ERC provides secured funding for five years to Barbara Sixt's research on chlamydia.
She received the prize for her research and her commitment to promoting international collaboration.
Chemistry professor represents ͯƵ in the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, IVA.
Three researchers have been appointed Wallenberg Academy Fellows by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.
Meet Sanja Vanhatalo, a postdoc in Björn Schröder's lab who studies microbiota and inflammatory bowel disease.
Max Renner explore how viruses copy themselves – to help stop future outbreaks.
Infection researcher Anne-Marie Fors Connolly receives SEK 500,000 in investment funds from the Alf Committee.
The researchers' goal is more precise target drugs with lower doses and less impact on healthy tissue.
"The classic flu symptoms can become more pronounced with this variant", says Professor Niklas Arnberg.
Researchers, infrastructure, and industry joined conference for two days of knowledge exchange and networking
Harshit Malhotra's research aims to use special tools to control the cellular processes of bacteria.
Ten million for innovative technology in cancer research.
Two interesting Nobel symposia will be held at ͯƵ in July and September next year.
A hormone produced in the thyroid gland can play a key role in prostate cance, is shown in a new study.
Dmitry Malyshev is exploring new ways to detect and remove bacteria in the dairy industry.
Wich company will win the University Spin-off of the Year award at Umeågalan 2025?
Smart solutions for a more sustainable campus – from app-controlled study rooms to flowering meadows.
Researchers have developed a laser made entirely from biomaterials.
MIMS awarded the 2025 Clinical Research Fellowships to Alicia Lind.
What links green cheese, AI and cancer tests? They're themes in 16 projects sharing €10 million in EU funding.
High levels of a specific protein can reduce the growth of tumour cells in cancer that affects children.
Researchers join forces in a new network to strengthen collaboration and development in the field of cancer.
Emissions are up to 79 per cent lower, according to an international study.
Scientists, engineers and policymakers will meet at European Space Weather Week 27-31 October.
New method provides an early indication of danger in conflict zones.
The photo competition is part of the European Space Weather Week - submit your entry by 15 October.
The cryoNET Symposium brought together 140 scientists committed to cryo-EM and cryo-ET research.
Researchers: "Raises serious concerns for the future"
Key protein helps bacteria survive in the body and points to strategies for fighting persistent infections.
The discovered mechanism increases understanding of how bacteria and cells interact.
Three days in Abisko brought new momentum to research – and a first encounter with the Arctic.
Hope to spark curiosity about life beneath the water’s surface – with playful game cards.
Listeria expert Jörgen Johansson is following the outbreak at a top restaurant in Stockholm with interest.
Stop plants from spreading and shape the streams in northern Sweden, new research shows.
The Chem store is perhaps the most well-stocked store of the university – but it’s no ordinary shop.
Researchers found a type of programmed cell death in single-celled organisms thought to exist only in animals.
Restored mangroves boost carbon storage, but may not fully regain natural ecosystem functions.
Their aim is to close critical gaps in diagnostics, risk assessment, and patient follow-up.
Meet Monique Johnson, a postdoctoral fellow in the Bushell lab, studying malaria-parasite host interactions.
The research highlights the possibility of reusing dairy products as a prebiotic dietary supplement.
Arctic rivers are turning rusty orange as permafrost thaws.
Vacona's need for structural biology expertise coincided with Magnus' research group's ambition with Cryo-EM.
The discovery reveals DNA's active role in cells and gives new possibilities to study cancer and diabetes.
Natxo García-López shows how improved stoves and sustainable bioenergy systems can make a difference.
The prize validates the research, showcases communication skills, and boosts academic prospects.
Using cell and molecular biological methods, how periodontitis can be detected early and treated is studied.
The reseachers show that immune cells drain microbes of zinc, making them more vulnerable.
UmArts Fellow Luis Berríos-Negrón talks about his performance at UPSC and the artistic research behind it.
The Nobel Prize winner visits his alma mater in connection with being appointed honorary citizen of Umeå.
Microorganisms are exposed to UV, cold, and high salinity. The goal? To find biosignatures on Mars.
Hans Sjöström shares how a collection of metal cabinets became Chem Shop – a well-oiled research service.
Tomas Gustafsson's experiences with patient encounters led him to research new antibiotic candidates.
New facility at Umeå Plant Science Centre opens up possibilities for research at the single molecule scale.
For the first time, the Umeå researchers have demonstrated the full capabilities of their large-scale laser.
Let us learn about the virus by asking 5 curious questions to virus researcher Lars-Anders Carlson.
The combined structure of millions of lakes more closely mirrors land than oceans.
Combining computational tools with biological data, she wants to resolve the cellular microbiome.
Researchers have found a way to improve catalysts that make emission-free hydrogen.
UMU researchers Ylva Sjöberg and Danielle Wilde have their articles published in Shared Voices 2025.
Professor Kevin K. Lehmann from the University of Virginia: "I have always followed my curiosity."
The discovery will help to understand why species are spread the way they are across the planet.
Better identification of plant-specific long non-coding RNAs allows comparisons across species.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the Florman Prize to Changchun Chen.
Eric K Fernström Prize for Young promising researchers is awarded to Associate Professor Björn Schröder
Assistant Professor Laura Bacete Cano is one of eight new members elected to the Young Academy of Sweden.
'Excellence by Choice' interdisciplinary postdocs shared experiences and discussed future career options.
He receives the prize for his research concerning how persistent organic pollutants spread in nature.
A new project aims to support the development of a more sustainable economy by turning waste into feed.
A drug against type 2 diabetes may also slow the progression of prostate cancer, according to study.
Solar thermal collectors are taking on fossil energy sources – thanks to a new type of coating.
Contributing piece of the puzzle that explains differences in immune responses in women and men to COVID-19.
A unique collaboration where artistic creativity and advanced nanotechnology come together.
More people than usual are at home with cold symptoms, Professor Niklas Arnberg answers why.
A newly discovered molecule paves the way for research into new antibiotics that kill chlamydia.
Lisa Lundin is awardes the Faculty of Science and Technology's pedagogical award 2025.
To obtain a better understanding of radiation damage, FOI turned to the Swedish Metabolomics Centre for help.
Study shows adjusting trees’ internal clocks could help them cope with climate change
Pharmaceutical used for sleep disorders influences the migration success of juvenile salmon in the wild.
Umeå professor Mikael Elofsson has collaborated with the global pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca since 2018.
Resistance can be understood in the mechanism of how bacteria defend against being infected by viruses.
Ben John's research could lead to faster and more energy-efficient computing.
Van Minh Dinh's doctoral thesis shows a new method to convert lignin into sustainable chemicals.
A new attachment point to the cell may affect the virus's infection, spread and disease symptoms.
Matthew lectures on functional and pathogenic amyloid formation.
Forskare got invaluable guidance in how their metabolomics data can be shared in an accessible way
Umeå researcher part of study showing that more and more plant and animal species are disappearing worldwide.
The Gulf of Bothnia is getting eutrophied. This is shown by a study conducted at Umeå Marine Sciences Centre.
