Published 22 June 2020 Paul Franks (Photo: Kennet Ruona) A new joint report from the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) presents the largest venture ever on precision medicine in diabetes. The report includes a detailed overview and roadmap for how this new approach to diabetes medicine can be evaluated and implemented into clinical pr

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/roadmap-precision-medicine-diabetes-care - 2025-06-07

Published 26 April 2024 Doctor Christie Nicoson is celebrated at The Department of Political Science, Lund University! Christie Nicoson has successfully defended her thesis entitled 'Peace in a Changing Climate: Caring and Knowing the Climate-Gender-Peace Nexus'. Congratulations! AbstractScholars and practitioners argue that climate change poses particular challenges for peace. In order to underst

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/christie-nicoson-has-successfully-defended-her-thesis - 2025-06-07

Published 2 May 2016 Study identifies a new therapeutic target for the treatment of bacterial infections that regulates the immune response. Photo: K. Ruona A recently published paper identifies a new therapeutic target for the treatment of bacterial infections that regulates the immune response. Researchers at Lund University have now found an "off" switch for destructive inflammation in infected

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/possible-substitute-antibiotics-treat-dangerous-infections - 2025-06-07

Published 11 November 2021 Photo: Billy Jones While many negotiators think the ongoing United Nations’ climate conference COP26 in Glasgow should already be considered successful due to global decisions having been made, Greta Thunberg and other climate activists argue that the summit is primarily a PR event which has excluded many groups from the negotiations. Doctoral student of ethnology at Lun

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/cop26-climate-conference-inclusion-focus-observer - 2025-06-07

Published 9 October 2013 Four researchers at Lund University have been awarded SEK 73 million in prestigious grants from the European Research Council (ERC). The grants go to research on Alzheimer’s disease, self-constructing nanoparticles, electron studies using ultrafast camera flashes, and nanowires. In the announcement of the ERC grants, Lund University topped the league among Swedish universi

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/prestigious-grants-lu-researchers - 2025-06-07

Publicerad 26 september 2018 Utvecklingen av autoimmun typ 1-diabetes sker i tre steg. Vad som orsakar sjukdomen är okänt. I en översikt av kunskapsläget beskrivs ärftliga och miljömässiga faktorer samt möjligheterna med en tidig upptäckt. - Om vi kan förstå mekanismerna i sjukdomens tidiga stadier hoppas vi kunna förhindra att sjukdomen bryter ut, skriver Simon Regnell, forskare, och Åke Lernmark

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/mojligheter-och-utmaningar-med-tidig-diagnos-av-autoimmun-typ-1-diabetes - 2025-06-07

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 16 February 2023 Charlotte Ling, Tina Rönn, and Karl Bacos are three of the authors of a new study that has identified an important gene that affects insulin secretion. Photo: Petra Olsson Researchers have identified 395 genes that are differently expressed in people with type 2 diabetes. One of the genes proved to be very

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/pax5-gene-strongly-associated-impaired-insulin-secretion-type-2-diabetes - 2025-06-07

Published 1 March 2017 Last week LUCSUS’ researcher (Assistant Prof.) Mine Islar presented her research about citizen movements in Barcelona at the ‘ecological democracy’ workshop at the University of Sydney, Australia. The aim of the workshop was to critically explore the tensions and synergies between democracy and sustainability on local, national and global levels.Mine Islar’s research focuses

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/can-activist-politicians-be-agents-change - 2025-06-07

Published 19 December 2017 Photo: Kennet Ruona An astrophysicist who has developed new knowledge about cardiac function, a cardiovascular expert who stimulated research in general medicine, an internationally leading researcher in autoimmune diseases, and a neuroscientist who is deeply engaged in society: these are the new honorary doctors at the Faculty of Medicine, who will be formally recognise

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-honorary-doctors-faculty-medicine-2018 - 2025-06-07

