<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:a10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel xml:base="https://www.umu.se/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><title>Website for researchers calendar</title><link>https://www.umu.se/</link><description>A RSS feed provided by Umeå University</description><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 16:45:55 +0200</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.umu.se/en/about-umea-university/news-and-events/rss/website-for-researchers-calendar/rssevent?id=12084956" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><item xml:base="en/events/icelab-lunch-pitch-verena-kohler-preeti-moar-and-par-bystrom_12167443/"><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.umu.se/en/events/icelab-lunch-pitch-verena-kohler-preeti-moar-and-par-bystrom_12167443/</guid><title>IceLab Lunch Pitch: Verena Kohler and Preeti Moar</title><description>The Integrated Science Lab invites you to meet, and explore collaboration opportunities with Verena Kohler and Preeti Moar. </description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><atom:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Integrated Science Lab invites you to join the conversation at a Lunch Pitch. Verena Kohler scaling up yeast stress data. Preeti Moar is seeking collaborators with complex data analysis knowledge.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Join the conversation - everyone is welcome!&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;To encourage cross pollination of ideas between researchers from different disciplines, IceLab hosts interdisciplinary research lunches with the vision of allowing ideas to meet and mate. During the Lunch Pitch Season, the creative lunches take place at KBC (Glasburen) on a Wednesday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Registration&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;Register to come to the pitch and reserve your lunch by Monday, 18 May at 10am.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="epi-contentfragment"&gt;IceLab Lunch Pitch Register and Watch&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;IceLab Lunch Pitch registration will open two weeks before the event.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Note! The default lunch option is a vegetarian falafel sandwich. You can choose an alternative lunch in a separate form that will be emailed to you once you have registered.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Who is pitching about what?&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pitch 1: Verena Kohler, Assistant professor at Department of Molecular Biology&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scaling Up Yeast Stress Biology: From Manual Annotation to Automation&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What we do:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We use yeast as a high‑throughput model to study how cells respond to stress during ageing. Using robotic screening and several fluorescently tagged libraries, we can monitor thousands of strains in parallel and follow protein behaviour across conditions. We have established pipelines to measure growth and have manually scored microscopy datasets, creating a curated, high-quality annotated resource from epifluorescence imaging (with confocal data coming soon).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Where we want help:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We now want to scale this further by systematically analysing protein localisation, aggregation, and changes in organelle shape under stress, where we expect to uncover new phenotypes and compare them to published data. To achieve this, we want to automate both image processing and phenotype scoring&amp;mdash;and are looking for ideas and expertise to make this faster, more robust, and scalable.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Pitch 2: Preeti Moar, Postdoc at Department of Clinical Microbiology&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Early life immune programming and infection risk&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Frequent infections in early childhood impose a substantial and largely preventable burden on children, families, and healthcare systems. Yet even in settings with relatively uniform healthcare access and high vaccination coverage, children show striking differences in how often they are sick. Why some get infections repeatedly while others remain resilient remains poorly understood. Leveraging the NorthPop birth cohort, we address this question by integrating early‑life immune data with detailed registry‑based information on prenatal, environmental, and socioeconomic exposures. The biological focus is on early immune programming, including immune factors transferred from the mother as well as the child&amp;rsquo;s developing mucosal immune system, which serves as the first line of defense against infections. The analytical focus is on modeling how these immune processes interact with environmental context over time and on identifying how divergent infection trajectories, together with vulnerability or resilience, emerge from these interacting systems in early life.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Interested in&lt;/em&gt;: Collaborations around innovative analytical methods for complex data analysis.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Where is it?&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;KBC Glasburen, near the KBC caf&amp;eacute;. Find your way to the venue (&lt;a href="https://link.mazemap.com/9dsf42gT"&gt;mazemap link&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;IceLab Lunch Pitches are made possible through funding from KBC for the venue and from Stress Response Modeling at IceLab for their coordination and lunches.