Assessing patients via chat functions is a means for healthcare centres to streamline care, but it requires an entirely new approach to medical evaluation. Photo: Ingemar Hultquist Assessing patients via chat functions is a means for healthcare centres to streamline care, but it requires an entirely new approach to medical evaluation. A study from Lund University shows that nurses need to expand t

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/nurses-need-new-skills-digital-triage - 2025-08-23

Year 3 children from S:t Jörgens School in Helsingborg tried making their own pencil robots when they visited the Science Centre on 30 January. A new centre to stimulate interest in science, technology and research is being built at Campus Helsingborg. In the long term, the Helsingborg Science Centre will attract 50,000 visitors a year, following the example of the Vattenhallen Science Centre in L

https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/science-centre-be-established-campus-helsingborg - 2025-08-23

Ann-Sofie Zettergren will take on the role of data steward for the Faculty of Social Sciences. With the Research Data Office, the University is working to improve support for researchers in the management of research data. Each faculty now has a data steward to assist researchers in their work with research data. Ann-Sofie Zettergren has the role of data steward at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-research-data-office-data-stewards-each-faculty - 2025-08-23

Charlotte Ling, who together with Katarina Fagher and Alice Maguolo, has been awarded a grant of five million Danish kroner by the Novo Nordisk Foundation. Photo: Kennet Ruona Congratulations to Charlotte Ling who, together with Katarina Fagher and Alice Maguolo, has been awarded a grant of five million Danish kroner by the Novo Nordisk Foundation. The funding will support clinical research in pre

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/charlotte-ling-receives-major-grant-clinical-diabetes-research - 2025-08-23

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/ma-work-progress-showings - 2025-08-23

Growth or degrowth is the theme for "Debatt i Lund" during the Sustainability Week. Illustration Catrin Jakobsson. During Sustainability Week, you can hear psychologists’ tips on how you can get rid of your climate change anxiety by taking action. You can also experience an earthquake via a virtual reality game, take an art tour in the Botanical Garden or learn how to bake bread without generating

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/transformation-theme-years-sustainability-week - 2025-08-23

Islamologist Anders Ackfeldt has featured on lists created by right-wing extremists of people considered as wanting to “destroy Sweden”. Photo:Kennet Ruona When Anders Ackfeldt and 22 other researchers criticised the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency’s (MSB) research report “The Muslim Brotherhood in Sweden” for adding fuel to an overly conspiracy theory-tinged image of Islam, it provoked a delug

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/islamologist-nuanced-picture-islam-provocative - 2025-08-23

Pär Svensson, international coordinator at LU. Photo:Jenny Loftrup The Swedish Migration Agency should speed up visa processing for international students and researchers – a move that Lund University has eagerly awaited. And more Swedish students should study abroad. These are two of the proposals in the report of the Swedish Government’s commission of inquiry on increased internationalisation at

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/visa-processing-should-speed-order-increase-internationalisation - 2025-08-23

Mattias Högberg and Fredrik Liedberg want to develop a system to analyse bladder cancer to create better chances of survival. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter Bladder cancer is as common as malignant melanoma. However, in the past three decades, the death rate has remained high and the treatment has been the same since the 1970s. Yet only a very small part of research funding goes to bladder cancer. Through

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/forgotten-cancer - 2025-08-23

Mikael Nyblom: "It feels like it was lucky that we were exposed to the situation in Hong Kong.  It became a sort of dress rehearsal for what was to come" New epicentres of the pandemic are flaring up, borders are closing, partner universities are shutting their doors and international communications are collapsing. Working as an international coordinator during the corona crisis demands a total fo

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/columnist-and-international-coordinator-mikael-nyblom-surfing-uncertain-outcome - 2025-08-23

“Now is the time to break with convention in the workplace and to investigate the outcome. ", says Johan Bertlett. During the pandemic, employees should avoid putting pressure on their managers for clear answers for which there is no basis. “As a manager, you have to stand firm in the uncertainty and not take hasty decisions”, says Johan Bertlett, who is in charge of the popular new summer course

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/dont-pressure-your-manager-clear-messages-during-covid-19-pandemic - 2025-08-23

Charlotte Ling and colleagues want to develop a kit for clinical use to predict the risk of cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes. Photograph: iStock An international research team led from Lund University, has identified epigenetic biomarkers that can predict which people with type 2 diabetes are at risk of cardiovascular disease. The study is now published in Cell Reports Medicine. People wi

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/biomarkers-reveal-risk-cardiovascular-disease-type-2-diabetes - 2025-08-23

Annika Mårtensson chats with colleague Louise Larsson. Like learning to fly as the plane takes off.   Across the entire University, teaching staff are grappling with the transition to digital education and assessment at record speed in the unique situation caused by the coronavirus. The initial phase includes long workdays and getting the available digital tools to work in a critical situation. “W

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/imposed-distance-education-puts-pressure-university-teaching-staff - 2025-08-23

Almedalen in Visby on the island of Gotland. Photo: Nadezhda Kharitonova /Shutterstock For the first time in two years, Lund University will be in Visby for Almedalen Week. In times of crisis and war, such democratic meeting places are more important than ever. “A magical place for dialogue, exchange and unexpected encounters that contribute to the development of our society.” This vision statemen

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/almedalen-opportunity-lu-meet-decision-makers - 2025-08-23

Caroline Sundberg, EU Policy Officer at the Brussels office of the Universities of South Sweden network. Photo: Melinda Szabo The new EU framework programme Horizon Europe is more generous than ever. It makes just over EUR 95.5 billion available for European researchers and innovators to share. The first calls for applications have opened and the remainder will be announced continuously over the n

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/eu-more-generous-ever - 2025-08-23

The open access market i lucrative. Not all magasines are genuine. Illustration: David Parkins The idea of publishing research findings in open access journals is in many ways an asset in the research community. Unfortunately, it has also entailed the emergence of many unprofessional agents on the market. Their only purpose is to trick researchers into giving them money. Olga had published academi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/watch-out-predators - 2025-08-23

Jan Astermark has done research in coagulation medicine since the beginning of the '90s. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter A lot has happened in coagulation medicine since Jan Astermark first started his research in the 1980s. The most recent progress is in gene therapy and the first patients with severe haemophilia who were treated in Malmö last year. “It is fantastically exciting to work in a research field

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/promising-results-new-gene-therapy-method - 2025-08-23

Adugna Negussie Gudeta, a doctoral student at the Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö, teaches about coeliac disease to students in Ethiopia. Photo: Dr. Tamiru Coeliac disease, also known as gluten intolerance, has until now been all but unknown in Ethiopia. Yet as more people adopt a Western diet, the number of cases is increasing. “Few people here have heard of coeliac disease, not even amo

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/researcher-raises-awareness-coeliac-disease-ethiopia - 2025-08-24

It is unclear which parts of physics and chemistry will move to Science Village. Vision image: Science Village What has been the main option for a long time – i.e. relocating basically all physics and chemistry to Science Village – is no longer relevant. The costs would be too high and the logistics of providing first and second-cycle education in particular would be difficult to organise. “This w

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-scraps-plan-relocate-chemistry-and-physics-science-village - 2025-08-24

Last year was the warmest year on record and 2024 is on track to be even warmer. Democracy is in decline and food insecurity is increasing as a result of military conflicts, economic crises and extreme weather. The ability of the United Nations to act globally is significantly weaker than before owing to the geopolitical situation. This comes at a time when we really need international cooperation

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/considerable-recognition-universitys-sustainability-initiatives-increasingly-unsustainable-world - 2025-08-24