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New article co-written by CMES researcher Torsten Janson. In the academic article Stirring Up the Ashes: Exhibiting the Great Fire of Smyrna in the Context of Turkish Politics of Memory, the authors examine how one of the most traumatic events in the late Ottoman period continues to shape historical narratives and public memory today. Focusing on museum exhibitions and commemorative practices, the

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/stirring-ashes-exhibiting-great-fire-smyrna-context-turkish-politics-memory - 2026-10-25

Read the director’s message, explore the latest research news, discover upcoming events, and browse our recent publications. Read CMES newsletter here.Spring is slowly transforming the lawns across Lund into brilliant shades of blue as early flowers come into bloom, also around the Forsman Villa, home to researchers at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies.  Another clear sign of the seas

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-59 - 2026-10-25

Researchers conducting fieldwork in repressive and illiberal countries face profound ethical, personal and professional challenges — particularly when they are native to the societies they study. These issues were at the centre of a well attended CMES seminar by professor Merouan Mekouar, York University, Canada, that brought together scholars to reflect on risk, responsibility and inequality in a

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/challenges-and-strategies-fieldwork-repressive-and-illiberal-contexts - 2026-10-25

How can the Middle East move towards sustainability and peace amid escalating conflicts and environmental crises? This question was at the heart of a well-attended panel discussion hosted by the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) during Sustainability Week 2026. The event brought together researchers and students from across Lund University to share insights from political science,

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/sustainable-middle-east-turbulent-world - 2026-10-25

New article from CMES by Torsten Janson and Mattias Kärrholm. Read the article here (external link).This article is devoted to analysing the design and symbolics of the Safra Square (Kikar Safra) and City Hall complex, Western Jerusalem. Built around the historic Town Hall of the British Governate, and inaugurated in 1993, the City Hall complex is strategically located along the bustling Jaffa Str

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/squaring-israeli-nation-politics-poetics-and-performances-dominance-safra-square-jerusalem - 2026-10-25

The Faculty of Medicine welcomes three new international visiting professors — Robert Cramer, Patrick MacDonald, and Sarah Rowland‑Jones — through the Lund University Programme for Global Excellence. They bring expertise in mental health, diabetes and pancreatic biology, and immunology, and support ongoing research collaboration within prioritised areas. Meet our new three visiting professors:  Pa

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/global-visiting-professors-faculty-medicine - 2026-10-25

What does a breath of air actually contain – and how does the air we breathe affect our health and society as a whole? And how can we protect ourselves from potential threats in the air that is essential to life? These are questions that the new ATLAS research project aims to answer by tracking the impact of air from molecule to society. The project has received the Swedish Research Council's Netw

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/air-we-breathe-molecule-society - 2026-10-25

For the first time, researchers have identified a previously unrecognized metabolic defence mechanism in aggressive brain tumours: a sugar-rich shield that surrounds tumour cells and protects them against a particularly destructive form of cell death. Aggressive brain tumours grow in an extreme environment characterised by oxygen and nutrient deficiencies, low pH and chronic cellular stress. Insid

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/aggressive-brain-tumours-build-protective-sugar-shield-survive-extreme-stress - 2026-10-25

That eating plenty of vegetables, wholegrains and legumes is beneficial for health is well known. More surprising, however, is that people who eat in a environmentally-friendly way also display nutritional values that are better than researchers had expected. This is shown in a new study from Lund University. The EAT–Lancet diet is a global dietary guideline developed to promote both human health

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/climate-friendly-diet-yielded-unexpectedly-strong-nutritional-outcomes - 2026-10-25

Through a collaboration with Lund University and support from the Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation, Max Olsson, a researcher at Lund University, has begun his postdoctoral project at the University of Oxford. What will you be doing at the University of Oxford?"I will be investigating the mechanisms in the brain related to chronic shortness of breath. Using magnetic resonance imaging, we will analyse

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/when-brain-loses-its-breath - 2026-10-25

