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Mikael Dolsten was an advisor to President Obama, worked with Joe Biden on Cancer Moonshot, was involved in the R&D for some 30 drugs – and he is now leading the development of Pfizer’s and BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine as head of research at Pfizer. It is an impressive career to say the least, and it started in Lund, Sweden. The circle will be closed on 1 January 2021, when he takes up his visit
For people with mental health problems, it can take time and be difficult to achieve a successful working life. A new thesis from Lund University describes what is required to facilitate working life for persons with mental health problems: Hope and belief in the person's ability to work. To focus on the person and increase knowledge of mental illness among both employers and those who work with v
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/belief-peoples-ability-work - 2025-12-01
Technology adoption for active and healthy ageing, through a generational lens (half-time review Jens Offerman). Technology plays and will play an important role in promoting active and healthy ageing for current and future generations of older adults. However, very few studies highlight the specific knowledge needed to use different kinds of technologies and there is a lack of research addressing
https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/what-kind-technology-wanted-support-active-and-healthy-ageing - 2025-12-01
The ostrich is genetically wired to adapt to rising or falling temperatures. However, when the temperature fluctuates more often, as it does with climate change, the flightless bird with a 40-gram brain finds it much more difficult. A research team at Lund University has shown that the ostrich is very sensitive to fluctuating temperatures in terms of whether it reproduces. If the temperature rises
https://www.biology.lu.se/article/ostriches-can-adapt-heat-or-cold-not-both - 2025-12-01
Since 2012, the EU project Sandlife has worked to restore open sandy habitats in southern Sweden. Overgrown environmentally-protected areas, known as Natura 2000 areas, on sandy land in Skåne, Halland and Öland, have been opened up to become more accessible to both the public and rare plants and animals. The first results are now being presented and they are positive. The initiative has benefitted
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/biodiversity-increased-after-open-sandy-habitat-restoration - 2025-12-01
Using micro-engineered soil models, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have investigated the effect of tiny polystyrene particles on bacteria and fungi. While these nanoplastics reduced both bacterial and fungal growth, the fungus actually managed to “clean up” their surroundings, thereby easing the effect of the plastics. “Plastic waste is a huge global problem. Whether carelessly discarded
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/vacuum-cleaner-effect-fungi-can-hold-nanoplastics-bay - 2025-12-01
Europeiska forskningsrådet (ERC) är en viktig forskningsfinansiär i Europa som finansierar forskare med projekt som har potential att vara banbrytande inom alla vetenskapsområden. Som huvudansvarig för ett projekt har professor Martin Englund vid Lunds universitet haft förmånen att få sådan finansiering för en 5-årsperiod för ett projekt inom området artros. Meniskerna i knäet är två kilformade br
I mitten på november arrangerade Enheten för undervisningsstöd konferensen "Ett LU för alla" om inkluderande och tillgänglig undervisning. Nittio medarbetare samlades i Teknodromen på LTH för att lyssna, lära och diskutera. Vad hände under dagen? Hur upplevde deltagarna konferensen? Och vad låg bakom valet av talare? Syftet var gemensam förståelse och nya mötenAnn-Catrin Johansson som är initiativ
https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/sammanfattning-av-konferensen-ett-lu-alla - 2025-11-30
Skolforskningsinstitutet har beviljat ett anslag till en studie om lärandemetoder för att stärka ordförrådet hos barn och ungdomar. – Studien går ut på att lära eleverna strategier för hur man lär in ord och själv kan övervaka sitt lärande, förklarar Olof Sandgren, universitetslektor och docent, som leder studien. Forskningsprojektet ”Utvärdering av aktiva lärandemetoder för att stärka ordförrådet
https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/larandemetoder-kan-forbattra-chanserna-mellanstadieelever-med-sprakliga-svarigheter - 2025-11-30
Att resa till Mars är en nervkittlande fantasi för många av oss. Inte minst bland tech-miljardärer, vars fascination för rymden inte tycks veta några gränser. Forskare såväl som företag investerar stort i att utforska möjligheterna att resa till rymden. I Lund har forskarna tagit det ett steg längre, i alla fall i tanken. Psykologiforskaren Robert Holmberg och sociologen Christopher Mathieu arbeta
https://www.pi.lu.se/artikel/tar-rymden-till-hjalp-att-forestalla-sig-framtidens-arbetsliv-pa-jorden - 2025-12-01
Filipe Pereira, professor i molekylärmedicin vid Lunds universitet, tilldelas årets lokala Fernströmpris till yngre, särskilt lovande och framgångsrik forskare. Han får priset med motiveringen ”för sitt arbete med omprogrammering av blodceller och utvecklingen av immunoterapier baserade på denna teknik”. Det var ett får som avgjorde Filipe Pereiras karriärval. Han gick i gymnasiet när han hörde ta
Kees-Jan Pronk is a clinical scientist and oncologist at WCMM, who recently assumed the role of section Head of Paediatric Oncology, Haematology, Immunology and Nephrology. We congratulate him for this impressive achievement! Here follows a short interview where Kees-Jan discusses his motivations, proudest achievements and some of the fascinating challenges moving forward in the world of healthcar
https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmms-kees-jan-becomes-section-head-skane-university-hospital - 2025-12-01
Each year approximately four thousand people in Sweden are diagnosed with lung cancer and nearly as many die each year from the disease. It is the fifth most common form of cancer in Sweden and the one which claims the most victims. At Lund University researchers are working on finding new methods to diagnose and treat the disease. Despite the fact that lung cancer is such a large-scale problem th
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lung-cancer-early-diagnosis-leads-better-targeted-treatment - 2025-12-01
Professor Petter Pilesjö has been appointed Head of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, which will be established at the turn of the year. Security, integration, and joy will be high on his agenda during the first year. How would you briefly describe your background and yourself as a person?– I see myself as a broad geographer. After completing my undergraduate studies in geoscienc
https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/petter-pilesjo-appointed-head-facultys-new-department - 2025-12-01
Sara Nolbrant, from the Developmental and Regenerative Neurobiology lab, will be defending her PhD thesis on Friday 31st of January. Researching in the group led by Malin Parmar, Sara has been directing and dissecting the fate of dopaminergic neurons with the aim developing cell replacement therapy for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. Here, Sara answers a few questions about her research and
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/thesis-defence-interview-sara-nolbrant - 2025-12-01
New excavations have coaxed more secrets from Gribshunden, the flagship of the Danish-Norwegian King Hans which mysteriously sank in 1495 off the coast of Ronneby, Sweden. The wreck is internationally significant as the world’s best-preserved ship from the Age of Exploration – a proxy for the vessels of Christopher Columbus and Vasco da Gama. During August and September, a scientific team from Lun
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/cutting-edge-science-reveals-gribshundens-shipwrecked-secrets - 2025-12-02
In a recent study from Lund University in Sweden, researchers discovered that metabolic changes affect how blood cells are formed during embryonic development. They found a previously unknown metabolic switch with a key role in how different types of blood cells develop. This means blood cell formation can be directed towards producing natural killer cells in the laboratory to ultimately be used i
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/metabolism-found-regulate-production-killer-cells - 2025-12-02
