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Michel Rouleau-DickPostdoktor vid Juridiska institutionenAnknuten som postdoktor till Centrum för transdisciplinär AI

Arctic sovereignty through international law and AI perspectives

Arctic Six Fellow Michel Rouleau-Dick wants include and develop international law and AI in a changing Arctic.

Dorothee BohnPostdoktor vid Institutionen för geografiEnhet: Geografi

Arctic Six Fellow wants to explore relations in northern sparsely populated areas

Arctic Six Fellow Dorothee Bohn seeks to explore human-nature relations in regional development.

“A place full of opportunities” – Rico Krause, international student at Umeå University

Studying abroad, a path to personal and academic development.

Graduate course an experiment in reimagining science

IceLab Camp: a graduate course and an experiment in how scientific collaboration happens.

Undisciplined curiosity drives versatile Inge-Bert Täljedal

Academia, politics, philosophy, culture, religion. Inge-Bert Täljedal's commitment spans a wide range of areas

Has her heart with women affected by violence in Congo – receives medal

Ellinor Ädelroth is awarded Umeå University's Medal of Merit for her scientific and humanitarian work.

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I believe in team thinking and collaboration

The interest in science led into a world where collaboration is the key to success.

Published: 2022-10-19

The 11th IceLab Camp exceeded the participants’ expectations

18 researchers at different career stages met for a creative camp in Granö.

Published: 2022-10-12

The walls of the cell - vital in the fight against many diseases

Viruses create small spaces of their own in cells membrane, where they secretly can do great harm.

Published: 2022-09-28

Four-stranded DNA in a new type of cancer therapy

Nasim Sabouris research findings are forming the basis for efforts to develop new cancer therapeutics.

Published: 2022-09-27

“If we continue to eat like we do today we will destroy the planet”

To tackle climate change, we must eat less meat. But what really makes people change their diets?

Published: 2022-09-21

Anders wants to reduce debris and interference in MRI

Anders Garpebring wants to get sharper and clearer results from images of cancerous tumors, with help of AI.

Published: 2022-09-02

Independent, knowledge-seeking students are the goal

Oskar Hemmingsson on taking a docentship, teaching and the challenges of the autumn.

Published: 2022-08-23

I want to show that their own wings carry

Maria Sandström, who was awarded the rose of the semester last spring, makes the students feel welcome.

Published: 2022-08-15

Psychiatric drugs may cause adverse cardiac event in young people

ADHD drugs has not been tested in combination with other drugs or in children with different conditions.

Published: 2022-08-15

Research strengthens the quality of life of older people

Annika Toots have focused on the promotion of health and well-being in older people.

Published: 2022-06-21

High-intensity interval training helps patients with COPD

Andre Nyberg wants to see if high-intensity exercise improve quality of life for people with lungdisease COPD.

Published: 2022-06-21

VR - The future of teaching

Is VR the new classroom technology?

Published: 2022-06-16

Swedish course for foreign scientists focuses on daring to speak

Questions and laughter abound when internationally recruited researchers meet for an intensive Swedish course.

Published: 2022-06-16

Genetics, environment and health

What particularly interests Sophia Harlid is how the environment affects us during sensitive time periods.

Published: 2022-06-01

The interest in people led to the medical profession

We have met Malin Sjöström and talked about the new medical school and her new exciting research idea!

Published: 2022-05-30