Marie Peters identifies and characterizes cellular proteins that are important in flavivirus infections.
This spring, nearly 140 high school students from natural science programs visit ͯƵ.
From an idea and a need, to a research network spanning the entire northern region
Smaller study expanded to include more locations and investigate whether people have been exposed.
New thesis deepens understanding of plant resilience in cold climates.
Qi Zhang's research shows how the atmosphere on Mars has evolved over time and may look like in the future.
The yearly KBC Relay took place again, with colourful costumes and competition from SLU's students
Niklas Eklund took over as Director of the European CBRNE Center at the beginning of the year.
SciLifeLab site Umeå celebrates 16 new Group Leaders with cake and a get-together.
Infectious disease doctors became significantly more infected than other doctors during the pandemic.
The conference aims to promote collaboration between academia and industry and drive innovation.
By opening up pollen grains, a technique developed in Umeå, scientists found clues to pollen's expiration date
Resistant spores can cause food poisoning and infections via, for example, dairy products.
Improved resolution promotes advanced cell analysis, especially in cases of abnormal cell division in cancer.
Doctoral student Andreas Eriksson experienced cultural differences at the Sartorius research lab.
Honored for serving with distinction in the advancement of optics and photonics
Project proposals can be submitted until May 19th and an information session is available February 12th.
UCMR Day is an opportunity to increase international visibility by inviting talented keynote speakers.
MIMS awarded the 2024 Clinical Research Fellowships to Vanja Lunberg Wiraeus and Anne Tuiskunen Bäck.
With Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, most of laboratory research came to a halt.
Professor Yaowen Wu's lab is at the forefront of developing chemo-optogenetic systems.
Jens Zamanian wants to encourage more students to study abroad and take double degrees.
Climate change is expected to have far-reaching implications for livelihoods, infrastructure and environment.
Aims to increase collaboration between academia and the sector when it comes to “safe” use of chemicals
Nabila El Arbi shed light on plant RNA regulation, focusing in particular on alternative splicing.
UMF researchers are granted Baltic Waters funding to study eutrophication and storage of carbon in the Baltic.
Ryo Morimoto introduces snails as model system in Umeå for evolutionary studies of the immune system.
The scientists take viewers on a journey below Rosfjordsvatnet's icecovered surface.
Three professors from ͯƵ newly appointed members of the Scientific councils.
Christmas trees bring joy into our lives, but also endure extremely harsh conditions in the forest.
Comparing ROV with diving in underwater surveys.
IceLab launches the Stress Response Modeling Graduate Research School with five PhD positions now available.
The Swedish Research Council awards ͯƵ 16 million SEK to two national research schools.
A documentary project about innovative initiatives across Europe highlights Life Science in Umeå.
Researchers have investigated substances used as pesticides – suspected of inducing cancer.
Collected samples from the visitor's hands and everyday objects.
Arctic climate, tourism, and Sami research for sustainability were presented to the Swiss embassy.
The PANDASIA project aims to increase our understanding of how diseases make the leap from animals to humans.
20 research projects, from virus control to tech innovations, have secured EU funding. Curious? Learn more.
Elin trains to become a specialist in general medicine and continues her doctoral project about virus.
Ten projects at ͯƵ receive a total of 30 million SEK from the Swedish Cancer Society.
Faculty of Science and Technology Dean new fellow in the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA).
Activating instead of blocking a special protein can open a new way to fight some forms of prostate cancer.
Some people naturally have higher levels of proteins that protect them from covid-19.
The new FIB-SEM instrument was inaugurated in November 2024.
What are the Northern Lights, how to see them best and some myths about them.
IceLab members turned network science inwards to visualize research overlaps during their annual meeting.
A Umeå project is among those that receive the most, 30 million, for interdisciplinary research environments.
David Wardle's research on ecosystems is highly influential in the field.
Extensive study examines damage to Swedish trees and how the forest industry can become more profitable.
New SciLifeLab director, Jan Ellenberg, and SciLifeLab board chair Ylva Engström, paid a full-day visit.
Researchers and staff from infrastructures and industry shared ideas and results under the theme Sensing.
Doctoral thesis explains what happens when the solar wind meets other objects with atmospheres.
Minuscule plastic particles can reduce effect of antibiotics and risk causing resistance, according to study.
Environmental science students have explored various aspects of sustainability on campus.
In this year's call from the Swedish Research Council, a total of 66 million is granted to 14 projects.
Johan Normark will study how the immune system regenerates after treatment with drugs that eliminate B cells.
€10 will contribute to new knowledge on plant development.
Linda Sandblad receives the Bo and Barbro Hammarström Prize.
Camilla Canovi developed a bioinformatics pipeline to assign putative functions to long non-coding RNAs.
Scientists made wildlife flourish by creating new wetlands.
Björn Schröder's research group receives SEK 6 million for research on the intestinal microbial modulation.
New thesis shows that special proteins are used when resistance to antibiotics spreads between bacteria,
Researchers combine AI with computational physics in a new project with industry.
Alicia Lind is one of five employees who receive Region Västerbotten grant for postdoctoral qualifications.
Lars-Anders Carlson is receiving SEK 24 million from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.
Research breakthrough could be significant for the food industry and the fight against antibiotic resistance.
A discovery of how stem cells becomes specialised cells provides new understanding of how cancer develops.
Kemal Avican joined Curiosum’s ForskarFredag Sept. 27 to build virtual bacteria with children.
The school covers infection biology in a broadly, from humans and animals to plants and is a success story.
Teresa Frisan shared her enthusiasm for research and gave an insight into researchers' everyday life
Not accounting for carbon fluxes between land and water leads to incorrect climate assessments.
Nicolò Maccaferri and his group had the pleasure to host Stefano Corni in the context of UCMR Seminar Series.
A crosslinking mode in the bacteria's cell wall inhibits degrading enzyms and thus protects the bacteria.
Túlio's research is about saprolegnosis - a fungi disease that affect freshwater fishes.
Biomass from algae is converted into plastic used in lamps and packaging.
Under certain conditions the induced magnetosphere of Mars can degenerate, a study in Nature shows.
Common PFAS substances are difficult to capture once they have entered the environment, new thesis shows.
A research group conducted joint field work with USA in Abisko and Lake Torneträsk to collect HNP samples.
Suvam's project concerns how bacteria respond to external stressors like antibiotics and develop resistance.
The structural changes that occur in graphite during oxidation have puzzled scientists for 50 years.
Novel mechanism in gene regulation uncovered in study exploring the 3-dimensional dynamics of gene elements.
South Korean researchers visited IceLab as part of STINT research exchange in modeling ecology and evolution.
Antibiotic-driven alterations in the microbiota. causes defects in the normally protective mucus barrier.
MIMS Group Leader and DDLS Fellow starts his independent research lab at ͯƵ.
ERC Starting Grants is a research programme that support promising young researchers.
Antonio's work focuses on the chemical and structural mode of action of the novel drug at molecular level .
Matthew lectures on chemical probes for imaging cancer and infectious diseases.
Research shows how the magnesium atom directs the chemistry that catalyzes the production of ATP in a cell.
