Av martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - publicerad 20 september 2021 Ansamling av amyloid-beta kanske startar inuti nervcellerna. Nya möjligheter att studera strukturella förändringar före amyloida plack bildas. Fyra olika typer av Alzheimers sjukdom. Ett enkelt diagnosverktyg förutspår risken att utveckla sjukdomen. Och ett tvär-vetenskapligt samarbete mellan Reg

https://www.multipark.lu.se/sv/artikel/internationella-alzheimermanaden-fem-optimistiska-forskningsnyheter-fran-multipark - 2025-03-15

By emelie [dot] frid [at] atp [dot] lu [dot] se (Emelie Frid) - published 13 January 2022 Congratulations to our very own Michiel Lambrechts, who has received a starting grant from the European Research Council (ERC)! More information: https://erc.europa.eu/news/erc-2021-starting-grants-results 

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/erc-starting-grant-michiel-lambrechts - 2025-03-15

By emelie [dot] frid [at] atp [dot] lu [dot] se (Emelie Frid) - published 25 May 2022 Congratulations to Lennart Lindegren, Professor Emeritus of Lund Observatory, for being the shared recipient of the Shaw Price in Astronomy! Lennart shares the price with Michael Perryman, Adjunct Professor, School of Physics at University College Dublin, Ireland. The price was awarded for their lifetime contribu

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/lennart-lindegren-shared-recipient-shaw-price-astronomy - 2025-03-15

By anna [at] astro [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna S. Arnadottir) - published 5 December 2022 Congratulations to the Gaia team (and especially to the Lund Observatory members of the team) who will soon receive the 2023 Lancelot M. Berkeley - New York Community Trust Prize for Meritorious Work in Astronomy. The Berkeley Prize is awarded for highly meritorious work in advancing the science of astronomy.  In

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/berkeley-price-awarded-gaia-collaboration - 2025-03-15

By anna [at] astro [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna S. Arnadottir) - published 19 January 2023 Every seat in Lundmarkssalen was full, and around 50 additional visitors followed on zoom, as NASA astronaut Jim Pawelczyk gave his talk on Monday afternoon. Jim Pawelczyk is not only a NASA astronaut but also an associate professor of physiology and kinesiology at PennState University studying the effects of mic

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/nasa-astronaut-jim-pawelczyk-visits-lund-university - 2025-03-15

Published 26 April 2023 In a recent paper, Nicholas Borsato, along with collaborators Jens Hoeijmakers, Bibiana Prinoth, Brian Thorsbro, and Rebecca Forsberg, provides insightful research on the complex atmospheric composition of the exoplanet KELT-9b. The team captured the exoplanet's spectra during transit, revealing numerous elements within its atmosphere. This study not only verifies the prese

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/terbium-among-heavy-elements-discovered-atmosphere-exoplanet-kelt-9b - 2025-03-15

Published 26 January 2018 Although Lund University’s 350th anniversary celebrations are drawing to a close, some projects will live on, along with the working method known as the jubilee model. Carina Jensen, soon to step down from her role as jubilee coordinator, talks about Sunday’s big kick-off for the future, which is open to all. “It will start with an open house event in the main University

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/jubliee-concludes-kick - 2025-03-15

Published 31 May 2018 Large science publisher Elsevier does not meet the requirements of Swedish universities and research institutes. The agreement will be cancelled 30th of June. This means that employees and students at Lund University will not have access to journal articles published by Elsevier after June 30, 2018. However, one can still read Elsevier articles published between 1995 and 30 J

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sweden-stands-open-access-cancels-agreement-elsevier - 2025-03-15

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 31 October 2018 Carita Håkansson. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter LUM managed to sneak in an interview with Carita Håkansson before she packs her bags for a hiking trip in Greece. For the first time in many years she has the chance once more to do what she loves the most – to experience nature and landscapes on foot. Thanks to a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/she-got-new-liver-and-new-life - 2025-03-15

By kristina [dot] lindgarde [at] kansli [dot] lth [dot] se (Kristina Lindgärde) - published 31 October 2018 Christian Hulteberg. Photo: Kennet Ruona The expression “Sweden’s green gold” has a new meaning. Forests are now not only to provide timber and paper – but also save the climate. Chemical engineering researcher Christian Hulteberg has managed to transform a residual product from pulp manufac

