By anna [dot] lothman [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Löthman) - published 31 January 2025 Petter Magnusson Hartman, CEO Medicon Village Innovation, Emelie Antoni, Country President Nordic & Sweden, Björn Ekmehag, Administrative Director Skåne University hospital and Andreas Inghammar, Deputy Dean, LUSEM. Photo credit: AstraZeneca via LinkedIn. A strategic alliance has been formed between four ke

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/four-leading-players-unite-strengthen-swedish-life-science - 2025-04-20

By carla [dot] bohme [at] ics [dot] lu [dot] se (Carla Böhme) - published 4 February 2025 Photograph: Kennet Ruona. During the annual academic ceremony of 2025, Björn Svensson, Lecturer and Director of studies at the Department of Informatics, accepted the Lund Students’ Prize for Excellence in Teaching. “Björn Svensson's goal is clear - Lund University will produce the best informaticians in the

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/bjorn-svensson-accepts-lund-students-prize-excellence-teaching - 2025-04-20

Published 7 February 2025 Professor Karin Berglund, Örebro University and Stockholm University, Sweden and Associate Professor Karen Verduijn, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands The Sten K. Johnson Centre for Entrepreneurship is pleased to announce that Karin Berglund, affiliated with Örebro University and Stockholm University in Sweden, along with Associate Professor Karen Verduijn fro

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/winner-european-entrepreneurship-education-award-2025 - 2025-04-20

By marie [dot] pihl [at] nek [dot] lu [dot] se (Marie Pihl) - published 11 February 2025 Lund University School of Economics and Management. Photo: Johan Persson The Leadership Academy has been offered at Lund University School of Economics and Management since 2007, and the program equips young leaders for the challenges that a leadership position in a student organisation often brings. The Leade

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/leadership-academy-educates-leaders-student-organisations - 2025-04-20

By maria [dot] blad [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Blad) - published 4 April 2023 Antje Jackelén, the Archbishop and Primate of the Church of Sweden 2014-2022, has been named the 2023 annual Anna Lindh speaker. On 13 April, she will present “Reconciliation – a political possibility?” What: Anna Lindh Lecture “Reconciliation – a political possibility?” by Antje Jackelén, the Archbishop

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/anna-lindh-lecture-antje-jackelen-reconciliation-political-possibility - 2025-04-20

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 25 July 2023 Senior citizens playing boule. Photo: Yvonne Åsell/SvD/SCANPIX. We usually associate ageing with a shrinking life span, sickness and death. The difficulty of imagining ourselves as old means that we go to great lengths to avoid planning for later life. Yet researchers argue that we have everything to gain

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-time-new-approach-ageing - 2025-04-19

By sanna [dot] trygg [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Sanna Trygg) - published 25 July 2023 “What are the fundamental mechanical causes of osteoarthritis? And how can we slow or reverse its progression? These are the questions asked by professors Martin Englund and Hanna Isaksson. Photo: Johan Persson. Through molecular studies of knee tissue and advanced synchrotron radiation imaging techniq

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/causes-osteoarthritis-mapped-new-biobank - 2025-04-19

By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir) - published 22 June 2023 Barcelona is a vibrant hub for creative and cultural industries, boasting a thriving arts scene, renowned architecture, world-class museums, and a dynamic music and film industry. Photo: Erwan Hesry/Unsplash When Spain assumes the presidency of the European Union in July, cultural and creative in

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-leads-new-initiative-europes-cultural-and-creative-industries - 2025-04-19

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 25 July 2023 Man dances with woman. Photo: Maskot/TT. Despite a widespread and outdated view of older people, and an abundance of stereotypes, awareness of what is known as ageism is limited. A new short guide gives tips for how you can use your communication to counter discrimination against older people. The World He

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/6-ways-combat-ageism - 2025-04-19

Published 28 June 2023 Lund University has been ranked 85th in the world in the QS World University rankings, making it the top ranked comprehensive university in Sweden. QS has published university rankings annually since 2004 and the ranking is done in collaboration with Elsevier. On 27 June, QS published its latest list (Ranking 2024) in which 2,963 institutions were evaluated and 1,503 univers

