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Joint field work furthers research on chemicals in Arctic waters
Published: 2024-09-18

in 2022, a research group conducted field work on Abisko and Lake Torneträsk to collect HNP samples.

Works on biological problems with mathematical tools
Published: 2024-09-17

Suvam's project concerns how bacteria respond to external stressors like antibiotics and develop resistance.

Graphite oxidation experiments reveal new type of oscillating chemical reaction
Published: 2024-09-17

The structural changes that occur in graphite during oxidation have puzzled scientists for 50 years.

New Insights into 3D Gene Regulation Dynamics
Published: 2024-09-13

Novel mechanism in gene regulation uncovered in study exploring the 3-dimensional dynamics of gene elements.

Reunions and new directions for Korea-IceLab collaboration
Published: 2024-09-13

South Korean researchers visited IceLab as part of STINT research exchange in modeling ecology and evolution.

Antibiotic usage can damage the protective mucus layer in the gut
Published: 2024-09-12

Antibiotic-driven alterations in the microbiota. causes defects in the normally protective mucus barrier.

Growing data-driven infection research community in Umeå
Published: 2024-09-10

MIMS Group Leader and DDLS Fellow starts his independent research lab at Umeå University.

Two young researchers receive ERC Starting Grant
Published: 2024-09-05

ERC Starting Grants is a research programme that support promising young researchers.

Investigates a potential drug against Cryptospodirium
Published: 2024-09-04

Antonio's work focuses on the chemical and structural mode of action of the novel drug at molecular level .

15 November: UCMR Distinguished Guest Seminar: Matthew Bogyo
Published: 2024-09-02

Matthew lectures on chemical probes for imaging cancer and infectious diseases.

Discovery explains the chemistry behind the cell's energy molecule
Published: 2024-08-28

Research shows how the magnesium atom directs the chemistry that catalyzes the production of ATP in a cell.

Marie Curie Fellowship for the study of promising magnetic material
Published: 2024-08-27

Lakshmi Das receives Marie Curie Fellowship to investigate new material with ultra-fast light pulses.

10 million to project for sustainable shrimp and fish production
Published: 2024-08-20

The project will devolop production of fish and shrimp in circular aquaculture systems.

Mpox global emergency call – 5 questions to Umeå virologist
Published: 2024-08-15

Current outbreak of mpox is a more dangerous variant than the one that spread in Africa about two years ago.

Optical physics has potential for challenges in life science
Published: 2024-08-14

In a mix of biology and physics, Ben investigates biological reactions and processes with fast lasers.

Promising results for new antibiotic in tests on mice
Published: 2024-08-09

Effective against serious infections, according to new study.

Herbivorous insects have major impact on forests
Published: 2024-08-07

Major global study shows that insect herbivory plays a significant role in carbon and nutrient cycling.

Umeå Professor elected to EMBO Membership
Published: 2024-07-10

Professor Oliver Billker is one of the newly elected EMBO Members on the 60th anniversary of EMBO.

Modulating the internal clock increases growth in hybrid aspen
Published: 2024-07-05

PhD student Johan Sjölander discovered that modifying the internal clock in hybrid aspen can increase growth.

36’000 tea bags explain global decomposition pattern on new web
Published: 2024-07-03

Tea bags buried in soil worldwide show decomposition rates in different soil types.

Details of photosynthesis revealed with record-breaking images
Published: 2024-07-01

Cryo.electronmicroscopy reveals the positions of hydrogen atoms and water molecules in photosynthesis.

Degradation of cell wall key in the spread of resistance
Published: 2024-07-01

New study shows how an enzyme breaks down the bacteria's cell wall to transfer resistance to antibiotics.

New Group Leaders joining infection research at Umeå University
Published: 2024-06-25

MIMS welcomes Ryo Morimoto and Iker Valle Aramburu as new Group Leaders!

The world's first AI-controlled forest machine trained in Umeå
Published: 2024-06-20

The AI system has been developed on a supercomputer in several million training steps.

IceLab kickoff conference propels stress response research
Published: 2024-06-18

Kickoffen för Stress Response Modeling vid IceLab den 10-11 juni innebar en lovande start för det nya centret.

