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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The time has now run out for applications for the vice-chancellor position and it is time for the recruitment group to select suitable candidates for interviews. This work will take place throughout the spring. LUM has talked to staff at different levels within several faculties about how they view the role of vice-ch

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/vice-chancellor-wishlist-union-st - 2026-05-01

Fakulteternas hedersdoktorer för 2026 är nu utsedda och kommer att promoveras vid doktorspromotionen den 26 maj. Information om hedersdoktorernas föreläsningar kommer att uppdateras löpande här på sidan under våren. Hedersdoktor, på latin doctor honoris causa, är en värdighet som delas ut av en fakultet. Till hedersdoktorer utses personer som uträttat något storartat för universitetet eller samhäl

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/se-vilka-fakulteternas-hedersdoktorer-2026-ar - 2026-04-30

What happens when people meet? How do they interact? How do they react? Annika Nyman, lecturer at Malmö Theatre Academy, regards helping students to understand these things as the most important aspect of her teaching duties. Inside the Malmö Theatre Academy’s premises on Bergsgatan in Malmö, a group of acting students are busy rehearsing their degree project, a production that will be staged at B

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/flair-dramatic - 2026-04-30

So far, the way dolphins navigate, find food and socialise using sound signals has baffled researchers. Josefin Starkhammar, senior lecturer at the Division for Biomedical Engineering, together with colleagues, has now developed an algorithm which brings us closer to understanding the cetaceans’ phenomenal signalling system. In future, the new algorithm could be used to protect dolphins and to dev

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-algorithm-brings-us-closer-dolphin-communication - 2026-05-01

On 13th of February, a transplant of stem cell-derived nerve cells was administered to a person with Parkinson’s at Skåne University Hospital, Sweden. The product has been developed by Lund University and it is now being tested in patients for the first time. The transplantation product is generated from embryonic stem cells and functions to replace the dopamine nerve cells which are lost in the p

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/first-patient-receives-milestone-stem-cell-based-transplant-parkinsons-disease - 2026-05-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Five seconds is enough to assess the status of a hockey player’s groin. For the first time, a simple field test, called the five-second squeeze test, has been used on icehockey players to see if it can indicate current hip/groin function and hip muscle strength. According to the new study from Lund University in Swede

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/groin-and-hips-hockey-players-examined-five-second-test - 2026-05-01

Our brand new organisation, Centre for Research Infrastructure in Health and Life Sciences (CRI), has gone live. It is led by SciLifeLab Lund's Director, Markus Heidenblad. Read more the vision and how the consolidation will provide new momentum. New year, new job as Director of CRI, the Centre for Research Infrastructure in Health and Life Sciences. Congrats, Markus Heidenblad!“Thank you! I’m bot

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-centre-brings-together-research-infrastructures-improved-collaboration-visibility-and-strategic - 2026-05-01

In a master’s course in commercial theory where the regular exam was conducted in writing in a physical classroom before the pandemic, the re-examinations were conducted orally via Zoom Photo by ThisisEngineering RAEng on Unsplash The course had about 20 students and to emulate the design of the physical exam, the exam was performed in two parts. The students were given different start times for t

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/oral-examination-zoom - 2026-05-01

Genom Globalt dynamiskt engagemang (GDE) ska universitetets internationella genomslag utvecklas och stärkas. Före jul beslutade rektor om nya färdplaner för 2025 för alla geografiska områden där universitetet är verksamt. Färdplanerna bygger på en kontinuerlig omvärldsanalys och beskriver prioriterade aktiviteter inom forskning, utbildning och innovation. De vägleder det universitetsövergripande g

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/globalt-dynamiskt-engagemang-nu-ar-fardplanerna-2025-klara - 2026-04-30

Att alla studenter ska lära sig om hållbarhet någon gång under sin utbildning har Universitets- och Högskolerådet beslutat. Men hur kan man som lärare inkludera hållbarhet i sin undervisning – utan att slå knut på sig själv i ett ofta pressat tidschema? Det är bara en av frågorna som behandlats i seminarieserien Teaching & Learning in Higher Education - Principles & Practices under höstterminen. N

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/seminarium-19-januari-sustainable-teachersom-att-arbeta-hallbart-som-larare - 2026-04-30

