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https://www.staff.lu.se/article/its-hard-deal-threats-within-ranks - 2026-07-05

In a study led by Lund University and the Amsterdam University Medical Center, researchers used PET to analyse aggregates of tau pathology in more than 12,000 people from all over the world. The study – the largest ever of its kind – examines the connection between genetic predisposition, gender and age in relation to tau pathology in Alzheimer’s disease. The study is published in Nature Neuroscie

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/largest-ever-taupet-study-alzheimers-deepens-understanding-disease - 2026-07-05

Do you want to contribute to a more sustainable world? Have you succeeded in changing your everyday habits in line with the 1.5° C target of the Paris Agreement? Can your new habits inspire others? If yes, then we would love to hear about them! Now, the international campaign "1.5°C Challenges" is kicking off across several European countries, featuring a series of citizens’ challenges over the co

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/15degc-lifestyles-challenges-launched - 2026-07-05

In a study led by Lund University and the Amsterdam University Medical Center, researchers used PET to analyse aggregates of tau pathology in more than 12,000 people from all over the world. The study – the largest ever of its kind – examines the connection between genetic predisposition, gender and age in relation to tau pathology in Alzheimer’s disease. The study is published in Nature Neuroscie

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/largest-ever-taupet-study-alzheimers-deepens-understanding-disease - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The majority of patients with type 2 diabetes who undergo a gastric bypass operation recover from the disease within a few days of the operation, long before their body weight falls. No one knows how this happens, but researchers at Lund University Diabetes Centre in Sweden have now come up with a partial answer. In t

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/early-partial-answer-why-obesity-operations-cause-remission-diabetes - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Dea Busk Larsen, Masters student in Social Anthropology at Lund University; and Nashfa Hawwa, Masters student at the at the Environmental Management and Policy programme, also Lund University, have been selected by SASNET for a scholarship to be carried out in South Asia with the assistance of CREST, Centre for Resear

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnetcrest-scholarships-two-lund-university-masters-students - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The 24th European Conference on South Asian Studies – ECSAS 2016 will take place at the University of Warsaw, Poland from 27 to 30 July 2016. The biannual conference, organised by the European Association for South Asian Studies (EASAS) is this time hosted by the Faculty of Oriental Studies at University of Warsaw. Th

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/49-panels-accepted-24th-european-conference-south-asian-studies-warsaw - 2026-07-05

The BECC Board and the BECC and MERGE steering group at the University of Gothenburg (UGOT) have decided to strengthen the interdisciplinary development of BECC research by announcing funding for up to six 2-year post doc positions. This effort aims to specifically favour BECC’s research development within the field of ecosystem-based climate adaptation in response to actual or expected climatic s

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/call-6-becc-post-docs-years-2023-2025-and-becc-call-research-funding-prolonged - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. TROJAN HORSES OPENING THURSDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2019, 5 – 8 PM RUNS THROUGH 24 MARCH 2019 Anna Bohman Gallery is pleased to present Hertha Hanson's fourth solo exhibition at the gallery. Hanson has formed a personal and very distinct visual language. As the Trojan Horse, the paintings contain more than one can see at first

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/alumni-hertha-hanson - 2026-07-05

The workshop focused on the intersections between conflict, environment and policy to explore the politico-environmental dimensions of the war in Syria. There were also discussions on the broader relevance and application of project results beyond the context of Syria. On 20-21 February, CMES hosted the workshop “Just and Equitable Ecological Models in Contested and Conflict Environments”, organiz

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-workshop-conflict-and-environment-kurdistan - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On 26 October 2017, Kes McCormick at the IIIEE, presented online the early findings on nature-based solutions from the Urban Regional Innovation Partnerships in Naturvation to the National Cities Forum organized in Melbourne, Australia.This national forum examined approaches to catalysing urban transformation for low

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/re-inventing-city-nature-based-solutions - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 150 people attended the side event on climate migration at the UN climate summit in Paris on December 1st, that visiting professor Angela Oels organised. Lund University was hosting the side event in collaboration with Lancaster and Hamburg University. The panel had one clear message: There is no simple link between c

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/oelss-panel-cop21-no-simple-link-between-climate-change-and-migration - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In a major study of hereditary breast cancer, a global network of researchers (including some from Lund University) has identified over 350 faults in DNA that increase an individual’s risk of developing the disease. The researchers believe that these faults can affect as many as 190 genes. Published in Nature Genetics

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/major-study-gives-most-comprehensive-map-breast-cancer-risk - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In a major study of hereditary breast cancer, a global network of researchers (including some from Lund University) has identified over 350 faults in DNA that increase an individual’s risk of developing the disease. The researchers believe that these faults can affect as many as 190 genes. Published in Nature Genetics

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/major-study-gives-most-comprehensive-map-breast-cancer-risk - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Scientists have long suspected that changes in the body’s metabolism affect the development of the incurable and fatal neurological disease ALS. Now, for the very first time, a group of researchers in Lund and Australia have identified changes in the disease in ALS patients in the brain cells that produce substances t

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/metabolism-and-sleep-keys-mystery-als - 2026-07-05

Emily Sonestedt investigates how food affects the health and the risk to develop type 2 diabetes. This knowledge is of importance to society when developing food-based dietary guidelines. It can be hard to make healthy food choices. The bread rolls behind the counter in the café at Clinical Research Centre (CRC) in Malmö have a dark color, but it does not have to mean that they are a healthy choic

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/healthy-eating-reduce-risk-type-2-diabetes - 2026-07-05

2010-2014 43 Swedish strategic research areas (SRA’s) was funded by the Swedish government, BECC is one of the SRA’s. During 2014 the SRA’s was evaluated. Today the evaluation, together with recommendations for the future, was announced and the BECC environment can be proud to achieve a positive and successful evaluation statement. BECC is also one of four highlighted SRAs out of the 9 situated at

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/successful-evaluation-becc - 2026-07-05

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 - 2026-07-06

DIABETES. After more than a decade of stagnation, there is a major surge in kidney research effort. New drugs and biomarkers make it possible to detect and slow the progression of the disease earlier – something that long seemed unattainable. This will impact people with diabetes, for whom kidney damage is a serious long-term complication. “We are entering a new era. What is happening now is simil

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/hope-kidney-care - 2026-07-05

(DIABETES) After more than a decade of stagnation, there is a major surge in kidney research effort. New drugs and biomarkers make it possible to detect and slow the progression of the disease earlier – something that long seemed unattainable. This will impact people with diabetes, for whom kidney damage is a serious long-term complication. “We are entering a new era. What is happening now is simi

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/hope-kidney-care - 2026-07-05