När forskarna undersökte varje fiberslag för sig, såg det inte ut att spela någon roll vilken sorts fiber det var. Det var hur stor andel fibrer barnen åt som såg ut att påverka risken för celiaki. Foto: iStock I en observationsstudie från Lunds universitet är resultaten tydliga: fram till två års ålder ser en mer fiberrik mat ut att minska risken för celiaki, glutenintolerans. Särskilt tydlig kop

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/nytt-forskningsspar-fiberrik-kost-fore-tva-ars-alder-kan-minska-risk-celiaki - 2025-08-24

Finns det något som tyder på att hjärtan förändras i rymden? Tillsammans Benjamin Levine, professor vid UT Southwestern Medical Center genomför Katarina Steding Ehrenborg en studie för att undersöka frågan närmare. Foto: NASA Inför alla hjärtans dag har vi träffat Katarina Steding Ehrenborg, forskare vid Lunds universitet och projektledare vid Hjärt-MR-gruppen i Lund för att tala om hjärtan i rymd

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/vad-hander-nar-karlekens-motor-svavar-fritt-i-rymden - 2025-08-24

Via textbaserade digitala vårdsystem (tex 1177 eller Mitt PTJ) beskriver patienter sina besvär och svarar på frågor i formulär som sjuksköterskor läser, bedömer och hanterar vidare. Foto: 1177.se, Jenny Hallström Vårdbedömning via chattfunktion är ett sätt för vårdcentraler att effektivisera vården, men det innebär ett helt nytt arbetssätt att medicinskt bedöma patienter. En studie vid Lunds unive

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/sjukskoterskor-behover-nya-formagor-digital-triagering - 2025-08-24

Studien är aktuell med tanke på Arbetsmiljöverkets senaste förslag att sänka gränsvärdet för sexvärt krom från 5 till 1 mikrogram per kubikmeter luft. Foto: iStock/posonsky Sveriges gränsvärde för sexvärt krom har varit oförändrat sedan 1996 och är högre än i flera andra länder. En forskningsstudie från Lunds universitet visar att även arbetare som exponeras för krom under det svenska gränsvärdet,

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/cellforandringar-aven-under-gransvardet-sexvart-krom - 2025-08-24

Kristian Pietras, cancerforskare och professor i molekylär medicin vid Medicinska fakulteten, är tillsammans med Carl Borrebaeck, Create Health vid LTH, huvudansvariga forskare för donationen från Berta Kamprads stiftelse. Foto: Kennet Ruona. Fru Berta Kamprads Stiftelse donerar 420 miljoner till cancerforskning vid Lunds universitet. Det är den enskilt största donationen till lärosätet sedan grun

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/420-miljoner-till-cancerforskning - 2025-08-24

To help you develop your academic English, the English Unit at the Centre for Language and Literature can again offer the popular course in “Written English for Scholarly Publication” (WESP). Your research deserves to be communicated efficiently, effectively, correctly, and with variation. It’s not only a matter of honour; it’s a matter of merit and competitiveness. The course is open for all acad

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/course-written-english-scholarly-publication - 2025-08-24

If you were on leave with parental or sickness benefit during the salary review period, you can get compensation. If you were on leave with parental or sickness benefit during the salary review period, an agreement is in place between Lund University and the employee organisations Saco-S, OFR and SEKO which, under certain circumstances, allows for compensation to cover the difference between the p

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/compensation-staff-parental-leave-or-sick-leave-when-salary-review-conducted - 2025-08-24

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

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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 - 2025-08-24

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 - 2025-08-24

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 - 2025-08-24

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 - 2025-08-24

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 - 2025-08-24

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 - 2025-08-24

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 - 2025-08-24

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 - 2025-08-24

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 - 2025-08-24

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 - 2025-08-24

Julia Weber’s Siberian cat Hera is one of five cats who will appear on Postnord’s new stamps. 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

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/doctoral-students-cat-became-stamp - 2025-08-24

Oliver Scharbrodt is the new professor in islamic Studies at Lund University. Photo: Ulrika Oredsson 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 St

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/integration-can-lead-conflict - 2025-08-24