Lakshmi Das receives Marie Curie Fellowship to investigate new material with ultra-fast light pulses.
The project will develop production of fish and shrimp in circular aquaculture systems.
Current outbreak of mpox is a more dangerous variant than the one that spread in Africa about two years ago.
In a mix of biology and physics, Ben investigates biological reactions and processes with fast lasers.
Effective against serious infections, according to new study.
Major global study shows that insect herbivory plays a significant role in carbon and nutrient cycling.
Professor Oliver Billker is one of the newly elected EMBO Members on the 60th anniversary of EMBO.
PhD student Johan Sjölander discovered that modifying the internal clock in hybrid aspen can increase growth.
Tea bags buried in soil worldwide show decomposition rates in different soil types.
Cryo.electronmicroscopy reveals the positions of hydrogen atoms and water molecules in photosynthesis.
New study shows how an enzyme breaks down the bacteria's cell wall to transfer resistance to antibiotics.
MIMS welcomes Ryo Morimoto and Iker Valle Aramburu as new Group Leaders!
The AI system has been developed on a supercomputer in several million training steps.
Kickoffen för Stress Response Modeling vid IceLab den 10-11 juni innebar en lovande start för det nya centret.
Breakthrough in research enables more experiments than ever before on vital processes inside cells.
Umeå university has received five new Arctic Five Chairs 2024-2026.
The Arctic Congress 2024 gathered many researchers from ͯƵ who presented their research.
Anne L'Huillier and Ferenc Krausz have worked with researchers at the Department of Physics for many years.
The UCMR community welcomed professor Emma Thomson to a summer warm Umeå for networking and talk.
By letting AI count on climate change and travel patterns it is possible to forecast new infections.
Welcome to a UCMR two seminar 30 May at 14:00-16:00 in Major Groove.
A clinician, a preclinician, and a biomedical analyst demonstrate successful COVID-19 research.
Doctoral students at the Arctic Graduate School went on a doctoral course and field trip to Rovaniemi.
'Can microbes distinguish friend from foe?' only DDLS funded PhD project at UMU in recent call.
On April 27, 2024, Skogsungdomarna organised a forest history excursion in Kulbäcksliden for their members.
PNAS study makes a good "case" for using small molecules as chemical tools to understand complex biology.
How a special protein complex moves along genes in DNA may have an impact on how cells divide.
Mathematical modelling advances research in endosymbiosis, according to a research group in Umeå.
Dietary fibre is vital for our intestinal flora, where the bacteria Blautia is important to the mucus barrier.
ESWW brings scientists and the space industry together as it takes place in Sweden for the first time.
For the second year in a row, a ͯƵ researcher is a finalist for the Frontiers Planet Prize.
During the unusually dry year of 2018, Sweden was hit by numerous forest fires.
A new method for measuring efficiency losses gives a breakthrough in the development of new light sources.
A new major study shows that the effects of climate change could be stronger than previously thought.
Keith Larson at the Arctic Centre is the 2024 recipient of the Iwan Bolin Prize.
The study supports the use of ciprofloxacin and identifies the need for more knowledge about the disease.
Project proposals can be submitted until May 27th and an information session is available April 29th.
Matthew lectures about fungal pathogens and future risks for the global life-support system.
Pär Byström wants to develop one of the world's leading centers for climate research in the Arctic.
André Mateus had a seminar on everything you ever wanted to know about proteomics, but never dared to ask.
Doctoral student Eva Krämer went on a 12 week long research stay at the University Center in Svalbard (UNIS).
Freshwater microbes hitchhike with plastic particles to the sea. Does it affect microbes in seawater?
Pitches: AI for image processing, understanding breast cancer risk and unravelling plant genome complexity.
Six ͯƵ researchers have been admitted to the Wallenberg Scholars programme 2024.
People with post-COVID syndrome often suffer from intense fatigue and dyspnea, is shown in Nordic study.
Stefan Jansson receives a prize from the Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society
Researchers at the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics have been granted a three-year position.
Results made by Anna Arnqvist´s group include molecular details and the importance of the pH in the stomach.
In search of collaborators after the March 13 Lunch Pitch.
Johan Normark tells about current knowledge on symptoms, causes, treatment, and prognosis of post-COVID.
Welcome to a UCMR two seminar 25 April at 14:00-16:00 in Lilla hörsalen, KBC.
Deepen your knowledge on how human activity has changed the Earth through the course Global Change Science.
The study will evaluate knowledge, awareness and practices of TBE vaccination.
Oliver Billker is awarded the Medicine Doctor Axel Hirsch prize 2024 for his research in the field of malaria.
IceLab seeks faculty for Stress Response Modeling excellence center.
Small, inconspicuous organisms potential superstars in the green transition.
The pitches covered cancer and disease modeling and the role of sphingolipids in metabolic diseases.
Anna Överby Wernstedt at ͯƵ is one of five junior researchers who will share SEK 33 million.
Jens Zamanian is awarded the Faculty of Science and Technology's pedagogical prize 2024.
Studies in a thesis give hope for medicines for colds and other diseases as well as an intestinal organism.
Several postdoc projects receive funding from EU within the ´Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme.
Individual variation explains recurrent caries disease and that others are asymptomatic.
Produces significantly fewer defects compared to the most commonly used method today.
STINT-funded research collaboration with Inha University researchers begins with a visit to Incheon, Korea
See photos from the Nobel Prize winner's visit to ͯƵ.
Felipe Cava, ͯƵ, is one of the researchers that have identified a bacterial enzyme.
Doctoral student Maria Camila Urrea went on a scouting trip to sample several Northern mine-impacted lakes.
IceLab opens its Lunch Pitch season with pitches related to aging from Verena Kohler and Mattias Forsell
Metabolomics is a growing field within life science - 120 scientists from all over the world gathered in Umeå.
Emma Thomson lectures on AAV2 and immune dysregulation in children with unexplained hepatitis.
'EC' postdoc Adrien is studying the relationship between plant epidermal cell structure and mechanical stress.
Kim lectures on virulence factors in bacteria that provide molecular insight into eukaryotic signaling systems
Society beneficial products and services based on research or education at the university are recognized.
Sweden's last unmodified rivers and streams provide important information for restoring destroyed habitats.
Anne L'Huillier gives a lecture at ͯƵ on 15 February.
5 and 12 February Västerbotten Region focuses on Chlamydia - a bacteria well studied at ͯƵ.
The three cross-faculty areas show the width and edge of research at ͯƵ.
Nicolò Maccaferri wants to create hard drives that work like 'time machines'.
Bacterial pili increase virulence and form biofilm structures that strengthen antibiotic tolerance.
Plant scientist Stefan Jansson has been involved for decades in the debate on genetically modified crops.
Thirteen research projects, ranging from algae to digital merits, can look forward to funding from the EU.
The support means that scientific breakthroughs in life science can be converted into future innovations.
Umeå Postdoc Society with 220 postdocs at campus works successfully to improve the postdoc experience.
The climate crisis demands expertise and knowledge.
Postdoctoral fellow Audrey Schillings and team went to Svalbard to study the Eidembukta lagoon.