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</atom:content><place>KBC Glasburen</place><type>Seminar</type><link>https://www.umu.se/en/events/icelab-lunch-pitch-verena-kohler-preeti-moar-and-par-bystrom_12167443/</link><startdatum>2026-05-20T12:00:00+02:00</startdatum><slutdatum>2026-05-20T13:00:00+02:00</slutdatum></item><item xml:base="en/events/ec2u-science-contest-2026_12164636/"><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.umu.se/en/events/ec2u-science-contest-2026_12164636/</guid><title>EC2U Science Contest 2026</title><description>Watch online and vote for Umeå University in the EC2U Science Contest 2026. The event will be streamed live.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><atom:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;On 20 May, 2026, the EC2U Science Contest will take place as part of the EC2U Forum in Turku (Finland). This time, researchers and students from Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany), the University Turku, and Ume&amp;aring; University will be competing against each other.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;How does a science contest like this work?&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a title="EC2U Science Contest" href="https://ec2u.eu/events-news/ec2u-science-contest"&gt;EC2U Science Contest&lt;/a&gt; is a fast‑paced, entertaining event where multidisciplinary teams of researchers are given the same question and just a few minutes to agree on an answer before presenting it to the audience. The questions are submitted in advance by the public and can address scientific, societal or ethical issues, as well as curious &amp;ldquo;what if?&amp;rdquo; scenarios.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Both the audience and an international jury award points based on clarity, logic, creativity and entertainment value. The event is held in English and will be broadcast online, allowing participation beyond Turku.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a title="EC2U Science Battle 2021" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcrcaXf5aaQ"&gt;Science Battle 2021&lt;/a&gt; is available to watch on YouTube in its entirety, as well as in a &lt;a title="EC2U Science Battle 2021 Best of Version" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0boF5S2qj4"&gt;best-of version&lt;/a&gt;. Recordings of the &lt;a title="EC2U Science Contest 2022-2025" href="https://www.youtube.com/live/DaUZB7-F3Zs"&gt;EC2U Science Battle/Contest 2022&amp;ndash;2025&lt;/a&gt; are also available on YouTube.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;From big challenges to everyday curiosity&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;In previous Science Contests, audience questions have included:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Why are planets round, but the solar system flat?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Is it ethically better to eat insects than meat?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;How many balloons would it take to lift an 80‑kg person into the air?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Could we change our genes to prevent disease &amp;ndash; and should we?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;How can the lack of oxygen in the Baltic Sea be controlled?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Your vote matters. Support the Ume&amp;aring; team!&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class="epi-contentfragment"&gt;Eng Science Contest 2026&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Members of Team Ume&amp;aring;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class="epi-contentfragment"&gt;EC2U team&lt;/div&gt;</atom:content><place>University of Turku, Finland  (Live broadcast on Youtube)</place><type>Other</type><link>https://www.umu.se/en/events/ec2u-science-contest-2026_12164636/</link><startdatum>2026-05-20T15:00:00+02:00</startdatum><slutdatum>2026-05-20T17:00:00+02:00</slutdatum></item><item xml:base="en/events/beyond-calls--may2026_12156258/"><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.umu.se/en/events/beyond-calls--may2026_12156258/</guid><title>Beyond Calls – May2026</title><description>Welcome to the Beyond Calls group meeting for researchers.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><atom:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Welcome to Beyond Calls! This is a recurring group meeting for researchers at Ume&amp;aring; University who want to strengthen their understanding of what makes funding applications successful. Learn what really works directly from fellow researchers and guest funders. Bring your questions, share your experience and connect with colleagues who want to sharpen their proposals and build strong networks for future calls.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;At each meeting, researchers share practical insights and personal experiences about what makes a proposal stand out. Get insight in the unwritten rules and clever strategies rarely found in the official call texts.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;More information will come!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Speakers&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;More information will come.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Registration&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=-aZLWjH1Mk-UZzmPGead5GvAMIkGirFDqt15Qu1bFtFUNjhHOUVBRFZFREU2MlVTSFJUUkpOUjY0RyQlQCN0PWcu"&gt;Registration form&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please register for a light lunch sandwich.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Upcoming Beyond Calls meetings&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is a meeting series that takes place once a month. Take a look at the other scheduled meetings here.