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Universitetets holdingbolag byter namn till LU Ventures. Det nya namnet ska bättre återspegla verksamhetens uppdrag: att bygga bolag för att omvandla forskning till nya produkter och tjänster som skapar global nytta. ”Vi är tredje bäst i världen, men vi ska inte nöja oss – mer forskning måste leda till innovationer”, sa rektor Erik Renström. Han hänvisar till en rapport som nyligen visade att Lund

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/lu-holding-blir-lu-ventures-ett-nytt-kapitel-universitetets-bolagsbyggare - 2026-05-16

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Kristina Sundquist, professor vid Lunds universitet och Centrum för primärvårdsforskning, har nyligen beviljats ett nytt anslag från National Institutes of Health – närmare 20 miljoner kronor – för att studera suicid i förhållande till alkohol- och drogmissbruk. Projektet, som sker i samarbete med forskaren Alexis E

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/nih-anslag-till-forskning-om-relationen-suicid-alkohol-och-droger - 2026-05-16

Yulia Vakulenko grew up in a small Russian town north of the Arctic Circle, today she works at Lund University. When Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February, her world was turned upside down. The first thing Yulia Vakulenko says when she meets me on the staircase of her workplace at the Ingvar Kamprad Design Centre, IKDC, is that her sorrow is nothing compared to what the people of Ukraine are being

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/yulia-russia-helps-refugees-ukraine - 2026-05-16

With SEK 36 million in funding, stakeholders in Skåne are joining forces to develop and commercialise breakthrough ATMP research – Advanced Therapy Medical Products. The aim is to accelerate the next generation of these therapies so that more potentially life-saving ATMP treatments reach patients who currently lack effective treatment options Through the ATMP Path2Patient project, stakeholders wil

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/major-investment-accelerates-advanced-therapies-research-patient - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A modern version of collegial leadership! That is the objective for Charlotte Simonsson – a management consultant who returned to the University and became a manager herself. Here, she finds a forum for continuous discussion about leadership is lacking. “We are so good at analysing and examining everything else – but

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/management-consultant-who-became-head-department - 2026-05-15

How do some planets end up extremely close to their host stars, despite appearing to have formed much farther away? A new international JWST study, led by the University of Southern Queensland in collaboration with MIT, seeks to answer this question. From Lund University, Judith Korth contributed key dynamical analysis. The study focuses on TOI‑1130b, a mini‑Neptune orbiting a star about 190 light

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/when-planets-migrate-lund-researcher-contributes-key-analysis-jwst-study - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Meet Paul Franks... ... Professor of Diabetes Research and sportsman, who raised money for diabetes research by competing in the Copenhagen Ironman* triathlon race a while ago. How have the race and the fundraising gone? “I think it’s gone well. Despite a broken toe, I finished the race in just over 10 hours. I beat m

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/running-diabetes - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. For nearly nine years, researchers at Lund University have been working on developing implantable electrodes that can capture signals from single neurons in the brain over a long period of time - without causing brain tissue damage. They are now one big step closer to reaching this goal, and the results are published

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/breakthrough-electrode-implants-brain - 2026-05-15

Soumi Banjeree, 28, is currently doing a PhD at Lund University’s School of Social Work and occupied the coordinator position at SASNET during the autumn. Alongside organising and making sure panellists make their way to Lund for our seminars, she has drafted research articles and worked on her PhD thesis this past semester. However, Banerjee's position as coordinator in 2022 was not her first ass

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/soumi-banerjee-shrinking-civic-spaces-india-ngos-are-attempting-shift-away-activism - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “I am so happy to be here”, says Alvina Erman, this evening’s perhaps newest alumnus. She completed her studies in Lund in Sweden last year and, together with her Canadian friend and former Lund student Jean-Francois Trinh Tan, she has come to attend Lund University’s very first alumni event in Washington DC. House of

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-breaks-new-alumni-ground-washington - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. One of the two recent Lund University jubilee stamps depicts the young diabetes researchers Anna Edlund and Jones Ofori. They are pleased to be featured on the stamps – but it was a complete surprise to them both. “Obviously we knew that our picture had been taken. A couple of years ago, there was a photographer here

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/unknowing-researchers-became-stamp - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Following criticism from the Swedish Research Council for delays and unclear leadership at MAX IV, the organisation is now headed in the right direction. Efficiency has increased through stricter deadlines, clearer priorities among the projects and increased clarity in the decision chains. “We are on the right path an

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/max-iv-sees-light-end-tunnel - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. An international study led by researchers from Lund University in Sweden has found that a collision in the asteroid belt 470 million years ago created drastic changes to life on Earth. The breakup of a major asteroid filled the entire inner solar system with enormous amounts of dust leading to a unique ice age and, su

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/gigantic-asteroid-collision-boosted-biodiversity-earth - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. If you have ever sniffed yourself dizzy at a perfume counter, you have perhaps also come across claims that pH values, fragrance notes and pheromones affect the scent. Are these and other claims true? And what is it that actually makes us smell nice – or nasty? Chemistry Professor Ulf Ellervik separates the scents fro

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/facts-and-fallacies-about-perfumes-and-body-odours - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In the current extraordinary situation, voluntary initiatives and ideas have taken off at Lund University, at several different faculties. Everyone is helping where they can. In times of significant pressures on society, many people want to contribute to ensure the functioning of healthcare and education.  When it bec

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/maths-tutoring-visors-and-disinfection-volunteer-initiatives-continue-lund-university - 2026-05-15

Renewable and affordable energy is key for societal and economic growth, and for achieving national and global climate goals. Research from LUCSUS is mapping the energy transition in Nepal and has identified how increasing energy access is closely linked to a new political awakening in the country.  "Nepal is a very interesting case study since it has been held up as a case for how a country can t

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/double-transition-energy-nepal - 2026-05-15

Bringing together clinical insight and molecular research is essential for advancing modern medicine. With the appointment of Lisa Rydén as new Clinical Co-Director at the Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine Lund, the centre aims to further strengthen the bridge between healthcare and academic research environments in Lund. A professor of surgery with long-standing experience in translational

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/lisa-ryden-appointed-clinical-co-director-wcmm-lund-strengthen-translational-research - 2026-05-15

The Econometric Game in Amsterdam is a competition known as the ”World Championship in Econometrics”. And now, after many years of Top 3 positions, the competing LUSEM student team has won the 2021 Game! LUSEM was represented by master’s students Ester Trutwin and Natalie Irmert, and doctoral students Devon Spika and Matthew Collins. They all study Economics at Lund University School of Economics

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lusem-team-wins-world-championship-econometrics - 2026-05-15

The excitement has been palpable in recent weeks following the award of the Nobel Prize in Physics to Anne L’Huillier, a researcher at Lund. This is the first time a researcher at Lund University has received a Nobel Prize, and atomic physicist Anne L’Huillier is only the fifth woman ever to be awarded the prize in Physics. By now it is widely known where atomic physicist Anne L’Huillier was when

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/anne-lhuillier-received-lunds-first-nobel-prize - 2026-05-16

Kan det amerikanska sjukvårdssystemet dra nytta av ett forskningsprojekt i skånska primärvården? Ja, det tycker USA’s nationella forskningsfinansiär NIH. Ett anslag på 33 miljoner kronor går nu till Oskar Hansson vid Lunds universitet och hans senaste projekt inom alzheimerforskning. Vi vill se om diagnostiken av Alzheimers i primärvården kan underlättas genom att använda blodprovet. Oskar Hansson

https://www.multipark.lu.se/sv/artikel/33-miljoner-fran-amerikanska-nih-till-alzheimerforskning-i-skanska-primarvarden - 2026-05-15