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Ny biobank ger insikter om Parkinsons sjukdom

Av fritzliselotte [at] gmail [dot] com (Liselotte Fritz) - publicerad 1 juni 2021 Kajsa Brolin, doktorand vid Translationell Neurogenetik vid Lunds universitet, använder biobanken i sin doktorsavhandling. Foto: Kennet Ruona Idag lider cirka 20 000 svenskar av Parkinsons sjukdom men ännu finns bara symptomlindrande behandlingar. Genom en ny biobank får forskarna tillgång till 1 000 parkinsonpatient

https://www.multipark.lu.se/sv/artikel/ny-biobank-ger-insikter-om-parkinsons-sjukdom - 2025-06-09

Kampen mot kunskapsresistens förbiser vårt evolutionära arv

Av kristina [dot] lindgarde [at] kansli [dot] lth [dot] se (Kristina Lindgärde) - publicerad 19 december 2019 Alla människor har en djupt rotad beredskap att motstå kunskap, särskilt när den kommer från andra grupper. Därför behöver samhället strukturer, rutiner och incitament som försvårar självbekräftelse, enligt Mikael Klintman. Bild: Shelagh Murphy/Unsplash Sanningssökande och vetgirighet sägs

https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/kampen-mot-kunskapsresistens-forbiser-vart-evolutionara-arv - 2025-06-09

Climate litigation cases explained: what is their purpose, and what is their impact within and outside the courts?

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 20 March 2023 The Aurora case is an example of a climate lawsuit playing out both within and beyond the courtroom. Their work aims not only to influence climate policy in Sweden, but also to raise public awareness according to Salvatore Paolo De Rosa. 2023 is set to be a watershed year for climate litigation cases globally. Al

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/climate-litigation-cases-explained-what-their-purpose-and-what-their-impact-within-and-outside - 2025-06-09

Panel 3: Beyond the Desirable: Critical Perspectives on Media-Modernity

Published 10 August 2016 Chairs: Britta Ohm, Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Bern, Switzerland, Per Ståhlberg, Department of Media and Communication Studies, Södertörn University, Sweden & Vibodh Parthasarathi, Centre for Culture, Media & Governance, Jamia Milia Islamia, India. VENUE: Edilrummet, Akademiska Föreningen (AF), Sandgatan 2, Lund Three sessions:1. Tuesday 20 Sept, 14.30

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/panel-3-beyond-desirable-critical-perspectives-media-modernity - 2025-06-09

Green light for three MOOCs

Published 28 February 2014 This autumn, Lund University will offer its first three free open online courses, known as MOOCs. They will be in green economy, global health and European business law. Despite this decision, opinions are still partially divided. Some see MOOCs as a motor for development that will rejuvenate and adapt higher education to new methods of learning. Others fear that the hyp

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/green-light-three-moocs - 2025-06-09

Who are the environmental human rights defenders? New research project at LUCSUS

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 1 February 2023 Torsten Krause is leading a newly started research project which will shed light on the various moral and legal dilemmas that can arise in the fight to defend and protect nature and human rights. Photo: Pixabay. In mid-January, protesters and police clashed in the village of Lützerath in Germany after the villa

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/who-are-environmental-human-rights-defenders-new-research-project-lucsus - 2025-06-09

From molecule to patient – Six promising projects to advance Parkinson's research

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 11 April 2025 April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month. Globally, around 10 million people are affected by Parkinson’s disease—a condition where neurons in brain areas controlling movement gradually degenerate. Photo: Emma Nyberg What role does an inflammatory protein have in disease development? Which neuronal circuit

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/molecule-patient-six-promising-projects-advance-parkinsons-research - 2025-06-09

Korean efficiency behind fast fashion

Published 12 May 2015 Fast fashion has shrunk the fashion production cycle from three months to an unbelievable two weeks. New ideas are snapped up from the catwalk, interpreted and made into trendy clothes with a low price-tag, available in shops and online. Economists attribute the success of fast fashion to innovative large companies, but anthropologist Christina Moon maintains that the backgro

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/korean-efficiency-behind-fast-fashion - 2025-06-09

EU infertility project focuses on men

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 15 April 2019 Photo:Vchal/Shutterstock Infertility is now a condition as common as diabetes. On the one hand, women are waiting until they are older to have children, which makes it more difficult to get pregnant, but some studies also indicate a drastic decline in sperm counts in men over the past 50 years. Repro Unio

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/eu-infertility-project-focuses-men - 2025-06-09

7th SSEASR Conference, Ho Chi Minh City

Published 15 January 2017 South and Southeast Asian Association for Culture and Religion (SSEASR) is organizing the 7th SSEASR Conference "ASEAN Region by the end of 21st Century: A Dialogue with Past or Present?"at the Vietnam Buddhist University in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on 9-12 July, 2017. Modern South and Southeast Asia is an idea as much as it is a place in time and space. It is an idea th

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/7th-sseasr-conference-ho-chi-minh-city - 2025-06-09