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;No further planned meetings yet&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</atom:content><place>Mustang Sally (AWL)</place><type>Group meeting</type><link>https://www.umu.se/en/events/beyond-calls--may2026_12156258/</link><startdatum>2026-05-21T12:00:00+02:00</startdatum><slutdatum>2026-05-21T13:00:00+02:00</slutdatum></item><item xml:base="en/events/spring-graduation-ceremony-2026_12165270/"><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.umu.se/en/events/spring-graduation-ceremony-2026_12165270/</guid><title>The Spring Graduation Ceremony</title><description>Welcome to the Spring Graduation Ceremony and the inauguration of our new Vice-Chancellor.</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><atom:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Welcome to the Spring Graduation Ceremony celebrating the University&amp;rsquo;s jubilee doctors and new doctors.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ume&amp;aring; University&amp;rsquo;s academic ceremonies stem from Medieval European academic institutions. The Spring Graduation is one of two academic ceremonies and takes place one day in May each year.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Spring Graduation Ceremony celebrates the University&amp;rsquo;s jubilee doctors and new doctors through rituals in Latin or Swedish and with symbols of academic freedom. The Ceremony is open to the public. The audience must be seated by 15:50.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Spring Graduation Ceremony starts at 16:00 with a procession of guests of honour into the auditorium. On stage, they receive their doctoral insignia from the conferrer. The ceremony takes about 2 hours.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Graduation Ceremony." href="/link/0095eccd043c4a68a9b79515cc108510.aspx"&gt;Read more about the details of the Spring Graduation Ceremony&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can also watch the Spring Graduation Ceremony online. It is broadcast on &lt;a title="Live broadcast." href="http://umu.se/live"&gt;umu.se/live&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Please note: Ume&amp;aring; University photographs and films/live video streams the ceremony to use in their communication. Contact the Communications Office at &lt;a href="mailto:komm@umu.se"&gt;komm@umu.se&lt;/a&gt; or talk to the staff if you have any objection to appearing in such images.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/link/0b4fa49c65a04f54b4ba10e5a906df44.aspx"&gt;Learn more about the Spring Graduation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</atom:content><place>Aula Nordica</place><type>Other</type><link>https://www.umu.se/en/events/spring-graduation-ceremony-2026_12165270/</link><startdatum>2026-05-23T16:00:00+02:00</startdatum><slutdatum>2026-05-23T18:00:00+02:00</slutdatum></item><item xml:base="en/events/aimday-within-south-africa---sweden-university-forum_12170123/"><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.umu.se/en/events/aimday-within-south-africa---sweden-university-forum_12170123/</guid><title>AIMday within South Africa - Sweden University Forum</title><description>Take part in an online AIMday, within the South Africa–Sweden University Forum. Register by 24 April. </description><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><atom:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;On 26 May, a digital AIMday will be held as part of the South Africa&amp;ndash;Sweden University Forum (SASUF+), in which researchers and organisations from both Sweden and South Africa are invited to participate. &lt;strong&gt;Please register by 24 April.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The format involves one question per hour, with researchers and organisations coming together for structured discussions on societal challenges of mutual interest. AIMday within SASUF+ is specifically designed to initiate international collaborations, which may subsequently lead to joint projects and applications for seed funding.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The themes for SASUF+ AIMday are:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Sustainable Health&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Green Transition&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Migration and Urbanisation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Democracy, Social Justice and Indigenous Knowledge Systems.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aimday.se/virtual-event/2026/sasuf-a-virtual-dialogue-for-impact/challenges"&gt;Questions received for SASUF+ AIMday&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aimday.se/virtual-event/2026/sasuf-a-virtual-dialogue-for-impact/registration-for-researchers"&gt;Register your participation as a researcher in SASUF+ AIMday by 24 April&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aimday.se/virtual-event/2026/sasuf-a-virtual-dialogue-for-impact"&gt;Read more about SASUF+ AIMday&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</atom:content><place>Online</place><type>Workshop</type><link>https://www.umu.se/en/events/aimday-within-south-africa---sweden-university-forum_12170123/</link><startdatum>2026-05-26T09:00:00+02:00</startdatum><slutdatum>2026-05-26T17:00:00+02:00</slutdatum></item><item xml:base="en/events/c-trap_12172493/"><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.umu.se/en/events/c-trap_12172493/</guid><title>C-Trap</title><description>SciLifeLab Umeå/KBC Infrastructure lunch seminar</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><atom:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;SciLifeLab Ume&amp;aring; and KBC warmly welcome you to participate in the lunch seminar on &lt;strong&gt;Wednesday, 27 May&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"&lt;/strong&gt;C-Trap: combined optical tweezers, confocal microscopy and microfluidics for the study of single-molecule dynamics and mechanics&lt;strong&gt;"&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Presenter: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rub&amp;eacute;n Casanova-S&amp;aacute;ez&lt;/strong&gt;, Manager of the C-trap Facility, Department of Plant Physiology, Ume&amp;aring; Plant Science Centre, Ume&amp;aring; University&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Description:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The C-Trap facility at KBC provides access to a dual-trap C-Trap Dymo 300 system, an integrated platform that combines optical tweezers, multichannel microfluidics, and fluorescence microscopy. This unique setup enables simultaneous manipulation, visualization, and force measurement of biomolecules with sub-nanometer spatial precision and sub-millisecond temporal resolution. Based on highly focused laser beams, optical tweezers can trap and control microscopic particles, allowing precise application and detection of forces in the picoNewton range at the single-molecule level.