Ferenc Krausz's advice to young researchers: "Find the right question for yourself."
Ribosomal protein undergoes structural change but retains sequence during evolution.
Individuals infected with COVID-19 are also at an increased risk of suffering from heart rhythm disturbances.
Max Renner receives 1,5 MSEK grant for a postdoc for two years from Umeå Centre for Microbial Research, UCMR.
A new thesis reveals how climate change can promote potentially dangerous bacteria in the Baltic Sea.
Gives an open lecture in Aula Nordica and visits the Umeå physicist's laser laboratory.
Research helps to increase agricultural productivity as the weather becomes more extreme.
Teresa Frisan, Lena Svensson, and Peter Lind are appointed as programme directors.
Nicolò Maccaferri and André Mateus have been appointed Wallenberg Academy Fellows.
By pressure cooking birch leaves scientists obtained carbon particles for use in organic semiconductors.
How our desires are controlled - study on fruit flies confirms scientists' theory.
Five researchers within UCMR receive grants from the Swedish Cancer Society.
André Mateus is a new board member of the Swedish Proteomics Society, SPS.
Irina Gutsche is the holder of the 2023 Tage Erlander visiting professorship, working at ͯƵ.
The event is commemorated with a one-day symposium on 16 November with invited international speakers.
'EC' Postdoc Baptiste marvels at how molecular mechanisms shape cell destiny and physiology.
Three UCMR PIs receive project grants from the Swedish Research Council in Natural and Engineering Sciences
Thiols control how much mercury enters the food web in aquatic environments.
'EC' Postdoc Dhruv has followed his passion for microbiology and life science throughout his academic journey.
Seven UCMR PIs receive project grants from the Swedish Research Council in the area Medicine and Health.
Pierre Oesterle's thesis shows how recycling can be made more eco-friendly using pressure cooker technology.
MIMS expands opportunities for life science research at ͯƵ through NORPOD postdoc programme.
Bernt Eric Uhlin is honored for his extraordinary commitment to creating an excellent research environment.
A thesis by Mark Lindholm, ͯƵ, is praised by the Swedish Dental Association.
Daniel Metcalfe tries to understand the impacts of climate change on the unique biodiversity of cloud forests.
Anders Hofer, Jörgen Johansson and Lars-Anders Carlson gets three-year project grants.
StratNeuro’s 1-year grant is awarded to Professor Johan Holmberg, Department of Molecular Biology.
With optical tweezers, Magnus Andersson can measure the forces that act when a bacterium attaches.
Anders Johansson's research aims to understand the spread of infection and identify preventive measures.
Accurate measuring is crucial when for example dosing medicines and handling dangerous gases.
Fabrice Laurent from INRAE lectures on Cryptosporidiosis that is a threat to human and animal health.
The great interest highlights the need for meeting platforms focusing specifically on postdocs and PhDs.
She discovered the Nobel prize-winning gene scissors in Umeå. Now she is an honorary citizen of the city.
The study shows how neutrophils stop the most common fungal pathogen that can infect us humans.
Congratulated his colleagues after the announcement: "I was sure this time would come."
Connecting Health and Climate Change brings together participants from around the world.
Receives the prestigious ERC Advanced Grant for his research on the technology behind a flexible light source.
Professor Frank van Kuppeveld from Utrecht University gave a UCMR Distinguished Guests seminar.
New chemical knowledge contributes to the fight against global warming and pollution.
Pine cones can be a cheap raw material for supercapacitors, according to a new thesis.
UCEM collaboration to identify novel player in peroxisomal biogenesis
Semi-domesticated reindeer avoid winter habitats with exotic lodgepole pine.
The cell's recycling - autophagy - is not only about cleaning up, but also repairing membranes in the cell.
A celebration of the official opening of the most northern SciLifelab’s national site - in Umeå.
Four to six vaccine doses protect the elderly against COVID-19, shows a study led by two researchers in Umeå.
Professor Niklas Arnberg has received an EU grant, and he also participates in UR play series Sverige forskar.
MIMS and UCMR highlighted infection research in the form of a joint scientific symposium.
Long term study shows 42 percent decline of pendent lichen in national park.
September 11, SciLifeLab site Umeå celebrates with an event around infrastructures and life science.
Aicha needed something more challenging, and applied for the 'EC' postdoc programme at ͯƵ.
Production of artificial membranes becomes safer for people and the environment thanks to new research.
The new covid variant is no worse than previous variants, but still wise with vaccines and testing.
Northern freshwaters release more methane than expected, a study published in Nature shows.
The heat wave in the northern Baltic Sea in recent weeks is the longest ever recorded.
'EC' postdoc Jagadish is passionate about research, and also feel joy in guiding and teaching others.
Four doctoral students and postdocs at ͯƵ were selected after the Arctic Five Fellows call.
Karim Rafie is about to start his independent research group at the University of Groningen.
Umeå researchers publish study on what causes polaritons (a light-matter mixture) to collapse.
Felix Randow from Cambridge University lectures on how cells defend their cytosol against invasive bacteria.
Six projects at the Department of Odontology receive one-year project grants via TUA.
The Swedish Research Council investigates millions in ground-breaking research environments.
This report features major breakthroughs in infection research and the community driving this at MIMS.
Cholera bacteria use specific D-amino acids to orm complex ecological systems, shows a new study.
Frank van Kuppeveld from Utrecht University lectures on picornavirus replication and virus-host interactions.
Unique study provides snapshot of PFAS.
Virus expert heads for Almedalveckan in Visby on Gotland to moderate discussions organised by Pandemifonden.
Conifer needles consume oxygen in early spring by using an ancient mechanism
A Swedish variant of the TBE virus causes unusually severe disease in experiments on mice, thesis shows.
New discovery using data from NASA's MAVEN spacecraft.
New method prevents expensive precious metals from breaking down in the process when hydrogen gas is made.
A thesis reveals new insight about how the chikungunya virus builds "factories" when taking over cells.
ͯƵ is investing just over SEK 50 million on three prioritised research areas.
Neutron reflectometry gives new understanding of how a protein that removes damaged cells in the body works.
Stefan Jansson is celebrated with the Bo and Barbro Hammarström Award.
Mareike Gutensohn's thesis provides insight into how mercury is transformed into its more toxic form.
Eco-friendly light sources and climate-smart buildings recognized by Swedish academy.
New (old) plant wall on the Art campus provides opportunities for design and molecular biology students.
Kempestiftelserna, Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and ͯƵ invest SEK 67.5 million in MIMS.
Li Zhao has studied marine microorganisms to find out how they react to climate change.
Umeå researchers developed a sensitive corona antibody test and a kit for sampling at home.
A Ferrybox enables water measurements every minute on research vessel KBV 181.
Researchers in Umeå work in an international project about treating cancer while sparing healthy tissue.
Elderly with a low antibody response after vaccination are at increased risk of dying from omicron variants.
Virus and other exciting things at popular science Pint of Science 22-24 May. Umeå Postdoc Society arranges.
Nicolò Maccaferri builds bridges between physics, biochemistry and medicine to explore new intersection areas.
