University employees can now nominate academic staff as candidates to serve on the University Board. Three new board members shall be chosen from the academic staff for the period 1 May 2023 ‒ 30 April 2026. The deadline for nominations is 12 October.
Read more and nominate candidates (staff.lu.se) |
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| The faculty nominating committee has now begun the process of preparing nominations for the positions of dean, deputy dean and members of the faculty board for the term of office 1 January 2024 – 31 December 2026. Over the course of the autumn, current deans and heads of department will be interviewed to get an overall picture of how to go about developing the person specifications. If you have any questions, contact the chair of the nominating committee, Ola Wendt (ola.wendt@chem.lu.se) or the secretary of the nominating committee, Ellen Giljam (ellen.giljam@science.lu.se). |
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Dean Sven Lidin welcomed the audience and explained that the purpose of the seminar series is to welcome all faculty staff to participate in discussions about the future of our activities. Invited guests will mainly be people working on funding or policies in our sector. Right now, there are big changes in the world around us and we also see that the faculty is facing a journey of change.
Tim Ekberg, head of planning at Lund University then talked about the governmental and political governance of universities in Sweden, the financial year at Lund University and how resources are allocated. The university has good conditions but there are now increased costs for everything. Although we will receive some compensation, it will be delayed. All activities will therefore be affected in different ways in a time of turmoil and uncertainty. It is also uncertain how much new money we will receive from the government in the future and a risk of slightly less external funding from private operators. But even though we are facing great financial uncertainty, there is hope for growth in the long term.
Upcoming seminars: 25 October and 8 November. The invitation will be sent out shortly. |
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| Lena Jönsson, senior lecturer at the Department of Medical Radiation Physics, has been awarded the 2022 Health Sciences Student Association’s Teaching Prize. She has been awarded the prize for her outstanding teaching of radiology nurses. |
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The Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation (MMW) has at short notice announced a change in its call for project grants 2023. The Foundation has withdrawn the part of the call focused on sustainable society and has replaced it with a targeted grant aimed at ecocycle analysis of functional and technical materials. Research Services at Lund University has been in contact with the Marcus and Amalia Wallenberg Foundation (MAW) regarding whether they also plan to withdraw their part of the call focused on sustainable society, but the foundation has no information to give. Lund University's internal management rules have been updated to accommodate MMW's change. Within the Faculty of Science, the letter of intent (written in accordance with the instructions in the management rules) should be sent to tobias.nilsson@science.lu.se by 1 December. Contact Johanna Mellgren (johanna.mellgren@fs.lu.se) at Research Services if you have questions about the call.
Keep up to date about the call and the University's management rules (staff.lu.se) |
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In Zoom, participants can see and talk to each other, view presentations and break out into small groups to have conversations. Lectures, presentations and instructions can be recorded and published on a course page in Canvas. Lund University has its own Zoom, LU Zoom, which is separate from the commercial version of Zoom.
Get started with LU Zoom on the website Teaching and learning online |
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Lennart Lindegren, post-retirement professor at the Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics, will receive one of the world’s most prestigious research prizes – The Shaw Prize – today, 29 September, at 12:00 noon Swedish time. The ceremony will be streamed live on The Shaw Prize website and will be available to view afterwards. Lindegren will give his prize lecture on 30 September. The live stream starts at 11:30 Swedish time, and can be viewed via Zoom (registration required).
Watch the ceremony on 29 September (shawprize.org)
Sign up for the prize lecture on 30 September (hku.hk)
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Doctoral students can now apply to the course ”Mastering genomic data in population and association studies”, which will be held in week 44. The application deadline is 16 October (places will be filled on a first come, first served basis).
Read more and apply for the PhD course (cmps.lu.se) |
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| Applications for the faculty’s new Master’s programmes in Computational Science and Applied Computational Science will open this autumn. The programme directors invite teaching staff and other interested parties to an information meeting on 12 October from 12:15 to 13:00 in Lundmarksalen, Astronomihuset. A separate information meeting will be held for students on 5 October from 12:15 to 13:00 in Lundmarksalen. Contact Philipp Birken (philipp.birken@math.lu.se) for more information. |
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| Stefan Prestel will be giving an associate professorship lecture with the title “Charge, parity and time in particle physics”. Time and place: 13 October from 13:30–14:30, HUB (K364-365), Fysicum. |
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The national infrastructure for data visualization, InfraVis, invites you to Lund Visualization Week, which explores data visualization opportunities in a range of fields, from the natural sciences to the humanities. Time and place: 24–26 October at the Ingvar Kamprad Design Center.
Read more and sign up for the Lund Visualization Week (lu.se)
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Lund University Bioinformatics Infrastructure (LUBI) is hosting the following activities:
- Seminar: “Single cell RNA sequencing: Beyond gene expression” with Yogita Sharma. Time and place: 26 October at 10:00 in Segerfalksalen, BMC, and via Zoom.
- Seminar: “Discovering molecular mechanisms underlying genetic etiology of human disease” with Louella Vasquez. Time and place: 14 November at 13:30 in Segerfalksalen, BMC, and via Zoom.
