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Discovery at Umeå University awarded 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Emmanuelle Charpentier has been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation invests in infection medicine

The financial support is included in a national investment into Life Science.

Research news

Three-dimensional microscopy reveals how tick-borne virus replicates
Published: 2026-04-07

New insights how the virus is assembled and matures, which may be important for future treatments for TBE.

The protein that helps cancer cells survive treatment
Published: 2026-04-07

Inhibits the process that normally causes cancer cells to die.

Oliver Billker awarded the Torgny och Lena Stigbrand Prize
Published: 2026-04-02

Receives the award for his pioneering work in malaria research.

Gut microbiota differs in children with rare food allergy
Published: 2026-04-02

The study provides new insights into the link between early gut microbiota and allergy development.

Major investment in research at Umeå University
Published: 2026-04-01

The Swedish Research Council recommends that the government invest in research at Umeå University.

When academia teams up with industry to advance microbiome science
Published: 2026-04-01

Researcher Chinmay Dwibedi shared insights from hi BioGaia AB collaboration during Open up for Innovation.

New research explores pathways towards negative emissions
Published: 2026-03-31

Can waste products from forestry and agriculture become a key to reversing climate emissions?

What is actually happening in Kent? An infectious disease specialist explains the meningitis outbreak
Published: 2026-03-19

Urban Johansson Kostenniemi, infectious disease physician and researcher, keeps a close eye on the situation.

Researchers met high‑school students during “Next Nobel Prize 2026”
Published: 2026-03-18

Sparkling interest in research in the spirit of Umeå’s honorary citizen, Emmanuelle Charpentier.

New national network strengthens cancer research in Umeå
Published: 2026-03-17

Collaboration in Comprehensive Cancer Centres gives Umeå University opportunities to contribute to research.

Light Controlled Metabolic Engineering for a Sustainable Future
Published: 2026-03-16

Advancing precise, light‑controlled tools to steer bacterial metabolism for future sustainable production.

Geneticists challenge theory of how cells retain their identity
Published: 2026-03-13

In Science Advances, the results are presented that open the door to rewriting a chapter of cell biology.

Capsule technology opens new window into individual cells
Published: 2026-03-12

Easy method helps researchers understand disease mechanisms.

Virginia Dignum: “We need a more mature conversation about AI”
Published: 2026-03-04

The AI professor's new book, The AI Paradox, is receiving international attention.

Umeå first city in Sweden to use responsible AI in combined heat and power
Published: 2026-02-26

Umeå University and Umeå Energi in new collaboration.