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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

Curie millions for postdoctoral research in Umeå
Published: 2024-02-23

Several postdoc projects receive funding from EU within the ´Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme.

More efficient medical imaging can improve cancer care
Published: 2024-02-22

Improved data collection in PET scans increases patient safety and comfort.

Javad's findings could lead to better healthcare
Published: 2024-02-20

Since 2020, Javad has researched and studied algorithms to improve healthcare, for example.

New non-toxic method for producing high-quality graphene oxide
Published: 2024-02-20

Produces significantly fewer defects compared to the most commonly used method today.

Microbial eco-evolutionary research collaboration with Korea
Published: 2024-02-20

STINT-funded research collaboration with Inha University researchers begins with a visit to Incheon, Korea

Anne L'Huillier answered student's questions in Aula Nordica
Published: 2024-02-19

See photos from the Nobel Prize winner's visit to Umeå University.

Umeå School of Architecture gets new doctoral programme
Published: 2024-02-16

One focus in the regained doctoral education is sustainable development and climate adaptation.

IceLab opens the 2024 Lunch Pitches
Published: 2024-02-15

IceLab opens its Lunch Pitch season with pitches related to aging from Verena Kohler and Mattias Forsell

The world metabolomics community gathers in the North
Published: 2024-02-15

Metabolomics is a growing field within life science - 120 scientists from all over the world gathered in Umeå.

Plant biologist shifting focus from root to leaf anatomy
Published: 2024-02-14

'EC' postdoc Adrien is studying the relationship between plant epidermal cell structure and mechanical stress.

Clues from the ice age can help us restore Swedish streams
Published: 2024-02-06

Sweden's last unmodified rivers and streams provide important information for restoring destroyed habitats.

Nobel Laureate aims to inspire youth to pursue science
Published: 2024-02-05

Anne L'Huillier gives a lecture at Umeå University on 15 February.

Mondays for most common sexually transmitted bacterial infection
Published: 2024-02-05

5 and 12 February Västerbotten Region focuses on Chlamydia - a bacteria well studied at Umeå University.

Kunskapsnoden kicks off prioritised research areas
Published: 2024-01-31

The three cross-faculty areas show the width and edge of research at Umeå University.

How youth fiction can raise awareness of the climate crisis
Published: 2024-01-30

Irene Bordignon, visiting PhD student, is interested in climate change with a particular focus on the Arctic.