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Vem är i riskzonen att utveckla graviditetsdiabetes och typ 2-diabetes? Varför utvecklar inte alla som har fetma typ 2-diabetes? Hjelt Diabetes Foundation ger stöd åt två forskare vid Lunds universitets diabetescentrum som söker nya svar på dessa frågor. Graviditetsdiabetes innebär att kroppen inte klarar av att tillverka tillräckligt med insulin under graviditeten. Den här formen av diabetes går

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/forskning-om-fetma-och-graviditetsdiabetes-far-stod-av-hjelt-diabetes-foundation - 2025-11-30

Över en halv miljon svenskar har problem med nervinklämning i handleden – så kallad karpaltunnelsyndrom – ett tillstånd som orsakar stor smärta och kan påverka livskvaliteten negativt. Nu har Lars Dahlin, överläkare inom handkirurgi vid Skånes universitetssjukhus och professor vid Lunds universitet, gjort en sammanställning av all tillgänglig forskning på området till den internationella tidskrift

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/karpaltunnelsyndrom-mycket-fortfarande-okant-om-folksjukdomen - 2025-11-30

En nyligen påbörjad klinisk studie undersöker nu om det går att förbättra prognosen för personer som drabbas av septisk chock genom att minska på mängden vätska som patienterna får. – Ända sedan 1800-talet har vården gett vätskebehandling intravenöst till svårt sjuka. Detta till trots saknas evidens för hur vi bäst ska styra denna behandling för att för att utfallet ska bli så bra som möjligt för

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/vatskebehandling-vid-septisk-chock-under-lupp - 2025-11-30

… du doktorerar inom infektionsmedicin och har publicerat en studie som handlar om hur generna ändras hos en bakterie när den infekterar lungorna. Berätta!Vi har studerat hur bakterier, i detta fall Haemophilus influenzae, använder sina gener när de infekterar den mänskliga lungan, alltså hur genuttrycket förändras under pågående infektion. Haemophilus influenzae kan orsaka lunginflammation och äv

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/halla-dar-linnea-polland-doktorand-i-infektionsmedicin - 2025-11-30

During this semester activities for both doctoral students and postdocs, from all faculties, continues to be offered. Take the change to meet your colleagues from all over the university and explore and develop your career path, inside or outside academia. Among the activities you can find a lunch seminar on research output and innovation, a workshop on time management, as well as get an insight i

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/joint-career-development-academic-staff - 2025-11-30

Now, a second call for applications is being launched for projects with postdoctoral and associate senior lectureship positions. Deadline for pre-registration is 16th of September. Lund University is allocating up to SEK 100 million to a university-wide initiative for excellence at Lund University focusing on Agenda 2030 and sustainable development. One part of this sum has been used for a new inv

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/interdisciplinary-projects-focusing-agenda-2030-and-sustainable-development - 2025-11-30

The Disciplinary Board, of which I am the chair and Pro Vice-Chancellor Jimmie Kristensson is deputy chair, has had a tough schedule over the past year with many cases and frequent meetings. However, it now seems that we are finally catching up and can shorten the time it takes to process cases, as well as waiting times for reported students. Jimmie and I have begun to look further ahead and have

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-effective-management-and-prevention-disciplinary-cases - 2025-11-30

If you have been a government employee for at least 30 years (25 if retiring) and have not yet been a recipient, you are welcome to register and select the form of gift you wish to receive. The award consists of either a wristwatch, two different crystal glass bowls, two different pieces of art glassware or a medal. The wristwatch is a men’s or women’s model in gold. The medal is minted in gold. Y

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/time-approaching-presentation-award-long-and-devoted-public-service-nor - 2025-11-30

Lund University has installed 24 new charging points placed in the parking areas outside Kemicentrum, Geocentre 2 and the Department of Electrical and Information Technology. In order to charge your car, you must first pay the relevant parking fee. The price for charging your car does not replace the parking fee. Read more about parking fees here. To charge your car, you need to download the Mer C

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/24-new-charging-posts-and-running - 2025-11-30