Research breakthrough opens the door to more studies of protein movements
Published: 2024-06-18

Breakthrough in research enables more experiments than ever before on vital processes inside cells.

Umeå University's Arctic Five Chairs Announced
Published: 2024-06-17

Umeå university has received five new Arctic Five Chairs 2024-2026.

Umeå University is highly represented at Arctic Congress 2024
Published: 2024-06-14

The Arctic Congress 2024 gathered many researchers from Umeå University who presented their research.

Nobel Laureates appointed honorary doctors at Umeå University
Published: 2024-06-05

Anne L'Huillier and Ferenc Krausz have worked with researchers at the Department of Physics for many years.

Virus expert spreads knowledge at the university
Published: 2024-06-04

The UCMR community welcomed professor Emma Thomson to a summer warm Umeå for networking and talk.

AI and math can prepare for new infections in changing climate
Published: 2024-05-30

By letting AI count on climate change and travel patterns it is possible to forecast new infections.

UCMR seminar: Lone Simonsen and Kim Sneppen
Published: 2024-05-27

Welcome to a UCMR two seminar 30 May at 14:00-16:00 in Major Groove.

Trio of virus researchers receive award for utilisation
Published: 2024-05-27

A clinician, a preclinician, and a biomedical analyst demonstrate successful COVID-19 research.

Science and creativity explored on Arctic doctoral field trip
Published: 2024-05-24

Doctoral students at the Arctic Graduate School went on a doctoral course and field trip to Rovaniemi.

Model how a microbe can tell a friend from a foe
Published: 2024-05-16

'Can microbes distinguish friend from foe?' only DDLS funded PhD project at UMU in recent call.

Skogsungdomarna learn about the history of the northern forest
Published: 2024-05-16

On April 27, 2024, Skogsungdomarna organised a forest history excursion in Kulbäcksliden for their members.

Novel chemical tool for understanding membrane remodelling in the cell
Published: 2024-05-03

PNAS study makes a good "case" for using small molecules as chemical tools to understand complex biology.

Discovery of a new mechanism that controls cell division
Published: 2024-05-03

How a special protein complex moves along genes in DNA may have an impact on how cells divide.

Life’s insiders: Decoding endosymbiosis with mathematics
Published: 2024-05-02

Mathematical modelling advances research in endosymbiosis, according to a research group in Umeå.

Key bacterium discovered – maintains the protective intestinal mucus barrier
Published: 2024-04-29

Dietary fibre is vital for our intestinal flora, where the bacteria Blautia is important to the mucus barrier.

Umeå has been chosen to host the European Space Weather Week in 2025
Published: 2024-04-24

ESWW brings scientists and the space industry together as it takes place in Sweden for the first time.

Finalist for prestigious climate research prize
Published: 2024-04-23

For the second year in a row, a Umeå University researcher is a finalist for the Frontiers Planet Prize.

Unique field study on fire-impacted forests
Published: 2024-04-19

During the unusually dry year of 2018, Sweden was hit by numerous forest fires.

New understanding of energy losses in emerging light source
Published: 2024-04-18

A new method for measuring efficiency losses gives a breakthrough in the development of new light sources.

Understanding climate warming impacts on carbon release from the tundra
Published: 2024-04-17

A new major study shows that the effects of climate change could be stronger than previously thought.

Keith Larson Awarded the Iwan Bolin Prize
Published: 2024-04-16

Keith Larson at the Arctic Centre is the 2024 recipient of the Iwan Bolin Prize.

Early and targeted treatment is important for tackling tularemia
Published: 2024-04-16

The study supports the use of ciprofloxacin and identifies the need for more knowledge about the disease.

IceLab opens project call for shared postdoctoral fellows
Published: 2024-04-10

Project proposals can be submitted until May 27th and an information session is available April 29th.

17 October: UCMR Distinguished Guest Seminar — Matthew Fisher
Published: 2024-04-10

Matthew lectures about fungal pathogens and future risks for the global life-support system.

Pär Byström new director of Climate Impacts Research Centre
Published: 2024-04-10

Pär Byström wants to develop one of the world's leading centers for climate research in the Arctic.

