Published 6 September 2023 Participants in the programme ‘Human Rights and Gender Equality in Climate and Disaster Displacement’ together with teacher Matthew Scott and Lord Mayor of Kampala. In a spirit of collaboration and commitment, Lund University's programme 'Human Rights and Gender Equality in Climate and Disaster Displacement' has reached its culmination. The programme's final workshop, he

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/supporting-african-cities-addressing-climate-related-displacement - 2025-03-08

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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 - 2025-03-08

By lina [dot] tornquist [at] innovation [dot] lu [dot] se (Lina Törnquist) - published 12 December 2024 With funding of up to 150,000 SEK available per project, the Call is designed to allow researchers to explore early-stage ideas. Researchers and doctoral students at Lund University will soon have a new opportunity for funding to support activities outside existing research projects that can pla

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainability-funds-sustainable-idea-exploration-call-opens-january-15 - 2025-03-08

By maria [dot] lindh [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Lindh) - published 1 October 2019 Professor Mats Benner represents the the Electoral College. Photo: Johan Bävman The work to find a new vice-chancellor has begun. The recruitment committee, which now consists of equal numbers of members from the Electoral College and the University Board (with the chair of the board having the casti

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/search-new-vice-chancellor-underway - 2025-03-08

By edina [dot] voloder [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Edina Voloder) - published 9 January 2023 DIGG, the supervisory authority for access to digital public service has audited www.lu.se among many other websites. The audit indicated a few points for improvement but was good overall. A plan will now be developed for how the deficiencies on lu.se are to be rectified. DIGG (Agency for Digital

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By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 17 September 2020 Histopathology of rescued bone. Femur of an osteopetrotic mouse (left) and rescued bone phenotype in femur following lentiviral mediated gene therapy. Image credit: Johan Richter & Ilana Moscatelli Johan Richter's research has resulted in the successful development of gene therapy for the hereditary d

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/successful-biotech-collaboration-brings-gene-therapy-project-clinic - 2025-03-08

By sara [dot] liedholm [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Liedholm) - published 20 May 2021 Photo source: MostPhotos. Can a reduced intake of gluten during childhood affect the development of coeliac disease (gluten intolerance)? Researchers at Lund University will investigate this question in the new study GRAIN (Gluten Reduction After INfancy and the risk of celiac disease). – We’ve seen in previo

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-study-can-gluten-reduced-diet-first-years-life-prevent-celiac-disease - 2025-03-08

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 16 June 2021 Cardiovascular and lung disease increase the risk of complications in COVID-19. Therefore, the Heart-Lung Foundation has granted SEK 3.1 million for five research projects at Lund University that will contribute to more knowledge about the effects of COVID-19. One of the researchers, Jonas Erjefält, pr

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/five-lund-researchers-received-grants-deepen-knowledge-about-effects-covid-19 - 2025-03-08

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 24 November 2021 Filipe Pereira. Photo: Kennet Ruona. It was Dolly the sheep that decided the fate of Filipe Pereira's future career. The choice lay between becoming an architect or a researcher, when one of the world's most extreme examples of cell reprogramming aroused his curiosity about the inner works of the human

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/dolly-sheep-inspired-him-build-trojan-horse - 2025-03-08

Published 11 February 2015 We should not be afraid to joke about one another’s ethnic background. Used with sensitivity, such jokes can instead help to challenge the stereotypical image of immigrants, according to Lund University sociologist Henriette Frees Esholdt, who has studied humour at a multi-ethnic workplace in Denmark. Henriette Frees Esholdt’s study was carried out in a large organisatio

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Published 7 November 2023 Photographer: Tove Smeds Filipe Pereira, professor of molecular medicine at Lund University, is awarded this year's Fernström prize for young, exceptionally promising, and successful researchers. He receives the award for his work on reprogramming blood cells and the development of immunotherapies based on this technology. It was a sheep that determined Filipe Pereira's c

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/filipe-pereira-awarded-eric-k-fernstrom-prize-young-researchers - 2025-03-09

By kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (The arthritisportal) - published 1 July 2022 Gustavo is a mechanical engineer from Colombia. During his master's studies, Gustavo got the opportunity to conduct an internship in Lausanne, Switzerland. In Lausanne, he worked in orthopedics and studied the mechanical response of knee implants for total knee replacements using numerical modeling. When Gustavo

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/will-it-be-possible-predict-future-health-status-your-knee-tissues - 2025-03-09

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By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 9 November 2023 SWEAH's research administrator Stina Elfverson. Photo: Lill Eriksson In a week or so it’s time for the National graduate school on ageing and health, SWEAH's biennial conference for affiliated researchers. For some, the first real event in a scientific context awaits. But what should you pack, wear and wh

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/stinas-tips-conference - 2025-03-09

By kristina [dot] lindgarde [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Kristina Lindgärde) - published 29 January 2020 The vesicles function as the body’s internet, and carry information on the patient’s disease state. To capture and decode them – that’s the challenge, says professor Thomas Laurell. Photo: Lars Owesson A hot topic among cancer researchers is vesicles, nanoparticles that flow in our veins in thei

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/early-detection-diseases-aided-bodys-own-nanoparticles - 2025-03-09

Published 18 March 2016 Homosexuality is as common in Uganda as in other countries shows anonymous surveys done in the country, now published in the journal PLOS. Photo: Torbak Hopper Uganda has one of the harshest standpoints on homosexuality in the world. Homosexual acts are prohibited by law and have previously been suggested to warrant the death penalty. However, a study from Lund University i

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/homosexuality-common-uganda-other-countries - 2025-03-09

Published 22 March 2016 Emilie Krite Svanberg’s studies are carried out on full-term babies, but in the future she hopes that measurements taken with the technology that detects oxygen in the lungs could be used to monitor premature babies. Photo: MostPhotos Premature babies have a hard time getting the oxygen they need as their lungs are not sufficiently developed. Today you can only use X-rays t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/light-can-be-used-examine-lungs-premature-babies - 2025-03-09