Övervikt hos barn går att förebygga, och ju tidigare man börjar desto bättre. Det visar Mariette Derwig i sitt avhandlingsarbete i vilket hon utvecklat en samtalsmodell att använda inom barnhälsovården för att förebygga övervikt och främja sunda levnadsvanor. Drygt 6000 fyraåringar och deras föräldrar på 35 barnhälsovårdsenheter i Skåne har deltagit i studien. Barnobesitas, barnfetma, är sedan fle

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/ny-modell-ska-underlatta-halsoframjande-samtal-om-barns-overvikt - 2026-05-01

Welcome to the Fourth Edition of the "WCMM Fireside Chat". An ongoing initiative aimed at showcasing the research and innovations of scientists affiliated with WCMM in Lund. In this edition, we highlight Anders Wittrup, a clinical WCMM fellow specializing in RNA therapeutics. Anders and his team focus on overcoming the key challenge in RNA-based cancer therapeutics—delivery. We met WCMM clinical r

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-fireside-chat-anders-wittrup - 2026-05-01

Sophia New is the new lecturer and tutor at the MA program Performing Arts as Critical Practice at Malmö Theatre Academy. Previous to her role here, Sophia has been the course Leader for MA programmes at Wimbledon College of the Arts, UAL. We took the opportunity to ask Sophia New a few questions to get to know her better.  Hi Sophia!  Please tell us how you found your calling in the theatre, and

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/get-know-sophia-new-new-lecturer-ma-program - 2026-05-01

Kimberley Nicholas is a researcher from California who came to Lund with a passionate commitment to climate issues and strong interest in food and wine. “What nature gives us is what makes life worth living”, she says. She was in Paris for the climate conference that generated hope for the future, and she is successful in sharing her thoughts and research through social media. Kimberley Nicholas l

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/working-healthy-planet - 2026-05-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Statins are a cholesterol-lowering drug that almost one million Swedes take to reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease. But could perhaps statins also be used against breast cancer? Cancer researcher Signe Borgquist at least hopes so. Signe Borgquist and her colleagues found that statins had a tumour-inhibiting ef

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/common-drug-may-have-effect-breast-cancer - 2026-05-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Supervisors who do not have time for their doctoral students, or research which is used without giving the doctoral student credit as an author…. Aleksandra Popovic hopes that the newly established Research Programmes Board will result in increased initiative when it comes to dealing with the doctoral students’ proble

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/some-doctoral-students-find-their-supervisors-unreliable - 2026-05-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The archaeology team gets up with the sun at five o’clock each morning. They then work for seven hours under the burning sun in the middle of nowhere in Egypt’s desert landscape among venomous scorpions and lizards. They only stop work for lunch and a typical Egyptian chai tea break. “The most common danger is sunstro

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/leading-archaeological-super-team-banks-nile - 2026-05-01

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Högt blodtryck är en välkänd riskfaktor för hjärt- och kärlsjukdom. Forskare vid Sahlgrenska akademin, Göteborgs universitet, kan nu i en studie på 4 000 patienter visa att fetmakirurgi genom så kallad gastric bypass ger en sänkning av blodtrycket, som är bestående så länge som tio år efter operationen. – Vi vet sed

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/fetmaoperation-ger-langsiktig-sankning-av-blodtrycket - 2026-04-29

At the end of October Laura Duran Lozano successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis. Motivated by the idea of helping patients and families impacted by cancer, and as part of the EU CanFaster Program, she has spent the past four years working to identify predisposing genes for a type of bone marrow cancer known as Multiple Myeloma. In this interview, we learn how her collaborative research efforts hav

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/uncovering-genetic-risk-factors-multiple-myeloma-phd-interview-laura-duran-lozano - 2026-05-01

Vägen till öppen vetenskap - hur långt har vi kommit och vad måste nästa steg bli? Kungliga biblioteket (KB) och Vetenskapsrådet (VR) har som regeringsuppdrag att främja och samordna delar av den nationella utvecklingen mot öppen vetenskap. Nu har de släppt rapporter om arbetet. KB:s uppdrag rör öppen tillgång till vetenskapliga publikationer, i rapporten presenterar de förslag till åtgärder som s

https://www.lub.lu.se/internt/artikel/nyhetsbrev-april-e-media-och-vetenskaplig-kommunikation-1 - 2026-05-01