Proteomics – a powerful discovery tool
Published: 2024-04-09

André Mateus had a seminar on everything you ever wanted to know about proteomics, but never dared to ask.

Svalbard course deepens understanding of Arctic space physics
Published: 2024-04-05

Doctoral student Eva Krämer went on a 12 week long research stay at the University Center in Svalbard (UNIS).

Hitchhikers on plastic particles
Published: 2024-04-04

Freshwater microbes hitchhike with plastic particles to the sea. Does it affect microbes in seawater?

AI for Images and Genomes, Cancer Research at the Lunch Pitch
Published: 2024-04-02

Pitches: AI for image processing, understanding breast cancer risk and unravelling plant genome complexity.

SEK 108 million to basic research from Wallenberg Scholars
Published: 2024-03-26

Six Umeå University researchers have been admitted to the Wallenberg Scholars programme 2024.

New Study Reveals Who Was More Vulnerable to Post-COVID Syndrome in Early Phases of the Pandemic
Published: 2024-03-26

People with post-COVID syndrome often suffer from intense fatigue and dyspnea, is shown in Nordic study.

SPPS awards Stefan Jansson for his contributions to plant science
Published: 2024-03-22

Stefan Jansson receives a prize from the Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society

The Swedish Cancer Society has granted two postdoc positions
Published: 2024-03-21

Researchers at the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics have been granted a three-year position.

pH affects the ability of ulcer bacteria to attach
Published: 2024-03-20

Results made by Anna Arnqvist´s group include molecular details and the importance of the pH in the stomach.

Insert favorite scientific problem here
Published: 2024-03-19

In search of collaborators after the March 13 Lunch Pitch.

Long Covid Awareness Day – an occasion for sharing knowledge
Published: 2024-03-15

Johan Normark tells about current knowledge on symptoms, causes, treatment, and prognosis of post-COVID.

UCMR seminar: Sascha Martens and Sabrina Büttner
Published: 2024-03-14

Welcome to a UCMR two seminar 25 April at 14:00-16:00 in Lilla hörsalen, KBC.

New course on humanity's impact on the planet
Published: 2024-03-12

Deepen your knowledge on how human activity has changed the Earth through the course Global Change Science.

Study to evaluate TBE vaccination
Published: 2024-03-11

The study will evaluate knowledge, awareness and practices of TBE vaccination.

Malaria research in Umeå wins Hirsch Prize from Karolinska Institute
Published: 2024-03-08

Oliver Billker is awarded the Medicine Doctor Axel Hirsch prize 2024 for his research in the field of malaria.

New faculty for Stress Response Modeling excellence center
Published: 2024-03-08

IceLab seeks faculty for Stress Response Modeling excellence center.

Microalgae from Umeå can be used to produce bioplastic
Published: 2024-03-07

Small, inconspicuous organisms potential superstars in the green transition.

Cemal Erdem and Elin Chorell seek collaborators at a Lunch Pitch
Published: 2024-03-01

The pitches covered cancer and disease modeling and the role of sphingolipids in metabolic diseases.

Umeå professor awarded for her TBE research
Published: 2024-03-01

Anna Överby Wernstedt at Umeå University is one of five junior researchers who will share SEK 33 million.

Physicist honoured with pedagogical award
Published: 2024-02-26

Jens Zamanian is awarded the Faculty of Science and Technology's pedagogical prize 2024.

Hope for drugs against enteroviruses and intestinal organism
Published: 2024-02-26

Studies in a thesis give hope for medicines for colds and other diseases as well as an intestinal organism.

Curie millions for postdoctoral research in Umeå
Published: 2024-02-23

Several postdoc projects receive funding from EU within the ´Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme.

Tendency for infection and bacterial flora explain caries
Published: 2024-02-21

Individual variation explains recurrent caries disease and that others are asymptomatic.

New non-toxic method for producing high-quality graphene oxide
Published: 2024-02-20

Produces significantly fewer defects compared to the most commonly used method today.

Microbial eco-evolutionary research collaboration with Korea
Published: 2024-02-20

STINT-funded research collaboration with Inha University researchers begins with a visit to Incheon, Korea

Anne L'Huillier answered student's questions in Aula Nordica
Published: 2024-02-19

See photos from the Nobel Prize winner's visit to Umeå University.

