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Letter from the field

By Stefanie E. Di Domenico, Master of Science in Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation 2016–2018 My internship experience with community-based disaster risk reduction management in the Philippines"When I began searching for an internship, I did not have a preference of where on earth I would end up. Ultimately, I wanted to learn through field experience, working directly with comm

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/lubas/i-uoh-lu-takak/letter-field - 2024-10-31

Breakthrough for dangerous blood transfusion-related disease

Published 3 April 2018 Rick Kapur (Photo: Åsa Hansdotter) Today, transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) is the leading cause of death following a blood transfusion. So far, it has not been treatable, but a researcher at Lund University in Sweden, Rick Kapur, has now discovered that an anti-inflammatory drug cures the disease in mice. For his achievement, he is awarded the International Soci

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/breakthrough-dangerous-blood-transfusion-related-disease - 2024-10-31

Avoid south-facing birdhouses – for the nestlings’ sake

Published 4 April 2018 Photo: Fredrik Andreasson Ten-day-old baby birds are able to maintain their regular body temperature despite nest box temperatures of 50C° or above. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden can now show that nestlings pay a high price for regulating their body temperature: they grow less. Therefore, the recommendation when putting up a nest box should be to avoid hot, south-

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/avoid-south-facing-birdhouses-nestlings-sake - 2024-10-31

Newly admitted students

For students who have received an admission offer If you have just received admission in your 'Notification of Results' via your www.universityadmissions.se account, make sure to follow any further instructions to secure your place in the programme. Watch this four-minute video to learn how to accept your admission offer from Lund University. To secure your study placea) If you applied in an inter

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/admissions/bachelors-and-masters-studies/applying-studies-when-apply/admission-results/newly-admitted-students - 2024-10-31

How birds can detect the Earth’s magnetic field

Published 6 April 2018 Zebra finches (Photo: Atticus Pinzón-Rodríguez) Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have made a key discovery about the internal magnetic compass of birds. Biologists have identified a single protein without which birds probably would not be able to orient themselves using the Earth’s magnetic field. The receptors that sense the Earth’s magnetic field are probably locat

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-birds-can-detect-earths-magnetic-field - 2024-10-31

Sowing strips of flowering plants has limited effect on pollination

Published 6 April 2018 Sown flower strips of clover (Photo: Maj Rundlöf) Many pollinating insects benefit from a small-scale agricultural landscape with pastures, meadows and other unploughed environments. In landscapes dominated by arable land, they lack both food and nesting places. Sown flower strips can increase the availability of food for pollinating insects, and are therefore assumed to ben

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/sowing-strips-flowering-plants-has-limited-effect-pollination - 2024-10-31

Mechanism vital to keeping blood stem cells functional uncovered

Published 6 April 2018 High-resolution electron microscopy images illustrate significant differences in cell size between a normal (left) and PUS7-deficient (PUS7-KO, right) human embryonic stem cell. Hematopoietic stem cells, that form mature blood cells, require a very precise amount of protein to function – and defective regulation of protein production is common in certain types of aggressive

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/mechanism-vital-keeping-blood-stem-cells-functional-uncovered - 2024-10-31

Jan Sundquist at Lund University awarded an ERC Advanced Grant

Published 9 April 2018 Jan Sunquist (Photo: Johan Bävman) Professor and family physician Jan Sundquist at the Center for Primary Health Care Research at Lund University in Sweden has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant from the European Research Council in the 2017 call for applications. ERC Advanced Grant (ERC AdG) is awarded to world-leading researchers in support of excellent and innovative rese

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/jan-sundquist-lund-university-awarded-erc-advanced-grant - 2024-10-31

Birds migrate away from diseases

Published 10 April 2018 Greenfinches (Photo: Thomas Alerstam) In a unique study, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have mapped the origins of migratory birds. They used the results to investigate and discover major differences in the immune systems of sedentary and migratory birds. The researchers conclude that migratory species benefit from leaving tropical areas when it is time to raise t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/birds-migrate-away-diseases - 2024-10-31

Hope for new treatment of severe epilepsy

Published 16 April 2018 My Andersson, Mérab Kokaia and Fredrik Berglind. Photo: Eliska Waloschkova Researchers at Lund University in Sweden believe they have found a method that in the future could help people suffering from epilepsy so severe that all current treatment is ineffective. “In mice studies, we succeeded in reducing seizure activity by intervening in an area of the brain that is not th

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/hope-new-treatment-severe-epilepsy - 2024-10-31

Final episode of ERCcOMICS series “A Cell’s Life”

Published 17 April 2018 Illustration: Alessandro Tota (artist), Fiamma Luzzati (storyboard artist) . In 2017, the European Research Council (ERC) adopted a new approach to making research accessible to a broader audience – creating cartoons. Malin Parmar, a professor of cellular neuroscience at Lund University and recipient of an ERC grant, is one of the Swedish researchers whose research formed t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/final-episode-erccomics-series-cells-life - 2024-10-31

Similarity between high-risk atherosclerotic plaque and cancer cells discovered

Published 18 April 2018 Lukas Tomas and Harry Björkbacka (Photo: Björn Martinsson) New research from Lund University in Sweden shows that inflammatory, unstable atherosclerotic plaque has a metabolism that differs from that of stable plaque – and is similar to that of cancer cells. Future research will therefore investigate whether cancer drugs could potentially be used to treat cardiovascular dis

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/similarity-between-high-risk-atherosclerotic-plaque-and-cancer-cells-discovered - 2024-10-31

Four Swedish cities to become sharing economy test pilots

Published 19 April 2018 Image: Lund University Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö and Umeå are to become test cities in a new national sharing economy programme. “The cities of the future are facing major challenges. Sweden shall be a leader when it comes to developing the solutions that a sharing economy entails”, says Kes McCormick at Lund University. The programme – Sharing Cities Sweden – will be la

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/four-swedish-cities-become-sharing-economy-test-pilots - 2024-10-31

EU agrees on a ban on the use of neonicotinoids

Published 27 April 2018 The European Union will ban the world’s most widely used insecticides from all fields due to the serious danger they pose to bees. The ban on neonicotinoids, approved by member nations today, is expected to come into force by the end of 2018 and will mean these insecticides can only be used in closed greenhouses.This ban on three main neonicotinoids has widespread public as

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/eu-agrees-ban-use-neonicotinoids - 2024-10-31

Are damselflies in distress?

Published 30 April 2018 The blue-tailed damselfly (Ischnura elegans) in mating formation. Photo: Rachael Dudaniec How are insects responding to rapid climate change? Damselflies are evolving rapidly as they expand their range in response to a warming climate, according to new research led by Macquarie University researchers in Sydney. Damselflies are evolving rapidly as they expand their range in

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/are-damselflies-distress - 2024-10-31