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Profiles and Features

Alef dos Santos, postdoctor at the Department of Chemistry, studies biosignatures to prepare for future Mars missions.Alef dos Santos, postdoktor vid Kemiska institutionen, forskar på biosignaturer som kan användas för framtida Marsströvare.
Signs of life: he detects biosignatures in preparation for future Mars missions

Alef dos Santos studies microbes in extreme environments to find chemical traces of extraterrestrial life

Christiane Funk
Fascinated by the superpower of microalgae

Christiane Funk is passionate about small organisms with great potential for a more sustainable future.

Václava Hazuková, cellting water samples from an Arctic lake.
Peering through the ice to uncover the secrets of Arctic lakes

Václava Hazuková, KBC-Kempe postdoc, researches carbon storage in Arctic lakes.

Exchange student standing in the University Library
Lucía's return to Umeå: Rediscovering the perfect balance

Her advice to prospective students: embrace the opportunity for growth and new experiences.

Danielle Wilde
Co-creating resilient futures in the Arctic through food

Arctic Six Chair Danielle Wilde explores ways to reimagine the role of food and food practices in the Arctic.

Teckninng av Amor med ögonbindel
Five hundred years of love

Studies on metaphors in English show that love is often described in terms like a commodity.

Full list of Profiles and Features

Basal energy sources are changing
Researchers have followed the carbon from land to sea and into the marine food-web.
Published: 2019-11-21
Decreased efficiency in a complex food web
Dissolved organic carbon makes the food web less efficient. What controls this?
Published: 2019-11-20
To the bottom with thiamin deficiency
Changes in the phytoplankton community may explain why vitamin deficiency occurs among top predators.
Published: 2019-11-20
Digging deep into food web functions
Climate change makes the marine food web less effective. EcoChange studies this phenomena.
Published: 2019-11-20
Adaptable pike
The ability to adapt to changing conditions might save the pike in the Baltic.
Published: 2019-11-20
Small, unique pike populations
Pike populations help us understand climate change adaption.
Published: 2019-11-20
Pharmaceutical residues widespread in the Baltic Sea
Pharmaceutical residues are widespread in sea water. Researchers find a mix of medicines.
Published: 2019-11-19
From research to implementation
Åke Bengtsson, board member of EcoChange, sees the important coupling between research and implementation.
Published: 2019-11-14
CRISPR-Cas9 – Genetic technology for the future
CRISPR-Cas9: Emmanuelle Charpentier's breakthroughs.
Published: 2019-09-30
UID19 – Design making a difference
Follow the students journey during this year's grad show, UID19 Design Talks & Degree Show.
Published: 2019-06-19
Sherry researches snow leopards in remote Kyrgyz mountains
In the Kyrgyz mountains, Sherry Young, former master's student in Umeå, researches snow leopards.
Published: 2019-06-04
Thomas Borén Erasmus+ financed exchange program
There are many positive and colourful outcomes of an Erasmus+ financed exchange program.
Published: 2019-06-04
Successful start for Arcum supported science tour
Interview with Jonas Ericson after the first event in Luleå.
Published: 2019-05-16
Alma Livingstone
Alma Livingstone is currently enrolled in the Master's Programme in Crisis Management and Peacebuilding.
Published: 2019-05-14
Felipe Cava
Felipe Cava wants to learn more about the small and complex microbes.
Published: 2019-05-14