In 2019, the University established a project for open science. The project has resulted in a report and now it is up to us at the University to discuss how to move forward with the proposals. The project’s goal was, among other things, to “investigate different options for how LU could structure its work on open science.” How we approach open science depends primarily on what we want to achieve,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/university-needs-take-holistic-approach-open-science - 2025-11-30

Last week, for the first time ever, the Education Board and the Research Board held a joint workshop. The theme for the workshop was how to intertwine research and education and the goal was to create a clearer overall picture of what issues need to be discussed and dealt with. Pro Vice-Chancellor Per Mickwitz and I initiated the workshop in our capacities as chair of the Research Board and chair

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/research-and-education-should-be-more-intertwined - 2025-11-30

Welcome to an evening in the Main University building filled with inspiration, new ideas, laughter and good conversation! The evening will offer performances on stage, informal networking, an exhibition and the awarding of the Future Innovations Prize. Join us in celebrating the innovative power at the University together with interesting people with different perspectives on innovation. During th

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/innovation-evening-25-october - 2025-11-30

Right now, IT Security is seeing an increase in attempted fraud. Knowledge is the best way to become a safer computer user, both at work and at home. And acquiring that knowledge is a quick process. Increase in cases of so-called CEO fraud The IT Security Division has seen a recent increase in the number of CEO fraud cases. Many people have contacted LU Servicedesk to report suspicious emails. For

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/protect-yourself-your-information-and-your-work-knowledge - 2025-11-30

Professor Noam Chomsky has agreed to give an online seminar on the topic of "Language, Mind and Thought" on Thursday, 29th of September The seminar will be in the late afternoon to accommodate the time difference. "Language, Mind and Thought" on Thursday, 29th of September, 16.00-17.00. NB: 16.00, not 16.15! Those wishing to attend please preregister to the organizer mehdi [dot] sabzevari [at] lin

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/webinar-noam-chomsky-language-mind-and-thought - 2025-11-30

In June, the Riksdag adopted the Government’s bill Flexibility, adaptability and security in the labour market. The bill concerns modernisation of labour law with changes to the Employment Protection Act (LAS), among other things. The changes to LAS will take effect on 1 October. The changes mean that the basis for time-limited work “general fixed-term employment” is being replaced by “special fix

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/changes-swedish-employment-protection-act-las-will-primarily-affect-those-fixed-term-employment - 2025-11-30

At work, Julia Weber’s focus is on insects and other pollinators, and their survival. At home, it is her cat Hera who has grabbed attention. When Postnord announced a competition to find cats to grace their new stamps, Julia Weber did as over 18,000 other cat owners and sent in a photo along with a short description of her feline friend. The jury could not resist the adventurous Hera, who was one

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/doctoral-students-cat-became-stamp - 2025-11-30

The Islamic presence in Europe is becoming normalised. But integration also leads to increased conflict, according to Oliver Scharbrodt, Lund University’s new professor of Islamic Studies. Oliver Scharbrodt came to the University last spring after taking up Sweden’s only professorship in Islamic Studies. “I was attracted by the fact that Lund is one of Europe’s classic top universities and that th

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/integration-can-lead-conflict - 2025-11-30

This autumn, LU Estates and Akademiska Hus will measure how much certain premises rented by the University are actually used. The measurements will be conducted by sensors placed at the entrances and exits to some offices and in lecture halls. The aim is to improve efficiency and reduce the need for premises. Digitalisation and the increase in working from home have led to offices being used less

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/measurements-may-lead-fewer-premises - 2025-11-30

They come from different academic disciplines but have all ended up at the Centre for Economic Demography at Lund University. Join Ingrid van Dijk, Finn Hedefalk and Björn Eriksson in a conversation about the conditions for early-career researchers, learning from senior colleagues, and passing the torch on. “One of the most enjoyable parts of our work is learning from others.” These words belong t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/knowledge-transfer-way-forward-early-career-researchers - 2025-11-30

In five years’ time, the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts will move into Kockums’ old industrial premises in Varvsstaden in Malmö. Inside the gigantic machine hall, soil remediation is underway. Toxins and oils have to be cleaned up before the construction work can start. Things are moving fast for Sanimir Resić. He joined the Malmö Academy of Music as head of department around 18 months ago. A

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/move-means-change-faculty - 2025-11-30