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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Arrival Days for international students were arranged on the 17th and 18th of August for those commencing their studies at Lund University in the autumn of 2020. Over the two days, 231 exchange students and 793 international Bachelor’s and Masters’ students arrived, which is around half the usual number of arrivals in

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/arrival-day-international-students-now-they-are-here - 2026-10-11

Our PhD course “Generic knowledge and skills – portfolio” is undergoing improvements, to be implemented February 1st. Olga Göransson, course leader, has led the changes: “The aim is to make the workflow and outcomes more logical and examination more uniform.” At the Faculty of Medicine, “the portfolio” is short for the mandatory PhD course “Generic knowledge and skills – portfolio”. Throughout the

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/simplified-portfolio-phd-students-say-hello-generic-knowledge-and-skills-20 - 2026-10-11

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. CRISPR is a simple yet powerful Nobel Prize winning technology that allows sequence specific editing and manipulation of DNA sequences. The CRISPR facility at Lund Stem Cell Center is here to help you with your projects using this technology. What is CRISPR and who is it for? CRISPR started as a “traditional” gene edi

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/lund-crispr-facility-here-help - 2026-10-11

Hans Knutsson, senior lecturer in business economy at EHL, describes the experiences he and his colleagues have had with online exams and the use of Canvas New Quizzes. Photo by Honey Yanibel Minaya Cruz on Unsplash  At the School of Economics, where I work as a senior lecturer in business administration, we have spent the last two years working on switching platforms to Canvas. We started early a

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/quizzes-question-banks-and-random-draws - 2026-10-13

To create a more inclusive and safe work environment for everyone, the Department of Laboratory Medicine invites all faculty employees to a digital lecture on norms and lgbtqi issues on 21 November. Sign up in advance to ge access to the lecure. Those who do not follow the norm, depending on, for example, gender, sexuality or gender expression, may feel discriminated against and excluded. The lect

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/lgbtqi-conversations-about-inclusive-workplace - 2026-10-13

Is it possible to know exactly where to point a microscope in order to capture the precise moment a bacterium or a virus infects a cell? In order to take high resolution microscopic images of living biological material, you need to know exactly where to point the microscope. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now developed a software solution for smart, data-driven microscopy, which mak

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/smart-microscopy-works-out-where-take-picture - 2026-10-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Join our research seminars with LUCSUS researchers and invited guests online every Thursday. Programme, Spring 2021 21 January 2021 10:15 to 12:00  Participatory scenario development in the African context 28 January 2021 15:00 to 17:00 PhD Mid seminar with Darin Wahl 4 February 2021 11:00 to 12:00  Across the Develop

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-seminars-2021 - 2026-10-13

Walking is probably more cognitively demanding than you think. Magnus Lindh-Rengifo defends his thesis about walking aspects in neurodegenerative disorders on December 16. Read about his experiences as a Ph.D student at MultiPark. Tell us about your research! “Walking capability can be a key feature to being able to participate in meaningful activities in your daily life. Meeting patients with neu

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/walking-neurodegeneration-phd-interview-magnus-lindh-rengifo - 2026-10-11

Megg Garcia-Ryde’s thesis sheds light on the early pathological processes in Alzheimer’s disease and the interplay between neurons and microglia as the disease evolves. October 10, she defends her thesis. Now, she gives her perspectives from a close collaboration between the experimental neuroinflammation laboratory and the experimental dementia research group and how she brings together the exper

https://www.neuroinflammation.lu.se/article/neuroimmune-crosstalk-early-alzheimers-disease-phd-interview-megg-garcia-ryde - 2026-10-13

Maurits Johansson investigates neuropsychiatric symptoms in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, before cognitive impairments are developed or diagnosis is set. He defends his thesis on May 13. Here, he shares the most important findings and experiences as a Ph.D. student at the Clinical Memory Research Unit. Tell us about your research! Growing evidence points towards Alzheimer’s disease bein

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-maurits-johansson - 2026-10-13

