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Research has shown that only one out of three individuals with osteoarthritis receives appropriate care. Doctoral candidate Simone Battista aims to explore why many osteoarthritis patients are not offered the right treatment. Simultaneously, he seeks to understand how aware individuals with osteoarthritis are of available treatments to alleviate osteoarthritis symptoms. This study is a collaborati
The SURCO project looks at the effects of droughts, poverty and migration in two rural regions of northern Colombia, and is directed by Andrés Palacio, Associate Professor in Economic History at LUSEM. Using expertise from disciplines such as economic history, biology, economics, ecology, geography, law and political science, the project aims to enhance the sustainable development of rural and dis
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/water-scarcity-rural-colombia - 2026-06-21
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
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed an algorithm that combines data from a simple blood test and brief memory tests, to predict with great accuracy who will develop Alzheimer's disease in the future. The findings are published in Nature Medicine. Approximately 20-30% of patients with Alzheimer's di
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/simple-diagnostic-tool-predicts-individual-risk-alzheimers - 2026-06-21
Lotta Gränse, ophthalmologist and researcher Lund University and Skåne University Hospital has demonstrated that eye drops containing cortisone can prevent the development of the very serious eye disease ROP in infants. This has revolutionised treatment and means that the majority of children in Sweden’s Southern Healthcare Region with severe ROP do not need conventional treatment under anaesthesi
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/drop-saves-eyesight-infants - 2026-06-21
We have just opened registration for four COMPUTE courses which should help boosting your programming skills. Computational Programming with Python (NUMA01F)7.5 pointsSummer course, starting 23 JuneMore info and registration: Computational Programming with Python (NUMA01F)Computational Programming with Python - First StepsNew course, not given before1.5 pointsShort version of the course aboveSumme
https://www.compute.lu.se/article/compute-courses-python-fortran-and-r-open-registration - 2026-06-21
Dear Faculty,Well, where do I start? It feels overwhelming, honourable and exciting to be new at work. Right now, it could be summed up by saying that the new office is still quite empty, while the calendar is filled up. It will be an exciting year and it feels inspiring and fun to now be able to work with a new management team and get to work closely with our departments and heads of department.T
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/dear-faculty-letter-new-dean - 2026-06-21
RAMP-UP, a new EU-funded doctoral programme coordinated by Lund University, is now inviting researchers from all faculties to submit proposals for co-funded PhD projects in regenerative medicine and advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs). The programme welcomes interdisciplinary ideas that span scientific, technological, clinical, ethical, economic, and societal perspectives on the developmen
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/apply-interdisciplinary-project-co-funding-ramp - 2026-06-22
No 60, 29 April 2026 Welcome to a new addition of the NAISS training newsletter. We have two courses: “Programming formalism” and “File Transfer 201”, for which registration closes soon. Please register immediately if your are interested.If you want to speak to us in person, the next zoom-in is scheduled for the 7th of May.If you have ideas, questions, requests or any other input, please get in
https://www.compile.lu.se/article/naiss-training-newsletter-13 - 2026-06-21
It will be a big change in many ways for David Fenyö as he now gets the possibility to return to Sweden after 34 years in the US. Thanks to a grant of SEK 50 million from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, he can now move his research in precision medicine to Lund University. And he is familiar with Sweden from childhood. “We came from Hungary to Sweden when I was five years old and spoke H
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/1st-avenue-new-york-solvegatan-lund - 2026-06-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. As the body ages, there is a general loss of function in all organs. Among other things this leads to declining renal function and osteoporosis among the elderly, the latter to a greater extent among women. A new doctoral dissertation from Lund University illuminates women’s aging and investigates the relationship bet
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/kidney-function-and-osteoporosis-elderly - 2026-06-21
E-besök är en vanlig form av digitala läkarbesök, där patienten fyller i ett frågeformulär på nätet och därefter kommunicerar med en läkare via chatt. Det har hittills saknats forskning för hur e-besöken påverkar läkarens vårdbeslut, men en ny avhandling har nu utvärderat den digitala vårdkedjan i svensk sjukvård. – Över 60 procent av alla patientmöten sker inom primärvården. Därför behövs mer pri
https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/digitala-vardkedjan-utvarderad - 2026-06-21
E-besök är en vanlig form av digitala läkarbesök, där patienten fyller i ett frågeformulär på nätet och därefter kommunicerar med en läkare via chatt. Det har hittills saknats forskning för hur e-besöken påverkar läkarens vårdbeslut, men en ny avhandling har nu utvärderat den digitala vårdkedjan i svensk sjukvård. – Över 60 procent av alla patientmöten sker inom primärvården. Därför behövs mer pri
https://www.lu.se/artikel/digitala-vardkedjan-utvarderad - 2026-06-22
No 48, 7 November 2025 In this newsletter we advertise a wide variety of NAISS training events, scheduled for the autumn term.An overview on our events is available on the NAISS training page (NAISS).OverviewNAISS trainingOnline workshop: Log in and Transfer Files to/from HPC Clusters, 14 November, 2025Online hackathon: Bianca In-Depth: Improve Your Handling of Sensitive Research Data, 18 November
https://www.compile.lu.se/article/naiss-training-newsletter-2 - 2026-06-21
No 43, 21 June 2025 The NAISS training team hopes you had a good summer break and feel refreshed for the autumn term.In this newsletter we advertise a wide variety of NAISS training events, scheduled for the beginning of the autumn term.An overview on our events is available on the NAISS website:OverviewNAISS trainingOn-site workshop: "Awk Workshop", Uppsala, 28-29 August, 2025Online training semi
https://www.compile.lu.se/article/naiss-training-newsletter - 2026-06-21
PhD candidate Heraclitos Muhire's research focuses on politicians leaving politics and joining private companies. Movements between business and politics are almost uncontrolled, and the conflicts and consequences are understudied. Around the 2014 elections, Heraclitos Muhire noticed a potential conflict of interest as the outgoing government moved into high-level positions in the same sectors whe
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. An international research team has found a new method for predicting entire pollen seasons, something that can help healthcare and allergy sufferers plan to reduce problems. No similar tool has previously been used in the area. The researchers also show that pollen seasons may be 60 per cent more severe in the future
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/new-method-predicts-severity-grass-pollen-season-allergy-sufferers - 2026-06-21
Vinnova har beviljat medel för planering av excellenskluster för banbrytande teknik. Av 45 beviljade projekt finns fem vid LTH. The projects granted by Vinnova bring together actors in all six strategic technology areas: AI and autonomous systems, materials and production technology, energy technology, biotechnology, quantum technology and advanced digital technology.The projects want to explore,
https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/lth-project-receives-funding-vinnova-plan-future-technology-clusters - 2026-06-21
First they met online. Then a Lund (LU) delegation visited Stellenbosch University (SU) in South Africa. A couple of weeks ago SU came to visit LU. (And the tale goes, they rode off together into the sunset.)An eight month long Erasmus university strategic partership exchange programme between Lund and Stellenbosch, South Africa, has given the participants lots of food for thought, professional an
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/skys-not-limit-su-lu-su - 2026-06-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In a new national register study from Lund University in Sweden, researchers have studied the link between prostate cancer and infertility. The study, published in the British Medical Journal, includes over one million Swedish men. “Men who seek health care for infertility and assisted reproduction were shown to be at
https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/link-between-assisted-reproduction-and-risk-prostate-cancer - 2026-06-21
