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UCMR - Umeå Centre for Microbial Research

The Umeå Centre for Microbial Research, UCMR, was the "jewel in the crown" among Sweden's 40 national Linnaeus Centers of Excellence (2008-2018). UCMR promotes pioneering interdisciplinary molecular and translational microbial research and brings together 66 active research groups in infection research at Umeå University.

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Degradation of cell wall key in the spread of resistance

New study shows how an enzyme breaks down the bacteria's cell wall to transfer resistance to antibiotics.

Oliver BillkerProfessor vid Institutionen för molekylärbiologiEnhet: Grupp Oliver BillkerAnknuten som forskare till Molekylär Infektionsmedicin, Sverige (MIMS)Roll: Föreståndare
Insight into the life of the malaria parasite could lead to new drugs

Oliver Billker studies 5000 genes of malaria parasite in fight against one of the world’s deadliest diseases.

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New way to study how proteins move

Breakthrough in research enables more experiments than ever before on vital processes inside cells.

Emmanuelle Charpentier about her time after the Nobel Prize

What has the Nobel Prize meant and recent developments in CRISPR-Cas9. Watch an exclusive interview.