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The facility supports real-time investigations of biomolecular interactions under near-physiological conditions, including DNA&amp;ndash;protein and RNA&amp;ndash;protein binding, protein folding, and conformational dynamics. Integration with confocal fluorescence microscopy enables direct observation of molecular events such as binding, translocation, and structural changes, while the microfluidics system allows rapid exchange of reagents and environmental conditions during experiments. This correlative approach provides simultaneous access to mechanical and biochemical information within a single experiment, overcoming limitations of traditional bulk assays that average out heterogeneous or transient behaviors.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In this seminar, I will introduce the C-Trap instrument and its capabilities, outline the support available to facility users, and present selected examples of research enabled by the C-Trap.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn more about the C-Trap Facility at UMU:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="/link/97688ec54d0541a6beea674daf7082ef.aspx"&gt;https://www.umu.se/en/research/infrastructure/c-trap-facility/&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Location:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The seminar will be held at Glasburen, in the KBC-building, Linnaeus v&amp;auml;g 6, 90736 Ume&amp;aring; (&lt;a href="https://link.mazemap.com/oghH7GJK"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;link to Mazemap&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Register to book your free lunch by &lt;strong&gt;May 25&lt;/strong&gt; at &lt;strong&gt;10:00&lt;/strong&gt;, or drop in on the day to hear the talk with no lunch: &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/link/812d7dd9be4f4fc59006768aa1cf2189.aspx"&gt;Register here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Online participation&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;(no registration is required)&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://umu.zoom.us/j/61307079123"&gt;https://umu.zoom.us/j/61307079123&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Meeting ID: &lt;strong&gt;613 0707 9123&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;More information about the &lt;strong&gt;SciLifeLab Ume&amp;aring;/KBC Infrastructure seminar series&lt;/strong&gt; and the schedule is &lt;a href="/link/f39ac2dec4bd4aa6bf9eb4f302aa37ad.aspx"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Organisers:&lt;/strong&gt; SciLifeLab Ume&amp;aring; and KBC&lt;/p&gt;</atom:content><place>Glasburen, KBC, and Zoom</place><type>Seminar</type><link>https://www.umu.se/en/events/c-trap_12172493/</link><startdatum>2026-05-27T12:00:00+02:00</startdatum><slutdatum>2026-05-27T13:00:00+02:00</slutdatum></item><item xml:base="en/events/ec2u-summer-school-ai-in-health-and-medical-technology_12166943/"><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.umu.se/en/events/ec2u-summer-school-ai-in-health-and-medical-technology_12166943/</guid><title>EC2U Summer School: AI in Health and Medical Technology</title><description>Explore advanced AI applications in health and medical technology at JKU Linz during 22-24 September. Register by 30 May.</description><pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><atom:content type="html">&lt;h3&gt;Please note: the EC2U Summer School takes place during 22-24 September&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;AI is a rapidly evolving technology that has a particularly high impact in medical applications. This summer school will introduce participants to AI in various medical applications and medical technology and will also cover related topics, including sociological and legal aspects of AI applications in the health field.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;EC2U Summer School on AI in Health and Medical Technology&lt;/strong&gt; will expose participants to an emerging, high-impact field. Through bridging theory and practice, studentsmove frompassive learning to applied problem-solving.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In addition, this interdisciplinary and international event will foster the ability to communicate across disciplines and enable systems-level thinking about healthcare challenges while strengthening soft skills and personal development. The event will also provide career orientation as well as international and cultural exchange, thus creating long-termmultiplier effects.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Information&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Format:&lt;/strong&gt; In-person only &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Location: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a title="JKU - Johannes Kepler University Linz " href="https://www.jku.at/en/"&gt; Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU)&lt;/a&gt;, Austria&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dates:&lt;/strong&gt; 22-24 September&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mobility grant:&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;euro;1265 per attendee&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration:&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;a title="Registration form: EC2U summer school in Linz 22-24 September" href="https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=-aZLWjH1Mk-UZzmPGead5Lyl9-_FNB1JhXOVWDnVyOZUME83RFY4M1MyMVQzRERYWDZCWkNURTdWVi4u&amp;amp;route=shorturl"&gt;Register here&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;by 30 May at the very latest&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Who can apply?