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Henrik Smith – the visionary who never slows down

By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 4 March 2025 Henrik Smith has not only built successful research environments such as BECC, he has also inspired a whole generation of students to work on environmental and climate issues. Photo: Göran Smith With his cycling helmet perched on his head, he rushes in like a whirlwind, fires off monosyllabic replies to em

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/henrik-smith-visionary-who-never-slows-down - 2025-04-01

Meet researcher Luis Mundaca

Published 21 January 2016 IIIEE researcher Luis Mundaca Photo: Sara Bernstrup Nilsson Green economy depends on high national ambitionsSustainable growth, supporting a resource efficient and low-carbon economy, is a high priority for most governments today. But which way is the most effective for the transition towards a green economy? IIIEE researchers Luis Mundaca and Lena Neij are soon wrapping

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-researcher-luis-mundaca - 2025-04-01

Research on inherited type 2 diabetes is awarded

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 6 November 2023 Rashmi Prasad is awarded the Medeon stipend 2023 for her her research on heritability of type 2 diabetes. The stipend will be presented during the World Diabetes Day Skåne event. Photo: Petra Olsson How do heritability and the fetal environment affect the risk for the child to develop type 2 diabetes? This

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/research-inherited-type-2-diabetes-awarded - 2025-04-01

New national board to take over cases of research misconduct 

By maria [dot] lindh [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Lindh) - published 7 January 2020 Magnus Gudmundsson and Göran Sandberg. Photo:Kennet Ruona On 1 January 2020, a new law will come into force that means that cases concerning research misconduct are to be forwarded to a new national board exclusively dedicated to this. At Lund University, this will involve two or three current cases

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-national-board-take-over-cases-research-misconduct - 2025-04-01

Research on inherited type 2 diabetes is awarded

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 6 November 2023 Diabetes researcher Rashmi Prasad at Lund University has been awarded this year's Medeon Scholarship for her research on the inheritance of type 2 diabetes and why the disease is inherited from the mother to a greater extent. Photo: Petra Olsson. How do heritability and the fetal environment affect the risk

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/research-inherited-type-2-diabetes-awarded - 2025-04-01

Meet IIIEE researcher Yuliya Voytenko

Published 28 January 2016 IIIEE researcher Yuliya Voytenko Closed loops in the sharing city?Sharing is caring – but is it always sustainable? The sharing economy is altering the way we look at ourselves as consumers and our idea of the market, but it also raises other questions: what role should the city take in this, and how can we ensure that the result is truly sustainable?The sharing economy i

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-iiiee-researcher-yuliya-voytenko - 2025-04-01

Neurology researcher wins prestigious prize for discovery of brain’s cleaning system

Published 24 September 2018 Maiken Nedergaard This year’s Eric K. Fernström foundation Grand Nordic Prize – one of the largest awards for medicine in Scandinavia – goes to neurology researcher Maiken Nedergaard, who works at the University of Copenhagen and the University of Rochester. She has discovered and investigated how the brain gets rid of harmful products using its own purification system,

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/neurology-researcher-wins-prestigious-prize-discovery-brains-cleaning-system - 2025-04-01

Alzheimer's disease is composed of four distinct subtypes

By tove [dot] gilvad [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Gilvad) - published 29 April 2021 Tau accumulation in different brain regions depending on the subtype of Alzheimer’s disease. Photo: J Vogel Alzheimer's disease is characterized by the abnormal accumulation and spread of the tau protein in the brain. An international study can now show how tau spreads according to four distinct patterns that l

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/alzheimers-disease-composed-four-distinct-subtypes - 2025-04-01

From vision to reality: 20 years of cutting-edge research at Lund Stem Cell Center

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 13 April 2023 In 2023, the Lund Stem Cell Center turns 20 years old. This will be celebrated with a conference attended by some of the world's leading stem cell researchers. Image: iStock/Maksim Tkachenko For two decades, researchers at Lund University's strategic research area, Lund Stem Cell Center, have focused on d

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/vision-reality-20-years-cutting-edge-research-lund-stem-cell-center - 2025-04-01

Common drug may have an effect on breast cancer

Published 2 May 2016 Statins are a cholesterol-lowering drug that almost one million Swedes take to reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease. But could perhaps statins also be used against breast cancer? Cancer researcher Signe Borgquist at least hopes so. Signe Borgquist and her colleagues found that statins had a tumour-inhibiting effect in a study they conducted of 50 women in Lund. With 9,0

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/common-drug-may-have-effect-breast-cancer - 2025-04-01

PhD in Mathematics against all odds

Published 13 June 2016 Growing up in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, he knew that one wrong word could get you killed; as a forced recruit, he came close to death many times. But after three Master’s degrees, Dara Maghdid has earned a PhD with his investigation of cultural differences in the teaching of mathematics. Now he wants to thank Lund University. In the future, motivation among students of mathemat

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/phd-mathematics-against-all-odds - 2025-04-01

In the mind of a legal scholar

By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir) - published 22 September 2022 Linnea Wegerstad chose to return to academia. Photo: Kennet Ruona “True crime” has exploded in popularity and crime and punishment dominates the headlines. Linnea Wegerstad, senior lecturer at the Faculty of Law, opposes the tendency to label people who have committed crimes as monsters. Lin

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/mind-legal-scholar - 2025-04-02

Protein researcher receives major grants

By jessika [dot] sellergren [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Jessika Sellergren) - published 29 September 2023 Mikael Akke studies how protein molecules move and how other molecules bind to them – important knowledge in the development of the medicines of the future. Photo: Kennet Ruona Protein researcher Mikael Akke has been showered with grants recently: a total in excess of SEK 130 million from the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/protein-researcher-receives-major-grants - 2025-04-02

LU successful in quick digital restart

Published 29 September 2020 “What the whole University has done is amazing. How much we can achieve when we gather our strengths and collaborate. Everyone worked towards the same goal – to make it work – and we succeeded!” Photo: Kennet Ruona Getting important information out fast to the right target group has been a challenge for the crisis management group, which has now entered a calmer phase a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-successful-quick-digital-restart - 2025-04-01

Erik Månsson - alumnus from BSc in Business and Economics 2019

By maria [dot] johansson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Johansson) - published 6 May 2024 Graduation was approaching and alumnus Erik Månsson didn't know what he wanted to do. A few months later he received the diploma in his hand, as well as his first job - CEO for a start-up within Food Tech. We had a talk with Erik about his job - as well as the start-up world, student life and sources of in

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/erik-mansson-alumnus-bsc-business-and-economics-2019 - 2025-04-01