By tove [dot] gilvad [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Gilvad) - published 25 August 2021 Up to 20 percent of Swedish couples have difficulty having children. Now a new research project will seek to find the answer to the riddle of infertility. In a group effort to combat involuntary childlessness, researchers within the Öresund collaboration ReproUnion are creating a register that includes 5,000 S

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/reprounion-joins-forces-combat-involuntary-childlessness-creating-biobank - 2025-01-23

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 6 September 2021 Photo: Kennet Ruona Lund University has recruited Trevor Forsyth to lead the development of LINXS, Lund Institute of advanced Neutron and X-ray Science. He also takes up the position as professor of biophysics at the Faculty of Medicine. This strategic recruitment is part of Lund University's efforts to develo

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/top-international-researcher-will-maximise-potential-max-iv-and-ess - 2025-01-23

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 6 September 2021 Professor Lena Uller was awarded a gold medal. The original ceremony was planned to be held in Barcelona, but had to be downsized to Zoom due to current circumstances. Europe's largest respiratory society, ERS, has awarded its winners for 2021. By doing so the society wishes to recognise the achiev

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/european-gold-medal-respiratory-medicine-awarded-professor-lund - 2025-01-23

By sara [dot] liedholm [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Liedholm) - published 8 September 2021 Children who had autoantibodies before falling ill with type 1 diabetes have also had an imbalance in their intestinal flora, previous research shows. In a new study conducted within the framework of a European research network, researchers at Lund University and Region Skåne will investigate whether the

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-study-can-probiotics-prevent-type-1-diabetes - 2025-01-23

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 8 September 2021 Congratulations, Katarina Steding-Ehrenborg, Docent at Lund University! You’re one of six sports researchers who will take part in a two-year development program in which the Swedish Olympic Committee is now investing. What will the investment mean for you? – The support from the SOC means that we can carry ou

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/lund-researcher-joins-olympic-offensive - 2025-01-23

Published 8 September 2021 During September and October, schoolchildren, seniors and other interested parties are examining the obstacles that exist in Swedish housing. Their tools in this work are a ruler and a mobile app. Photo: Martin Bergman/VA (Public & Science) During September and October, schoolchildren, seniors and other interested parties are examining the obstacles that exist in Swedish

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/help-researchers-measure-your-home - 2025-01-23

Published 20 September 2021 The international Alzheimer day takes place on 21 September. About 100 000 people in Sweden suffer from Alzheimer, a disease which also affect many family members and relatives. At the same time promising research brings new hope, with many of the international recognized findings originating from Lund University. Since the beginning of 2021 the strategic research area

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/bigger-picture-alzheimers-disease - 2025-01-23

By tove [dot] gilvad [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Gilvad) - published 22 September 2021 Photo: Tove Smeds Congratulations Anna Blom, Professor of Medical Protein Chemistry at Lund University and the recipient of the Swedish Society of Medicine’s Berzelius Medal in Gold 2021 for innovative research in the field of medical chemistry. How does it feel to receive this prestigious award? – It’s a g

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/anna-blom-receives-2021-berzelius-medal-advances-medical-chemistry - 2025-01-23

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 22 September 2021 Peter Bentzer, Professor of Anaesthesiology at Lund University and an anaesthesiologist at Helsingborg Hospital, is being honoured by the Swedish Society of Medicine for initiatives that reduce climate impact. You are being awarded the prize for the best possible care with the least possible environmental imp

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/honoured-best-possible-care-least-possible-environmental-impact - 2025-01-23

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 5 October 2021 Johan Malmström. Foto: Tove Smeds. On behalf of the Swedish Government, SciLifeLab develops and provides advanced technologies, instruments and expertise to researchers in academia, industry and healthcare throughout Sweden. Johan Malmström has served as Scientific Director of Integrated Structural Biology (ISB)

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/johan-malmstrom-scientific-director-scilifelab-platform-isb - 2025-01-23

By katrin [dot] stahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Katrin Ståhl) - published 5 October 2021 Thoas Fioretos. Foto: Åsa Hansdotter. Since 1 June of this year, Thoas Fioretos, Professor of Clinical Genetics at Lund University and Senior Physician in Clinical Genetics and Pathology, Region Skåne, is leading the work of the national research infrastructure Clinical Genomics within SciLifeLab. SciLifeLab

