Published 21 January 2015 The global university network Universitas 21 (U21) has appointed Lund University's Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Eva Wiberg, as the network's first executive director. Professor Wiberg, currently Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Lund University, will take up the position from 1 February 2015 on a part-time basis, combining this role with her current duties at Lund. The creat

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/deputy-vice-chancellor-eva-wiberg-appointed-executive-director-u21-network - 2025-03-09

Published 22 January 2015 Lund University remains the most popular choice for international students wanting to study their Master’s degree in Sweden, with 1/3 of all applicants from the latest application round, choosing Lund University programmes. Of the total 43,817 students who applied to autumn 2015 Master’s programmes at Swedish universities, 14,821 applied to Lund University programmes. Thi

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-attracts-13-all-international-students-applying-swedish-universities - 2025-03-09

Published 23 January 2015 Recent research shows that mild infections without symptoms of illness can still lead to serious consequences by reducing the lifespan of the infected individuals. The study at Lund University in Sweden has been carried out on malaria-infected migratory birds. The infection is thought to speed up the ageing process by shortening the telomeres (i.e., the chromosomes ends)

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/hidden-infection-shortens-life - 2025-03-09

Published 28 January 2015 David Gisselsson Nord A research group at Lund University in Sweden has found a new way to identify the most malignant tumours in children. The method involves studying genetic ‘micro-variation’, rather than the presence of individual mutations. In adult cancers, the tumour cells are more genetically variable than healthy cells. When a cancerous cell divides, the chromoso

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-method-identifying-most-aggressive-childhood-cancers - 2025-03-09

Published 29 January 2015 During the traditional ceremony, former Vice-Chancellor, Professor Per Eriksson, handed over the Vice-Chancellor’s chains to Torbjörn von Schantz. Vice-Chancellor Torbjörn von Schantz was inaugurated with pomp and ceremony in the university assembly hall on Wednesday 28 January 2015. Torbjörn von Schantz is Vice-Chancellor of Lund University for the period 1 January 2015–

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/vice-chancellor-torbjorn-von-schantz-inaugurated - 2025-03-09

Published 5 February 2015 We have an innate mechanism that ensures that our blood vessels do not become blocked. The protein A1M, alpha-1-microglobulin, is naturally present in the body and prevents oxidation of blood fats – a major cause of atherosclerosis. The discovery is the work of a research group led by Professor Bo Åkerström from Lund University. VIDEO: How 'cleaner' protein protects us“At

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-cleaner-protein-protects-against-atherosclerosis - 2025-03-09

Published 6 February 2015 Nathalie Knopp Food waste is completely bananas, according to a group of Master’s students in Food Technology at Lund University in Sweden. In fact, a significant amount of the 100 million tonnes of bananas produced annually worldwide is discarded before it even reach consumers. WATCH: Students make gluten-free banana flourThe Lund University students were asked to find w

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-students-create-gluten-free-banana-flour - 2025-03-09

Published 11 February 2015 We should not be afraid to joke about one another’s ethnic background. Used with sensitivity, such jokes can instead help to challenge the stereotypical image of immigrants, according to Lund University sociologist Henriette Frees Esholdt, who has studied humour at a multi-ethnic workplace in Denmark. Henriette Frees Esholdt’s study was carried out in a large organisatio

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/role-humour-multicultural-workplaces - 2025-03-09

Published 11 February 2015 Johanna Månsson Extremely premature babies that reach the age of two and a half demonstrate significantly poorer cognition, language and motor skills than children born at full term. The new study from Lund University in Sweden is one of few to study children born prematurely at such a young age. The results could be used to provide help at the right time. Extremely prem

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-study-assesses-premature-babies-25-years-old - 2025-03-09

Published 12 February 2015 The new Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at Lund University, which will focus on regenerative medicine, is part of a national plan to re-establish Sweden’s leading position in medical research. The centre is being funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, in collaboration with Lund University and Region Skåne. “It is very gratifying that the foundation

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-molecular-medicine-centre-lund-university - 2025-03-09

