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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new COVID-19 antibody test developed by scientists at Lund University in Sweden has shown robust performance upon clinical validation and application. The test detects antibodies in the blood targeting the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, and determines in just 15 minutes whether a person has had COVID-19, regardless of

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-rapid-and-robust-covid-19-antibody-test-developed - 2026-04-21

Recently, Vikki McCall, Professor of Social Policy at University of Stirling in Scotland, visited the research group Applied Gerontology in Lund. Primarily focus was the serious game methodology. She has used it a lot for engagement with communities and stakeholders in her research around housing.What has surprised you the most when working with older adults and the serious game?– I think we shoul

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/serious-games-create-powerful-impact - 2026-04-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Recently Barry successfully defended his thesis "Measurement of Health-Related Quality of Life: Preference Aggregation, Exclusion, and Public Policy" at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, US. Barry's own description of the thesis follows: The dissertation provides a normative, descriptive, and prescriptive analys

https://www.vbe.lu.se/article/congratulations-barry-dewitt-phd - 2026-04-21

As a researcher in need of storage for your research data you can now order and manage research data folders in Lucat. The new storage solution is free of charge and gives:improved backupa smoother ordering and administration processan overview of your projects and studiesincreased control and authorization management possibilitiespossibility to increase storage volume free of charge when needed.F

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/new-storage-solution-research-data-free-charge - 2026-04-21

Bertrand Chavarría-Aldrete has been a doctoral student at Malmö Academy of Music since September 2020 and will soon be defending his dissertation project “Plastic Extension of Music” (22 May 2025). Part of his doctoral defence is a large exhibition that will take place at IAC (16–23 May 2025). What is your dissertation project about?My research is called “Plastic Extension of Music” and it's quite

https://www.mhm.lu.se/artikel/if-your-music-was-sculpture-what-would-it-look-meet-bertrand-chavarria-aldrete-find-out-more - 2026-04-21

No 55, 19 February 2026 Welcome to the latest addition of the NAISS training newsletter.   In this edition we have one new event on scientific visualialization with ParaView.   Registration is closing soon for “Intro to Python for HPC” and “Array computing in C++ using Eigen”.  If you want to speak to us directly, the next zoom-in is scheduled for the 12th of March.An overview on our events is ava

https://www.compile.lu.se/article/naiss-training-newsletter-8 - 2026-04-21

District nurse and SWEAH PhD student Pernilla Alencar Siljehag, at Stiftelsen Stockholms läns Äldrecentrum, earlier this year received SWEAH's travel grant of SEK 20,000 to visit Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, in Portugal. Now she has returned from an almost two-week stay in Lisbon. Pernilla Alencar Siljehag has presented her research project and gained a substantial exchange of knowledge with other

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/unusually-many-people-over-65-no-home-care - 2026-04-21

SWEAH PhD student William Son Galanza at Lund University is back in business after a visit at University of Bologna in Italy, during March to May. – I am surprised by how advanced their research on fall prediction and smart assistive technology is, such as a prototype of smart crutches that allows biofeedback and telemonitoring, he says. William Son Galanza went to meet his mentor from his affilia

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/back-italy-i-felt-potential-international-and-interdisciplinary-work - 2026-04-21

Enormous amounts of data about Alzheimer’s Disease have been generated from clinical studies so far. Still, the molecular drivers of Alzheimer’s Disease are largely unknown. With the TAU-TIME project, Jacob Vogel aims to advance knowledge by developing an AI tool that brings together known biological mechanisms with data from patients with the disease. Recent funding from the European Research Cou

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/time-unite-lab-and-clinic-15-million-eu-build-ai-model-alzheimers-disease - 2026-04-21

Bees are usually considered to be the most efficient pollinators for crops, but a new international study shows that other insects are just as important. A variety of different insects are needed for our food supply. Several BECC researchers have provided data to the study. "We already know that honeybees and wild bees are of great importance to our food production. This study shows that other pol

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/not-only-bees-are-important-pollination - 2026-04-21

