Research groups

Bacteria secreted effector molecules: Role in host pathogenesis and biotechnological applications.

Research team looking at exhaust gases, road dust, wood smoke and forest fire smoke.

How does work environment, health and productivity are affected by working in different office environments?

Wallenberg Molecular Medicine Fellow: Neurosciences Cognitive neuroscience of aging

The ALS Research Center at Umeå University and University Hospital of Northern Sweden, Region Västerbotten, was established in 1993 and the...

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We study biosynthetic pathways of nucleotides in T. brucei, G. lamblia, B. burgdorferi and other pathogens.

We work with infection epidemiology - to track infection and understand how bacteria and viruses are spread.

Amyloid Fibrils and Cytotoxic Oligomers.

Type VI secretion system of Francisella tularensis –  elucidation of its structure and assembly control.

Endogenous danger signals in infection and inflammation - Andrea Puhar's lab

Gene regulatory mechanisms in obesity-associated liver cancer and development

Mitochondrial protein quality control in health, ageing and disease

dNTPs and maintenance of genome stability.

I do research on the genetics behind amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). My main focus is on the expansion of a repetitive sequence (the...

We study mechanisms for stochastic and tightly controlled regulation of Helicobacter pylori adhesins.

The Överby lab is focusing on different aspects of tick-borne encephalitis virus.

Our lab investigates viral mechanisms of infection and host susceptibility,

My research group investigate the occurrence and impact of viruses in human diseases.

The research focuses on the cardiovascular complications following HFRS and the underlying mechanisms thereof.

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Traditional Sami food may have an impact on health, like brewed coffee, wild berries, fish and reindeer meat.

Cell-autonomous immunity and bacterial evasion strategies

Research group Beatrice Melin

An overarching goal of our research is to clarify the neuronal control mechanisms that endow humans with their extraordinary ability to manipulate...

Bacterial fitness mechanisms of pathogenic variants of E. coli and opportunistic A.baumannii.

Our group studies infectious diseases and climate change in the north.

Gut microbiota and intestinal mucosal barrier function.

Our lab works on integrating multi-omics datasets, machine learning, and large-scale mechanistic models to build clinically predictive computationa...

We are investigating acute and chronic oxygen sensation in the nematode C. elegans.

Our group aims to study human gut microbes at a high resolution to study functional differences.

We study disease mechanisms in two severe viral infections, hantavirus hemorrhagic fever and COVID-19, to understand disease mechanisms and be able...

Our group is interested in the basic processes of infections with pathogenic fungi.

Drosophila cellular innate immunity, and mechanisms of persistent viral infections.

Ageing has a profound impact on human society and modern medicine and the consequences of an ageing population is today one of the greatest...

The overall goal of our research is to understand how multimodal sensory information (visual, auditory and tactile) is used to plan and control...

We do research about pancreatic cancer.

Lab of Professor Patrik Danielson and Associate Professor Ludvig Backman and co-workers.

We conduct clinical and pre-clinical research on Parkinson's disease and other alpha-synucleinopathy diseases.

Molecular biology of human bacterial symbionts.

Investigate possible clinical application of LRIG proteins and other molecular markers in gynecological cancer

The group studies molecular mechanisms of malaria parasite-host interactions.

In the research group EmCare, new knowledge is developed regarding the assessment of care needs, symptom relief, and interventions regardless of...

We study the microbial diversity of aquatic ecosystems.

We are interested in how simple organisms evolve into complex ones.

We are studying on the molecular level how DNA replication is accomplished in eukaryotic cells.

Ovarial cancer

Computational Neuroanatomy Fahad Sultan (Associate Professor)

The research group led by professor Fatima Pedrosa Domellöf has two main tracks: one being "The molecular portfolio of the extraocular muscles: key...

Bacterial cell wall composition and its contribution to long-standing and emerging infectious diseases.

RNA-based gene regulation of cell fate and breast cancer.

The group's research is about the herpes virus and its role in the development of Alzheimer's disease.

Our group works against liver diseases including liver cancer.

GERDA is a cross-border and interdisciplinary research collaboration between Umeå University, Sweden, Åbo Akademi University, Novia University of...

Virus entry into cells: host protein networks guiding virus infection and how we can block them.

Studies of the breakdown of fat in human plasma by lipoprotein lipase.

Medical (or health) humanities engages with questions about medicine and health from a variety of perspectives including anthropology, literature,...

Type 2 diabetes and β-cell function

Researches on public health, global health and infectious epidemiology.

Our group studies antimicrobial resistance - phage therapy.

We are studying the role that microproteins and disordered proteins play in innate immune processes.

We illustrate molecular mechanisms by which bacteria acquire tolerance to commonly used antibiotics.

Our group studies mechanisms of the bacterium A. actinomycetemcomitans and periodontal diseases.

We study cancer metastasis and targeted therapies.

The group researches what drives the growth and spread of infectious diseases globally.

Our group aims at integrating all regulatory mechanisms about T cells in a single predictive model

Vitamin D in bladdercancer.

Our research is about host immunological and metabolomic responses to acute infections and vaccination.

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Research area at the Department of Ecology and Environmental Science Research area: Marin ecology

We study macromolecular complexes of specialized pathogenic organisms.

Muscle development and regeneration. During embryonic development, cells become committed to the myogenic fate through the activation of myogenic...

A fundamental question in motor control is how discrete modular elements of movement are coordinated into skilled motor output; e.g. reaching for a...

Read about the research within Julia Otten:s group.

A biophysical approach to study climate change.

Stress regulatory mechanisms and RNA-mediated regulation in the bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogen.

ALS Research

Our aim is to increase the understanding of squamous cell carcinoma in the mobile tongue.

HPV can be linked to cancer of tongue base and tonsil and Epstein-Barr virus to cancer behind nose.

We use an experimental systems biology approach to study microbial infections.

Methods for breaking cisplatin resistance in lung cancer treatment.

Role of B-cells and antibodies in Type 1 diabetes.

Plasmakllikrein, FXI, FXII and other factors of the hemostatic system

Wallenberg Molecular Medicine Fellow: Neuroscience Dopamine receptor pharmacology and function.

Parkinson’s disease - etiology, neuroprotection and symptomatology

Our group studies structure and mechanism of viral replication complexes.

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We develop bioinformatic approaches to monitor and combat the spread of bacterial pathogens.

Lávvuo-Research and education for Sámi health strives to improve health and well-being of the Sámi people.

The role of the LIM-homeobox gene Lhx2 in stem cell function, organ development and disease

Early development of the nervous system

Pregnancy and cancer share common aims – to escape attack by the immune system.

Role of amyloid formation and neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative diseases.

We study viruses that are transmitted from animals or mosquitoes. Also, we develop antiviral drugs.

Telomere biology in blood cells and molecular factors - prognosis in lymphatic leukemias and lymphomas.