International expert panel highlights research at ͯƵ in new report.
Learn more about the flora and fauna around you with guided excursions on campus.
Fouzia Bano makes atomic force microscopy available to other researchers at ͯƵ.
TBE-virus infects different types of brain cells in the brain, if the person's immune system is activated,
A possible role for the defensins is to prevent elevated blood sugar levels in high-calorie "western diet".
Six postdocs are financed by Kempe Foundation, of which two projects have applicants affiliated to UCMR.
Express your interest now and join the fun at Curiosum in September.
The faculty boards grant grants to Ronnie Berntsson, Felipe Cava, Gerhard Gröbner and Nicolò Maccaferri.
As a group leader, you have access to a strong network within life science and tailored activities.
Magnus Wolf-Watz researches the linkages between protein structure and dynamics and bacterial infectivity.
Symposium gathered researchers from different fields to talk about digitalisation and clime change.
ͯƵ has a leading role in an international project to reduce the risk of pandemics.
Kemal Avican researches the adaptation mechanisms of bacteria to find new strategies to fight infections.
High-tech equipment and huge data collections in focus during the well-attended infrastructure day.
SciLifeLab Umeå has advanced equipment and other resources that help researchers, hospitals and companies.
New UCMR PI Lena Svensson is an excellent teacher, and researcher - with a focus on the body's T-cell defense.
"CU4 a Life Science Shake-Up" meeting took place on 7-8 February 2023 in Sollefteå
Dangerous bacterial toxins act as negotiators to create long-term infections, new research shows.
Most rewarding about being a molecule maker is when a compound with potential can be used clinically.
Aftab Nadeem researches host-pathogen interactions and looks forward to creating new good collaborations.
Stanford Professor Christine Jacobs-Wagner lectures on the unusual biology of the Lyme disease agent.
Professor Herbert Waldmann lectures on pseudonatural products.
Professor Bernt Eric Uhlin receives a medal for contributions to the development of microbiological research.
Caroline Blomquist receives the Faculty of Science and Technology's pedagogical prize.
CASP receives SEK 1,8 million to support life scientists in data analytics.
Hermann Opgenoorth has been doing space research for 50 years.
Olivia from Kenya studies mosquito-borne viruses and looks forward to new collaborations within UCMR.
Research leaders Anne-Marie Fors Connolly and Clas Ahlm receive grants for research about covid-19.
New UCMR PI Irfan Ahmad conducts research in the area of antibiotic resistance.
UCMR PI Laura Carroll starts her own research group and is getting acclimated to the Swedish academic system.
Researchers at ͯƵ have discovered how a certain type of protein moves for DNA to be copied.
Postcovid is a growing social problem, and we still know very little about it.
The Industrial Doctoral School projects provide important knowledge for the future.
A transporter which some bacteria use to recycle fragments of their cell wall has been discovered in Umeå,
Interdisciplinary project brings together research groups from all over Europe.
The conference encourages researchers to network and initiate interdisciplinary collaborations.
A previously unknown cellular component, an organelle, inside neurons to perceive smell has been discovered.
Magnus works on a chlamydia project that lets him develop his skills in drug discovery and machine learning.
Sonja Stenmark, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, is the 2022 Best Lab Manager Award winner!
Martí Quevedo will soon start his own postdoctoral project on chromatin architecture at CRAG in Barcelona
What has the Nobel Prize meant and recent developments in CRISPR-Cas9. Watch an exclusive interview.
Göran Ericsson and Mikael Elofsson inaugurate the new growth facility at Umeå Plant Science Centre
In his research, 'EC' postdoc Joram Kiriga Waititu will use the single cell RNA-sequencing method.
Felipe Cava's group has discovered proteins needed to maintain the bacteria's cell wall structure.
The collaboration with the researcher started through the South Africa - Sweden University Forum, SASUF.
Overexploitation negatively affects the majority of the island's animals and plants.
Professor Yaowen Wu, director of UCMR, receives funding for another five years for research on autophagy.
Awarded EU money for innovative research in chemistry and community medicine.
18 research projects receive funds from the EU to create new knowledge in everything from health to AI.
KBC celebrated its 15th anniversary with a scientific conference with many interactive opportunities
The symposium brought the community of infection researchers and microbiologists together locally.
Niklas Arnberg, Anna Arnqvist and Nasim Sabouri are the principal investigators who get funding.
Between 2003 and 2019 almost a fourth of Sweden's last old unprotected natural forests have disappeared.
14 projects with research leaders affiliated to UCMR received funding from the Swedish Research Council.
Umeå physicists have designed a laser that can make it possible to study completely new phenomena.
The discovery is an important piece of the puzzle for designing new enzymes.
Information flows, the research infrastructures are important and the “we-feeling” is growing stronger at KBC.
ͯƵ is a partner in the project that collects billions of images of cells.
Master’s students in environmental science have worked on how ͯƵ can become more sustainable.
Umeå physicist's industrial doctoral project one of twelve selected in the country.
Umeå researchers one step closer to a new weapon against multidrug-resistant bacteria.
Edward Egelman is known for his work on the structure and function of protein and nucleoprotein polymers.
Researchers from ͯƵ, SLU and Algeria have found bacteria in previously unexplored caves.
Researchers can now show how poliovirus takes over and tricks a cell into producing new virus particles.
Anna Överby Wernstedt, Christian Hedberg, Richard Lundmark, Felipe Cava and Constantin Urban are installed.
When permafrost melts greenhouse gas emission from arctic lakes increase, as quantified in a new study.
Andriy Rebryk has developed a method for non-target screening for potentially harmful substances.
New thesis shows how cells regulate their protein level and adjust to the environment outside their organism.
The Excellence by Choice Postdoc programme is managed by UCMR and UPSC with Emmanuelle Charpentier as patron.
Professor Johannes Krause lectures via Zoom on origin of the Black Death and genetic history of the plague.
The period of ice-cover and subsequent ice-melt is important for understanding CO2 emission from arctic lakes.
Professor Edward Egelman lectures on powerful methods developed in Cryo-EM of biological complexes.
Niobium can be used to design electrochemical energy storage materials, Mark Rambaran's thesis shows.
Research aimed at better understanding of future pandemics.
A new study uncovers a new mechanism for how plants protect themselves from strong illumination.
Her exciting research is interdisciplinary, covering planetary science, astrobiology, and inorganic chemistry.
New study shows inactivation of a particular protein complex gives shortage of essential neurotransmitters.
Nordic algae are studied by ͯƵ researchers within the project MicroBioRefine.
PhD student Ionut Sebastian Mihai is affiliated with MIMS and Industrial Doctoral School and studies T cells.
EU-OPENSCREEN integrates high-throughput screening platforms in chemical biology across Europe.
The detection of physical forces produced by bacterial infection can initiate the immune response.
Maria Hamrin, docent in space plasma physics, is chair of the Swedish Space Scientists' Collaboration Group.
The pollen trap is located on a roof on campus. Data is reported to the Swedish Museum of Natural History.
Researchers present 28 ecological regulation scenarios with environmental benefits on electricity production.