Discovery about bacterial cell walls can lead to new antibiotics
Published: 2024-02-19

Felipe Cava, Umeå University, is one of the researchers that have identified a bacterial enzyme.

Picturesque, but not pristine: mining-impacted lakes in Northern Sweden
Published: 2024-02-16

Doctoral student Maria Camila Urrea went on a scouting trip to sample several Northern mine-impacted lakes.

IceLab opens the 2024 Lunch Pitches
Published: 2024-02-15

IceLab opens its Lunch Pitch season with pitches related to aging from Verena Kohler and Mattias Forsell

The world metabolomics community gathers in the North
Published: 2024-02-15

Metabolomics is a growing field within life science - 120 scientists from all over the world gathered in Umeå.

UCMR Distinguished Guest Seminar: Emma Thomson
Published: 2024-02-15

Emma Thomson lectures on AAV2 and immune dysregulation in children with unexplained hepatitis.

Plant biologist shifting focus from root to leaf anatomy
Published: 2024-02-14

'EC' postdoc Adrien is studying the relationship between plant epidermal cell structure and mechanical stress.

UCMR Distinguished Guest Seminar: Kim Orth
Published: 2024-02-13

Kim lectures on virulence factors in bacteria that provide molecular insight into eukaryotic signaling systems

Innovative research in focus – spin-off company in the final for Umeågalan Award
Published: 2024-02-07

Society beneficial products and services based on research or education at the university are recognized.

Clues from the ice age can help us restore Swedish streams
Published: 2024-02-06

Sweden's last unmodified rivers and streams provide important information for restoring destroyed habitats.

Nobel Laureate aims to inspire youth to pursue science
Published: 2024-02-05

Anne L'Huillier gives a lecture at Umeå University on 15 February.

Mondays for most common sexually transmitted bacterial infection
Published: 2024-02-05

5 and 12 February Västerbotten Region focuses on Chlamydia - a bacteria well studied at Umeå University.

Kunskapsnoden kicks off prioritised research areas
Published: 2024-01-31

The three cross-faculty areas show the width and edge of research at Umeå University.

ERC Starting Grant to physics researcher for innovative data storage
Published: 2024-01-24

Nicolò Maccaferri wants to create hard drives that work like 'time machines'.

New knowledge about the virulence and resistance of hospital superbug
Published: 2024-01-22

Bacterial pili increase virulence and form biofilm structures that strengthen antibiotic tolerance.

Stefan Jansson receives award for excellent research communication
Published: 2024-01-16

Plant scientist Stefan Jansson has been involved for decades in the debate on genetically modified crops.

EU grants EUR 9.4 million to Umeå University's research
Published: 2024-01-16

Thirteen research projects, ranging from algae to digital merits, can look forward to funding from the EU.

KAW millions for the development of drugs against cryptosporidiosis
Published: 2023-12-21

The support means that scientific breakthroughs in life science can be converted into future innovations.

Fun, career, and rights – for postdocs by postdocs
Published: 2023-12-20

Umeå Postdoc Society with 220 postdocs at campus works successfully to improve the postdoc experience.

Urgency for the Arctic - Science and Research is Crucial
Published: 2023-12-19

The climate crisis demands expertise and knowledge.

Successful Sample Collection at Svalbard Scientific Expedition
Published: 2023-12-19

Postdoctoral fellow Audrey Schillings and team went to Svalbard to study the Eidembukta lagoon.

Nobel Laureate shared his passion for science
Published: 2023-12-18

Ferenc Krausz's advice to young researchers: "Find the right question for yourself."

Ribosomal protein exhibits remarkable evolutionary transformation
Published: 2023-12-14

Ribosomal protein undergoes structural change but retains sequence during evolution.

Increased risk of heart rhythm disruption after COVID-19
Published: 2023-12-13

Individuals infected with COVID-19 are also at an increased risk of suffering from heart rhythm disturbances.

Early career biochemist receives UCMR Young Investigator grant
Published: 2023-12-08

Max Renner receives 1,5 MSEK grant for a postdoc for two years from Umeå Centre for Microbial Research, UCMR.

Latest update: 2018-12-06