By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] gmail [dot] com (Agata Garpenlind) - published 19 January 2021 Sinem Tas. Photo: Agata Garpenlind The fight against COVID-19 continues. In Lund, researchers have been awarded a large Vinnova grant to identify a compound that could be used to prevent viral infection, and thus save lives. The project is a co-operation between preclinical, clinical researchers and a com

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-interdisciplinary-co-op-between-researchers-healthcare-and-industry-formed-fight-virus - 2025-06-07

Published 17 December 2018 There are plans to build a new animal testing facility at Brunnshög in north-east Lund. It is a strategic decision by the Faculty of Medicine based on the need to replace the present animal facility, which is no longer optimal for breeding, and the desire aim to offer international researchers a safer research environment. LUM spoke to three of LU’s experts on animal tes

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/safer-research-new-animal-testing-facility - 2025-06-07

By Agata [dot] Garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 19 January 2021 Sinem Tas. Photo: Agata Garpenlind The fight against COVID-19 continues. In Lund, researchers have been awarded a large Vinnova grant to identify a compound that could be used to prevent viral infection, and thus save lives. The project is a co-operation between preclinical, clinical researchers and

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/new-interdisciplinary-co-op-between-researchers-healthcare-and-industry-formed-fight-virus - 2025-06-07

By Agata [dot] Garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 3 March 2021 Mikael Dolsten, the celebrated head of research at Pfizer and visiting professor of Pharmacology at the Faculty of Medicine, tells the story of how his company developed a COVID-19 vaccine in just nine months. Photo: Agata Garpenlind. It’s Friday night in Lund and soon Mikael Dolsten, acclaimed head of

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/our-visiting-professor-tells-astonishing-story-vaccine-can-save-world-pandemic - 2025-06-07

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 22 February 2022 Charlotte Leire and Kes McCormick are responsible for the MOOCs produced at the IIIEE. Photo: Jan Olsson IIIEE is taking the lead on open, month-long online courses, known as MOOCs. The investment in MOOCs has been quite a success. In recent years, every sixth student has stated that the online courses

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/moocs-more-popular-during-pandemic - 2025-06-07

Published 15 November 2013 Åsa Burman, like many humanities researchers, struggled alone with her thesis in philosophy. Now she helps other doctoral students to finish on time, and to feel better during the process. “However, I would never have made this idea a reality without my experiences as a consultant in the private sector and my practical experience of writing a thesis at Berkeley”, she say

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/helping-doctoral-students-finish-time - 2025-06-07

By cecilia [dot] schubert [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia Schubert) - published 6 April 2025 From the left: Ruth Pöttgen, Martin Leijnse, Sara Brogaard, Emma Kritzberg and Erik Selander. Photo: Cecilia Schubert Although emissions from air travel at Lund University have slightly decreased compared to last year*, longer journeys remain a major source of emissions. Now, a group of five resear

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/researchers-aim-change-travel-norms-and-reduce-air-travel-lund-university - 2025-06-08

By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 17 October 2024 Stricter environmental requirements and alternative sources of income for the population are needed to stop deforestation in the Amazon, Jesica López's thesis shows. Photo: Sara Håkansson In the Colombian rainforest, cattle ranching is spreading and leading to forest fires and deforestation. This threat

https://www.agenda2030graduateschool.lu.se/article/new-thesis-highlights-sustainable-solutions-protect-amazon-rainforest - 2025-06-07

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 7 November 2023 Tony Ingesson and David Gisselsson Nord. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter David Gisselsson Nord and Tony Ingesson both love spy novels and have a nerdy interest in history. Their shared curiosity resulted in an interdisciplinary collaboration about how it might be possible to inspire smarter cancer treatment with

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/cancer-researcher-and-intelligence-expert - 2025-06-07

By johan [dot] joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - published 17 December 2020 Oskar Hansson and Sara Linse collaborate across faculties and their research has recently localised a drug that could potentially slow the progress of Alzheimer’s and be made available to the market next year. Photo: Johan Joelsson She is a chemist. He is a medic. Together they are behind some of t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/top-duo-want-solve-mystery-alzheimers - 2025-06-07