- Seminar: “In search of Viking origins: tackling the big WHEN and WHERE questions” with Eran Elhaik. Time and place: 30 November at 10:00 in Segerfalksalen, BMC, and via Zoom.
- Annual meeting, on the theme “National networks – possibilities for bioinformaticians and Lund University”. Time and Place: 6 December (morning) in Belfragesalen, BMC, and via zoom.
- Lunch the second Friday of every month for anyone interested in bioinformatics. Contact karin.engstrom@med.lu.se for more information.
Read more and sign up for the seminars (lubi.lu.se)
Read more and sign up for the annual meeting (lubi.lu.se) |
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The Division for Higher Education Development (AHU) has now opened registration for the courses below, to be offered in the spring. The registration deadline is 30 November.- Teaching and learning in higher education
- Course design in higher education
- Doctoral supervision
- To supervise essays
- Director of Studies – in Higher Education Development
Read more about the courses and register on the AHU website |
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Over the course of the month, four new theses will be presented at the Faculty of Science.
- Smita Chakraborty, “Investigation of Quark Gluon Plasma-like signals with Lund string interactions”
- Adrian Gustafson, “On the role of terrestrial ecosystems in a changing Arctic”
- Manto Chouliara, “Binding Kinetics of Proteins at Immune-Cell Contacts”
- Klas Lucander, “Direct and indirect pressures of climate change on nutrient and carbon cycling in northern forest ecosystems: Dynamic modelling for policy support”
Search for doctoral theses in the University’s research portal
See forthcoming public defences of theses (lu.se) |
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| Lina Herbertsson, researcher at the Department of Biology, has been interviewed about a new study that shows that wild bees that ingest the insecticide clothianidin from treated rapeseed are slowed down. The substance also damages their ability to pollinate strawberry plants, which results in smaller fruit. |
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| Anders Johansen, professor at the Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics, has been interviewed about a new study that shows how Saturn’s rings may have formed. According to the study, Saturn may have had another moon, which eventually got too close to its planet and therefore broke apart. The remains then formed the rings. |
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| Marie Dacke, professor at the Department of Biology, has been interviewed about how insects such as the brimstone butterfly survive the winter in Sweden. She also talks about insects that migrate to warmer climes, such as the thistle butterfly, which migrates to Africa in stages carried out by different generations. |
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| Tommy Cedervall, a researcher at the Department of Chemistry, has been interviewed about a study that shows that nano plastics degrade faster than larger plastic debris. Cedervall says the discovery is good news because it could mean that plastic is not causing as much damage as feared. The researchers of the study also investigated how nano plastic affects zooplankton. |
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In the latest issue of LUM, physical geographer Johanna Asch and biologist Ulrika Ervander talk about their survey of Sweden’s last old-growth forests. Tönu Pullerits, professor at the Department of Chemistry, has been interviewed about the University’s profile area Light and materials – from fundamental understanding to industrial and societal needs. Henrik Smith, professor at the Department of Biology and the Centre for Environmental and Climate Science, talks about the profile area Sustainable solutions in the climate change – biodiversity – social nexus – ClimBioSis. And Julia Weber, doctoral student at the Department of Biology, has been featured in a personal profile.
LUM’s website |
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| Andreas Nord, a researcher at the Department of Biology, has been interviewed about animals that have been hit hard by the heat and drought in southern Europe in recent months. The list includes the common swift and other migratory birds, butterflies, hedgehogs, bumblebees, and fish. |
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| Anders Lindroth, professor emeritus at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, has written an opinion piece on how forests can be used to achieve the 1.5-degree target. |
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Jessica Abbott, senior lecturer at the Department of Biology, has been interviewed as she assumes the role of columnist for the magazine Curie, published by the Swedish Research Council.
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| Arne Hegemann, researcher at the Department of Biology, has been interviewed about the fact that electric cables are going to be encased in plastic in order to protect Eurasian eagle-owls. Electric shocks are a common cause of death among Eurasian eagle-owls in Sweden, who land on the top of utility poles at night as they hunt for prey. |
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| Johan Kjellberg Jensen, doctoral student at the Department of Biology, has been interviewed about a new study that shows how a warmer climate might impact some 3,000 species of trees and bushes in over 160 cities around the world. Results show that around 70 per cent of the species are at risk of being affected negatively less than 30 years from now. |
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| Marcus Stensmyr, senior lecturer at the Department of Biology, has been interviewed about how fruit flies get into our homes, what they eat and how we can get rid of them. |
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| Arne Hegemann, researcher at the Department of Biology, features in an article as he has been helping to ring birds in Falsterbo. Millions of birds gather there every year in conjunction with the autumn migration, attracting birdwatchers from all over the world. |
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Do you have business idea that you would like to take to the next level? Sign up for the IDEA competition organised by the non-profit organisation Venture Cup. As a participant, you will receive feedback on your idea, marketing opportunities on the competition platform and the chance to network professionally. The registration deadline is 8 November.
Read more and enter the competition (venturecup.se) |
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