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Project funding for researchers to apply for a doctoral studentship in Environmental Science within the Agenda 2030 graduate school

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 10 May 2021 Photo: Charlotte Carlberg Bärg The Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC) now announces funding for one doctoral studentship, where the doctoral student is admitted to the PhD programme in Environmental Science at the Faculty of Science, and is enrolled in the Agenda 2030 graduate school.

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/project-funding-researchers-apply-doctoral-studentship-environmental-science-within-agenda-2030 - 2025-06-11

Bumblebee detection dog on research duty

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 25 May 2021 PhD student Sofia Blomqvist and her dog Ylle look for bumblebees and other pollinating insects. This summer, Lund University doctoral student Sofia Blomqvist will be investigating how pollinating insects such as bumblebees and solitary bees are faring in flower-rich roadside habitats. However, there i

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/bumblebee-detection-dog-research-duty - 2025-06-11

Urban private gardens promote biodiversity

By izabella [dot] rosengren [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Izabella Rosengren) - published 2 July 2021 Helena Hanson, researcher. Photo: Anna Maria Erling. They become smaller as urbanisation increases. Troublesome, according to researcher Helena Hanson, because urban private gardens affect both cities’ biodiversity and human wellbeing by functioning as social green spaces. Now she strikes a blow for

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/urban-private-gardens-promote-biodiversity - 2025-06-11

What comes next: after the IPCC climate change report

By lotte [dot] billing [at] er [dot] lu [dot] se (Lotte Billing) - published 12 August 2021 Climate researchers Markku Rummukainen and Kimberly Nicholas are interviewed about the latest UN climate panel report. Photo by NOAA on Unsplash. Two Lund University climate scientists, Kimberly Nicholas, who has acted as an observer at two global climate summits, and Markku Rummukainen, Sweden’s IPCC repre

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/what-comes-next-after-ipcc-climate-change-report - 2025-06-11

More carbon in the soil could protect harvests in a future climate

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 21 September 2021 Large scale drought hit Sweden in 2018. The picture shows a field in Gotland. Photo: Sten-Åke Stenberg/Mostphotos. Farming practices that result in higher levels of carbon in agricultural soils could protect both wheat and barley harvests in a future changed climate. This is what emerges from a

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/more-carbon-soil-could-protect-harvests-future-climate - 2025-06-11

The Glasgow climate summit - what is it about and why does it matter?

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 22 October 2021 Image: IStock On October 31st, representatives from across the globe will gather in Glasgow for two weeks to attend the UN climate change conference COP26. Expectations are high following last year's canceled conference, and the IPCC report released in August. As part of the Paris Agreement in 201

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/glasgow-climate-summit-what-it-about-and-why-does-it-matter - 2025-06-11

Ice particles in clouds can affect the climate

By izabella [dot] rosengren [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Izabella Rosengren) - published 27 October 2021 John Falk presents his dissertation on how combustion affects cloud droplet and ice particle formation in the atmosphere. Photo: Eberhard Grossgasteiger, Unsplash Primitive stoves and diesel engines produce soot particles, besides being bad for your health, have a negative effect on the climate.

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/ice-particles-clouds-can-affect-climate - 2025-06-11

Modelling for the survival of bumblebees

By izabella [dot] rosengren [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Izabella Rosengren) - published 11 November 2021 Embroidery and photo by Maria Blasi Lack of habitats and climate change – parameters that scientists know affect the number of pollinators in the world. But exactly how big is the effect and what else contributes to the decline of bees and bumblebees? This has Maria Blasi i Romero tried to find

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/modelling-survival-bumblebees - 2025-06-11

Choice of trees carries great significance to city insect life

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 17 November 2021 Plane trees in Slottsparken in Malmö. Photo: Anna Maria Erling. The type of tree you plant – whether you choose native or non-native species – is of great significance for insect life in a city, more so than researchers previously thought. This is what emerges from a new study by researchers at L

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/choice-trees-carries-great-significance-city-insect-life - 2025-06-11

Important to express scientific uncertainty

By izabella [dot] rosengren [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Izabella Rosengren) - published 14 February 2022 In her dissertation, Ivette Raicec Cruz emphasizes the importance of communicating scientific uncertainty. Photo: Istockphoto/BrianAJackson Scientific advice to decision makers requires transparent scientific assessments, in which communication of uncertainty is important in order to avoid over