Thoas Fioretos, research group leader and professor of clinical genetics at Lund University, was recently elected as chair of the Class for medical sciences of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. What does the role entail?"The chairmanship involves leading the work of the Medical Class and contributing to the Academy's mission of promoting science. It involves bringing together leading research

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/lund-professor-appointed-new-chair-class-medical-sciences-royal-swedish-academy-sciences - 2026-10-25

In an international study, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have identified a gene variant that controls the body’s capability to form new blood vessels in muscles – a mechanism that affects physical performance, health and recovery. The favourable gene variant is considerably more common among top athletes in endurance sports, compared with both top athletes in explosive sports and non-at

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/genetic-brake-forms-our-muscles - 2026-10-25

Despite groundbreaking research, many cell and gene therapies do not make it all the way to the patients. Researchers and clinicians in Lund have now presented a new model for cooperation that will shorten lead times and reduce costs – with the aim to give more patients access to advanced, potentially curative treatments. In brief:Why promising cell and gene therapies fail to reach implementation

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-lund-model-aims-shorten-path-life-saving-cell-and-gene-therapies - 2026-10-25

Laura Elo at University of Turku is awarded the Leif C. Groop Award for outstanding research on type 1 diabetes. The mathematician from Finland has developed methods which have helped increase the understanding of how type 1 diabetes develops at molecular level. She hopes her research will help prevent and delay the progression of the disease and individualise the treatment of type 1 diabetes. Jus

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/laura-elo-awarded-leif-c-groop-award-outstanding-research-type-1-diabetes - 2026-10-25

Lund University researcher Inta Gribonika is one of five early-career scientists to be awarded the 2026 Michelson Medical Research Foundation grant of $150,000. She recieves this for her research on the homeostatic cooperation between skin microbiota and skin’s intrinsic immune system, and how it can be harnessed to develop topical, non-invasive and effective vaccines. Inta Gribonika is one of fiv

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/2026-michelson-prize-next-generation-grant-inta-gribonika - 2026-10-25

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) can cause more serious liver conditions, such as liver failure. A new study, led by Lund University in Sweden, presents new data that may lead to better disease management and prevention in the future. The international research team identified an altered expression of specific genes in samples from individuals with obesity, MASLD an

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-research-identifies-potential-treatment-target-fatty-liver-disease - 2026-10-25

Louis, a medical student from one of Lund University’s partner universities in Grenoble, France, recently completed his clinical rotations in Skåne University Hospital – our closely interconnected partner within Region Skåne for education, healthcare, and medical research. Louis experience highlights the strong educational environment and welcoming clinical culture that characterise medical traini

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/student-spotlight-louis-clinical-exchange-grenoble-skane-sweden - 2026-10-25

A consortium led by Paul Bourgine has been awarded EIC Transition grant with 2.5 million euros (EUR) over three years. This covers activities that are typically hard to finance - researchers refer to the famous « valley of death » illustrating the difficulty of translating promising basic research into human clinical practice. What is your project about?  "Our project is entitled DENOVOSS which st

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/eic-transition-grant-advance-ossigel-bone-repair - 2026-10-25

Lotta Gränse, ophthalmologist and researcher Lund University and Skåne University Hospital has demonstrated that eye drops containing cortisone can prevent the development of the very serious eye disease ROP in infants. This has revolutionised treatment and means that the majority of children in Sweden’s Southern Healthcare Region with severe ROP do not need conventional treatment under anaesthesi

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/drop-saves-eyesight-infants - 2026-10-25

Antibiotic treatments help the body to fight infections and should have as little negative impact on humans as possible. A new study in the journal Nature Medicine shows that the use of antibiotics can affect the human gut microbiota for several years. The study found that some types of antibiotics had a greater impact on the gut microbiota than others. “It is great that we have antibiotics which

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/antibiotics-can-have-long-term-effect-gut-microbiota - 2026-10-25