The latest news from the Department of Molecular Biology and MIMS.
Researchers, infrastructure, and industry joined conference for two days of knowledge exchange and networking
Ten million for innovative technology in cancer research.
A hormone produced in the thyroid gland can play a key role in prostate cance, is shown in a new study.
MIMS awarded the 2025 Clinical Research Fellowships to Alicia Lind.
What links green cheese, AI and cancer tests? They're themes in 16 projects sharing €10 million in EU funding.
High levels of a specific protein can reduce the growth of tumour cells in cancer that affects children.
Researchers join forces in a new network to strengthen collaboration and development in the field of cancer.
The cryoNET Symposium brought together 140 scientists committed to cryo-EM and cryo-ET research.
Key protein helps bacteria survive in the body and points to strategies for fighting persistent infections.
Listeria expert Jörgen Johansson is following the outbreak at a top restaurant in Stockholm with interest.
Meet Monique Johnson, a postdoctoral fellow in the Bushell lab, studying malaria-parasite host interactions.
The research highlights the possibility of reusing dairy products as a prebiotic dietary supplement.
The prize validates the research, showcases communication skills, and boosts academic prospects.
Combining computational tools with biological data, she wants to resolve the cellular microbiome.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the Florman Prize to Changchun Chen.
Eric K Fernström Prize for Young promising researchers is awarded to Associate Professor Björn Schröder
'Excellence by Choice' interdisciplinary postdocs shared experiences and discussed future career options.
A drug against type 2 diabetes may also slow the progression of prostate cancer, according to study.
A newly discovered molecule paves the way for research into new antibiotics that kill chlamydia.
SciLifeLab site Umeå celebrates 16 new Group Leaders with cake and a get-together.
The conference aims to promote collaboration between academia and industry and drive innovation.
Improved resolution promotes advanced cell analysis, especially in cases of abnormal cell division in cancer.
Project proposals can be submitted until May 19th and an information session is available February 12th.
MIMS awarded the 2024 Clinical Research Fellowships to Vanja Lunberg Wiraeus and Anne Tuiskunen Bäck.
Ryo Morimoto introduces snails as model system in Umeå for evolutionary studies of the immune system.
Three professors from Umeå University newly appointed members of the Scientific councils.
Collected samples from the visitor's hands and everyday objects.
Ten projects at Umeå University receive a total of 30 million SEK from the Swedish Cancer Society.
Activating instead of blocking a special protein can open a new way to fight some forms of prostate cancer.
Some people naturally have higher levels of proteins that protect them from covid-19.
The new FIB-SEM instrument was inaugurated in November 2024.
IceLab members turned network science inwards to visualize research overlaps during their annual meeting.
Researchers and staff from infrastructures and industry shared ideas and results under the theme sensing.
Minuscule plastic particles can reduce effect of antibiotics and risk causing resistance, according to study.
Linda Sandblad receives the Bo and Barbro Hammarström Prize.
Björn Schröder's research group receives SEK 6 million for research on the intestinal microbial modulation.
A discovery of how stem cells becomes specialised cells provides new understanding of how cancer develops.
Kemal Avican joined Curiosum’s ForskarFredag Sept. 27 to build virtual bacteria with children.
The school covers infection biology in a broadly, from humans and animals to plants and is a success story.
Teresa Frisan shared her enthusiasm for research and gave an insight into researchers' everyday life
A crosslinking mode in the bacteria's cell wall inhibits degrading enzyms and thus protects the bacteria.
Suvam's project concerns how bacteria respond to external stressors like antibiotics and develop resistance.
Antibiotic-driven alterations in the microbiota. causes defects in the normally protective mucus barrier.
MIMS Group Leader and DDLS Fellow starts his independent research lab at Umeå University.
ERC Starting Grants is a research programme that support promising young researchers.
Effective against serious infections, according to new study.
Professor Oliver Billker is one of the newly elected EMBO Members on the 60th anniversary of EMBO.
New study shows how an enzyme breaks down the bacteria's cell wall to transfer resistance to antibiotics.
MIMS welcomes Ryo Morimoto and Iker Valle Aramburu as new Group Leaders!