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Person som gräver upp potatisar ur jorden.
Potatoes benefit when two soil bacteria team up

Combinations of beneficial soil bacteria could become a valuable tool for potato growers in the future.

Anders Johansson
Professor at Umeå University appointed Sweden’s new State Epidemiologist

Professor at Umeå University appointed the new State Epidemiologist at the Public Health Agency of Sweden.

Anders Lindström, forskare vid Statens veterinärmedicinska anstalt
International experts gather in Umeå for course on mosquito-borne diseases in a warming climate

Could dengue and West Nile become more common in Europe? How is climate change affecting their spread?

Silvia Remeseiro, Universitetslektor och docent på Institutionen för medicinsk och translationell biologi
Fernström Research Prize awarded to brain tumour researcher

Silvia Remeseiro is awarded the prize for groundbreaking research on how neurons drive glioblastoma growth.

Postdoktor Yu-Cheng Qian arbetar med en specialanpassad vibrationsplattform som möjliggör noggrann kontroll och övervakning av vibrationsfrekvens och amplitud i cellbaserade experiment.
How vibrations induced by snoring may contribute to sleep apnea

Umeå researchers show vibrations weaken upper airway muscles, making them collapse during sleep.

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Research to help create fairer electricity network tariffs

New effect-based electricity network tariffs may hit some households harder.

Armando Perez CuetoProfessor at Department of Food, Nutrition and Culinary Science
When food becomes a security issue

Research on food choices shows why robust societies need solutions people accept.

Aurora Borealis in the center city of Umeå in northern Sweden
Art, research and Arctic issues take centre stage in Umeå

Arctic Arts Summit fills Umeå with exhibitions, public art, talks, film and off-summit events.

flaggor vid universitetsledningshuset
Two strategic recruitment initiatives awarded to Umeå University

A initiative for the strategic recruitment of assistant professors.