Lund, Sweden — 12 February 2026Lund University hosted a joint research seminar bringing together visiting researchers and project teams from the EU-funded projects Multilevel Orders of Corruption in Central Asia (MOCCA) and The Political Economy of Legal and Governance Reform in Non-Western Societies: Insights from Central Asia (POLCA)[MA1] . The seminar featured five research presentations addres

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/research-seminar-lund-university-highlights-new-evidence-and-policy-paths-corruption-digital - 2026-04-21

The SciLifeLab research community is a dynamic, interdisciplinary network of scientists from various fields within molecular life sciences, united by the goal of addressing critical challenges in health, biodiversity, and sustainability. With a unique mandate to promote biology-, technology-, and data-driven excellence in life sciences, SciLifeLab fosters collaboration and innovation, driving brea

https://www.compchem.lu.se/article/marie-skepo-has-been-appointed-scilifelab-group-leader - 2026-04-21

Around 40 physicians from different specialist areas are now being trained in team-based learning, TBL, a pedagogical approach that will better equip future medical students for a complex reality. “We work according to a vision of how healthcare should work," says programme director Sara Regnér. The new six-year medical programme, launched in autumn 2021, has a new curriculum and new qualitative t

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/training-trainer-team-based-learning - 2026-04-21

Coeliac disease, also known as gluten intolerance, has until now been all but unknown in Ethiopia. Yet as more people adopt a Western diet, the number of cases is increasing. “Few people here have heard of coeliac disease, not even among doctors,” says Adugna Negussie Gudeta, a doctoral student at the Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö, who, together with his supervisor Daniel Agardh, is doi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/researcher-raises-awareness-coeliac-disease-ethiopia - 2026-04-22

https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/data-driven-devops - 2026-04-21

Gases used in anaesthesia are potent greenhouse gases, and their total global impact has not previously been known. A study published in The Lancet Planetary Health led by Lund University shows that greenhouse gas emissions from anaesthetic gases have decreased by 27% over the last ten years. By swapping out the anaesthetic gas with the highest climate impact, the climate impact of anaesthetic gas

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/reduced-climate-impact-anaesthetic-gases-worrying-trend-middle-income-countries - 2026-04-21

Healthcare consolidation is a global trend aimed at increasing efficiency in the face of rising costs and declining rural populations. A recent study examines the effects of maternity ward closures in Sweden from 1990 to 2004 on maternal and neonatal health, as well as the associated birth technology choices and travel distances to wards. The research reveals a complex set of outcomes.“Maternal tr

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/impact-maternity-ward-closures-maternal-and-neonatal-health - 2026-04-21

Bertrand Chavarría-Aldrete has been a doctoral student at the Malmö Academy of Music since September 2020 and will soon be defending his dissertation project “Plastic Extension of Music” (22 May 2025). Part of his doctoral defence is a large exhibition that will take place at IAC (16–23 May 2025). What is your dissertation project about?My research is called “Plastic Extension of Music” and it's q

https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/if-your-music-was-sculpture-what-would-it-look-meet-bertrand-chavarria-aldrete-find-out-more - 2026-04-21

Lund University and SRA EpiHealth support the next generation researchers in epidemiology through project seeding funding that covers salary costs for preparation of a project application and a research plan targeting national funding bodies. Hallo Shomaila!How do you use your seed money from Epihealth?- The EpiHealth seed money supports preparatory analyses aimed at exploring how individual-level

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/funding-helps-me-take-first-steps-developing-and-validating-new-tools - 2026-04-21

Fainaz Inamdeen, a PhD student in Water Resources Engineering at Lund University, has been awarded the 2025 SASNET PhD Travel Grant. The funding will support a two-week research stay at Jadavpur University in Kolkata, India, where Fainaz Inamdeen will continue his work on bridge scour - an increasingly urgent issue as extreme river flows become more common due to climate change.The visit builds on

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/fainaz-inamdeen-awarded-2025-sasnet-phd-travel-grant - 2026-04-21