By ulrika [dot] oredsson [at] sam [dot] lu [dot] se (Ulrika Oredsson) - published 20 March 2025 Lund University is taking an active step to meet society’s growing needs for security and crisis management. A new centre is being established at Campus Helsingborg with the aim of strengthening education, research and external engagement in total defence and preparedness on a broad front. Security thre

https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/lund-university-invest-sek-37-million-new-total-defence-centre - 2025-06-09

By julia [dot] luttrup [at] ch [dot] lu [dot] se (Julia Luttrup) - published 20 March 2025 The Helsingborg Trade Association wants to recognise the researchers at the Centre for Retail and Logistics (REAL), Lund University, who have made outstanding scientific publications over the past year. This is done through a new excellence scholarship. By supporting academic progress, the aim is to strength

https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/excellence-scholarship-promote-quality-and-research-progress-retail-and-logistics - 2025-06-09

Published 9 June 2025 The Campus Helsingborg International Student Career Programme, launched in the spring of 2025, consists of a series of events specifically designed to equip international students with the tools needed to navigate the Swedish labour market, apply for jobs and internships, visit local companies, and build valuable professional networks. The programme is organised in collaborat

https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/closing-international-student-career-programme-semester-event-internships - 2025-06-09

By helga [dot] heun [at] global [dot] lu [dot] se (Helga Haun) - published 5 June 2025 Since February 2024, Strategic Communication alumnus Tom Samuelsson has served as Press Secretary to Sweden’s Prime Minister, Ulf Kristersson, with a focus on foreign and security policy. You often see him in the background on Swedish news. He is not the one speaking on camera, but he plays a key role in ensurin

https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/alumni-focus-tom-samuelsson - 2025-06-09

Published 6 July 2023 It is always exciting to move into a new student apartment. You might think that all student apartments look pretty much the same, both in terms of layout and interior design, but that is far from the truth. At Furutorpsgatan student accommodation, Ellen Tössberg lives in a one-bedroom apartment of twenty square meters. The apartment may be small, but it has a lot of personal

https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/welcome-home-ellen - 2025-06-09

Published 6 July 2023 Lucas, an active board member of Ingenjörssektionen, has generous tips for both new students and those already in Helsingborg. We asked him a few questions to get his insider knowledge on how to navigate student life and take advantage of all that Helsingborg has to offer. You come as a new student to the city, how do you get to know people? The best way to get to know new pe

https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/new-helsingborg-what-not-miss - 2025-06-09

Published 6 July 2023 Eléonor studies strategic communication and lived in Helsingborg for the first two years of her studies. Read on to find out what she thinks the best things to do in Helsingborg during the summer! Are there any activities or events that you would recommend to others? The summer in Helsingborg is full of concerts so even though the semester has ended there is plenty of life in

https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/there-lot-going-helsingborg-all-time - 2025-06-09

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 18 October 2023 Filipe Pereira (R) coordinates the research project which is allocated 33 million from the EIC. Together with Fábio Fiúza Rosa (L), he is also one of the founders of the company Asgard Therapeutics, partner in the EIC project. Photo: Asgard Therapeutics An international research project led from Lund Un

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/enemy-friend-33-million-reprogramming-cancer-cells - 2025-06-09

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 19 October 2023 Cancer researcher Harald Stenmark, professor at the University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital, is the recipient of Eric K. Fernström Nordic Prize 2023. Photo: Øystein Horgmo. Cancer researcher Harald Stenmark, professor at the University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital, is the recipient of this year’

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/eric-k-fernstrom-nordic-prize-2023-awarded-cancer-researcher - 2025-06-09

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 6 November 2023 Diabetes researcher Rashmi Prasad at Lund University has been awarded this year's Medeon Scholarship for her research on the inheritance of type 2 diabetes and why the disease is inherited from the mother to a greater extent. Photo: Petra Olsson. How do heritability and the fetal environment affect the risk

