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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. This year’s Eric K. Fernström foundation Grand Nordic Prize – one of the largest awards for medicine in Scandinavia – goes to neurology researcher Maiken Nedergaard, who works at the University of Copenhagen and the University of Rochester. She has discovered and investigated how the brain gets rid of harmful products

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/neurology-researcher-wins-prestigious-prize-discovery-brains-cleaning-system - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Using machine learning and optimisation to find refugees’ new homes can significantly improve their chances of finding work within three months, according to new research. The international collaboration, conducted by researchers at the Universities of Oxford and Lund, Sweden as well as the Worcester Polytechnic Insti

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/using-ai-improve-refugee-integration - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The TEDDY Study has increased our knowledge about what happens prior to the onset of autoimmune diabetes (type 1 diabetes) and has shown that a stomach infection can trigger coeliac disease. Lund University in Sweden has now received just over SEK 40 million from the American National Institutes of Health (NIH) to con

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/international-diabetes-study-receives-sek-40-million-continue - 2026-05-05

The complement proteins that circulate in our blood are an important part of our immune system. They help identify bacteria, viruses and other harmful organisms, making it easier for our white blood cells to find and neutralise dangerous microbes. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now discovered a previously unknown function of the central complement protein, C3, which describes how C3

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-function-key-component-immune-system-discovered - 2026-05-05

Lund University has received SEK 56 million from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation to finance two research projects. One will aim to find innovative ways of repairing an injured brain, and the other will investigate the crucial effect silicon has on the climate. Malin Parmar, professor of Cellular Neuroscience at Lund University, will lead a five-year project, which has now been granted alm

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/large-grants-awarded-research-brain-repair-and-diatoms - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The lead author of the IPCC Special Report on 1.5 degrees, released today, is available for comment. Luis Mundaca is a professor at the International Institute for Indutrial Environmental Economics at Lund University. “The assessment indicates that limiting global warming to 1.5 ˚C is not impossible, but the challenge

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/world-can-still-achieve-ambitious-climate-targets - 2026-05-05

By blocking a protein, VDAC1, in the insulin-producing beta cells, it is possible to restore their normal function in case of type 2 diabetes. In preclinical experiments, the researchers behind a new study have also shown that it is possible to prevent the development of the disease. The findings are published in the scientific journal Cell Metabolism. The researchers at Lund University in Sweden

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-discovery-restores-insulin-cell-function-type-2-diabetes - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Astronomers from Lund University in Sweden have now found the explanation to a recent mystery at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy: the high levels of scandium discovered last spring near the galaxy’s giant black hole were in fact an optical illusion. Last spring, researchers published a study about the apparent pres

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-solve-mystery-centre-milky-way - 2026-05-05

Martin Green and Jens Rydell at the biology department, Lund University, have been awarded Skånes vindkraftspris 2017. Read the full article here (in Swedish)

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/biologist-wins-skane-wind-academy-prize - 2026-05-05

BECC is a strategic research area which brings together over 200 researchers at Lund University and the University of Gothenburg. BECC brings together scientists from the natural and social sciences to perform research essential in understanding the impacts of climate change on biodiversity and ecosystem services on local, regional, national and global scales, to provide a scientific basis for the

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/5-becc-postdoctoral-positions-climate-impacts-ecosystem-and-biodiversity - 2026-05-05

BECC welcomes proposals for research funding within the vision and aims of BECC for the years 2018-20. This is a joint call, up to 20 million SEK, between LU and UGOT and aims at a continued consolidation of the collaboration between research groups and major projects within and between Lund and Gothenburg universities.BECC strives to assess the impacts of climate change on terrestrial biodiversit

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-call-research-funding-2018-2020 - 2026-05-05

3 opportunities to discuss proposals for BECCs open call for research funding 2018-2020.Theme meeting Carbon and ClimateLocation: LundTime: 12 September preliminary 10.15-16Contact: Edith Hammer edith [dot] hammer [at] biol [dot] lu [dot] seRegistration at the latest September 8thTheme webbTheme meeting Ecosystem ServicesLocation: HalmstadTime: 13 September preliminary 10-15Contact: Cecilia Aksels

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-theme-meetings-august-september - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. During summer BECC are announcing 7 new research positions. 1 BECC postdoc “Risk assessment of N and P leaching from forest ecosystems” in GothenburgThe Postdoctor position ‘Risk assessment of N and P leaching from forest ecosystems’ at the  Dept. of Biological and Environment Sciences, University of Gothenburg under

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/7-open-becc-research-positions-summer-2017 - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Summaries from two recent ClimBEco events, Annual Meeting and Greenhouse Gas Summer School. ClimBEco annual meetingA warm thank you to all partcipants in the ClimBEco Annual Meeting in Höllviken, August 24-25! After an inspiring and thought-provoking mini-workshop about assertive communcation and the ClimBEco mentorsh

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/highlights-climbeco - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. BECC welcomes proposals for research funding within the vision and aims of BECC for the years 2018-20. Deadline for sending in proposals is 29 September at 2 pm. This is a joint call, up to 20 million SEK, between LU and UGOT and aims at a continued consolidation of the collaboration between research groups and major

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/application-becc-research-funding - 2026-05-05

Welcome to BECC annual meeting at Radisson Blu Metropol, Helsingborg. Day 1:             The Ecosystem Service Concept in Science10.00                Registration and coffee10.45                Introduction and the aim of the meeting11.00                Plenary lecture 1: Professor Janne Bengtsson, SLU Uppsala12.00                Lunch13:15                How does the ES concept relate to your res

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-annual-meeting-november-7-8 - 2026-05-05

We are looking for a science doctorate in a research area relevant to BECC or equivalent knowledge acquired in other ways, preferably with a focus on biodiversity, ecosystem services or climate. The research program BECC is looking for a research coordinator. As a research coordinator you will develop, plan and follow up on BECC's activities. The research coordinator will be part of the administra

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-looking-research-coordinator - 2026-05-05

The position is associated with the research program BECC, placed at the Department of Political Science and connected with the Center for Environmental and Climate research (CEC) at the Faculty of Natural Science. We are looking for an ambitious political scientist in the beginning of his/her career who aims for a future career as university lecturer and researcher. The term for this position in

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-recruiting-assistant-professor-political-science - 2026-05-05

Watch a video from the workshop Mainstreaming ecosystem services in agricultural production, organized by BECC and the CEC November 21-22. How to interact with farmers to develop tools for assessment of ecosystem services - Johanna Alkan Olsson, CEC Lund UniversityFive hammers, one nail. Evaluating effects of CAP greening alternatives on ecosystem services - Yann Clough, CEC Lund UniversityEcosyst

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/video-workshop-about-ecosystem-services-agricultural-production - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. BECC is one of 12 strategic research areas at Lund University now highlighted in a new research magazine. ‘Mission is possible’ is a digital research magazine that provides thematically organised information about the impact research has on the world outside academia. Read article with the BECC theme leaders here.

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/mission-possible - 2026-05-05