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Karolin Hansén Nord will take on the role of Head of the Department of Laboratory Medicine (ILM) at the end of this year. What attracts most is the opportunity to influence and promote the development of the department. "We are facing several challenges, but I see them as opportunities for improvement," she says. How does it feel?"Very exciting! It´s a big responsibility, but I´m motivated and I l

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/change-head-department-ilm-it-should-be-easy-managers-do-right-thing - 2025-11-11

Ann-Ki Holmén-Pålbrink, biomedical analyst, has worked at the Faculty for almost four decades. It may seem a long time, but it´s been inspiring years with lots of fun at work, she says. "I stayed put, but everything around me has moved around". My job is constantly changing; new people, new methods, it drives me forward.How did you end up at the Faculty of Medicine?"In the last year of my educatio

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/my-medfak-i-think-its-fun-go-work-every-day - 2025-11-11

Are you ready to broaden the impact of your research? Join us for a session - in Malmö (Oct. 15) or Lund (Oct. 16) - designed to learn how to reach out on the platform The Conversation! Whether you are passionate about reaching policymakers, industry leaders or the general audience, this discussion will provide inspiration and ideas on how to elevate your communication. You’ll learn how to reach o

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/beyond-journals-expand-global-reach-your-research - 2025-11-11

Your research deserves to be communicated clearly, efficiently, and correctly. To develop your academic English, don't miss the opportunity to take part in the popular course “Written English for Scholarly Publication”. Register by 11 October. The course is organized by the English Unit at the Centre for Language and Literature and consists of eight seminars in November and December. The course is

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/popular-course-written-english-scholarly-publication - 2025-11-11

Anders Christensson, Anna Åkesson and Anders Grubb and collaborators have been awarded the Eldjarn prize 2024 for significant research efforts in kidney diseases. Anders Christensson reflects about why cross-field collaboration can be very valuable. Intramed asked Anders Christensson, Professor of renal medicine at Clinical Sciences Malmö and chief physician in renal medicine at Skåne University H

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/awarded-collaboration-interdisciplinary-research-provides-new-insights - 2025-11-11

Are you a PhD student or a Postdoc at the Faculty of Medicine? Here's a golden opportunity for you to take part in a seminar that will give you new insights into why publishing is key to an academic career. In a rare opportunity the Australian Professor Sonya Girdler will share her academic journey and authorship.–  I will give you 16 life lessons for surviving and thriving as an academic, focusin

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/seminar-academic-publishing-and-research-career-myths-vs-reality-1710 - 2025-11-11

Positivity, humour and tireless energy have characterised Professor Roland Andersson's 40 years at the Faculty. As a happy retiree-to-be, he looks back on his time here. "My advice is to prepare in time", he says. Roland Andersson is a surgeon and professor. He is also one of the pioneers in life science and innovation and was involved in the founding of the Lund company Probi. For some time he wa

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/after-40-years-faculty-pioneer-retiring - 2025-11-11

Have your, your relatives` or your friends' hearing checked free of charge. The hearing tests are carried out for a few days during November and December, sign up today. The hearing examination is performed by students at the Audiology programme at Lund University, under the supervision of licensed audiologists. The examination will take place at Skåne University Hospital in Lund, Kioskgatan 11. T

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/free-hearing-examination-our-audiology-students-welcome - 2025-11-11

This year's theme for WHO Day is "Mental health at work". At the Stem Cell Centre, they took a joint mental break for coffee and mingle with colleagues in order to promote a supportive and inclusive work environment. This year's theme for WHO Day is "Mental health at work". At the Stem Cell Centre, they took a joint mental break for coffee and mingle with colleagues in order to promote a supportiv

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/world-mental-health-day-10-october-mental-health-work-celebrated-coffee-stem-cell-centre - 2025-11-11

Register no later than 24 October. Limited number of spots. This tutorial is aimed at researchers working within life sciences who work with machine learning models but do not have the skills to build applications for web. It is becoming increasingly popular to share machine learning models with the community as web applications with an easy-to-use interface. Users can then adjust parameters or su

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/event-building-and-sharing-machine-learning-demo-applications-within-life-sciences-practical - 2025-11-11