Bio4Energy researchers have found a new building block for the biorefinery of South American quinoa residues.
SEK 30 million to nanomedical precision therapies for the treatment of lower respiratory tract infections.
Metabolites expression varies greatly between subgroups of malignant brain tumors, cancer researchers show.
PARC is a new chemistry research project funded by the EU, with over 200 partners from 28 countries.
Umeå researcher and the company Sartorius in Umeå combine deep learning with two imaging techniques.
Researchers reveal three-dimensional structure of a protein complex in the cell envelope of D. radiodurans.
The Swedish Chemical Society's prestigious medal is awarded to associate professor Karolina Broman.
Linda Sandblad, appointed Research Infrastructure Fellows by the Foundation for Strategic Research, SSF.
Conifers have developed special mechanisms that prevent damage to the photosynthetic machinery.
Infection researchers show in Nature structure and mechanism of bacterium A. baumannii attaching pilis.
ͯƵ researchers have participated in an international collaboration.
Staff at Umeå Marine Sciences Centre have gained certificates for diving down to a depth of 30 meters.
A new study led by researchers from Umeå Plant Science Centre has shed light onto this cryptic association.
Thanat talks about his experiences with mosquitoes in the forest, his research at MIMS and his hobbies.
IDAlert aims to tackle the emergence of zoonotic pathogens by developing early warning systems.
Global warming, acidification recovery and changes in land use caused warming and browning of northern lakes.
With the method, he has tested the effect of nitrogen supply on fungal communities.
On Saturday, 21st of May,UPSC arranging a day filled with knowledge and interactive activities around plants.
Researchers from Umeå, Stockholm and Gothenburg universities publish new findings in the journal Immunity.
The instrument will measure ions and electrons in the Jupiter system aboard a European spacecraft.
Lana Jachmann joined the Barabara Sixt lab and is now a PhD student. She moved to Umeå from Germany
André Mateus' Nature article is awarded 10,000 euros, and the ceremony takes place in Heidelberg on 21 May.
Even several months after COVID-19, one is still at an increased risk of blood clot and bleeding.
Umeå method reveals the surfaces of frozen bacteria and viruses
Takahiro Ishizaki from Japan is postdoctoral fellow in the Ellen Bushell group at MIMS.
Angèle Pontoni has contributed to the development of a particle instrument for a mission to Jupiter.
The International Human Frontier Science Program Organization announced the 65 young researchers chosen.
The study is published in Advanced Materials.
On Tuesday March 1st Merve Yesilbas and Signe Lundqvist pitch about water on Mars and molecule motion.
A collaboration with students on the Design-Build-Test course leads to an interactive CRISPR-Cas9 exhibition.
She is a postdoc in Barbara Sixt Lab and studies interactions between host and pathogen in chlamydia bacteria.
Oestrogen may have protective effect against becoming seriously ill and dying in COVID-19, according to study.
A pH-induced structural mechanism of membrane remodelling caused by the protein MakA has been discovered.
Swedish Energy Agency grants 5 million to locate places with potential for salinity gradient power.
A recent report challenges the classical view of the Calvin-Benson cycle.
Björn Schröder is group leader at MIMS and researches the interaction between diet and gut microbiota.
Dong Wang has explored how data science can be used to gain better environmental process control strategies.
Laboratory services are key factors in the delivery of quality care, shows a doctoral thesis.
Mosses ability to absorb carbon from the atmosphere is highly dependent on water conditions, shows a study.
A private individual has chosen to bequeath two million kronor to climate research at ͯƵ.
In his thesis Artem Iakunkov includes extensive studies of some fundamental properties of graphite oxides.
Marie-Line Faucillion's research can be useful to better understand how sex chromosomes are regulated
Paulina Wanrooij named new Wallenberg Academy Fellow and Nasim Sabouri gets another five-years of funding.
The platform supports researchers analysing their data to understand complex chemical and biological systems.
Professor Gerhard Gröbner and colleagues receive just over seven million for a chemistry project.
On the second of four special weekends at Curiosum, December 4-5, the dome theater and space is in focus.
Laxmi Mishra has used Arabidopsis thaliana to gain new knowledge about proteases in plant chloroplasts.
Sofia Bergman's thesis gives scientists new possibilities to study low-energy ions in space.
Social sustainability is in focus when students challenge the university’s sustainability measures.
Today, World Antimicrobial Awareness Week kicks off and MIMS launches a series of articles.
The molecule properties can easily be altered chemically, and hope is to develop new, effective antibiotics.
Per Stenberg receives a grant of almost 16 million SEK for research on the role of forests in climate change.
The KBC DAYS 2021 focus this year on biodiversity and bioenergy.
ͯƵ stimulates cutting-edge research with a new program which has Nobel Prize laureate as mentor.
Barbaras goal was to work with bioinformatics, programming, sequence data analyses.
The Faculty of Science and Technology employs teaching assistants at more departments than before.
The AI-council works in order to strengthen the faculty before a future when AI will play a crucial role.
Physics researchers have developed and published an open web tool for the identification of green solvents.
Using cryoelectron microscopy, Umeå researchers succeed to produce a high-resolution image of photosystem II.
Honeybees and wood-living insects has been in focus during Erasmus practice.
Dr Ellen Bushell and Professor Oliver Billker are prominent malaria researchers with exciting goals in mind.
Research shows that small-scale melting of ice near the ground surface causes landslides.
In April, Gothenburg bursts with popular science activities. Natuschka Lee will give a lecture on pollinators
The award-winning researcher Naser Tavajohi has worked at the Department of Chemistry for just over two years.
Emil Johansson makes molecules that bind to viruses and block them from infecting cells and causing disease.
Nanosized molecules of a particular chemical element can inhibit the formation of plaque in brain tissues.
With increased use of automatic systems, it is important to understand limitations in the whole chain.
Includes two life cycle tools and takes into account the effect of the city's services in water-waste-energy.
More environmentally friendly flows in regulated rivers only lead to small losses in hydropower production.
Fredrik Almqvist's research group assists with design and synthesis of new antibacterial substances.
The aim of the society is to attain an attractive environment for postdocs, both socially and academically.
School pupils begin the Pollen Hunt and the Pollination week is dedicated to pollinating insects.
The gene SLI1 protects arabidopsis and makes aphids spit 20 times before absorbing sugar juice from the plant.
Genetic variation in spruce does not differ significantly between cultivated and old forest in Västerbotten.
The leaking substances that Sofie Björklund studied, PFAS, are very stable and do not break down in nature.
Jessica Gard Timmerfors, alumni from the Industrial Doctoral School, receives the Young Researcher´s Award.
Guest professor Julian D. Olden will focus his research on sustainable life along Vindelälven.
With genomes of trees mapped, one can study initiation of adventitious roots from an evolutionary perspective.
15 PhD students have honed their messages during the course Science Communication.
A correct assessment of risks with chemicals that replace those that are banned is hampered by lack of data.
The neutron reflexometry method gives scientists atomic-level insight into the behaviour of the protein Bcl-2.
A study by Gerard Rocher Ros shows that the flux may be greater than previously thought.