Published 13 December 2017 New approach to resistant bacteria. “The aim is for this patented protein to be usable as an anti-bacterial treatment, when ordinary antibiotics don’t work”, says David Ermert, one of the researchers behind the study. As resistance to existing antibiotics increases, new approaches to serious bacterial infections are needed. Now researchers at Lund University in Sweden, t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/specially-designed-protein-fights-several-species-bacteria - 2025-06-07

By maria [dot] johansson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Johansson) - published 26 April 2024 Alumnus Willam Dendy's career journey spans diplomacy, economics and tech. From his start at the British Embassy to roles in the UK Government and now in the tech industry, William's story highlights how his studies in the master's programme in Economics shaped his path. Why did you chose Sweden and the

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/william-dendy-alumnus-msc-economics-2017 - 2025-06-07

By maria [dot] johansson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Johansson) - published 11 April 2024 Following his graduation from the bachelor's programme in Economy and Society in 2023, Ondrej Gomola bid farewell to the halls of LUSEM and took a quick bike ride downtown Lund to continue his studies at the International Institute of Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE). His undergraduate studies

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/ondrej-gomola-alumnus-bsc-economy-and-society-2023 - 2025-06-07

Published 7 November 2024 Illustration: Inger Ekström/Pixabay 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 some

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-gps-system-microorganisms-could-revolutionise-police-work - 2025-06-08

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 20 February 2024 Tune H Pers is the recipient of the Leif C. Groop Award for Outstanding Diabetes Research in 2024. Photograph: Peter Andrew Stanners. Do you think that people with obesity have themselves to blame? Tune H Pers tries to dispel persistent myths through his research on the brain's role in the development of o

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/tune-h-pers-receives-award-outstanding-research-obesity-and-diabetes - 2025-06-07

By sara [dot] liedholm [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Leidholm) - published 2 March 2020 Human iPS cells Photo: Johan Jakobsson Diabetes, cardiovascular disease, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease make up the world’s most common diseases. A new biobank at Lund University in Sweden - the largest of its kind - with stem cells from both those affected and healthy individuals, will contribute to an

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/worlds-largest-stem-cell-biobank-launched-0 - 2025-06-07

By peter [dot] kjallkvist [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Peter Kjällkvist) - published 24 March 2025 According to a new study from LUSEM 69 per cent of those who bought Coca-Cola at least once, can envisage switching out the brand for an alternative. Photo: iStock According to a new study from Lund University in Sweden, approximately one in five Swedes are already choosing not to buy American brands.

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/majority-swedes-are-open-boycotting-american-products - 2025-06-08

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 14 March 2024 By coating sutures with the peptide TCP-25, researchers have now demonstrated the ability to reduce inflammation and bacterial growth. The images to the right shows how bacteria die upon contact with the peptide. Photo: Jitka Petrlova. Applying a peptide coating to sutures, capable of combating both bacteria and

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/surgical-sutures-coated-peptide-reduce-infections - 2025-06-07

Published 29 September 2022 Cover: Routledge Welcome to a book launch of the Routledge Handbook on Middle Eastern Diasporas with editors Dalia Abdelhady (CMES, Lund University) and Ramy Aly (American University in Cairo) and contributing authors Öncel Naldemirci (Umeå University), Ángela Suárez Collado (University of Salamanca) and Pinar Dinc (CMES, Lund University). Event Information Where: CMES

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-book-launch-routledge-handbook-middle-eastern-diasporas - 2025-06-07

By therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - published 31 May 2023 A major benefit of being part of BECC is the possibility for researchers to apply for project funding. Recently, 14 new projects that will contribute to delivering world leading research on biodiversity and ecosystem services under global change were granted funding. At the end of 2022, 14 new research projects wer

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/14-new-projects-funded-becc - 2025-06-07

By Cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia von Arnold) - published 24 January 2022 The first session of outdoor pedagogics, to stimulate the children’s reflections and questions around their local environment, facilitated by the artist and pedagogue Jasmine Cederqvist. A unique collaboration between school children and researchers and students at LUCSUS, focusing on childre

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-collaboration-school-children-focuses-childrens-ideas-and-questions-sustainable-development - 2025-06-07