The Faculty's pilot of transcription using the Whisper AI tool has worked very well, with many hundreds of hours of interview material transcribed so far. Until there is a university-wide solution, we are therefore continuing to offer the tool through the Department of Psychology. About the offerThe Department of Psychology has purchased a powerful computer to be used for transcribing audio and vi

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/whisper-transcription-tool-still-available-spring-term - 2025-11-11

Each year the Faculty of Social Sciences announces a number of recurring grants that are available to apply for certain categories of faculty staff. Also, please note the deadlines concerning appointments and courses for teaching in higher education. GrantsApplication monthsThe application months are to be used to draw up research applications. PhD holders employed until further notice as senior l

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/important-application-dates-2025 - 2025-11-11

On 15 January, the web pages of the Faculty of Social Sciences Library were launched on the Faculty's general website. At the same time the website sambib.lu.se was closed. Library information can now be found at www.sam.lu.se/en/library. The exception is the information about the library's support for researchers and teachers, which has been moved to the faculty's internal website together with o

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/library-has-moved-samluse - 2025-11-11

Lund University's social sciences have risen from 53rd to 46th place in Times Higher Education's subject rankings for 2025. This means that the University's social science subjects are the second highest ranked subjects at LU, after law. Times Higher Education's definition of social sciences covers political science and international relations, including development studies, public policy, and gov

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/social-sciences-climb-rankings - 2025-11-11

15 January was the application deadline for programmes in the international admission round. We are happy to report that both the total number of applicants and the number of first-choice applicants to the Faculty of Social Sciences' programmes have increased. The number of first-choice applicants to the Faculty of Social Sciences' programmes has increased by 9% compared to last year, while the to

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/more-applicants-facultys-international-masters-programmes - 2025-11-11

Klimatförändringar gör att våren kommer tidigare. Men flyttfåglarna hänger inte med i svängarna och kommer för sent till födan när de ska häcka. Genom att få fåglarna att flyga lite längre norrut har forskare i Lund och i Nederländerna sett att fåglarna kan ge sina ungar en bättre start i livet. Den globala uppvärmningen ställer till det för våra fåglar. Varmare vårar betyder att fjärilslarver klä

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/flyttfaglar-tar-langre-flygturer-att-ge-sina-ungar-en-battre-start-i-livet - 2025-11-11

Genom att använda mikrodesignade jordmodeller har forskare vid Lunds universitet undersökt hur pyttesmå partiklar av polystyren påverkar bakterier och svampar. Trots att denna nanoplast minskade både bakterie- och svamptillväxten lyckades svampen faktiskt ”städa upp” i sin omgivning och mildra plastens påverkan. – Plastavfall är ett enormt problem idag. Oavsett om det slängs nonchalant i naturen,

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/dammsugareffekt-hos-svampar-kan-halla-nanoplastpartiklar-i-schack - 2025-11-11

Anders Mikkelsen, professor i synkrotronljusfysik och föreståndare för NanoLund, är projektledare för ett nytt centrum som fått medel från Vinnova. Under fem år ska en månghövdad hjärntrust från universitetet och industrin arbeta med hur man skapar hållbara sensorer som kan användas i svåra miljöer. Vinnova satsar på elva nya kompetenscentrum inom områden som är viktiga för en hållbar industri- oc

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/fysikprofessor-ska-leda-nytt-excellenscentrum - 2025-11-11

Anne L'Huillier, professor i atomfysik vid fysiska institutionen, är en av årets Nobelpristagare i fysik! Läs mer om Anne L'Huillier: Nobelpriset i fysik 2023 | Lunds universitet (lu.se)

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/nobelpris-till-lund - 2025-11-11

Mats E. Eriksson, professor i paleontologi vid geologiska institutionen, har gjort sig känd för att namnge fossil efter hårdrocksstjärnor. Nu debuterar han med pikareskromanen Death: The Antidote To Misery där både skräckrockare, forskare och konstentusiaster får sitt lystmäte. Mats E. Eriksson är inte bara vanvettigt intresserad av urtidsdjur som dog ut för flera miljoner år sedan. Han hyser även

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/geologiprofessor-gor-skonlitterar-debut-om-death-metal-fossil-och-ond-brad-dod - 2025-11-11