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Kimberley Nicholas is a researcher from California who came to Lund with a passionate commitment to climate issues and strong interest in food and wine. “What nature gives us is what makes life worth living”, she says. She was in Paris for the climate conference that generated hope for the future, and she is successful in sharing her thoughts and research through social media. Kimberley Nicholas l
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/working-healthy-planet - 2026-05-07
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “Yes, academic life is uncertain and competitive. However, that’s the case even for those who don’t have families. I don’t think it’s any harder to have children if you are a researcher than in any other line of work.” Olga Göransson is also a member in the network WINGS (Women in Great Sciences). So says Olga Göranss
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/its-no-harder-researchers-combine-career-and-family - 2026-05-07
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 15 per cent of the population – almost one in seven Swedes – suffer from digestive problems in the form of bloating, abdominal pain, constipation and diarrhoea. But since these problems are not life-threatening, and the status of the digestive tract is low, medical researchers and funders have shown only moderate inte
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/research-gives-hope-gastric-patients - 2026-05-07
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Curiosity and the desire to learn are strong driving forces behind Almut Kelber’s research and her work as Pro Dean for research at the Faculty of Science. Almut Kelber says that knowledge about the animals’ solutions can also provide answers to general problems. “In my work as pro dean, it is important that I also co
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/captivated-colour-vision-birds-and-moths - 2026-05-07
Synchrotron radiation helps vision researcher Emily Baird create three-dimensional images of how insects see the world. In the future, this could lead to sighted drones that navigate through the air like insects, without being remote controlled from the ground. “I enjoy research more than anything, and the most fun part is that I am forced to be creative and make constant progress, says Emily Bair
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/studies-bees-can-enable-drones-see - 2026-05-07
“Do you want to see what a box jellyfish sees and experiences when it rides a roller-coaster?” “We humans believe that what we see is reality, but it isn’t. It is an eminently human reality, filtered through our eyes. The visual world of animals shows different realities”, says Dan-Eric Nilsson. Almost 40 years have passed since Dan-Eric Nilsson arrived in Lund from Gothenburg as a doctoral studen
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/animal-eyesight-needs-driven - 2026-05-07
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. As soon as the guns fall silent in Syria, the people will begin to rebuild their country and their lives – this is the strong conviction of Tareq Emtairah, a reader at the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE). For that reason, he and his colleagues are starting visionary workshops in
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/researchers-exile-meet-visionary-workshops - 2026-05-07
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In late May–early June, Lund University will hold a Nobel Symposium in Physics and Chemistry where newly discovered super-heavy elements will be discussed. The possibility for a Nobel Prize looms on the horizon, but the road ahead is not straightforward and competition between countries and researchers is fierce. Dirk
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-elements-be-discussed-lu-nobel-symposium - 2026-05-07
”Not everyone can become a professor, and then it’s good to know how to get a job within the industry”. So says Sandra Capellera Garcia, doctoral student in stem cell biology and member of the network MentLife that promotes close relationships between industry and science. Sandra Capellera Garcia and Michael Wilsterman. The network focuses on students interested in a career outside academia. It wa
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/mentlife-opens-doors-research-departments-companies - 2026-05-07
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Deputy Vice-Chancellor Eva Wiberg represents Lund University all over the world – from Europe to Indonesia and Saudi Arabia. She argues that global challenges and dwindling EU funding call for more intense collaborations with a few carefully selected international partners. Eva Wiberg together with the students Jens W
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/deputy-vice-chancellor-eva-wiberg-international-collaboration-strengthens-economy - 2026-05-07
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. When physical geographer Daniel Metcalfe explains what he does in the simplest possible way, he says he examines holes in leaves. However, the project is far more sophisticated than that, and could lead to a better way of caring for the forests of the world in the future. Hanging bridges are practical when studying le
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/examining-forests-world - 2026-05-07
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Statins are a cholesterol-lowering drug that almost one million Swedes take to reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease. But could perhaps statins also be used against breast cancer? Cancer researcher Signe Borgquist at least hopes so. Signe Borgquist and her colleagues found that statins had a tumour-inhibiting ef
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/common-drug-may-have-effect-breast-cancer - 2026-05-07
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The interdisciplinary Pufendorf Institute has received excellent reviews in an international evaluation. The way people there think, experiment and collaborate across boundaries is impressive. According to the evaluators, the institute is now ready to also play a strategic role as the engine of interdisciplinary resea
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/pufendorf-institute-ready-become-interdisciplinary-engine - 2026-05-07
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In 2009, homosexuality was decriminalised in India. Gender studies scholar Maria Tonini happened to be there and decided to write a doctoral thesis on how decriminalisation affected LGBTQ people in everyday life. Maria Tonini recently defended her thesis in Gender Studies . “Many of the young people I interviewed belo
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/demanding-family-relationships-pressure-lgbtq-youth-india - 2026-05-07
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In the gigantic particle accelerator known as the Large Hadron Collider, LHC, at the CERN laboratory in Switzerland and France, protons almost reach the speed of light before colliding with each other. The results provide us with new knowledge about the origins of the universe, its smallest components, dark matter and
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/shining-light-dark-sector - 2026-05-07
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Growing up in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, he knew that one wrong word could get you killed; as a forced recruit, he came close to death many times. But after three Master’s degrees, Dara Maghdid has earned a PhD with his investigation of cultural differences in the teaching of mathematics. Now he wants to thank Lund Univer
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/phd-mathematics-against-all-odds - 2026-05-07
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The more reputable the scientific journal, the more expensive it will be to publish an article with Open Access. Research publishers are riding the gravy train, but for the individual researcher the cost often comes as an unpleasant surprise, after they have spent all of their funding. Librarian Aron Lindhagen helps r
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/expensive-publish-open-access-prestigious-journals - 2026-05-07
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Corn starch, with elements of heavy metals, powdered brick, amphetamines, ink, wall paint or furniture polish. This is what can be found in falsified medicines, a market currently considered more profitable than that of drug crime. Professor of Ethnology Susanne Lundin. Photo: Kennet Ruona Some defective medicines wer
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/industry-worth-billions-puts-lives-risk - 2026-05-07
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. During the week of Midsummer, Sweden will inaugurate its largest investment in research ever made – MAX IV Laboratory. “It has been a long process and it feels amazing that all the electrons and light are now working”, says Pro Vice-Chancellor Stacey Ristinmaa Sörensen, responsible for the University’s infrastructure
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/time-inaugurate-swedens-largest-research-investment-max-iv - 2026-05-07
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Bible clearly still plays a role in current politics and culture. But do research findings on Bible texts reach wider society and, if so, do they influence groups of religious practitioners? Jennifer Nyström, a doctoral student in Bible studies specialising in the apostle Paul, has pondered these questions. Jennif
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/do-research-findings-reach-jerusalem - 2026-05-07
