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The next-door neighbour whose home you’ve never been inside. That was how Jason Diakité, also known as hip hop artist Timbuktu, felt about the University while growing up in Lund. Today, he feels differently – having been awarded an honorary doctorate and now taking his seat as one of LU’s external Cultural Council members. Inside the historic Old Bishop’s House, final preparations are underway fo

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/timbuktu-universitys-cultural-council-glimpse-under-bonnet - 2026-07-06

In type 2 diabetes, the body's ability to release insulin is impaired, which leads to high blood glucose levels. Research led from Lund University shows how the levels of a particular protein are elevated in the pancreas of people with type 2 diabetes. By knocking out the gene for the protein IGFBP7, the researchers discovered that insulin secretion was improved. Reduced insulin secretion leads to

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/protein-affects-ability-secrete-insulin-type-2-diabetes - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. At the graduation ceremony for all the master students at the Faculty of Social Science earlier in June, Stella Zimpfer received the Sparbankstiftelsen award for best master thesis in strategic communication, a thesis focusing on startup branding in the Öresund region. I asked Stella a few questions about her work. St

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/stella-about-her-award-winning-master-thesis-i-hope-my-thesis-helps-get-startups-thinking-about - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. New results from the Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young (TEDDY) study showed an association between prolonged enterovirus infection and the development of autoimmunity to the insulin-producing pancreatic beta-cells that precedes type 1 diabetes (T1D). Notably, researchers also found that early adenovi

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/unexpected-viral-behavior-linked-type-1-diabetes-high-risk-children - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Eva Nordmark was 62 when she received her Alzheimer’s diagnosis. But rather than life ending, it gave her the chance to reclaim parts of her life that she had not previously had time for. It is a sunny autumn day at the Humlamaden rehab centre outside Veberöd, and the stable is full of life and activity. The 32-year-o

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/when-memory-fails - 2026-07-05

He has designed a transport box that keeps hearts alive outside the body and developed a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) device. But during a visit to nuns in Africa, he was suspected of being a spy. Meet Stig Steen, a post-retirement professor of thoracic surgery, who is driven by an unshakeable belief that the greatest things in life are on the other side of the mountain. If Stig Steen had f

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/cardiothoracic-innovator - 2026-07-06

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Köttbullar med rödbetsblastspulver eller falukorv med torkade havtornsblad? Sådana här charkprodukter, ”laddade” med olika typer av antioxidant-rika rester från grönsaksodlingar, kan komma att hamna i mataffärernas kyldiskar. Labbtester visar att vissa antioxidanter helt eliminerade den skadliga oxidationen som fors

https://www.lu.se/artikel/vaxtpulver-i-processat-kott-kan-minska-halsoriskerna - 2026-07-05

What are AI writing tools and how do they affect our assessments? Three main options for considering AI writing tools in assessment are: 1. to ban their use, 2. to assume that they may be used, and set tasks which incorporate them or 3. require them to be used – to fully incorporate the tools in the assessment. Continue reading and get concrete examples on this current topic! Foto: Deepmind, Domhn

https://www.education.lu.se/artikel/potential-impact-ai-tools-assessment - 2026-07-05

The EAT-Lancet diet is a framework designed to promote environmental sustainability while also preventing common diseases such as type 2 diabetes. How do we know if the diet actually works? An international research team studied seven dietary scores and found that two of them were particularly good at evaluating adherence to the diet. Reliable diet scores are important when developing sustainable

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/research-paves-way-sustainable-dietary-recommendations - 2026-07-05

Antibiotic treatments help the body to fight infections and should have as little negative impact on humans as possible. A new study in the journal Nature Medicine shows that the use of antibiotics can affect the human gut microbiota for several years. The study found that some types of antibiotics had a greater impact on the gut microbiota than others. “It is great that we have antibiotics which

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/antibiotics-can-have-long-term-effect-gut-microbiota - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Newborn babies are already being screened for mutations and genetic tests help families with hereditary breast cancer. Genomic-driven precision medicine (GDPM) is an emerging approach for disease treatment. Around 30 Swedish researchers suggest a direction forward in a review article in Journal of Internal Medicine (J

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/precision-medicine-emerging-approach-complex-diseases - 2026-07-05

Tolibjon Mustafoev, PhD candidate at Lund University For the last few decades, Uzbekistan has been a popular research destination for many scholars studying authoritarian regimes. Indeed, the first president of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov, had been in power from the first days of independence in 1991 until September 2016. Karimov was known for his policies on closed economy, high bureaucracy, centra

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/uzbekistan-takes-steps-towards-establishing-welfare-state-and-eradicating-poverty-iron-feast-iron - 2026-07-05

Veterinarian in charge Anders Forslid is retiring after 30 years working to improve the welfare of research animals at Lund University. He has witnessed a paradigm shift in animal health and animal experiments, and the way animal testing and humans’ obligations are viewed has changed. When Anders Forslid started out as a laboratory animal veterinarian at Lund University, he received a fairly cool

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/if-we-are-going-have-animal-testing-then-we-have-do-it-well - 2026-07-06

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Riktlinjer för transparensEtt av målen med Plan S är att kostnaderna för vetenskaplig kommunikation skall präglas av transparens. För att nå transparens har cOAlition S publicerat riktlinjer för vad som krävs.Mer information: cOAlition S announces price transparency requirementsOpen Science skills in Danish Research

https://www.lub.lu.se/internt/artikel/nyhetsbrev-maj-e-media-och-vetenskaplig-kommunikation-0 - 2026-07-05

Two years have passed since Swedish universities, LUSEM included, almost overnight went from campus to remote teaching. How did it go? We met up with Blerim Emruli, senior lecturer in Informatics at LUSEM and Qlik Educator Ambassador. We wanted to get a glimpse of his current thoughts on digital education. Blerim Emruli teaches and researches artificial intelligence, decision support systems and b

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/informatics-teacher-digital-education-learning-each-other-key - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Right now, everything is focused on managing the coronavirus. However, even before COVID-19, viral pandemics around the world were increasing and the ’ordinary’ influenza virus and common cold virus cost society enormous amounts of money each year. Swedish virus researchers say they could improve the world with the he

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/virus-war - 2026-07-05

Several inaccuracies in historical CPIs in popular online databases have been discovered, according to new research by Jonas Ljungberg at Lund University, published in Cliometrica. This can have major consequences for both research and the decisions politicians make regarding economic policy. Jonas Ljungberg needed access to different European countries' consumer price indices (CPIs) for the last

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/errors-detected-several-historical-consumer-price-indices - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. "Mastery of the law gives you power. And I want to use that power to support the vulnerable" says Sofia Åkerman, doctoral student at the Department of Law with personal experience of vulnerability and self-harming behaviour. She survived, but several of her friends did not. The Lego bricks occupy a central position in

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/using-law-fight-vulnerable - 2026-07-05

In 2025, children within the TEDDY study will submit their final samples at research clinics in Sweden, Finland, Germany and the United States. The international study has provided a lot of new knowledge about type 1 diabetes and how the disease develops. Analysis of the samples will continue with the aim of preventing the disease. Sweden and Finland are the two top countries for incidence rates o

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-knowledge-about-type-1-diabetes-large-scale-teddy-study-will-soon-be-completed - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In our Annual Report for 2019 we share highlights in research, education and impact from the previous year. Read about some of the highlights here and download or read the full report online. Word from Director Emily Boyd 2019 was an unusually busy year for LUCSUS. In January we transitioned into the Faculty of Social

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-annual-report-highlights-2019 - 2026-07-05