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Rebecca Forsberg

I am a science communicator for SciLifeLab Site Umeå and the Chemical Biological Centre (KBC).

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rebecca.forsberg@umu.se
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Affiliation
Communications officer at Department of Chemistry
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I have an academic background in astronomy and astrophysics (PhD) and extensive experience in science journalism through freelance work.

Through astronomy, I discovered how incredibly fun and important it is to communicate research. I am passionate about making exciting research and science accessible and engaging for everyone!

Academic Background

PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics (2023), Lund University
Master's Degree in Astronomy and Astrophysics (2019), Lund University
Bachelor's Degree in Astronomy and Astrophysics (2017), Lund University

Scientific Publications

List of my scientific publications

 

Highlights

Två forskare står i Dalälven
Largest study to date shows pharmaceutical pollution alters migration in Atlantic salmon

Pharmaceutical used for sleep disorders influences the migration success of juvenile salmon in the wild.

Alef dos Santos, postdoctor at the Department of Chemistry, studies biosignatures to prepare for future Mars missions.Alef dos Santos, postdoktor vid Kemiska institutionen, forskar på biosignaturer som kan användas för framtida Marsströvare.
Signs of life: he detects biosignatures in preparation for future Mars missions

Alef dos Santos studies microbes in extreme environments to find chemical traces of extraterrestrial life

Václava Hazuková, cellting water samples from an Arctic lake.
Peering through the ice to uncover the secrets of Arctic lakes

Václava Hazuková, KBC-Kempe postdoc, researches carbon storage in Arctic lakes.

The researchers are standing in a narrow white room, with high shelfs of small, green plants in containers. They are holding the flower of on of the plants and studying it closely.
Scientists unlock one of the toughest biomaterials and find clues to pollen's expiration date

By opening up pollen grains, a technique developed in Umeå, scientists found clues to pollen's expiration date

Stort mikrokop, ca 1 gånger 1 meter, står på ett bord. Mikroskopet är bitt, svart med kablar som sticker ut. Bredvid står forskaren Erin Schexnaydre.
New microscope will reveal 3D cell structures at nanoscales

The new FIB-SEM instrument was inaugurated in November 2024.

Forskaren och Head of Unit på SMC, Annika Johansson, berättar om forskningen vid infrastrukturen för besökarna.
Ukrainian researchers visited Umeå in search of collaboration and inspiration

With Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, most of laboratory research came to a halt.