Published 12 May 2015 Biohackers experiment with their own bodies to upgrade themselves. They try to acquire a supermemory, increase their metabolic rate or affect some other biological mechanism. Now an interdisciplinary project is investigating how biohacking will come to influence our view of the human body and bioscience. : Interdisciplinarity generated by a long friendship. Immunologist Jenny

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/biohackers-crack-human-bodys-programming-code - 2025-03-17

Published 18 March 2016 Curiosity and the desire to learn are strong driving forces behind Almut Kelber’s research and her work as Pro Dean for research at the Faculty of Science. Almut Kelber says that knowledge about the animals’ solutions can also provide answers to general problems. “In my work as pro dean, it is important that I also continue with my own research – not least in order to subje

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/captivated-colour-vision-birds-and-moths - 2025-03-17

By jessika [dot] sellergren [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Jessika Sellergren) - published 14 September 2023 Polar bears followed the expedition in the Arctic. Ice sheets, snow and the ocean as far as the eye can see. No shipping vessels or people in sight, and only polar bears for company. The icebreaker Oden sails between Svalbard and Greenland, and this spring, doctoral student Lovisa Nilsson join

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/polar-bears-company - 2025-03-18

Published 1 October 2023 Many believe that the profile areas initiative has been forgotten and is in hibernation, since the government has not reached a decision about a national effort. But that is not the case – at least not at Lund University. When I met the coordinators for the profile areas, they were all able to tell me about exciting new initiatives within research, education and external e

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/full-speed-ahead-profile-areas - 2025-03-18

By Petra [dot] svensson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Svensson) - published 5 December 2023 Thoughts from LU staff members on how we can achieve a better web experience for prospective students, from the exhibition at Skissernas Museum in February 2023. A newly started project is to produce a web solution to support potential students in the process of choosing courses and programmes

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-web-solution-will-focus-prospective-students - 2025-03-18

By gisela [dot] lindberg [at] kansliht [dot] lu [dot] se (Gisela Lindberg) - published 15 December 2023 On the ships there were six to twelve crew members and they sailed for about three weeks. Photo: Greer Jarrett Archaeologist Greer Jarrett’s research focuses on reconstructing Viking sailing routes and cartography. To do so, he learnt to sail boats similar to those sailed by the Vikings and set

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/chase-vikings - 2025-03-18

By jan [dot] olsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jan Olsson) - published 15 December 2022 Pro Vice-Chancellor Kristina Eneroth can be described as the force behind the platform. Photo: Kennet Ruona It can take a long time between words and action at the University, sometimes a little too long. This is one of the reasons the University management has developed a platform for strategic work

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/changing-world-requires-agile-university - 2025-03-18

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 17 February 2023 Skin cells have been reprogrammed into brain cells. The process takes a couple of weeks. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter It is Thursday morning and time for the miniature brains to have lunch. The temperature in the cell incubator is a comfortable 37 degrees, perfect for a tiny brain. Anna Falk prepares the nutr

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/feeding-time-miniature-brains - 2025-03-18

Published 8 November 2023 Illustration of phage virus injecting its DNA into a cell (Image: Alex Evilevitch and Ting Liu) Researchers at Lund University, together with colleagues at the NIST Synchrotron Facility in the USA, have mapped on an atomic level what happens in a virus particle when the temperature is raised. "When the temperature rises, the virus's genetic material changes its form and d

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/temperature-increase-triggers-viral-infection - 2025-03-18

By peter [dot] kjallkvist [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Peter Kjällkvist) - published 31 October 2024 According to Svensk Handel, the interest from the retail industry when it comes to Halloween is at an all time high. Photo: iStock Candy heaven or candy hell? Halloween consumption has gone rampant since we imported this tradition from the United States, and is expected to reach 1,6 billion SEK in 2

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/economics-death-and-halloween-consumption - 2025-03-18

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By peter [dot] kjallkvist [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Peter Kjällkvist) - published 13 February 2025 Ill: Dall E Set a goal for your training for one to four months and pay in SEK 1,000. You get your money back if you achieve your goal. Crazy? Perhaps, but in a study by Professor of Economics Erik Wengström and his colleagues, the incentive proved to be quite effective compared with the control gr

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/achieve-your-training-goals-and-get-money-back-it-works - 2025-03-18

By jan [dot] olsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jan Olsson) - published 13 December 2024 To ensure that everyone has their say and that no one feels attacked when debating loaded and sensitive topics, it is important to establish the ground rules from the outset. This applies to society at large and in the lecture hall. This is the opinion of Christer Mattsson, Associate Professor of Ped

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/risk-polarisation-lecture-hall - 2025-03-18

Published 17 December 2024 Last year was the warmest year on record and 2024 is on track to be even warmer. Democracy is in decline and food insecurity is increasing as a result of military conflicts, economic crises and extreme weather. The ability of the United Nations to act globally is significantly weaker than before owing to the geopolitical situation. This comes at a time when we really nee

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/considerable-recognition-universitys-sustainability-initiatives-increasingly-unsustainable-world - 2025-03-18

Published 21 December 2020 As of the new year, a new University management team will take over the helm. For the next term of office, 2021-2026, the University will be led by vice-chancellor Erik Renström and deputy vice-chancellor Lena Eskilsson, together with five pro vice-chancellors and the University director. “The choice of pro vice-chancellors was based on identifying skilled academic leade

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-university-management-2021-2026 - 2025-03-18

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/chimpanzees-and-yawn-contagion - 2025-03-18

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia von Arnold) - published 9 May 2019 Photo: Johan Persson The loss of animals, often due to unregulated or illegal hunting, has consequences for the carbon storage capacity of forests, yet this link is rarely mentioned in high-level climate policy discussions, according to a new study from Lund University Centre for Sustainability St

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/hunting-jeopardizes-forest-carbon-storage-yet-overlooked-climate-mitigation-efforts - 2025-03-18

Published 22 February 2019 Whose Museum x Krets: Max Ockborn WHOSE MUSEUM x KRETS 2019 AN EXHIBITION IN FIVE CHAPTERS OPENING SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 5–8 PM Consider for a moment that a museum is a living organism, their collections forming a body whose relationships compel them to move and to act. Who will they become?In 2019, KRETS will be run by the art collective Whose Museum, who will present

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/alumni-max-ockborn-1 - 2025-03-18

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/skys-limit-using-airborne-dna-monitor-insect-biodiversity - 2025-03-18

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 29 May 2020 Mattias Högberg and Fredrik Liedberg want to develop a system to analyse bladder cancer to create better chances of survival. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter Bladder cancer is as common as malignant melanoma. However, in the past three decades, the death rate has remained high and the treatment has been the same sinc

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/forgotten-cancer - 2025-03-18