Published 13 February 2015 A production facility for start-ups in the field of nanotechnology may be built in the Science Village in Lund, a world-class research and innovation village that is also home to ESS, the European Spallation Source. “With this new facility, we want to create the conditions to enable new companies to develop from the R&D phase to full production, without needing to leave

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/nanotechnology-facility-planned-lund - 2025-03-09

Published 18 February 2015 Shai Mulinari A new report from Lund University in Sweden shows how the pharmaceutical industry time and again violates regulations on the marketing of drugs. The study has been published in the journal PLOS Medicine. In order to avoid unethical marketing, the pharmaceutical industry has a well-established system of self-regulation. There are individual national systems,

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/pharmaceutical-companies-violate-own-regulations - 2025-03-09

Published 18 February 2015 Researchers have long sought treatments that can slow the progression of Parkinson's disease. Current treatments have for decades been only symptomatic in nature, supplying the neurotransmitter dopamine, which the dying nerve cells can no longer produce. Results from a recent clinical study offer hope that future therapies could take advantage of the brain's own protecti

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-growth-factor-indicates-possible-regenerative-effects-parkinsons-disease - 2025-03-09

Published 25 April 2024 Every year, the Swedish Riksdag organises a research day. This year the theme was “artificial intelligence”. The aim is to give Members of Parliament the opportunity to gain new knowledge and to highlight the value of science for politics, democracy, and parliamentary decision-making. This year, Johan Axhamn, senior lecturer in Business Law here at LUSEM, was the sole repre

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Published 27 November 2023 To most effectively deliver aid to alleviate poverty, you have to know where the people most in need are. In many countries, this is often done with household surveys. But these are usually infrequent and cover limited locations.Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have created a step change in how to measure poverty and other human development indicators. Our

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By minna [dot] wallen-widung [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Minna Wallen-Widung) - published 9 January 2025 Anamaria Dutceac Segesten was recently back in the studio to record updated lecture material on large language models for the ‘AI, business and the future of work’ MOOC. Photo: Petter Wärnsberg Lund University’s fastest growing online course can have up to a thousand new participants

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/tens-thousands-sign-ai-related-mooc - 2025-03-09

By katrin [dot] stahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Katrin Ståhl) - published 10 February 2025 In a large international study the researchers found that analysis by the AI led to 14 times fewer missed diagnoses of severe arrhythmias. Photo: Bild: iStock/alexaldo. In patients with symptoms such as irregular heartbeats, dizziness, or fainting, or in individuals that physicians suspect may have atrial

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/ai-better-humans-analysing-long-term-ecg-recordings - 2025-03-09

By erika [dot] svantesson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Erika Svantesson) - published 4 February 2025 Pre-cancerous lesions, known as in situ cancers, were also more likely to be detected with AI – 51 per cent more such cases were found (68 people compared with 45). Photo: iStock New research results now published from Lund University’s MASAI trial are even better than the initial findings from last

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/ai-supported-breast-cancer-screening-new-results-suggest-even-higher-accuracy - 2025-03-09

Publicerad 10 juli 2017 Jonas Johansson visiting researcher vid JRC Ispra, Italien, under 2 veckor. Under två veckor, 10 juli till 28 juli, är Jonas Johansson vid CenCIP visiting researcher vid EU:s Joint Research Centre (JRC) i Ispra, Italien. JRC är Europeiska kommissionens vetenskaps- och kunskapsservice för att genomföra forskning och ge oberoende vetenskapliga råd och stöd EUs policyarbete. V

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Av jonas [dot] johansson [at] risk [dot] lth [dot] se (Jonas Johansson) - publicerad 16 oktober 2017 CenCIP anordnar ett seminarium i Stockholm den 22 november med fokus på aktuella frågor och utmaningar inom området skydd av samhällsviktig verksamhet. Skydd av Samhällsviktig verksamhet – Aktuella frågor och utmaningarVälkomna till ett heldagsseminarium med fokus på det viktiga arbetet med skydd a

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