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There are many exciting and useful courses that you can take at LU. Check out Kompetensportalen (the Competence Portal) to take a closer look at what´s on offer. Read more and apply in the Competence Portal (log in with your Lucat ID)
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/fall-new-learning-check-out-our-courses-kompetensportalen - 2025-11-21
The roof fire at BMC in May was caused by a loose contact in the fire brigade switch for the solar cells. The switch has been replaced and now the renovation begins. The first step is to restore the roof. Scaffolding and weather protection are in place. The roof has extensive damage and currently it's impossible to say when the work will be finished. Discussions about what the renovated premises s
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/cause-bmc-roof-fire-now-established - 2025-11-21
Karolin Hansén Nord will take on the role of Head of the Department of Laboratory Medicine (ILM) at the end of this year. What attracts most is the opportunity to influence and promote the development of the department. "We are facing several challenges, but I see them as opportunities for improvement," she says. How does it feel?"Very exciting! It´s a big responsibility, but I´m motivated and I l
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/change-head-department-ilm-it-should-be-easy-managers-do-right-thing - 2025-11-21
Ann-Ki Holmén-Pålbrink, biomedical analyst, has worked at the Faculty for almost four decades. It may seem a long time, but it´s been inspiring years with lots of fun at work, she says. "I stayed put, but everything around me has moved around". My job is constantly changing; new people, new methods, it drives me forward.How did you end up at the Faculty of Medicine?"In the last year of my educatio
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/my-medfak-i-think-its-fun-go-work-every-day - 2025-11-21
Are you ready to broaden the impact of your research? Join us for a session - in Malmö (Oct. 15) or Lund (Oct. 16) - designed to learn how to reach out on the platform The Conversation! Whether you are passionate about reaching policymakers, industry leaders or the general audience, this discussion will provide inspiration and ideas on how to elevate your communication. You’ll learn how to reach o
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/beyond-journals-expand-global-reach-your-research - 2025-11-21
Your research deserves to be communicated clearly, efficiently, and correctly. To develop your academic English, don't miss the opportunity to take part in the popular course “Written English for Scholarly Publication”. Register by 11 October. The course is organized by the English Unit at the Centre for Language and Literature and consists of eight seminars in November and December. The course is
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/popular-course-written-english-scholarly-publication - 2025-11-21
Anders Christensson, Anna Åkesson and Anders Grubb and collaborators have been awarded the Eldjarn prize 2024 for significant research efforts in kidney diseases. Anders Christensson reflects about why cross-field collaboration can be very valuable. Intramed asked Anders Christensson, Professor of renal medicine at Clinical Sciences Malmö and chief physician in renal medicine at Skåne University H
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/awarded-collaboration-interdisciplinary-research-provides-new-insights - 2025-11-21
Are you a PhD student or a Postdoc at the Faculty of Medicine? Here's a golden opportunity for you to take part in a seminar that will give you new insights into why publishing is key to an academic career. In a rare opportunity the Australian Professor Sonya Girdler will share her academic journey and authorship.– I will give you 16 life lessons for surviving and thriving as an academic, focusin
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/seminar-academic-publishing-and-research-career-myths-vs-reality-1710 - 2025-11-21
Positivity, humour and tireless energy have characterised Professor Roland Andersson's 40 years at the Faculty. As a happy retiree-to-be, he looks back on his time here. "My advice is to prepare in time", he says. Roland Andersson is a surgeon and professor. He is also one of the pioneers in life science and innovation and was involved in the founding of the Lund company Probi. For some time he wa
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/after-40-years-faculty-pioneer-retiring - 2025-11-21
Have your, your relatives` or your friends' hearing checked free of charge. The hearing tests are carried out for a few days during November and December, sign up today. The hearing examination is performed by students at the Audiology programme at Lund University, under the supervision of licensed audiologists. The examination will take place at Skåne University Hospital in Lund, Kioskgatan 11. T
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/free-hearing-examination-our-audiology-students-welcome - 2025-11-21
The Faculty's pilot of transcription using the Whisper AI tool has worked very well, with many hundreds of hours of interview material transcribed so far. Until there is a university-wide solution, we are therefore continuing to offer the tool through the Department of Psychology. About the offerThe Department of Psychology has purchased a powerful computer to be used for transcribing audio and vi
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/whisper-transcription-tool-still-available-spring-term - 2025-11-21
Each year the Faculty of Social Sciences announces a number of recurring grants that are available to apply for certain categories of faculty staff. Also, please note the deadlines concerning appointments and courses for teaching in higher education. GrantsApplication monthsThe application months are to be used to draw up research applications. PhD holders employed until further notice as senior l
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/important-application-dates-2025 - 2025-11-21
On 15 January, the web pages of the Faculty of Social Sciences Library were launched on the Faculty's general website. At the same time the website sambib.lu.se was closed. Library information can now be found at www.sam.lu.se/en/library. The exception is the information about the library's support for researchers and teachers, which has been moved to the faculty's internal website together with o
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/library-has-moved-samluse - 2025-11-21
Lund University's social sciences have risen from 53rd to 46th place in Times Higher Education's subject rankings for 2025. This means that the University's social science subjects are the second highest ranked subjects at LU, after law. Times Higher Education's definition of social sciences covers political science and international relations, including development studies, public policy, and gov
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/social-sciences-climb-rankings - 2025-11-21
15 January was the application deadline for programmes in the international admission round. We are happy to report that both the total number of applicants and the number of first-choice applicants to the Faculty of Social Sciences' programmes have increased. The number of first-choice applicants to the Faculty of Social Sciences' programmes has increased by 9% compared to last year, while the to
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/more-applicants-facultys-international-masters-programmes - 2025-11-21
A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that small birds migrating from Scandinavia to Africa in the autumn occasionally fly as high as 4 000 metres above sea level - probably adjusting their flight to take advantage of favourable winds and different wind layers. This is the first time that researchers have tracked how high small birds fly all the way from Sweden to Africa. Previous studi
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/small-birds-fly-high-altitudes-towards-africa - 2025-11-21
Children with allergies have a lower risk of developing complicated appendicitis, according to a new study from Lund University and Skåne University Hospital in Sweden. The findings, now published in JAMA Pediatrics, could pave the way for new diagnostic tools in the future. “In a study of all the children who underwent surgery for appendicitis in Lund, Sweden, over the span of a decade, we found
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/link-between-appendicitis-and-allergies-discovered - 2025-11-21
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden, have in collaboration with colleagues in Copenhagen and Singapore, mapped how the body’s own peptides act to reduce infection and inflammation by deactivating the toxic substances formed in the process. The study is published in Nature Communications and the researchers believe their discovery could lead to new drugs against infection and inflammation, for
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/medicine-future-against-infection-and-inflammation - 2025-11-21
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered a cytoskeleton which provides the structure for mitochondria, the cell’s energy producers. The skeleton is necessary for the function of the mitochondria, but the researchers also found that cancer cells utilise the skeleton to maintain their cellular respiratory ability – and thereby to survive. “The cytoskeleton we discovered in the mitoch
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/newly-discovered-cytoskeleton-helps-cancer-cells-survive - 2025-11-21
Do you eat a lot of chicken, pasta, cheese and oils? Or do you prefer yogurt and cereal, but stay away from coffee and meat? A unique population study from Lund University in Sweden has identified different food patterns - and found that some are healthier than others. The study did not look at specific foods and their effects, but rather at how different groups of people ate according to a number
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-healthy-your-food-pattern - 2025-11-21
