We cordially invite you to attend the Umeå Infection Symposium on 27 June 2025. Get inspired by the invited keynote speaker and learn about novel research approaches and directions at Umeå University.
MIMS
The Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden
MIMS is the Swedish partner in the Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine
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National MIMS Investigator Award - Call for 2025
The MIMS Investigator program provides a two-year postdoc funding opportunity and access to MIMS and Nordic EMBL activities to an early-stage principal investigator working in the broad area of molecular infection medicine and wishing to collaborate with a MIMS research group.
Application period closes: 8 August 2025. Find full description and apply here.
Umeå Infection Symposium 2025
Laura Carroll awarded “Future Research Leader” grant
MIMS Investigator Laura Carroll, who joined Umeå University in 2022 with expertise in bioinformatics, has been selected as one of Sweden’s “Future Research Leaders” by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research, SSF. Combining computational tools with biological data, she wants to resolve microbiomes at the single-cell level.
Fernström's research prize to Björn Schröder
The 2025 Eric K Fernström Prize for Young, Particularly Promising and Successful Researchers is awarded to MIMS Group Leader Björn Schröder, Associate Professor at the Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, for his significant scientific contributions in the research field of host-microbiome interactions.
Discovery at Umeå University awarded 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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