Vikash Kumar and Jay Prakash Maurya receive the Ramalingaswami Fellowship from the Indian Government.
Johan Lidman shows in his dissertation that metals in water have negative effects on insect-eating birds.
Umeå researchers have discovered that bacterial toxins can act as modulators of the host immune response.
Global warming can be even bigger since capacity of vegetation to absorb carbon dioxide is likely to decline.
Not all major faunal transitions are related to abrupt global perturbations that triggered mass extinctions.
Physicist László Veisz, significantly reduces the divergence of laser-driven X-ray radiation
Two new studies emphasize the variability of soil organic carbon in the Arctic permafrost region.
Maria Fällman and Kemal Avican made their idea into a interdisciplinary project together with Icelab.
Umeå researchers establish climate regions based on vertebrates' distribution in a new study in eLife.
Dean, Deputy Dean and one Associate Dean appointed at the Faculty of Medicine, for the next term of office.
Umeå researchers show that carbon emissions from rivers and lakes exceed coal exports to the Arctic Ocean.
Reindeer herders are forced to support feeding when weather and little food make it difficult for reindeer.
Maria Myrstener shows that this has the potential to decrease primary productivity of these ecosystems.
Professor André M de Roos, University of Amsterdam, has been appointed the professorship 2021–22.
This has been shown by researchers in a new study published in “Environmental Research Letters”.
Mapping a virus that causes mortal diarrhea can provide opportunity for new ways of treating COVID-19.
29-30 August, the University launches exciting activities linked to "Pollinating Insects in Västerbotten".
Yan Ji has studied the complex first developmental steps when a cell turns green, in Arabidopsis thaliana.
The research focuses on accurate data of highly excited energy levels of important molecules in astrophysics.
The evergreen Christmas tree is our economically most important plant and continuously researched.
A short-cut in the photosynthesis apparatus means that pine needles can survive the winter.
Dan Adolfsson has manufactured synthetic molecules that bind to so-called amyloid plaques.
The first steps can be important to increase the yield from forest raw material, says Jessica Gard Timmerfors.
Arcum affiliate Natuschka Lee is the editor and author of a new book about life in extreme environments
Bernadette Sztojka has identified three new regulators involved in this process.
Lecture, broadcasts, articles. There is a lot of digital to take part in before the Nobel Prize ceremony.
In the study in Nature Geoscience, nearly 40 per cent increase in carbon dioxide emissions was observed.
Majid studies the electro-peroxone process by which increased removal of pollutants in wastewater is achieved.
The Sweden-Korea Nobel Memorial Program 2020 will take place on 1 December.
Congratulations to Lill Eilersten and Lena Lassinantti for winning the Best PhD Student Presentation Awards!
Research from ͯƵ explains how traits in pale lichens allow them to thrive in wet climates.
FOI Industrial Doctoral School researchers solve a riddle that has eluded researchers for over 50 years.
Stefan Björklund talks about the KBC DAYS 2020 and why they chose this year’s main topics
Algoryx, Infobaleen, Prediktera and Shimmercat are all among the brightest startups within AI in Sweden.
Ellen tells us about how one becomes a member of the Swedish Young Academy and how she plans to use her time.
The Nobel Prize will help Umeå to attract new young research fellows with exciting ideas.
Emmanuelle Charpentier has been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Gisa Gerold has researched with one of this year´s Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine.
A three-month internship is included in the Industrial Doctoral School. Johan thinks it has been rewarding.
The prestigious journal New Phytologist selects the study led by researcher Xiao-Ru Wang as its cover story.
Casper discusses in his thesis which water molecules that are the active ones and how this reaction proceeds.
Chemists together with German researchers have captured and identified bacterial toxin target substrates.
Johan's thesis shows that pharmaceuticals can be surprisingly persistent in northern environments.
The results give possibilities to find ways to prevent mosquitoes from spreading malaria parasite to humans.
On August 25, the English newspaper reported on earthworms in Arctic and Jonatan Klaminder's research
River scientists report detailed measurements of sediment movement and water level in an ice-covered river.
Permafrost thaw due to anthropogenic climate warming may convert peatlands into a net source of warming.
Researchers redefine how the binding effect works at the nano level.
Plant roots stimulate microbial decomposition and increases greenhouse gas emission from thawing permafrost.
A research team has provided the mechanistic insight into protein co-aggregation in Alzheimer’s disease.
Bastian Schiffthaler has improved the genome information from aspen and developed bioinformatic tools.
Algoryx has been awarded for implementation of industry grade physics simulation in Unreal Engine.
Jean Claude Nzayisenga validates method to analyse lipid, carbohydrate and protein content of microalgae.
UPSC study show that genetically modified wood have a higher energy yield for the production of biofuels.
SSF supports a hydrogen research centre led by KTH and including Umeå researchers.
Chanaka Mannapperuma has developed user-friendly bioinformatics tools for plant biologists.
Stream restauration projects planned at the landscape scale leads to the best results.
Mirjam Hunziker will study how malaria parasites switch to sexual reproduction.
Scientists take steps towards capturing a molecular movie of how oxygen-oxygen bond formation occurs.
Researchers have mapped environmental factors leading to whitefish dividing into different "sibling species".
150,000 diligently working bees and their queens Vilhelmina, Dorotea and Fredrika make up Campus Bigården.
Intermediate of the peptidoglycan recycling pathway that can modulate synthesis and structure of cell wall.
After graduation, Mar Edo keeps working on the waste management industry.
Frida Torell has studied how metabolite samples can be interpreted when there are only a few available.
A regulatory system of toxin and antitoxin proteins in bacteria can be a defense system against viral attack.
Nature Communcations: Absence of earthworms can explain why Arctic plants are starving for nitrogen.
The key agent is graphene oxide. The authors have applied for patent for the method to prepare dispersions.
An international research group has investigated a strain of multi drug resistant tuberculosis from Ukraine.
Research reveales how regulate muscle relaxation protein undergoes structural change in a critical phase.
Dominic Vachon receives the award for his research on greenhouse gases in inland waters.
Professor Anna Linusson Jonsson receives the Faculty of Science and Technology's Collaboration award.
With remote analysis techniques, researchers gain better understanding of tundra regions becoming greener.
Christiane Funk and Venkata Krishna Kumar Upadhyayula are on IVA's list over sustainable research.
Researchers have been awarded SEK 4 million to test a new method for cleaning contaminated sediments.
The Graduate School of Gender Studies is recruiting five PhD students.
In the summer, doctoral students Johan Leander and Sven Norman go into an intense period out in the field.
Four-stranded DNA associated with the onset of cancer can be detected with a fluorescent molecule.
UPSC Researchers demonstrate that death of certain cells in the root facilitate growth of lateral roots
In his thesis, Fu Xu contributes to new knowledge about the factors that modulate tRNA-biogenesis.
The unexpected ecological pattern is the conclusion of a study about biodiversity in competitive environments.
Umeå physicists are the first to show high stability of the porous nanomaterial COF-1.
Sjoerd Wanrooij gets another five-year period as Wallenberg Academy Fellow.
