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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

Explaining the shape of a leaf with the help of systems biology
Published: 2019-06-03

Barbara Terebieniec has in her thesis identified genes that control the leaf shape of the European aspen.

Arctic lakes and rivers can lose the diversity of freshwater species
Published: 2019-05-22

Climate change threatens the Arctic freshwater ecosystems according to a new report published in May.

The Kempe Foundation issues major funding for integrated structural biology
Published: 2019-05-17

A large grant from Kempe initiates a postdoctoral programme to stimulate bold structural biology research.

PhD students with a focus on cloud computing
Published: 2019-05-10

PhD students attended a two-day course in cloud computing.

New strategy may improve tuberculosis treatment
Published: 2019-05-09

An American-Umeå team shows in PNAS a molecule that prevents resistance to antibiotic treating tuberculosis.

Skytteanska samfundet prize to Nils Skoglund
Published: 2019-04-18

Kungl. Skytteanska Samfundet has chosen to give Nils Skoglund the organisation’s prize of SEK 40,000.

High Greenhouse gas emissions from Western Siberian lakes
Published: 2019-04-11

A study by CIRC in Nature Communications shows that CO2-emissions from Western Siberia lakes are high.

Collaboration with industry generates funding for solar energy researchers
Published: 2019-04-09

Kempe Foundations grants SEK 700,000 to world-class spectrophotometer for the Department of Physics.

Doctoral student selected for Nobel meeting in Germany
Published: 2019-04-04

Together with other young scientists Casper de Lichtenberg will meet with Nobel laureates in Germany.

Develops model for commercializing medical technology ideas
Published: 2019-04-04

In May, Umeå researchers are launching an innovation model for product development in medical technology.

Judith Sarneel is hosting the university's research blogg
Published: 2019-03-27

The grass is always greener... or is it?

Markus Schmid appointed as new Wallenberg Scholar
Published: 2019-03-25

Professor Markus Schmid receives 18 MSEK Wallenberg Foundations for research without any restriction.

Prestigefull medalj till molekylärbiolog vid Umeå universitet
Published: 2019-03-15

Anders Nordström, Department of Molecular Biology, receive the silver medal to Berzelius's memory.

Yaowen Wu is awarded the Göran Gustafsson Prize in molecular biology
Published: 2019-03-04

Yaowen Wu, professor of biochemistry, has been awarded the Göran Gustafsson Prize in molecular biology.

Umeå University climbs on global university rankings in art and design
Published: 2019-03-01

Umeå University climbs to 26th place on the global QS ranking in the category Art & Design.