By annika [dot] persson [at] ses [dot] lu [dot] se (Annika Persson) - published 8 March 2023 This years first nailing ceremony took place at the department when Rui Liu nailed her thesis "Tinkered care: Assembling Medicine Consumption in Grey Zones". The topic is medical and health services, and falsified medical products. The aim of the dissertation is to advance knowledge about care as situated

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/rui-liu-nailed-her-dissertation - 2025-05-01

By annika [dot] persson [at] ses [dot] lu [dot] se (Annika Persson) - published 10 March 2023 Micol Mieli, Yulia Vakulenko and Pernilla Derwik. For the fourth year in a row, new doctors active at Campus Helsingborg have had the possibility to receive fundings from the Helsingborg trade association. Besides being a researcher with connection to Helsingborg, it is also favorable to have a focus on r

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/new-doctors-granted-funds-develop-trade-helsingborg - 2025-05-01

By ricardo [dot] guillen [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Ricardo Guillén) - published 20 June 2017 By Chrisrosenk (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Hakim Abdi, who recently defended his PhD thesis at the department, has published a popular science article on The Conversation website. Hakim Abdi recently finished his PhD studies the depa

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/chad-country-most-vulnerable-climate-change-heres-why - 2025-05-01

Published 6 July 2017 Jörgen Olofsson, Markku Rummukainen and Minchao Wu were recently featured or cited in various media. Researcher interviewed about strategies to achieve climate targetsResearcher Jörgen Olofsson, was interviewed in the daily Dagens ETC about a new book containing 100 strategies to achieve climate targets by 2050. “I’ve only skimmed through the list, but I see that, for example

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/staff-swedish-media - 2025-05-01

By ricardo [dot] guillen [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Ricardo Guillén) - published 28 August 2017 Anders Lindroth Anders Lindroth was interviewed by the magazine Dagens ETC about the climate impact of forests, and about why the amount of carbon in the atmosphere is increasing. Anders Lindroth, Professor Emeritus at the Department, was recently interviewed by Dagens ETC. In one article about abou

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/anders-lindroth-interviewed-dagens-etc - 2025-05-01

Published 20 September 2017 Photo: Patrik Vestin Swedish forests are important carbon sinks today, despite emissions from deforestration. The choice of management is paramount for the impacts on climate change and some of the concepts used in the climate discussion today needs to be thought over and based on research. This is the essense of an article published by Professor Anders Lindroth and Pro

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/dn-debatt-clear-cutting-forests-generate-large-greenhouse-gas-emissions - 2025-05-01

Published 23 February 2017 Obesity is associated with reduced muscle mass and impaired metabolism. Epigenetic changes that affect the formation of new muscle cells may be a contributing factor, according to new research from Lund University, Sweden. In a new study, doctoral student Cajsa Davegårdh has studied so-called DNA methylation in muscle stem cells in both obese and non-obese individuals. D

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/obesity-reprogrammes-muscle-stem-cells - 2025-05-01

Published 24 February 2017 BEAt-DKD (“Biomarker Enterprise to Attack Diabetic Kidney Disease”), a unique public private partnership funded by the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), member companies from the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and the state of Switzerland has announced the launch of a 5-¬¬ye

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/innovative-medicines-initiative-project-precision-medicine-dkd - 2025-05-01

Published 24 February 2017 Almost 0.5 billion people have diabetes globally, many of whom are unaware of their condition; within the next two decades, this number is expected to double, largely owing to a growing, ageing, and increasingly industrialized global population. Lund University receives 100 million SEK from The Swedish Foundation of Strategic Research to help stop this development. “This

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/100-million-sek-personalized-medicine-diabetes - 2025-05-01

Published 24 February 2017 Throughout our lives, our genes are affected by the way we live. Diet, exercise, age and diseases create imprints that are stored in something called methylome. Now, for the first time, researchers at the Lund University Diabetes Centre in Sweden have been able to map the entire methylome in the pancreatic islets which produce insulin, and the researchers have made sever

