansdotter. Nyligen publicerades rapporten "Chefers attityder till sina äldre anställda", som visar att de flesta chefer anser att deras äldre medarbetare har goda erfarenheter och färdigheter som är bra för verksamheten, är

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/tycker-chefer-att-alla-ska-arbeta-till-en-hogre-alder - 2025-03-16

Av asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - publicerad 16 april 2020 Carl Sandén och Thoas Fioretos. Foto: Åsa Hansdotter Akut myeloisk leukemi (AML), är en av de vanligaste formerna av leukemi hos vuxna. Nu har en forskargrupp vid Lunds universitet lyckats hitta cancerkloner med mutationer så sällsynta att de inte kan upptäckas vid diagnostillfället. Studien som undersök

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/sallsynta-cancerkloner-upptackta-i-akut-myeloisk-leukemi-aml - 2025-03-16