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. LU Futura, tankesmedjan med syftet att tänka nytt och fritt inför kommande framtidsscenarier, drabbades själv rejält av framtiden. Av de tre planerade arbetsåren åts hälften upp av pandemin och många arrange­mang fick ställas in. – Men det vi hann med var framgångsrikt och i höst har vi en spännande agenda, säger LU

https://www.lu.se/artikel/lu-futura-slutar-med-flaggan-i-topp - 2026-10-12

Med hjälp av satellitbilder följer naturgeografen Lina Eklund förstörelsen av Gaza vecka för vecka. Sådana analyser kan komma att spela en viktig roll när striden mellan Israel och Hamas är över och frågor om eventuella krigsbrott kan tas upp vid Internationella domstolen i Haag. Snön har precis smält utanför Lina Eklunds kontorsfönster på GIS-centrum. Det enda som vittnar om Kung Bores januarifra

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/hon-kartlagger-forstorelsen-av-gaza-fran-rymden - 2026-10-12

Medicinska fakulteten vid Lunds universitet har utnämnt medicinjournalisten Sara Heyman till hedersdoktor. Med erfarenhet både som sjuksköterska och utrikeskorrespondent har hon global hälsa som sitt främsta bevakningsområde. I en tid präglad av indraget bistånd och global turbulens påminner hennes rapportering om att hälsa ytterst handlar om människors rätt till vård och möjligheten till ett bätt

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/sara-heyman-hedersdoktor-ger-rost-global-halsa - 2026-10-12

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. 2016 påträffades en bortglömd arkivskatt i geologiska institutionens källare. Bland materialet fanns bland annat en unik Islandskarta från 1844 och en geologiskt heltäckande karta över Nya Zeeland daterad 1869. Nu har 322 alster restaurerats och det smids planer på en utställning. Ett blekt novemberljus faller in ge

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/glomd-kartskatt-har-aterfatt-sin-forna-glans - 2026-10-13

De lärande och lärda människorna är universitetets värdefullaste tillgång och möten där hälften av deltagarna tänker på annat är slöseri med resurser. Och dessutom ganska tråkiga. Hur skapar man deltagaraktiva möten online? Här ger Lena Örnberg förslag på tre verktyg som kan engagera och ge mötesdeltagarna en aktiv roll från början: Cirkel, incheckningsrunda och utcheckningsrunda. Bild: Lena Örnbe

https://www.education.lu.se/artikel/deltagaraktiva-moten-online-genom-tre-verktyg-som-kan-engagera-motesdeltagarna - 2026-10-13

Amanuensverksamheten vid Lunds Universitet syftar till att stötta undervisande personal med kvalitetssäkring, överföring av material, kursstruktur i Canvas mm. Här berättar Arina Stoenescu, doktorand i Bokhistoria om sin erfarenhet av att få stöd av en amanuens. Läs också om hur amanuenserna ser på sin roll i verksamheten vid LU! Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash Ämnet Bokhistoria förändrade under

https://www.education.lu.se/artikel/amanuenser-stod-vid-kursuppbyggnad-och-kursdesign - 2026-10-13

Innebörden av ordet otrygghet har förändrats betydligt i Sverige. När det amerikanska forskningsfältet "Fear of Crime" introducerades i Sverige under 1980-talet översattes det till "otrygghet". Från att ha tidigare använts för att beskriva materiell ojämnhet och bristande förutsägbarhet, kom "otrygghet" nu att associeras till brott och våld. Hanna Sahlin Liljas avhandling beskriver trygghetsforskn

https://www.soc.lu.se/artikel/hanna-sahlin-lilja-har-disputerat-med-avhandling-om-trygghetsforskning-i-sverige - 2026-10-13

That all students should learn about sustainability at some point during their education is something the Swedish Council for Higher Education has decided. But how can lecturers include sustainability in their teaching – without tying themselves in knots in what is often a hectic schedule? That was just one of the questions addressed in the seminar series Sustainable Teaching & Learning in Higher

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/seminar-sustainable-teachers-about-working-sustainably-teaching-staff - 2026-10-12

It can take a long time between words and action at the University, sometimes a little too long. This is one of the reasons the University management has developed a platform for strategic work. It speaks to what is most important to the University right now and will help it to act much faster as the world changes. Pandemic, war in Europe, fake news, increased polarisation at home and abroad and,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/changing-world-requires-agile-university - 2026-10-12

Astrophysicist Oscar Agertz at the Department of Physics has been awarded SEK 24 million from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. The project will combine state-of-the-art supercomputer simulations with observations from the James Webb Space Telescope to investigate how the first galaxies and star clusters formed after the Big Bang. Congratulations, Oscar! Can you tell us a little about your

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/oscar-agertz-awarded-wallenberg-grant-research-first-galaxies-universe - 2026-10-13