&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Bachelor students&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Master students&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;PhD candidates&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Scientific staff (Post Doc or higher)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Draft agenda&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Day 1 &amp;ndash; 21 September&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Travel day&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Day 2 &amp;ndash; 22 September&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;AI in Medicine&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;City tour of Linz&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Day 3 &amp;ndash; 23 September&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Medical Devices&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Biomaterial Sciences&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Sports session and campus tour&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Day 4 &amp;ndash; 24 September&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Healthy Society and Governance&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Lab visits and P&amp;ouml;stlingberg excursion&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Day 5 &amp;ndash; 25 September&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Travel day&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;The summer school is organised in connection with the &lt;a href="https://ec2u.eu/work-packages/sdg-3-good-health-and-well-being"&gt;EC2U Virtual Institute for Good Health and Well-being (GLADE)&lt;/a&gt; and will include participation from members of the EC2U Work Package board.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</atom:content><place>Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU)</place><type>Course</type><link>https://www.umu.se/en/events/ec2u-summer-school-ai-in-health-and-medical-technology_12166943/</link><startdatum>2026-05-30T00:00:00+02:00</startdatum><slutdatum>2026-05-30T23:59:00+02:00</slutdatum></item><item xml:base="en/events/icelab-lunch-pitch-disruptive-ventures-kemal-avican-christer-malm_12165707/"><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.umu.se/en/events/icelab-lunch-pitch-disruptive-ventures-kemal-avican-christer-malm_12165707/</guid><title>IceLab Lunch Pitch: Disruptive Ventures, Kemal Avican and Christer Malm</title><description>The Integrated Science Lab invites you to meet, and explore collaboration opportunities with Disruptive Ventures, Kemal Avican and Christer Malm.</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><atom:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Integrated Science Lab invites you to join the conversation at a Lunch Pitch. More information about what Disruptive Ventures, Kemal Avican and Christer Malm will pitch about will be available soon.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Join the conversation - everyone is welcome!&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;To encourage cross pollination of ideas between researchers from different disciplines, IceLab hosts interdisciplinary research lunches with the vision of allowing ideas to meet and mate. During the Lunch Pitch Season, the creative lunches take place at KBC (Glasburen) on a Wednesday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Registration&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;Register to come to the pitch and reserve your lunch by Monday, 1 June at 10am.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;IceLab Lunch Pitch registration will open two weeks before the event.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Note! The default lunch option is a vegetarian falafel sandwich. You can choose an alternative lunch in a separate form that will be emailed to you once you have registered.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Who is pitching about what?&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pitch 1: Disruptive Ventures&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Information about the pitch from Disruptive Ventures is coming soon&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Pitch 2: Kemal Avican, Research fellow at Department of Molecular Ecology and IceLab&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Enriching pathogens RNA in infected samples&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Topic:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;Universal host RNA depletion to enable high-resolution, cost-effective sequencing of pathogens directly from infected tissues.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Question:&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;How can we economically and accurately sequence the gene expression of low-abundance pathogens (bacteria and viruses) when they are drowned out by an overwhelming background of host RNA?