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/important-express-scientific-uncertainty - 2025-06-11

Wild bees and honey bees compete for food

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 13 December 2021 In a new report from Lund University, researchers observed that honey bees compete with wild bees for flower resources. Photo: Sandra Lindström. Increasing attention is being paid to the impact of honey bees on wild bees. In a new report from Lund University in Sweden, researchers observed that h

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/wild-bees-and-honey-bees-compete-food - 2025-06-11

Using airborne DNA to monitor insect biodiversity

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 14 February 2022 Insects detected included many important species such as bees, moths, flies, beetles, wasps and ants. Photo: Photorama/Pixabay. Scientists at Lund University have discovered for the first time that it is possible to detect insect DNA in the air. Using air from three sites in Sweden, insect DNA fr

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/using-airborne-dna-monitor-insect-biodiversity - 2025-06-11

The UN’s climate change panel: the world must act now

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 28 February 2022 The researchers emphasise that the need for climate adaptation. Here a village in Demak Regency, Indonesia, surrounded by water due to rising sea levels. Photo: Aji Styawan / Getty Images Climate Visuals Grant recipient. On Monday, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) publish

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/uns-climate-change-panel-world-must-act-now - 2025-06-11

CEC participates in international research project to protect wild pollinators

By stina [dot] lundkvist [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Stina Lundkvist) - published 18 March 2022 In the Safeguard project, researchers are working together to reverse the loss of wild pollinators in Europe. Photo: Stina Lundkvist CEC is one of 24 European research institutes and organizations that is participating in the EU-funded Safeguard project, where world-leading researchers and experts are c

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/cec-participates-international-research-project-protect-wild-pollinators - 2025-06-11

Increased metabolism in mitochondria resulted in higher levels of natural killer cells

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 20 July 2022 Researchers have found a metabolic "switch" that can activate specific bloodlines and thereby increase the production of NK cells, so-called killer cells. Image: iStock / selvanegra In a recent study from Lund University, researchers have discovered that metabolic changes in the blood cell, affect the deve

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/increased-metabolism-mitochondria-resulted-higher-levels-natural-killer-cells - 2025-06-11

How nanostraws can increase the number of blood stem cells

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 27 July 2022 Electron microscope image showing a blood stem cell on top of a membrane with nanotubes. Photo: M. Hjort and L. Schmiderer A multidisciplinary research team at Lund University has innovatively tackled what has long been a major problem in stem cell research. The project has now been awarded a Proof of Conc

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/how-nanostraws-can-increase-number-blood-stem-cells - 2025-06-11

The SCC Article of the Year Award goes to...

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 14 July 2022 Each year, Lund Stem Cell Center presents one of its members with its Article of the Year Award. This year three distinguished nominees contended for the title. Among them, Marie Jönsson, representing the research group Molecular Neurogenetics, was awarded Article of the Year 2021, for their work in reveal

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/scc-article-year-award-goes - 2025-06-11

Introducing Scarf: a memory efficient solution for single-cell genomic analysis

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 15 August 2022 A team of researchers from Lund University and the Lund Stem Cell Center have developed a new memory-efficient tool for single-cell genomic analysis called Scarf. Now available in Nature Communications, this innovative, bioinformatics software has the potential to help researchers navigate a growing trea

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/introducing-scarf-memory-efficient-solution-single-cell-genomic-analysis - 2025-06-11

Researchers reprogram human skin cells to aged neurons to study neurodegenerative disorders

By katrin [dot] stahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Katrin Ståhl) - published 22 August 2022 Photo: iStock/Paul Campbell Researchers at Lund University and Lund Stem Cell Center in Sweden have developed a new method for studying age-related brain disorders. The researchers have focused on the neurodegenerative disorder Huntington’s disease and the results have now been published in the journal Brain

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/researchers-reprogram-human-skin-cells-aged-neurons-study-neurodegenerative-disorders - 2025-06-11

PhD defence interview with Sofia Wijk

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 1 September 2022 Portrait of Sofia Wijk (right) and an image of the cover of her doctoral thesis (left). Sofia Wijk will defend her Ph.D. thesis on the 8th of September 2022, with a vision to contribute to the development of future cell-based therapies for patients with chronic lung disease. She has dedicated the last

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-sofia-wijk - 2025-06-11