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The Norway spruce genome sequenced

2013-05-22
Swedish scientists have mapped the gene sequence of Norway spruce (the Christmas tree) – a species with huge economic and ecological importance - and that is the largest genome to have ever been mapped. The genome is complex and seven times larger than that of humans. The results have been published...

Gigantic spruce genome sequenced

2013-05-22
The spruce, giant of the forests, outlived the dinosaurs and is today Sweden’s most important plant from an economical aspect. Its genome is also huge, seven times larger than the human genome. For that reason until now a full mapping of the spruce genome has been impossible. But scientists at Umeå ...

Discovery of a novel medicine for the treatment of chronic wounds

2013-05-20
Every 20 seconds, a limb is lost as a consequence of diabetic foot ulcer that does not heal. To date, medical solutions that can change this situation are very limited. In his doctoral thesis Yue Shen from the Industrial Doctoral School and the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics at Um...

More severe disease explains the higher costs of care for men

2013-05-15
Men often suffer from more severe cases of psoriasis than women, which may explain why the cost of care for men is higher. This is the conclusion of researchers at Umeå University in a new study.

Cells must use their brakes moderately for effective speed control

2013-05-15
How cells regulate their own function by “accelerating and braking” is important basic knowledge when new intelligent medicines are being developed, or when plant cells are tweaked to produce more bioenergy. In a study published by Nature Communications 14 May, researchers at Uppsala and Umeå univer...

Positive trend with PhD Students

2013-05-14
The month of May is intense at the Department of Computing Science with several dissertations and licentiate seminars. A total of five PhD students defend their jobs during the month.

Lettice Kinunda-Rutashobya

2013-04-28

Anna Clark, Australian Centre for Public History, is a guest professor at the Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies April 20th to June 20th

2013-04-26
Anna Clark from the Australian Centre for Public History, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia visits the Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies and the research group History of Education from April 20th to June 20th, 2013. During her stay as a guest professor at the d...

Dr. Robert Parkes, University of Newcastle, is Visiting Research Fellow at the Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies April 2nd to May 31st

2013-04-26
Dr. Robert Parkes is Senior Lecturer in Curriculum Studies at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He visits the Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies as a Visiting Research Fellow within the research group History of Education from April 2nd to May 31st this year. During ...

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