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UCMR - Umeå Centre for Microbial Research

UCMR brings together 66 research groups - over 300 scientists - at Umeå University. The centre’s mission is to shape and further develop Umeå's environment for microbial research. Core values are excellence, interdisciplinarity, and collaboration. UCMR was appointed a Linnaeus Centre of Excellence 2008.

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Felipe Cava
Felipe Cava elected to European Academy of Microbiology

The membership enhances international visibility and reflects Umeå’s strong microbiology research environment.

Porträttbild på Laura Carroll, Biträdande universitetslektor vid Institutionen för klinisk mikrobiologi
Major Formas grant awarded for research on milk spoilage

The project aims to develop bioinformatic tools to understand and protect against bacterial contamination.

Forskaren Ellen Bushell i labbmiljö
Mapping the genetic weaknesses of the malaria parasite

Ellen Bushell maps the genes that initiate malaria infection.

Emmanuelle Charpentier hedersmedborgare 2025
Nobel Prize laureate returns to Umeå

Emmanuelle Charpentier, Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry visited Umeå University.

UCMR News

Umeå Professor on unusual hantavirus outbreak with human-to-human transmission
Published: 2026-05-13

We put questions to Professor Clas Ahlm about the virus that became an uninvited passenger on a cruise ship.

Felipe Cava elected to European Academy of Microbiology
Published: 2026-05-06

The membership enhances international visibility and reflects Umeå’s strong microbiology research environment.

Major Formas grant awarded for research on milk spoilage
Published: 2026-04-29

The project aims to develop bioinformatic tools to understand and protect against bacterial contamination.

ledningsgruppen UCMR: Ingrid Söderbergh, Marta Bally och Fredrik Almqvist
Management team

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