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/lund-researchers-lead-work-scilifelabs-clinical-genomics-platform - 2025-01-23

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 5 October 2021 Christer Betsholtz, professor at Uppsala University and Karolinska Institutet, has been awarded the major Nordic Prize for 2021 by the Eric K. Fernström Foundation. Photo: Göran Ekeberg. Christer Betsholtz, professor at Uppsala University and Karolinska Institutet, has been awarded the major Nordic Prize for 202

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/prize-worth-millions-awarded-leading-blood-vessel-researcher - 2025-01-23

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 12 October 2021 Karl Bacos, a researcher in diabetes and epigenetics, receives a generous grant from the Hjelt Diabetes Foundation. Photo: Petra Olsson Three researchers at Lund University Diabetes Centre (LUDC) receive generous grants from the Hjelt Diabetes Foundation in 2021. Ola Hansson, Karl Bacos and Malin Fex have b

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/hjelt-foundation-grants-mechanistic-studies-type-2-diabetes - 2025-01-23

Published 19 October 2021 Anna Falk. Photo: Stefan Zimmerman. In healthcare, treatments developed for broad patient groups are often used. This is not always an effective approach. Sweden’s innovation agency Vinnova has therefore distributed research grants to eleven Swedish innovation environments whose research aims to develop more individually adapted healthcare for patients. The stem cell rese

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/sek-40-million-innovation-environment-customised-stem-cell-treatments - 2025-01-23

By tove [dot] gilvad [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Gilvad) - published 19 October 2021 Jesper Sundewall and Björn Ekman. Photo: Tove Gilvad and Li Fernstedt Hello there, Björn Ekman and Jesper Sundewall! You’re both researchers in social medicine and global health at Lund University, and now you’ve been granted SEK 600,000 from the Expert Group for Aid Studies to study the effects of global hea

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/research-projects-will-examine-effects-development-assistance-sexual-and-reproductive-health-and - 2025-01-23

By webbredaktionen [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (The Web Unit, Faculty of Medicine) - published 20 October 2021 The Lund University research portal has been upgraded. The Lund University research portal has been upgraded. Welcome to explore old and new features. Lund University research portal gathers information and publications. In the portal you will find both thousands of individual researchers

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/visit-our-research-portal-new-features-and-design - 2025-01-23

Published 25 October 2021 We are now looking for part-time (20%) research and teaching staff, with different profiles, from different disciplines and with various experience. Who are you? You currently have a job at Lund University or Region Skåne and have a genuine interest in the subject area of medical humanities. You are willing to work with the start-up of a knowledge centre, where transdisci

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/birgit-rausing-centre-medical-humanities-looking-staff - 2025-01-23

By katrin [dot] stahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Katrin Ståhl) - published 2 November 2021 The entrance to the research station in the city of Adama in Ethiopia, where Per Björkman and Patrik Medstrand have been based since 2010. The research station is built together with Ethiopian researchers and healthcare organizations. In 2017, the Faculty of Medicine received a private donation targeted at

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/another-sek-6-million-research-hiv-and-tuberculosis-ethiopia - 2025-01-23

By webbredaktionen [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Webbredaktionen) - published 17 November 2021 Camilla Davids. Photo: Ingemar Hultquist For the next four years, Camilla Davids from Namibia will share her time between Lund and Cape Town thanks to the "Double PhD-programme”. With the guidance of supervisors Gabriela Godaly and Reto Guler, Davids will focus on a project on alternative treatment methods

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/camilla-davids-shares-her-time-between-lund-and-cape-town - 2025-01-23

Published 17 November 2021 At MoRe-Lab researchers will be able to study, among other things, how medication or exercise programs affects the ability to function in standardized and real world environments. For example, a home, workplace, gym or outdoor environment. MoRe-Lab (Movement & Reality Lab) is an experimental health science test environment for studies of movement, activity and behavior i

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/more-lab-opens-gates - 2025-01-23