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It is now possible to test chemicals and makeup without using products isolated from animals. Researchers from Lund have developed a completely animal-free preparation for cell culture, a medium that can be used to grow human cells, including for cancer research. They believe this is a much sought-after breakthrough, as it solves an ethical dilemma, leads to higher scientific accuracy and thus sav

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/she-has-developed-animal-free-preparation-cell-culture-and-giving-away-recipe - 2025-10-05

The large-eyed bristle worm Vanadis has long been of interest to the world’s vision researchers. But the worm has been difficult to study since it lives in the open sea and is active at night. Now, a research team has succeeded in locating an Italian worm colony and is able to confirm that the worm has a completely unique vision. Bristle worms are a group of annelid worms that mostly live in the s

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/marine-worm-outstanding-vision-fascinates-researchers - 2025-10-05

Body shape, colour and behaviour often evolve together as species adapt to their environment. Researchers from Lund University have studied this phenomenon in a specific type of large, bright green and aggressive common wall lizard found near the Mediterranean. They discovered that a unique cell type might have played a key role in this joint evolution. Adaptation is a genetic change that results

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/incredible-hulk-lizard-provides-clues-understanding-evolution - 2025-10-05

The box tree moth was first found in Sweden in 2016 – the invasive species is increasing very rapidly and could become a major problem in the near future. Box tree moth has so far hit the continent very hard and it will most likely happen in Sweden. Boxwood (or box) is a plant found in many homes and public spaces. The box tree moth will devour much of it. "Soon we risk having the same situation a

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/scientists-reveal-invasive-box-tree-moth-rise-sweden - 2025-10-05

A research team led by Lund University in Sweden has developed an AI tool that traces back the most recent places you have been to. The tool acts like a satellite navigation system, but instead of guiding you to your hotel, it identifies the geographical source of microorganisms. This means you can use bacteria to determine whether someone has just been to the beach, got off the train in the city

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/new-gps-system-microorganisms-could-revolutionise-police-work - 2025-10-05

The 2021 Tage Erlander visiting professorship has been awarded Beth Parker, professor in hydrogeology at Guelph University, Canada. During her time in Sweden, professor Beth Parker will be active mainly at Lund University. https://www.vr.se/english/applying-for-funding/decisions/2020-05-28-tage-erlander-visiting-professorship.html

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/beth-parker-2021-tage-erlander-visiting-professor-will-work-department-geology - 2025-10-05

  Daniel Conley is investigating the seas of ancient times. His sights are set on finding a moment in time when the chemistry of the oceans changed completely, when the diatoms became common, which changed the Earth's ecosystem. In addition to be a major food source, the algae absorb large quantities of silicon from the oceans. They absorb carbon dioxide and give off oxygen. As much as 20 percent

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/daniel-conley-investigating-seas-ancient-times - 2025-10-05

In its yearly call for infrastructure projects, Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (an independent foundation for the advancement of the humanities and social sciences) has awarded 7.7 MSEK to the National Swedish Laboratory for Wood Anatomy and Dendrochronology at the Department of Geology. The project, which is based on collaboration with Humlab in Umeå and dendrochronology laboratories at three other Sw

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/old-wood-new-light - 2025-10-05

Charlotte Sparrenbom has been awarded the Lund students' pedagogical prize for outstanding contributions to education. The Vice Chancellor appoints three prize winners for the entire university on the basis of proposals from the student unions' nomination process. Lotta receives a diploma and a prize of SEK 25,000 for study trips in the service. Read more in Lundagård.. It is a great pleasure for

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/charlotte-sparrenbom-has-been-awarded-lund-students-pedagogical-prize-outstanding-contributions - 2025-10-05

The terrestrial silicon (Si) cycle determines the amount of Si transported to the oceans. In this study we use Si isotopes measured in diatoms to show how human activity influences the Si budget of Lake Tiefer See (Germany) within the last 4300 years. Deforestation and crop harvest in the catchment are the dominant processes altering Si fluxes on centennial time scales. Link to the article.