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/he-pumps-petrol-trees - 2025-03-15

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 31 October 2018 Ill: Shutterstock Ninety thousand people die in Sweden every year. Despite 80 percent of Sweden’s population stating they would like to donate their organs after death, fewer than 200 people actually become organ donors each year. Why? This is due to, among other reasons, our limited legislation and org

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/overstretched-intensive-care-leads-fewer-donations - 2025-03-15

By jenny [dot] loftrup [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Loftrup) - published 31 October 2018 Christine Blomquist. Photo: Jenny Loftrup “Superbosses” are exceptional at attracting talented people and getting them to perform at their best – while also developing them to become new, good leaders. Are superbosses to be found at the University? “I’m convinced that we would also find superbos

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/superbosses-make-others-become-good-leaders - 2025-03-15

By jenny [dot] loftrup [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Loftrup) - published 31 October 2018 Carl Borrebaeck. Photo: Apelöga Long ago, Carl Borrebaeck worked side by side with one of this year’s Nobel Prize winners for chemistry, Sir Gregory Winter, on the publication of an innovative technology within what was then a hot new research field: antibody engineering. In 1989, within the sam

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hard-heels-nobel-laureate - 2025-03-15

By maria [dot] lindh [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Lindh) - published 31 October 2018 Ill: Henning Larsen Arkitekter A social sciences centre in the Paradis quarter and a continued reinforcement of the Knowledge Highway are priorities in the new premises plan that presents the University’s intended renovations, extensions and new builds for the next five years. “It will be nice to co

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-premises-plan-reveals-universitys-future-building-projects - 2025-03-15

By jenny [dot] loftrup [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Loftrup) - published 31 October 2018 Aleksandra Popovic. Photo: Jenny Loftrup Broke and depressed – that’s how doctoral students risk ending up if they don’t complete their studies in time. The Doctoral Student Ombudsman, Aleksandra Popvic, says supervisors and the University must take more responsibility for the structure of the t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/stressed-doctoral-students-want-better-support-their-supervisors - 2025-03-15

By kristina [dot] lindgarde [at] kansli [dot] lth [dot] se (Kristina Lindgärde) - published 31 October 2018 Magdalena Bexell and Kristina Jönsson. Photo: Kristina Lindgärde Lund University is investing SEK 64 million in a graduate school focusing on societal challenges and the 2030 Agenda. Kristina Jönsson, associate professor in political science, will be its coordinator. “This is a unique opport

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sek-64-million-leading-graduate-school - 2025-03-15

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] rektor [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia von Arnold) - published 31 October 2018 Mine Islar came to Sweden from Turkey to study a Master’s degree in sustainability. Today she is a lecturer at the Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) and runs the Pufendorf IAS Migration Initiative. Photo: Jenny Loftrup Migration is a talking point everywhere – in poli

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/where-would-academia-be-without-migrants - 2025-03-15

Published 2 May 2013 Bringing together the three academies of music, art and theatre, and sorting out steering documents and routines are important tasks for Solfrid Söderlind, new Dean of the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts. Solfrid Söderlind is new Dean of Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts. Professor Söderlind has most recently worked on an inquiry for Uppsala University, and prior to that

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/we-need-bring-together-our-campuses-malmo - 2025-03-15

Published 2 May 2013 “Researchers and students are mobile in a completely different way from previously, but the regulations haven’t kept up. The EU needs to act to remove the most serious types of obstacle, for example between Sweden and Denmark, and urgently”, says Lund University’s HR director Ingrid Estrada-Magnusson. Sonja Meiby and Ingrid Estrada-Magnusson LERU stands for the League of Europ

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/europe-needs-improve-researcher-mobility - 2025-03-15

Published 2 May 2013 Lund University’s ‘critical friends’ and strategic advisors – the University Advisory Board – met over two intensive days in April the University Management to discuss LU’s development over the past year. The overall impression from the international experts was positive, especially with regard to research. On the education side, the university needs to put even more emphasis

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/university-advisory-board-lund-university-needs-invest-education - 2025-03-15