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Emmanuelle Charpentier, hedersdoktor vid Umeå universitet.
Discovery at Umeå University awarded 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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

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The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation invests in infection medicine

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

Research news

Novel strategy to analyse biomarkers in exhaled breath
Published: 2018-10-15

In his dissertation, Ramin Ghorbani presents a novel methodology for the analysis of real-time breath data.

Honorary doctor Denis Mukwege wins the Nobel Peace Prize
Published: 2018-10-05

For his efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict.

Fernström Prize for research on bacterial cell walls
Published: 2018-09-14

Felipe Cava has been awarded the 2018 Fernström Prize at Umeå University.

SEK 24 million to research on tuberculosis and antibiotic resistance
Published: 2018-09-10

Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection causes approximately nine million new cases of tuberculosis each year.

ALS disease mechanism discovered
Published: 2018-09-04

The discovery can open up for novel pharmaceutical developments in the future.

Greenhouse emissions from Siberian rivers peak as permafrost thaws
Published: 2018-09-04

Thawing permafrost makes greenhouse emissions from rivers peak, a recent study from Umeå University shows.

Major European grant to newly recruited Umeå researcher
Published: 2018-08-30

The European Research Council grants an ERC Starting Grant of 1.5 million euro to the group leader C

EU grant to young sociology researcher
Published: 2018-08-29

Researcher Anna Baranowska-Rataj has been granted EUR 1.5 million from the ERC for her frontier research.

Arcum joins the European Polar Board
Published: 2018-08-27

The organisation focuses on major European strategic priorities in both the Arctic and Antarctic regions.

Protein interaction helps Yersinia cause disease
Published: 2018-08-23

Researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, in collaboration with an international team, have discovered

New book about the history of field research institutions
Published: 2018-08-15

Thirteen researchers study the history of field research institutions, from the 17th century and onward.

Good news for fishermen: “Browning” impacts fish less than expected
Published: 2018-08-15

Water color is getting darker in lakes across the planet. This phenomenon, known as “browning,” was

Restoration project nominated for EU prize
Published: 2018-06-11

The restoration project ”Vindel River LIFE”, coordinated by Umeå University, is one of totally 28 EU

His dissertation is followed by the important establishment years
Published: 2018-05-29

Nils Skoglund starts to see the light at the end of the tunnel and a more stable life as a researcher.

Large grant to Umeå Institute of Design for research on how we are affected by our digital things
Published: 2018-01-29

Since we can’t exactly ‘look under the hood’ anymore on all the digital things we use in everyday li