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Research network Life science research in Umeå is versatile, interdisciplinary and of high scientific competence. The Coalition Umeå for Life Science (CU4LS) is highlighting the strengths and richness of Umeå Life Science research activities, spanning research areas from molecules to man, from microorganisms to ecosystems, from theoretical approaches to experimental sciences and into clinical research.
The initial idea is to create a communication platform on which research news, events and activities of the coalition partners are presented. It will be strongly interconnected with the existing resources of the individual partners as well as of Umeå University, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and the University Hospital of Umeå to complement these resources.
Over twenty research centres/units and infrastructures that perform life science research in and around the university campus in Umeå are partners of the coalition, including the internationally recognised Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), where the 2020 Nobel laureate in Chemistry Emmanuelle Charpentier made her ground-breaking discoveries about CRISPR-Cas9.
The coalition is open for all Umeå’s research centres/units and infrastructures active in different life science fields!
During the initiation phase, the Chemical Biological Centre (KBC) acted as a temporary node for the coordination of CU4LS and received funding from the involved universities and faculties for this, i.e. the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Science and Technology, both from Umeå University, and the Faculty of Forestry from SLU. In 2022, a new steering board was selected for the coordination of CU4LS.
The life science research community in Umeå is highly active, open and collaborative! Explore Umeå’s life science research environment and activities represented by the CU4LS partners and state-of-the-art infrastructures displayed below!
An interdisciplinary research centre for life/natural sciences and medicine at UmU and SLU
EpiCoN promotes cutting-edge epigenetic research and public awareness of epigenetics in Northern Sweden
We take a modelling approach for causal understanding and connect researchers from different backgrounds
MIMS is the Swedish partner in the Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine
A longitudinal study on aging, memory and dementia
Bringing clinicians and scientists together
Umeå Biotech Incubator is a state of the art biotech incubator, offering facilities, know-how and financing
UFBI is an inter-disciplinary research center using imaging techniques to examine the brain
UMF supports marine research, education and environmental monitoring
A Centre of Excellence in Experimental Plant Biology
A Research Centre focused on Development and Disease
A Centre of Excellence promoting interdisciplinary research on molecular and translational microbial research
WCMM strives to enable excellent molecular and translational research
Advanced light microscopy core facility and national node within correlative imaging
We provide data management for research in approximately 50 human sample collections from northern Sweden
CBCS Umeå node enables screening and development of bioactive small molecules in all areas of life science
We support life science researchers to analyse experimental data using advanced data-driven tools & strategies
An access-controlled laboratory for automated analyses of wild populations genetic and endocrine samples
The UmU node of the Swedish NMR centre provides access to world-class NMR methods
A research infrastructure which includes a biobank and database for children and young adults in Västerbotten
PEP offers services and expert advice in bioinformatics, cloning, growth optimisation and protein purification
SciLifeLab national site at UMU is a local site of the Swedish research infrastructure centre, SciLifeLab.
SMC is specialized on use of MS-based methods for the analysis of metabolites in different biological systems
SSIL provides analyses for stable isotopes of several light elements
Experimental animal core facility with tools and infrastructure for state-of-the-art analyses
Electron Microscopy Core Facility and National Cryo-EM Node for Life Science Research
An open access infrastructure for fast and detailed chemical compositional analysis
The XRDF provides services in robotic crystal set-ups, supervised crystal growth, cryo-data collection, high-r...
Umeå University (UmU)
Department of Biobank Research
Department of Clinical Microbiology
Department of Clinical Sciences
Department of Ecology and Environmental Science
Department of Integrative Medical Biology (IMB)
Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics
Department of Medical Biosciences
Department of Molecular Biology
Department of Plant Physiology
Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS)
Umeå Centre for Comparative Biology (UCCB)
Umeå Centre for Functional Brain Imaging (UFBI)
Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR)
Umeå Centre for Molecular Medicine (UCMM)
Umeå Marine Sciences Centre (UMF)
Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC)
Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at Umeå University (WCMM)
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
Department of Forest Ecology and Management
Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies
Umeå Biotech Incubator
Research fellow at the Department of Molecular Biology. A representative for the Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS) and Future Faculty at the Faculty of Medicine, Umeå University
Gabrielle Beans Picón
Senior research engineer at the Integrated Science Lab (Icelab).
Kate Bennett
Research coordinator at the Department of Chemistry and Platform Manager at the Computational Analytics Support Platform (CASP)
Laura Herzog
Postdoc at the Department of Chemistry. A representative for the Umeå Postdoc Society
Linda Sandblad
Research fellow at the Department of Chemistry, Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Director of Umeå Centre for Electron Microscopy (UCEM). A representative for UCEM and SciLIfeLab Site Umeå
Maximiliano Estravis Barcala
Postdoc at the Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, SLU. A representative for the Umeå Postdoc Society
Stefan Björklund
Professor at the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Scientific Coordinator for Chemical Biological Centre, KBC
Teresa Frisan
Professor at the Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR)
Yuri Schwartz
Associate professor at the Department of Molecular Biology and Epigenetic Cooperation Norrland (EpiCoN)
Jennie Ekbeck
Honorary doctor Faculty of Science and Technology at Umeå University and former CEO of UBI. Business coach LEAD
E-mail: info.kbc@umu.se
Visiting Address:
KBC - building, KB.J3 (C3.25.25), Linnaeus väg 6, 90736 Umeå
"CU4 a Life Science Shake-Up" meeting took place on 7-8 February 2023 in Sollefteå