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/research-inherited-type-2-diabetes-awarded - 2025-06-09

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 7 November 2023 Tony Ingesson and David Gisselsson Nord. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter David Gisselsson Nord and Tony Ingesson both love spy novels and have a nerdy interest in history. Their shared curiosity resulted in an interdisciplinary collaboration about how it might be possible to inspire smarter cancer treatment with

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/cancer-researcher-and-intelligence-expert - 2025-06-09

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 24 November 2023 Image: iStock/Zanuck Breath-holding spells are common in young children and are benign. Yet children often undergo unnecessary diagnostic interventions when seeking medical care. This is because there are no national or international guidelines on how to assess children in these cases. A team of resear

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/children-breath-holding-spells-undergo-unnecessary-diagnostic-interventions - 2025-06-09

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 30 November 2023 Image: iStock. Researchers have succeeded in restoring lost brain function in mouse models of stroke using small molecules that in the future could potentially be developed into a stroke therapy. “Communication between nerve cells in large parts of the brain changes after a stroke and we show that it can be pa

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-study-lost-brain-function-restored-after-stroke - 2025-06-09

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 5 December 2023 Spinocerebellar ataxias, SCA diseases, are a large group of rare, hereditary diseases in which difficulties in coordinating movements are common. Researchers have now solved the mystery behind one of SCA's diseases. Image: iStock/Andriy Yalanskyi. Intensive efforts are being made in medical research to

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/researchers-have-found-genetic-cause-type-hereditary-ataxia-sca4-long-unresolved-conundrum - 2025-06-09

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Bento Luis) - published 18 December 2023 Christopher Douse explores the repetitive portion of the human genome, so-called ‘genomic dark matter’, and its role in human brain development and degeneration. Photo: Alexis Bento Luis. Christopher Douse, a new group leader at the Faculty of Medicine at Lund University, has been awarded the Ben

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/exploring-genomic-dark-matter-christopher-douse-awarded-12m-grant-chan-zuckerberg-initiative - 2025-06-09

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 18 December 2023 The cerebellum plays an important role in motor skills and timing. Researchers link the changes found in the cerebellum in ADHD to a finger-tapping test. Photo: iStock. Through a simple, inexpensive five-minute test, one can obtain an initial indication of whether a child has ADHD or not. This is demon

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/five-minute-test-indicate-adhd - 2025-06-09

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 10 January 2024 Ganna Petruk and Artur Schmidtchen, two of the reserchers behind the study of a new treatment strategy for severe bacterial infections. Photo: Tove Smeds. The development of a new treatment strategy for bacterial infections and sepsis is being led by researchers at Lund University. In a study the researchers de

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/step-closer-treatment-severe-bacterial-infections-and-sepsis - 2025-06-09

By press [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Faculty of Medicine) - published 26 January 2024 Out of the 195 biomarkers examined, 13 were significantly associated with cardiovascular risk in people with type 2 diabetes. Photograph: iStock An international team of researchers has identified 13 biomarkers that significantly improve the ability to accurately predict cardiovascular disease risk in people with

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-study-biomarkers-improve-prediction-cardiovascular-disease-type-2-diabetes-2 - 2025-06-09

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 7 February 2024 The picture shows how a drug (orange) attaches to the aquaporin (purple), resulting in the aquaporin no longer being able to transport molecules across the cell membrane. Photo: Raminta Venskutonyte. Aquaporins are proteins that regulate the flow of water in and out of cells. These proteins have been fo

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/blocks-aquaporins-thereby-inhibiting-cancer-growth - 2025-06-09

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 15 February 2024 Anna Blom and Ben C King have discovered that C3 protein protects insulin-producing cells. Photo: Rebecca Rosberg Much research on diabetes focuses on understanding what happens when the insulin-producing cells are destroyed. Researchers at Lund University have instead chosen to investigate what protects t

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/protein-protects-insulin-producing-cells - 2025-06-09