Published 11 December 2018 SASNET is an interdisciplinary network for the production and dissemination of research, education, and information about South Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka). SASNET produces and disseminates knowledge and research about South Asia in three principal ways. First, SASNET produces knowledge about South Asia through r

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/postdoctoral-position-sasnet - 2025-04-01

Published 5 December 2019 Rebecca Warvinge receives award for CML research. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter Chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) is a slowly progressing form of blood cancer that attacks the blood-forming cells in the bone marrow. The condition requires lifelong treatment that can cause severe side effects. Rebecca Warfvinge maps stem cells in patients in the hope of identifying predictive marker

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/tailored-therapy-chronic-myeloid-leukaemia - 2025-04-01

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/rewriting-past-and-future-universe - 2025-04-01

By karin [dot] lilja [at] innovation [dot] lu [dot] se (Karin Lilja) - published 25 March 2025 More than one in seven staff members has already started using strong authentication. This is a good start – but what is important now is that more follow their example. Strong authentication is a way to log in that makes it more difficult for an unauthorised person to gain access to an IT service, for e

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/one-seven-staff-members-already-has-strong-authentication - 2025-04-02

Published 20 February 2025 Lund University's holding company is changing its name from LU Holding to LU Ventures. The new name aims to better reflect the company's mission: to build companies that transform research into new products and services creating global impact. "We are third best in the world, but we should not be satisfied – more research must lead to innovations." said Rector Erik Renst

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-holding-becomes-lu-ventures-new-chapter-universitys-venture-builder - 2025-04-02

By maria [dot] lindh [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Lindh) - published 27 May 2021 Increased collaboration within the faculties and a general revitalisation.  This is already a clear result from the RQ20 research evaluation that was presented in March. “We have caught sight of each other” was a frequent comment heard in a round of telephone calls to the deans and research managers. Mo

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/faculties-regrouping-after-rq20 - 2025-04-01

Publicerad 8 februari 2019 Elsevierförhandlingarna Vad som hänt i vinter är att man har haft ett ”högnivåmöte” den 18 december där man försökt enas om gemensamma principer för fortsatta förhandlingar. Bibsam skriver följande i sin information efter mötet ”Dock står det klart att parterna fortfarande står väldigt långt ifrån varandra.”. Så någon snar öppning vad gäller tillgång till Elseviertidskri

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Publicerad 5 april 2023 Emilio Audissino och John Williams, december 2022. Foto: J. Richardson. #Odeumintervjuar presenterar människor bakom Odeums kulisser och ger röst åt våra tre studentbaserade ensembler Akademiska kapellet, Lunds akademiska kör och Palæstra vokalensemble, samt inbjudna gäster. Här intervjuas filmmusikologen Emilio Audissino, världsledande film- och medieforskare och docent vi

https://www.odeum.lu.se/artikel/odeum-intervjuar-emilio-audissino - 2025-04-01

Av petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - publicerad 19 juni 2024 En ny metod kan användas för storskalig screening av typ 1-diabetes. Testet kan göras i hemmet och innebär att den som testar sig lämnar ett litet blodprov. Foto: Petra Olsson Intresset för att screena för typ 1-diabetes växer i takt med att metoderna blir bättre och nya bromsläkemedel blir tillgängliga för f

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By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 29 March 2022 Photo of Dr. Cristian Bellodi and Dr. Sowndarya Muthukumar Researchers from Lund University, building on previous studies, have been working to understand why stem cells are transforming into cancer. Previously they revealed that small RNA molecules, long considered “junk” or degradation byproducts of RNA

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/what-makes-stem-cells-transform-cancer-answer-may-lie-our-rna - 2025-04-01

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 19 June 2024 A new method can be used for large-scale screening for type 1 diabetes. The blood test can be done at home. Photograph: Petra Olsson. Interest in type 1 diabetes screening is growing as methods improve and new treatments become available to more patients. New research at Lund University demonstrates how screen

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-method-allows-large-scale-screening-autoimmune-diseases - 2025-04-01

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 18 November 2024 Johan Flygare and the remarkable story of the genesis of Apriligen, a company which aims to find a cure for the rare blood disease, Diamond–Blackfan Anemia, DBA. Photo: Johan Persson. After 20 years of research on gene therapy and the rare blood disease, Diamond-Blackfan Anemia, DBA, researcher Johan Flygare h

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/science-start-developing-gene-therapy-rare-blood-disorder - 2025-04-01

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/research-council-grants-south-asia-related-projects - 2025-04-01

By bodil [dot] malmstrom [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Bodil Malmström) - published 8 May 2023 Christine Wamsler, Martin Garwicz and Max Liljefors. Photo: Kennet Ruona What inner capacities do we need to support a more sustainable society? During the past decades, focus has been on addressing societal crises through external – technical, economic or medical – solutions. But in order to create real c

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/inner-journey-towards-sustainable-future - 2025-04-01

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/black-swifts-descended-rapidly-during-lunar-eclipse - 2025-04-01

Published 17 August 2017 We are very happy to announce that Lund University have been granted a new Project within Climate-KIC. The project is called "An Insurance-based climate adaptation tool for potato farming". Potato Late blight (Phytophthora infestans) is a devastating potato disease which occurs earlier and earlier in the potato growing season over the last decades. Compared to other crops,

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/new-climate-kic-project-awarded-lund-university - 2025-04-01

Published 6 February 2017 The second Climate-KIC Nordic Ideation Day was held at DTU Skylab on the 27th of January 2017. From preparations all the way until the finishing drinks, the event was in every way a great success. No less than 59 idea suggestions were submitted in advance. Out of this great pool of ideas, a little more than a third (23) was selected and allowed to pitch at the event. The

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/climate-kic-nordic-ideation-day - 2025-04-01

By hanna [dot] holm [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Hanna Holm) - published 14 September 2018 Photo: Kennet Ruona Pollinating insects are endangered globally, with a particularly steep decline over the last 40 years. An extensive 3-year study from the CEC has found that organic farming methods can contribute to halting the pollinator decline. This beneficial effect is due to both the absence of insect

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/organic-farming-methods-favors-pollinators - 2025-04-01

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/trends-population-health-era-increasing-longevity-new-sweah-dissertation - 2025-04-01

Published 26 June 2015 Photo: Maj Rundlöf Can the loss of biodiversity slow down if one exposes its economic value? In a study recently published in the scientific journal Nature Communications, the scientists show that among the many thousands of species of bees in the world, only a few species are of economic importance for agriculture. The most common pollinators of crops can be promoted by rel

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/putting-price-nature-difficult-new-study-nature-communications - 2025-04-01