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/carla-nantke-publishes-study-where-they-track-human-activities-during-last-4300-years-studying-si - 2025-10-05

Press Release Scientific Study in Meteoritics & Planetary Science

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/new-study-shows-lake-mien-was-formed-meteoric-impact - 2025-10-05

This Friday (23 April 2021) is the official opening for submissions to the new journal Interdisciplinary Egyptology. Co-founded by Dr Amber Hood, one of our geoarchaeologists/archaeological scientists at the Department of Geology, this is an exciting new initiative that she has been working on with her fellow Egyptologists Dr Aaron de Souza (Austrian Academy of Sciences) and Prof Christiana Köhler

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/official-launch-new-journal-interdisciplinary-egyptology-co-founded-dr-amber-hood-one-our - 2025-10-05

Research has shed new light on the impact of humans on Earth’s biodiversity. The findings suggest that the rate of change in an ecosystem’s plant-life increases significantly during the years following human settlement, with the most dramatic changes occurring in locations colonized in the last 1500 years.  An international research team, including Karl Ljung and Svante Björck, studied fossilised

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/study-reveals-extent-human-impact-worlds-plant-life - 2025-10-05

The annual dendrochronological conference TRACE 2021 (Tree-Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology) has for the first time ever been hosted by a University in Scandinavia. The event, which due to the Corona pandemic was virtual, had 273 participants from 37 countries. During the days before and after the conference, a number of workshops were also arranged. If you would like to download the

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/annual-dendrochronological-conference-trace-2021-tree-rings-archaeology-climatology-and-ecology-has - 2025-10-05

As of 17 August Lund University will initiate a stepwise return to campus-based work and education, provided that conditions allow with regards to the pandemic. The current decisions by the Vice Chancellor on June 17 and the Dean of the Faculty of Science on  June 23 provide a time table for the return to campus. General and regularly updated information is available here.  Key dates:   Education

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/return-campus-based-activities - 2025-10-05

Urueña, C., Andersson, J., Möller, C., Lundgren, L., Göransson, M, Lindqvist, J.E., Åkeson, U., 2021: Variation in technical properties of granitic rocks with metamorphic conditions. Engineering Geology. https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1dlbq38lpFrh1

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/uruena-et-al-presents-first-study-illustrating-how-technical-properties-granitic-rocks-vary-function - 2025-10-05

The application deadline is 1 November. A digital information meeting will be held on 7 October at 12:15–13:00. https://www.science.lu.se/education/international-opportunities/outgoing-exchange/plan-your-outgoing-exchange-studies

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/time-apply-outgoing-exchange-studies - 2025-10-05

 New publication in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. Weller, O., Mottram, C., St-Onge, M., Möller, C., Strachan, R., Rivers, T, Copley, C. 2021. The metamorphic and magmatic record of collisional orogens. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. A review paper about mountain belts of Himalaya-type, of different ages and in different parts of the Earth, including the Scandinavian Caledonides and the

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/new-publication-nature-reviews-earth-environment-metamorphic-and-magmatic-record-collisional-orogens - 2025-10-05

New publication in Nature on ”Late Quaternary dynamics of Arctic biota from ancient environmental genomics”. A cooperation between Per Möller at the Department of Geology in Lund and the Centre for GeoGenetics, Globe Institute in Copenhagen.  Link to paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04016-x

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/new-publication-nature-late-quaternary-dynamics-arctic-biota-ancient-environmental-genomics - 2025-10-05

A former co-worker at the department, Professor Barbara Wohlfarth, now at the Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, has been awarded the Assar Hadding Prize in geology for her contribution to research in Quaternary geology. Prof. Wohlfarth is the first woman to receive the prize, which is awarded by the Royal Physiographic Society in Lund. Link: https://www.fysiografen.se/en/new

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/prof-barbara-wohlfarth-awarded-assar-hadding-prize - 2025-10-05