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-top-100-qs-world-university-ranking - 2025-04-19

Published 29 June 2023 Photo: iStock/Scharvik Researchers led by Lund University in Sweden have assisted microbiologists in Ukraine in investigating bacterial resistance among the war-wounded patients treated in hospitals. The results, which were recently published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, reveal that many of the patients were affected by bacteria that exhibited an extremely high level o

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/alarming-antibiotic-resistance-discovered-war-torn-ukraine - 2025-04-19

By marianne [dot] loor [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Marianne Loor) - published 29 June 2023 Researchers about to catch nightjars for logging. Photo: Aron Hejdström Different species of migrating bird have different genetically programmed procedures that signal when it is time to head off and when it is time to return. It may have to do with factors such as daylight, temperature, weather and the Ear

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ai-improving-understanding-migratory-birds-internal-clock-map-and-compass - 2025-04-19

Published 3 July 2023 The millimeter-sized chip on which the transistors are located. (Photo: Anton Persson) Transistors that can change properties are important elements in the development of tomorrow’s semiconductors. With standard transistors approaching the limit for how small they can be, having more functions on the same number of units becomes increasingly important in enabling the developm

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/cutting-edge-transistors-semiconductors-future - 2025-04-19

Published 3 July 2023 Photo: Tasnadi Erika/Mostphotos Gaining access to Brief Admission by self-referral reduced the need for emergency care in adolescents with severe self-harm. The method has previously been introduced for adults, and a study led by researchers from Lund University has now explored whether the method could also be used for children and young people. The results are published in

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/brief-admissions-self-referral-can-help-adolescents-self-harming-or-suicidal-behaviour - 2025-04-19

Published 4 July 2023 Image: RunwayML An international group of researchers has been studying a group of microorganisms called Asgard archaea for several years. According to the research, these unique organisms are the origin of all complex life forms that we see around us today. The first life forms that evolved on Earth were called prokaryotes – a group of single-celled organisms that include ba

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/were-all-asgardians-mysterious-microorganisms-unveiled-key-origin-complex-life - 2025-04-19

Published 6 July 2023 Photo: David Andréen The climate control used by termites in their mounds could inspire tomorrow’s climate-smart buildings. New research from Lund University in Sweden shows that future buildings inspired by the termites could achieve the same effect as traditional climate control, but with greater energy efficiency and without its carbon dioxide footprint. Termite mounds hav

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/climate-friendly-air-conditioning-inspired-termites - 2025-04-19

Published 18 July 2023 Illustration of a Lewy body (Image: istock.com/Marcin Klapczynski) Lewy body disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's disease. A research group from Lund University has now shown that the disease can be detected before symptoms appear, using a spinal fluid test. The studies are published in Nature Medicine, where the researchers also demo

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lewy-body-disease-can-be-detected-symptoms - 2025-04-19

Published 31 July 2023 Photo: Ulrika Ervander The dry summer of 2018 hit Swedish forests hard - and hardest affected were the managed secondary forests. This according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden. Northern boreal forest ecosystems are predicted to experience more frequent summer droughts in the future. The majority of Swedish forest are secondary forests that are managed commerci

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/secondary-forests-more-sensitive-drought - 2025-04-19

Published 2 August 2023 Kristina Lång (Photo: Erika Svantesson) Mammography screening supported by artificial intelligence (AI) is a safe alternative to today’s conventional double reading by radiologists and can reduce heavy workloads for doctors. This has now been shown in an interim analysis of a prospective, randomised controlled trial, which addressed the clinical safety of using AI in mammog

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ai-supported-mammography-screening-found-be-safe - 2025-04-19

Published 8 August 2023 Brainwaves, or neural oscillations, are periodic electrical activities that occur when large groups of neurons work together. Researchers now hope that these signals will teach us more about hallucinations and psychoses. Photo: Pär Halje Researchers at Lund University have developed a technique for simultaneously measuring electrical signals from 128 areas of the brain in a

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-psychedelic-drugs-affect-rats-brain - 2025-04-19