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Christopher Douse, Associate Professor at Lund University’s Faculty of Medicine and group leader at the Lund Stem Cell Center, has been awarded a Consolidator Grant from the Swedish Society for Medical Research (SSMF). The five-year, SEK 11 million award will support his team’s research into how repetitive DNA sequences linked to neurological diseases are controlled in the development of the human

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/decoding-repetitive-genome-christopher-douse-awarded-consolidator-grant-ssmf - 2026-07-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A detective work that reflects society in terms of both working life and fashion trends. This is how you could describe Cecilia Svedman’s task as a dermatologist and researcher, specialising in contact allergies. Cecilia Svedman. Cecilia Svedman is the director of the main hospital in Helsingborg, who at the same time

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/she-looking-what-itches-stings-and-peels - 2026-07-07

Caroline Karlsson has successfully defended her thesis entitled 'The Prohibitive Condition: The Performativity of the Incest Taboo and its Incestuous Remainders'. Congratulations! AbstractThis dissertation explores the political nature of the incest taboo, with an analytical focus on its object of prohibition: incest. From the perspective of political philosophy, the incest taboo appears as proble

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/caroline-karlsson-has-successfully-defended-her-thesis - 2026-07-07

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Nya e-resurserBirds of the World (BOW)Biologibiblioteket har startat en prenumeration på Birds of the World (BOW); Birds of the World är en databas med artbeskrivningar av världens fåglar. Varje beskrivning innehåller information om särskiljande egenskaper, spridning, systematik, beteende, ekologi, demografi, bevara

https://www.lub.lu.se/internt/artikel/nyhetsbrev-september-e-media-och-vetenskaplig-kommunikation-0 - 2026-07-07

Most of us know that every department and unit at LUSEM has a health and safety representative. But what do they actually do, and when should you contact them? The short answer is: whenever you have concerns about your work environment – or simply need someone to talk to. Health and safety representatives are elected to represent employees and help ensure a safe, healthy and sustainable work envir

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/were-here-help-meet-lusems-health-and-safety-representatives - 2026-07-07

Heiner Linke took up the position of LTH’s Deputy Dean with special responsibility for research in January 2021 and his term of office concludes at the end of 2023. Why did he not stand for re-election – and what will he do instead? What is the reason for not continuing as deputy dean?"After I was elected as deputy dean – a role that is part-time – I got a large, extra assignment. It was an ERC re

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2023/visionary-nanoresearcher-wants-spend-more-time-investigating-building-blocks-life - 2026-07-07

An atmosphere of anticipation and excitement filled the air as the Principal Investigators (PIs) and the management of the Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine (WCMM) gathered for this year’s Scientific Advisory Board meeting. The discussions of the meeting focused on achievements to date, future challenges and advancements both regarding the centre itself and at a national perspective, and st

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/highlights-wcmm-scientific-advisory-board-meeting - 2026-07-07

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/lund-university-sends-iiiee-student-delegates-un-climate-conference - 2026-07-07

During the winter, the Sustainability Fund opened a call for proposals to test solutions to sustainability challenges in the organisation. Lund University is deeply committed to its sustainability strategy and sustainability plan, aiming for remarkable achievements in this area. We know that change requires new ideas. That's why staff at Lund University have the opportunity to seek funding to addr

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-ideas-sustainable-workplace-gets-funding - 2026-07-08

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Jessika Luth Richter at the IIIEE defends her doctoral dissertation on 13 December 2019. On 13 December at 1.15 pm in the IIIEE Aula, Jessika Luth Richter defends her doctoral dissertation with the title: Towards a Circular Economy with Environmental Product Policy: Considering dynamics in closing and slowing material

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/towards-circular-economy-environmental-product-policy - 2026-07-07

It is time for the doctoral degree conferment ceremony, the University's major ceremony and the faculties' biggest academic celebration. It is time for the faculties' doctors, honorary doctors and jubilee doctors to be honoured. The doctoral degree conferment ceremony is a solemn ceremony in Lund Cathedral, during which the doctoral students who have completed their doctoral studies in the past ye

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/time-years-doctoral-degree-conferment-ceremony-23-may - 2026-07-08

The award winning thesis in Economic History is called: "For God's Sake –The Work and Long-Term Impact of Christian Missionaries in Cameroon 1844-2018". The award includes honor, praise and a prize of 25 000 SEK. In his research, Nicolai Baumert found that the colonial-era missionaries' work in Cameroon had left a lasting influence on education and health care. This was notable when studying gende

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/nicolai-baumert-receives-best-thesis-lusem-2022 - 2026-07-07

On 29 May, it’s time for the biggest ceremony of the year: the doctoral degree conferment ceremony at Lund Cathedral. This year marks a new record, with 290 doctors, 48 jubilee doctors and 16 honorary doctors set to be honoured. In a solemn ceremony, the doctoral students who completed their doctoral studies in the past year and successfully defended their doctoral theses at Lund University will h

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/record-number-be-honoured-years-doctoral-degree-conferment-ceremony - 2026-07-08

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. It was 17 December 1944. The American B-24 bomber aircraft, better known as the Tulsamerican, was circling the island of Vis off the coast of Croatia. The plane was damaged following an attack by the Germans and finally crashed into the sea. Seven of the ten crew members survived but three died, among them the pilot,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/deep-diving-history - 2026-07-07

The information age predates the internet by a long stretch – it began with life itself. Nobel Laureate Craig C. Mello described at the Lund Spring Symposium in May how living organisms are not merely carriers of genes, but also active managers, defenders, and editors of genetic information. Craig Mello, who received the Nobel Prize in 2006 for the discovery of RNA interference (RNAi), together wi

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/rnai-genetic-spark-information-inferno-cell - 2026-07-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University and Simrishamn Municipality have created a joint research environment at the Marine Centre in Simrishamn to address the challenges facing the Baltic Sea. An Academic Council led by Maria C Hansson from the Centre for Environmental and Climate Research (CEC) will be affiliated to the centre. The overall

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/cec-affiliates-marine-centre-simrishamn-collaboration-ocean-and-water-research - 2026-07-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. George Neville works as a post-doctoral researcher within the Misty project, with a special focus on migration and the SDGs. In this interview, he tells us about what sustainability challenge he finds most interesting, what drives him as a researcher, and about what he did before he came to LUCSUS. What do you do at L

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/research-interview-george-neville-researches-migration-transformation-and-sustainability - 2026-07-07

That all students should learn about sustainability at some point during their education is something the Swedish Council for Higher Education has decided. But how can lecturers include sustainability in their teaching – without tying themselves in knots in what is often a hectic schedule? That was just one of the questions addressed in the seminar series Sustainable Teaching & Learning in Higher

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/seminar-sustainable-teachers-about-working-sustainably-teaching-staff - 2026-07-07

Climate change education in schools and universities tends to focus on environmental facts, whilst little room is given to inner dimensions of change and to collective action. The CLARITY project co-led by IIIEE launches a coached self-paced course to address these challenges by enhancing educators’ skills. Teachers & educators! Our new training on teaching climate change with both care and impact

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/clarity-project-launches-new-training-teaching-climate-change - 2026-07-07

He was best friends with Mikael Dolsten in Medical School in Lund in the 80´s. Since then he has held prominent positions around the world, both within Academia and the Medical Industry. Now he hopes to contribute to medical research with his experience in both basic and applied medicine, by helping to highlight the all-important, but in Lund a bit neglected, field of Pharmacology. Meet EMV´s new

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/guest-professor-hoping-infuse-new-life-medical-cornerstone-field - 2026-07-07