Abdellah Lakehal has studied how the initiation of adventitious roots is regulated at the molecular level.
Wallenberg Academy Fellow Ellen Bushell will map the ways a variant of the malaria infects.
Research team publishes in Cell seven metabolic pathsways that the malaria parasite to infect the liver.
The UN report on oceans and climate is based on long time data series. ͯƵ contributes to these.
MIMS researchers for the first time performed targeted gene mutation in the zoonotic pathogen Chlamydia.
Bacteria use the bleaching agent hydrogen peroxide to weaken the immune system and cause pneumonia.
In an open letter scientists call for changed European legislation on genetically modified organisms.
Scientists meet at ͯƵ to discuss renewable energy and to test drive a hydrogen car.
The introductory day at the conference in Inorganic Chemistry in Umeå, focuses on the periodic system.
Professor John Anderson and designer Anne Asensio are honorary doctors at Faculty of Science and Technology.
The BIOMEX research team, including Natuschka Lee, has made biological experiments under space conditions.
The University draws attention to the crisis situation and starts research on insects in Northern Sweden.
Mirva shows that the capacity of the tested carbon materials to separate organic water pollution was low.
Space physicists at ͯƵ develop measuring instruments for the spaceship Comet Interceptor.
Researchers have delevoped method using sound recordings to estimate gas exchange in waters.
US PhD students visit CIRC this summer to research the role of arctic lakes and rivers in the carbon cycle.
Arctic waters contributes largely to global carbon dioxide emissions and we need to better understand how.
Funding from Erasmus continues for Thomas Boréns exchange program with a university in Ukraine.
Barbara Terebieniec has in her thesis identified genes that control the leaf shape of the European aspen.
Nordic microalgae can be used for simultaneous production of biomass and municipal sewage treatment.
Climate change threatens the Arctic freshwater ecosystems according to a new report published in May.
On Saturday, 18th of May, the 5th Fascination of Plants Day was celebrated in Umeå with a public event.
A large grant from Kempe initiates a postdoctoral programme to stimulate bold structural biology research.
An American-Umeå team shows in PNAS a molecule that prevents resistance to antibiotic treating tuberculosis.
A study in Nature shows new global assessment of the planet’s remaining free-flowing rivers.
A study by CIRC in Nature Communications shows that CO2-emissions from Western Siberia lakes are high.
Kempe Foundations grants SEK 700,000 to world-class spectrophotometer for the Department of Physics.
Together with other young scientists Casper de Lichtenberg will meet with Nobel laureates in Germany.
New group leaders will conduct research on brain tumors, prostate cancer and antimicrobial resistance
The grass is always greener... or is it?
Professor Markus Schmid receives 18 MSEK Wallenberg Foundations for research without any restriction.
Anders Nordström, Department of Molecular Biology, receive the silver medal to Berzelius's memory.
David Seekell, CIRC, receives 2019 Umeå municipality scientific prize for young researchers.
Marcus Klaus studies how forestry greenhouse gas emissions is reduced by buffer strips along streams.
Yaowen Wu, professor of biochemistry, has been awarded the Göran Gustafsson Prize in molecular biology.
Marianne Sommarin receives ͯƵ's Medal of Merit 2019.
Physicist shows laser generated twin-electron and x-ray beams for filming electron motion in matter.
The bacterium that causes tularemia can be traced with a new method if its used as a biological weapon.
Ecologists present experimental evidence to date for alternative transient states of plant societys.
Mattias Lindh shows that the thickness of ultra-thin light-emitting plastics is important for brightness.
A helicase, Pfh1, can protect the genome from DNA obstacles and damages associated with cancer.
American Chemical Society's journal Biochemistry appoints Yaowen Wu as future top biochemistry researcher.
Researcher Linda Sandblad receives a grant for improving the accessibility of national infrastructures.
During three days, April 9-11, the Swedish Tumor Microenvironment Meeting is held at Umeå Folkets Hus.
New study gives advice on how to mix the right tree species for tree production and other ecosystem services.
The engineering students from the Design-Build-Test course presented the innovative outcome of their projects
A component has been identified as a novel regulator that can deactivate the immune system.
Bernard shows that trees that cannot perceive the ethylene signal have problems to lift themselves up.
Anurag Kawde shows that mimicking the leaf to harvest solar energy is possible in a cost effective way.
Ronnie Berntsson is one of five researchers in Sweden to receive a Swedish Foundations Starting Grant 2018.
The Swedish Research Council has granted a flavivirus project in a call within infection och antibiotics
The Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine (WCMM) has recruited a new group leader in infection biology.
Joins forest industry with academy to create digital solutions for sustainable bioeconomy.
Climate change will affect Norway spruce and also bacteria and fungi that live in symbiosis with the tree.
Kevin Vikström shows that a decrease in nutrient salts, and growth, does not reduce oxygen consumption.
Annelie Lagesson shows that small bottom-dwelling organisms are the largest recipients of drug residues.
Martina Kulén develops new types of antibiotics that do not kill bacteria, but only disarm them.
Injuries of radiation therapy against cancer can be orevented by blocking the activity of a plasma protein.
A team of researchers publish the genomes of two species of aspen trees.
A new dissertation shows that new technology can reduce emissions from sewage treatment plants.
SEK 30 million grant for malaria parasite research
Felipe Cava has been awarded the 2018 Fernström Prize at ͯƵ.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection causes approximately nine million new cases of tuberculosis each year.
Researchers at ͯƵ, Sweden, in collaboration with an international team, have...
The restoration project ”Vindel River LIFE”, coordinated by ͯƵ, is one of totally 28...
Many climate studies focus on increases in temperature, and the ecosystem effects are misinterpreted.
At a ceremony in Copenhagen on 17 March, Professor Emmanuelle Charpentier received the annual Novozomes Prize.
Chemist Erik Chorell at ͯƵ has been appointed Gunnar Öquist Fellow by the Kempe...
The onset of flowering is a central event in the life cycle of a plant and ensures reproduction....
Natuschka Lee is looking for the for the origins of life and trying to understand how life has developed.
Researchers at ͯƵ in Sweden and the Cancer Registry of Norway have studied possible...
The nerve agent sarin causes a deadly overstimulation of the nervous system that can be stopped i...
Discoveries on the CRISPR-Cpf1 enzyme are expected to open up for new opportunities to edit genes.
Scientists at Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR) have discovered chemical compounds which...
The question whether genetically edited plants, with new methods, shall be classified as GMOs by...
ͯƵ honours Professor Emmanuelle Charpentier for her pioneering research
Terry Bidleman, Visiting Professor at the Department of Chemistry, was one of the first...
Anna Linusson Jonsson has a passion for collaboration and wants her research to make a difference.
The study shows how natural selection drives functional evolution of a large protein family in conifer trees.
Anxiety-moderating drugs create fearless and asocial fish that eat more quickly than normal.
The Swedish Cancer Society (Cancerfonden) has announced that will grant more than SEK 27 million ...
Infectious diseases researchers at ͯƵ in Sweden are studying the properties of...
A team of molecular biologists at ͯƵ has discovered a new way of controlling gene...