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Abstract:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; When studying infections in vivo, pathogen RNA is severely masked by host RNA, which often comprises &amp;gt;99% of the sample. This "needle-in-a-haystack" problem makes standard RNA sequencing economically unfeasible. To solve this, we developed dephoRNA, a novel, universal host RNA depletion technology. Using a unique "self-probing" mechanism, dephoRNA generates a self-adapting cDNA probe pool directly from the infected sample to guide RNase H. This eliminates &amp;gt;95% of the host RNA across the full transcriptomic spectrum without the need for pre-designed, species-specific commercial probes. Validated in both human and animal models, this method enriches bacterial transcripts over 14-fold, perfectly preserves physiological gene expression profiles, and reduces necessary sequencing depth (and cost) by up to 92%. We are currently transitioning this validated invention into a scalable, Research Use Only pre-library preparation kit.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What I am interested in getting out of this pitch:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;We are looking to connect with academic, clinical, and veterinary research laboratories that conduct&amp;nbsp;in vivo&amp;nbsp;infection studies or metatranscriptomics.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Pitch 3: Christer Malm, Professor, Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sports Medicine&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Information about Christer's pitch is coming soon&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Where is it?&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;KBC Glasburen, near the KBC caf&amp;eacute;. Find your way to the venue (&lt;a href="https://link.mazemap.com/9dsf42gT"&gt;mazemap link&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;IceLab Lunch Pitches are made possible through funding from KBC for the venue and from Stress Response Modeling at IceLab for their coordination and lunches.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</atom:content><place>KBC Glasburen</place><type>Seminar</type><link>https://www.umu.se/en/events/icelab-lunch-pitch-disruptive-ventures-kemal-avican-christer-malm_12165707/</link><startdatum>2026-06-03T12:00:00+02:00</startdatum><slutdatum>2026-06-03T13:00:00+02:00</slutdatum></item><item xml:base="en/events/publish-or-perish-publication-pressure-and-coauthorship-ethics_12160939/"><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.umu.se/en/events/publish-or-perish-publication-pressure-and-coauthorship-ethics_12160939/</guid><title>Publish or perish? Publication pressure and (co)authorship ethics</title><description>Who qualifies for authorship, in what order, and why? On norms, guidelines and difficult judgements in academic publishing.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><atom:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; Publishing is an integral part of academic life in all scientific fields &amp;ndash; but the process often raises difficult and sensitive questions. Who qualifies for authorship? How is authorship order determined? And what do you do when formal guidelines clash with established traditions within your field?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You are warmly invited to an ethics seminar hosted by the &lt;strong&gt;Council for the Promotion of Good Research Practice (REDA)&lt;/strong&gt;, focusing on publication pressure, academic merit, and the ethics of (co‑)authorship. The discussion will address how norms and expectations can differ between disciplines &amp;ndash; and sometimes lead to misunderstandings or conflicts.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Topics to be discussed include:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Publication pressure and its impact on research environments&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Common questions and areas of tension related to authorship&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;What is required to qualify for authorship, and how guidelines relate to established practices across different research fields&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Pros and cons &amp;ndash; and the responsibilities &amp;ndash; of publishing&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;The programme features a panel discussion with members of REDA and &lt;strong&gt;Vice-Chancellor Tora Holmberg&lt;/strong&gt;. You will also have the opportunity to ask questions and share your own reflections.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Would you like to attend?&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://forms.office.com/e/HjvVDH3V60"&gt;Please register for the ethics seminar&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;no later than 4 June at 15.00&lt;/strong&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The seminar is intended for researchers, doctoral students and teaching staff at Ume&amp;aring; University.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Coffee will be served from 14.45.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The event is held in English.&lt;/em&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</atom:content><place>Vardagsrummet, the Humanities Building</place><type>Seminar</type><link>https://www.umu.se/en/events/publish-or-perish-publication-pressure-and-coauthorship-ethics_12160939/</link><startdatum>2026-06-08T15:00:00+02:00</startdatum><slutdatum>2026-06-08T16:00:00+02:00</slutdatum></item><item xml:base="en/events/writing-workshop-to-strengthen-your-msca-pf-application_12172223/"><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.umu.se/en/events/writing-workshop-to-strengthen-your-msca-pf-application_12172223/</guid><title>Writing workshop to strengthen your MSCA-PF application</title><description>Hands-on workshop for researchers applying for an MSCA European Postdoctoral Fellowship with Umeå University as host.</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><atom:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Are you planning to apply for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions European Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-PF) with Ume&amp;aring; University as your host institution? Do you have a supervisor at Ume&amp;aring; University? Then this intensive and hands-on writing workshop is an opportunity for you.