Infection biology is a research area that covers the pathways whereby these pathogens transmit between hosts, the mechanisms whereby pathogens (viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites) infect and colonise cells, tissues, and organs, and the mechanisms whereby pathoges cause disease in humans, animals and plants. The area also covers research performed with the intention to develop novel treatments, vaccines, and to tackle the problems with drug resistance.
New antibacterial substances are being identified that can impair bacterial pathogenicity.
Virology in Umeå is concerned with every aspect of viruses.
Parasites are a broad group of organisms that cause everything from deadly diseases to harmless diseases.
Inefficient diagnostics and therapeutics with toxic side effects urge us to develop better antifungal drugs.
The applied research focuses on the development of drugs against viral infections and vaccine research.
Antimicrobial resistance is a global public health problem that is increasing at an alarming rate.
Professor Yaowen Wu, director of UCMR, receives funding for another five years for research on autophagy.
Umeå researchers one step closer to a new weapon against multidrug-resistant bacteria.
Researchers can now show how poliovirus takes over and tricks a cell into producing new virus particles.
Right now, COVID-19 research is a priority and urgent at Umeå University.
Postdoc in microbial ecology and environmental biotechnology, beneficial microbes in pollinating insects