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/unique-mapping-methylome-insulin-producing-islets - 2025-05-01

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 3 December 2020 Cover: Nineveh Press Ten non-Armenians from ten European countries write about their interest in and experiences of Armenia. In moving and, at times, funny essays they depict dramatic events, lasting friendships, political struggles. We hear about lavash and brandy, genocide and revival, Yerevan and sma

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-svante-lundgren-one-editors-new-book-armenia-mon-amour-ten-europeans-speak - 2025-05-01

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 9 December 2020 CMES Spyros Sofos was awarded a PhD in Regional and Cross-cultural Studies at the University of Copenhagen after the examination of his thesis entitled “The Meanings of the People in Turkish Politics: A Genealogy” on Monday 7 December. The Meanings of the People in Turkish Politics: A Genealogy This the

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-phd-thesis-meanings-people-turkish-politics-genealogy - 2025-05-01

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 10 December 2020 Project title: AI assisted radar rainfall algorithms for advanced engineering decision support systems. Photo: Joshua Lanzarini on Unsplash Local weather often is not what news reports for cities and counties. As transient, local, and intense as a cloudburst, rainfall can be highly variable, impractica

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-hasan-hosseini-has-got-pre-seed-funding-2021-lu-innovation - 2025-05-01

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 14 December 2020 Photo: Mor Shani on Unsplash The article has been published in Sustainability and is available online. Co-writers are Khaldoon A. Mourad and Hasan Hosseini, also from CMES. Farmers know much more than we think, and they are keen to improve their knowledge in order to improve their farms and increase th

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/role-citizen-science-sustainable-agriculture-new-article-cmes-helen-avery - 2025-05-01

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 15 December 2020 Lisen Dellenborg & Maria Frederika Malmström Female Circumcision/Genital Mutilation and Human Rights: Ownership of Personal Change. Cover: Nille Leander and Sara Johnsdotter Co-writer Lisen Dellenborg. The article is published in the book "FEMALE GENITAL CUTTING The Global North and South" (Malmö Unive

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-maria-frederika-malmstroms-new-article-female-circumcisiongenital-mutilation-and-human-rights - 2025-05-01

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 17 December 2020 Akiça Bahri is the new Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries in Tunisia. It is during a difficult time that Akiça Bahri has taken over the responsibility as Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries in Tunisia. But with a doctorate in water management from Lund University

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/lu-doctor-water-focus-and-cmes-connections-new-minister-tunisia - 2025-05-01

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 22 December 2020 Middle Eastern research news from Lund University Message from the director Seasonal greetings from the team at the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies  This has been a strange and challenging year. We have just closed down the Centre temporarily due to escalating Covid-19 pandemic.  However, in 2021 we

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-forum-newsletter-16-december-2020 - 2025-05-01

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 12 January 2021 The Middle East contributes to about 25% of the dust particles produced in the world. Photo: Darya Tryfanava on Unsplash The majority of the new dust sources are due to environmental degradation caused by human activities. To prevent further dust source generation, the first step is to identify the new

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-cmes-research-about-dust-source-detection-and-dust-source-susceptibility-mapping - 2025-05-01

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 13 January 2021 Photo: JESHOOTS.COM on Unsplash This study identifies obstacles and barriers in distance learning and the use of electronic exams, comparing them to pursue success in the distance education system during the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). It also aimed to determine the similarity and differences betwe

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/obstacles-distance-learning-and-applying-electronic-exams-during-covid-19-new-cmes-research - 2025-05-01

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 18 January 2021 Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash The demand for water supply is continuously rising due to population growth and development across the world. In arid and semi-arid areas, particularly the Middle East, aquifers form the central freshwater reserves, hence are being uncontrollably exploited to meet wate

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/application-advanced-machine-learning-algorithms-assess-groundwater-potential-using-remote-sensing - 2025-05-01