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; Two focused full days to take your application to the next level&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;During two full days you will have dedicated time to make real progress on your application. The workshop combines structured writing time with practical guidance, feedback, and inspiration.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What the workshop offers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Dedicated writing time with personal guidance from experienced research coordinators&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Access to templates to help you build a competitive application&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Support in identifying which sections to develop together with your supervisor&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The opportunity to meet both a former successful MSCA fellow and an experienced MSCA supervisor&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lunch is included.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The workshop is aimed at applicants who&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Plan to submit an MSCA-PF application in 2026&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Have a supervisor at Ume&amp;aring; University&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Can participate on both days&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; Registration and preparatory tasks&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/Y9hqpN2Gyf?origin=lprLink"&gt;Register via the form&lt;/a&gt; no later than 3 June, 2026.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Preparatory tasks will be sent out one week before the workshop.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Contact: Research Support and Collaboration Office, rso@umu.se&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Further details about the location will be sent to registered participants.&lt;/p&gt;</atom:content><place>On Campus</place><type>Workshop</type><link>https://www.umu.se/en/events/writing-workshop-to-strengthen-your-msca-pf-application_12172223/</link><startdatum>2026-06-10T09:00:00+02:00</startdatum><slutdatum>2026-06-11T15:15:00+02:00</slutdatum></item><item xml:base="en/events/digital-presentation-of-the-research-data-register-for-researcherspis_12171446/"><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.umu.se/en/events/digital-presentation-of-the-research-data-register-for-researcherspis_12171446/</guid><title>Digital presentation of the research data register for researchers/PIs</title><description>Get an introduction to the research data registry – a new service that helps you and your research group keep an overview of your research data.</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0200</pubDate><atom:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Get an introduction to the research data registry &amp;ndash; a new service that helps you and your research group keep an overview of your research data. The registry serves as a catalogue where you register your project and describe what data exist, how they have been collected and where they are stored.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The presentation is aimed at researchers and is held in English. During the session, you will learn what the aims of the registry are and the basics on how to use it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://umu.eduportal.se/kurser?categoryID=58874&amp;amp;categoryIds=58874,58875&amp;amp;locationIds=0&amp;amp;subjectIds=0&amp;amp;translationLanguageIds=0&amp;amp;selectionType=0&amp;amp;textSearch=&amp;amp;coursePageNumber=1"&gt;Sign up for the presentationen through EduAdmin to access a link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Get started now&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;The research data registry is found on the website for researchers. It is free of charge, but requires login using UMU ID and a VPN connection. Du can invite colleagues as co-authors and update the project at any time.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/en/researcher/plan-and-implement/manage-research-data/retain-research-data/register-research-data/"&gt;Read more about and find the research data registry&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</atom:content><place>Teams</place><type>Seminar</type><link>https://www.umu.se/en/events/digital-presentation-of-the-research-data-register-for-researcherspis_12171446/</link><startdatum>2026-10-01T10:00:00+02:00</startdatum><slutdatum>2026-10-01T11:00:00+02:00</slutdatum></item><item xml:base="en/events/crossing-disciplines_12157887/"><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.umu.se/en/events/crossing-disciplines_12157887/</guid><title>Crossing Disciplines</title><description>The event welcomes researchers with an interest in gender issues from all faculties !
</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 11:30:00 +0200</pubDate><atom:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;This conference brings together researchers engaged in, or with an interest in, gender research to connect, share insights, and highlight the rich diversity of gender research conducted across Ume&amp;aring; University&amp;rsquo;s faculties. We will also celebrate two significant milestones: 50 years of feminist research and the 25th anniversary of the Gender Research School, both rooted in the Ume&amp;aring; Centre for Gender Studies (UCGS).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/link/7c20e1098f4a4999acc7cd54dad2aa08.aspx"&gt;More information&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</atom:content><place>HUM.F Vardagsrummet</place><type>Conference</type><link>https://www.umu.se/en/events/crossing-disciplines_12157887/</link><startdatum>2026-10-14T11:30:00+02:00</startdatum><slutdatum>2026-10-15T12:00:00+02:00</slutdatum></item></channel></rss>