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The Nature Medicine Commission on Data-Driven Obesity Management will bring together global experts and datasets to tackle the growing burden of obesity-related noncommunicable diseases through data-driven decision support. “Our goal is to generate evidence that supports better and more equitable care for people living with obesity worldwide,” says the Commission Chair and Professor Paul Franks at
The city is the perfect place to study nature and how humans affect it, says Johan Kjellberg Jensen. In a new dissertation from the Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC) at Lund University, he explores the interaction between plants, animals, and humans in the physical environment of cities. Many of us associate 'nature' with something we go to the countryside to experience. But natu
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/city-our-most-important-ecosystem - 2026-07-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University is investing SEK 100 million in an interdisciplinary research programme focusing on Agenda 2030 and sustainable development. The programme is to attract international research expertise and to bring about the establishment of more internationally leading research environments in sustainability. “With i
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “I’m committed to the students and their education and I want to make the best I can with the help of the tools we have at our disposal”, says Igor Martins, teacher at School of Economics and Management, Lund University. Since Igor is such a popular teacher he was asked to share his best tips for teaching. Igor was as
https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/tips-using-digital-tools-your-course-teacher-year - 2026-07-05
The idea that research results should be simplified and related to a media logic when being communicated to the public is challenged in a new report on research communication. “It is just as important, if not more so, to provide an understanding of what lies behind the results – of the knowledge and the methods used,” says organisational researcher Anna Jonsson. She has been involved in the recent
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/background-results-important-when-communicating-research - 2026-07-05
Despite the pandemic, the mood is good among those working with international students. Richard Stenelo and Louise Corrigan think it is fantastic that so many of them have managed to arrive in Lund. “They have defied obstacles such as closed airports and vacated embassies. The most creative students seem to have made it here – and these are exactly the type of students we want”, they observe. Ther
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/international-students-managed-arrive-lund - 2026-07-05
(By natascha [dot] kljun [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Natascha Kljun and Julia Kelly) - published 6 August 2024)Even in Earth’s high northern-latitude forest, climate change is predicted to make wildfires more frequent and severe.Earth’s far north hosts the boreal forest, a vast green belt that stretches from North America to Siberia. The boreal forest is one of the world’s largest CO₂ sinks. Over
https://www.merge.lu.se/article/forests-destroyed-wildfires-emit-carbon-long-after-flames-die - 2026-07-05
The next-door neighbour whose home you’ve never been inside. That was how Jason Diakité, also known as hip hop artist Timbuktu, felt about the University while growing up in Lund. Today, he feels differently – having been awarded an honorary doctorate and now taking his seat as one of LU’s external Cultural Council members. Inside the historic Old Bishop’s House, final preparations are underway fo
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/timbuktu-universitys-cultural-council-glimpse-under-bonnet - 2026-07-06
In type 2 diabetes, the body's ability to release insulin is impaired, which leads to high blood glucose levels. Research led from Lund University shows how the levels of a particular protein are elevated in the pancreas of people with type 2 diabetes. By knocking out the gene for the protein IGFBP7, the researchers discovered that insulin secretion was improved. Reduced insulin secretion leads to
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/protein-affects-ability-secrete-insulin-type-2-diabetes - 2026-07-05
Newborn babies are already being screened for mutations and genetic tests help families with hereditary breast cancer. Genomic-driven precision medicine (GDPM) is an emerging approach for disease treatment. Around 30 Swedish researchers suggest a direction forward in a review article in Journal of Internal Medicine (JIM). "At the moment newborns are screened for a small number of mutations. In the
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/precision-medicine-emerging-approach-complex-diseases - 2026-07-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. At the graduation ceremony for all the master students at the Faculty of Social Science earlier in June, Stella Zimpfer received the Sparbankstiftelsen award for best master thesis in strategic communication, a thesis focusing on startup branding in the Öresund region. I asked Stella a few questions about her work. St
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. New results from the Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young (TEDDY) study showed an association between prolonged enterovirus infection and the development of autoimmunity to the insulin-producing pancreatic beta-cells that precedes type 1 diabetes (T1D). Notably, researchers also found that early adenovi
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/unexpected-viral-behavior-linked-type-1-diabetes-high-risk-children - 2026-07-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Eva Nordmark was 62 when she received her Alzheimer’s diagnosis. But rather than life ending, it gave her the chance to reclaim parts of her life that she had not previously had time for. It is a sunny autumn day at the Humlamaden rehab centre outside Veberöd, and the stable is full of life and activity. The 32-year-o
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/when-memory-fails - 2026-07-05
He has designed a transport box that keeps hearts alive outside the body and developed a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) device. But during a visit to nuns in Africa, he was suspected of being a spy. Meet Stig Steen, a post-retirement professor of thoracic surgery, who is driven by an unshakeable belief that the greatest things in life are on the other side of the mountain. If Stig Steen had f
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/cardiothoracic-innovator - 2026-07-06
What are AI writing tools and how do they affect our assessments? Three main options for considering AI writing tools in assessment are: 1. to ban their use, 2. to assume that they may be used, and set tasks which incorporate them or 3. require them to be used – to fully incorporate the tools in the assessment. Continue reading and get concrete examples on this current topic! Foto: Deepmind, Domhn
https://www.education.lu.se/artikel/potential-impact-ai-tools-assessment - 2026-07-05
The EAT-Lancet diet is a framework designed to promote environmental sustainability while also preventing common diseases such as type 2 diabetes. How do we know if the diet actually works? An international research team studied seven dietary scores and found that two of them were particularly good at evaluating adherence to the diet. Reliable diet scores are important when developing sustainable
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/research-paves-way-sustainable-dietary-recommendations - 2026-07-05
Antibiotic treatments help the body to fight infections and should have as little negative impact on humans as possible. A new study in the journal Nature Medicine shows that the use of antibiotics can affect the human gut microbiota for several years. The study found that some types of antibiotics had a greater impact on the gut microbiota than others. “It is great that we have antibiotics which
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/antibiotics-can-have-long-term-effect-gut-microbiota - 2026-07-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Newborn babies are already being screened for mutations and genetic tests help families with hereditary breast cancer. Genomic-driven precision medicine (GDPM) is an emerging approach for disease treatment. Around 30 Swedish researchers suggest a direction forward in a review article in Journal of Internal Medicine (J
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/precision-medicine-emerging-approach-complex-diseases - 2026-07-05
Tolibjon Mustafoev, PhD candidate at Lund University For the last few decades, Uzbekistan has been a popular research destination for many scholars studying authoritarian regimes. Indeed, the first president of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov, had been in power from the first days of independence in 1991 until September 2016. Karimov was known for his policies on closed economy, high bureaucracy, centra
Veterinarian in charge Anders Forslid is retiring after 30 years working to improve the welfare of research animals at Lund University. He has witnessed a paradigm shift in animal health and animal experiments, and the way animal testing and humans’ obligations are viewed has changed. When Anders Forslid started out as a laboratory animal veterinarian at Lund University, he received a fairly cool
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/if-we-are-going-have-animal-testing-then-we-have-do-it-well - 2026-07-06