Three-year research project casts light on sexual harassment

Published 19 April 2018 Anette Agardh, professor of global health, has been appointed to lead a project to develop a knowledge platform and a plan for strengthening efforts to counteract sexual harassment at the University. She considers that sexual harassment is a complex issue. “Many aspects can be related to the occurrence of sexual harassment”, she says and refers, among other things, to the f

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/three-year-research-project-casts-light-sexual-harassment - 2025-06-09

CMES leading an international project on populism

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 22 January 2020 At a time when new political actors are challenging contemporary democracies in the name of “the people”, there is little agreement on the meaning of populism among academics, political activists and citizens alike. Introducing the first in a series of interactive maps. Aiming to bring together voices t

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-leading-international-project-populism - 2025-06-09

Taking stock and Moving Forward in Research on Refugee Entrepreneurship

Published 12 March 2019 Workshop May 28 In recent years entrepreneurship undertaken by refugees in their new host country has caught the attention within both political and academic arenas (Bizri, 2017; Sandberg et al., 2017). However, refugee entrepreneurship is not an entirely new phenomenon (Fass, 1986; Gold, 1988; 1992; Moore, 1990). A resurgence of interest on the topic has recently risen sin

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/taking-stock-and-moving-forward-research-refugee-entrepreneurship - 2025-06-09

Participation in the joint conference of the CESS and ESCAS

By chekhros [dot] kilichova [at] soclaw [dot] lu [dot] se (Chekhros Kilichova) - published 10 January 2025 MARS project members participated in the joint conference of the CESS and ESCAS on January 8-10, 2025 in Lisbon A few MARS project members presented their research at the joint CESS and ESCAS conference, which took place on January 8–10, 2025 in Lisbon, Portugal. The international Conference

https://www.mars.lu.se/article/participation-joint-conference-cess-and-escas - 2025-06-09

Sahana Subramanian: “Urban India is Facing a Twin Crisis” 

By sandra [dot] jakobsson [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (Sandra Jakobsson) - published 31 August 2023 Sahana Subramanian recently completed her master’s degree at Lund University. Her thesis “Expanding Freedoms and Improving Commons through Labour”, studies Kerala’s Ayyankali Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme and, for this, she received this year’s SASNET Best South Asia Thesis Award.  Sahana Subram

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sahana-subramanian-urban-india-facing-twin-crisis - 2025-06-09

First patient receives milestone stem cell-based transplant for Parkinson’s Disease

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lund University, Faculty of Medicine) - published 28 February 2023 On 13th of February, a transplant of stem cell-derived nerve cells was administered to a person with Parkinson’s at Skåne University Hospital, Sweden. The product has been developed by Lund University and it is now being tested in patients for the first time. The transplantation produ

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/first-patient-receives-milestone-stem-cell-based-transplant-parkinsons-disease - 2025-06-09

First patient receives milestone stem cell-based transplant for Parkinson’s Disease

By press [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 1 March 2023 On 13th of February, a transplant of stem cell-derived nerve cells was administered to a person with Parkinson’s at Skåne University Hospital, Sweden. The product has been developed by Lund Stem Cell Center researchers at Lund University and it is now being tested in patients for the first time. The transplantation product i

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/first-patient-receives-milestone-stem-cell-based-transplant-parkinsons-disease - 2025-06-09

Screening finds children at high risk for type 1 diabetes and celiac disease

Published 17 April 2019 In Skåne, newborn babies can be screened for type 1 diabetes and celiac disease (gluten intolerance). More than expected have been found to have an increased risk of developing these diseases, and about thirty children have already been recruited for research studies aimed at lowering this risk. The oral insulin is mixed with the food. Photo: Johan Bävman Large-scale screen

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/screening-finds-children-high-risk-type-1-diabetes-and-celiac-disease - 2025-06-09

Reser och lär om utsatthet, våld och gräsrotsaktivism

Av lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - publicerad 9 maj 2025 Photo: Raphael Nogueira/Unsplash SWEAH-doktoranden Pernilla Alencar Siljehag, som har en personlig historia från Brasilien, har fått en inbjudan från Latinamerikas främsta och största institution inom folkhälsa, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation i Brasilien. – Forskargruppen som jag ska besöka driver en gigantisk befol

https://sweah.lu.se/artikel/reser-och-lar-om-utsatthet-vald-och-grasrotsaktivism - 2025-06-09

Triss i ackrediteringar bekräftar Ekonomihögskolans position bland världens bästa handelshögskolor

Publicerad 2 mars 2021 Ekonomihögskolan når genom sin tredje ackreditering ”Triple Crown”-status och kan räkna sig bland de handelshögskolor i världen som håller absolut toppkvalitet. Ekonomihögskolan vid Lunds universitet har ackrediterats av The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) och har därmed uppnått det som kallas ”Triple Crown”. Med trippelackrediteringen ansluter

https://www.ehl.lu.se/artikel/triss-i-ackrediteringar-bekraftar-ekonomihogskolans-position-bland-varldens-basta-handelshogskolor - 2025-06-09