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For the love of new ideas, IceLab connects researchers from different disciplines

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IceLab 15th anniversary celebration

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IceLab celebrating 15 years

Join us to celebrate IceLab's 15th anniversary with a mix of open house tours, alumni panels, multidisciplinary talks, interactive games, keynote speeches, and a gala dinner.

Stress Response Modeling at IceLab

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Stress Response Modeling at IceLab

Stress Response Modeling at IceLab is a multidisciplinary complexity center formed to unveil universal principles and adaptive mechanisms in living systems under stress.

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IceLab Multidisciplinary Postdoctoral Project Call

IceLab invites multidisciplinary research teams to propose projects for a shared postdoctoral fellow, funded by Kempestiftelserna. Project proposals can be submitted from February 12th until May 19th. A hackathon to help prepare project proposals is offered in Galaxen on May 14th.

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IceLab Camp

Part of the Stress Response Modeling Research School, IceLab Camp is a four-day off-site PhD course that prepares its participants to create new inter- or multidisciplinary research by first teaching them to listen to each other – and how to ask research questions. The application window is now open until June 5th. IceLab Camp runs yearly in the fall. This year it will take place September 23-26, 2025.

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IceLab Excellence Center Network

Interested researchers from beyond Umeå can apply for research visits in IceLab. We offer an arena for realizing interdisciplinary collaborative projects on modeling adaptive mechanisms in living systems under stress and cover visit costs.

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Find out more about opportunities within IceLab: Career and Education

Featured Story

Gerard Rocher Ros Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

Researching the water bodies' emissions of greenhouse gases

Gerard Rocher-Ros studies how land, water, and atmosphere are connected to find solutions to climate change.

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IceLab Members

We are roughly 60 researchers physically located at IceLab or in one of the nearby associated Umeå University departments, though our collaborative network extends far beyond.

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Research in IceLab

IceLab research shares a common feature: an application of mathematical modeling techniques to scientific questions. By adopting a quantitative approach, our researchers can communicate across disciplines and identify new and exciting opportunities for collaborations and discovery.

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IceLab's Culture

Science is not an individual race but a collaborative human endeavour. We create conditions that allow all Icelabbers to experience inspiring and safe collisions of ideas. 

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Career and Education Opportunities

Present an open project you are working on, connect with other researchers, apply for an open position, take part in one of our courses, collaborate with us. We invite you to reach out and become part of our network.

IceLab is grateful for the support of Umeå University and the following funders

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