Published 17 February 2017 Is the world becoming a better place? This question will be asked by researchers when the first science week of the 350th anniversary celebration takes place in March. Debatt i Lund panellists will start off the week by approaching the question from different angles, followed by five days of discussions and lectures on the standard of living, human rights, war, terrorism

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/world-becoming-better-place-checkpoint-sweden - 2025-06-07

Published 14 November 2018 Gazdar Bandh, an informal settlement in Mumbai, India. In this interview, Ebba Brink reflects on the specific set of sustainability challenges facing informal settlements in India, and how they can be addressed. She is part of the project BInUCom which focuses on how Indian planning and architecture schools can develop their curricula to better address the complex challe

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/urban-dynamics-such-shortage-affordable-land-and-housing-force-urban-poor-settle-hazardous-marginal - 2025-06-07

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 6 February 2024 At the end of 2023, researchers at Lund Stem Cell Center received funding amounting to SEK 77.5 million from the Swedish Research Council, the Swedish Cancer Society, and the Swedish Childhood Cancer Fund. Photo credit: Kenneth Ruona World Cancer Day, celebrated on 04 February, is a time to reflect on t

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/leukemia-lung-cancer-funding-regenerative-medicine-advances-cancer-research - 2025-06-07

Published 16 December 2019 Illustration: Mostphotos Despite creative efforts to tackle it, belief in conspiracy theories, alternative facts and fake news show no sign of abating. This is clearly a huge problem, as seen when it comes to climate change, vaccines and expertise in general – with anti-scientific attitudes increasingly influencing politics. So why can’t we stop such views from spreading

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/conspiracy-theories-how-belief-rooted-evolution-not-ignorance - 2025-06-07

By talina [dot] sondershaus [at] nek [dot] lu [dot] se (Talina Sondershaus) - published 4 December 2023 Figure 1: Climate change attention index (WSJ)* and exposure to brown loans (Net Purchases)** In a recent research paper, Talina Sondershaus and her co-authors investigate how shadow banks, which are bank-like institutions that are only lightly regulated, behave in the context of climate change.

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/shadow-banks-and-climate-change-ally-or-obstacle - 2025-06-07

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 26 October 2023 Tony Ingesson and David Gisselsson Nord. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter David Gisselsson Nord and Tony Ingesson both love spy novels and have a nerdy interest in history. Their shared curiosity resulted in an interdisciplinary collaboration about how it might be possible to inspire smarter cancer treatment with

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/cancer-researcher-and-intelligence-expert - 2025-06-08

Published 11 October 2023 Jacob in his natural laboratory environment. While it "might not seem very exciting" at first glance, the science brewing inside certanly is! (Photo by Jacob Vogel) Welcome to the first "WCMM fireside chat" article. This is a new series is dedicated to highlighting the work of researchers within and around the WCMM in Lund to promote collaboration and communication. We st

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-fireside-chat-jacob-vogel - 2025-06-07

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia von Arnold and Noomi Egan) - published 31 October 2022 An increased number of floods is considered the major reason for migration in the context of climate change in Bangladeshl. Photo: Moniruzzaman Sazal / Climate Visuals Countdown. The UNFCCC climate meeting COP27 is less than a week away. With evidence growing that green house g

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/loss-and-damage-most-critical-question-cop27 - 2025-06-07

By ulrika [dot] oredsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Ulrika Oredsson (English translation by Linda Eitrem Holmgren)) - published 8 December 2021 Anders Persson, Rola El -Husseini Dean, Mo Hamza, Rouzbeh Parsi, Lina Eklund, Karin Aggestam The war against terror is coming to an end. Has China become the victor? The Middle East seems to be moving towards more authoritarian regimes. A large

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/trendspotting-future-challenges-middle-east - 2025-06-07

By bodil [dot] malmstrom [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Bodil Malmström) - published 4 February 2022 Anna Berg and Maj Persson, biologists and freelance creators, collecting material for the ARNA project 'The landscape as a designed living environment'. Photographer: Nille Leander. The Vombsjö basin in Skåne could become the world's first biosphere reserve integrating the cultural dimension. If the a

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/vombsjo-basin-way-becoming-unique-new-biosphere-reserve - 2025-06-07