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Research at Faculty of Science and Technology

The faculty's research spans a wide range of fields and is world-leading in several areas. With research at the highest international level, the faculty contributes to addressing society's major challenges – from climate change to groundbreaking innovations in artificial intelligence and sustainable materials.

Research highlights

Here are some current research areas and collaborations at the faculty.
Green transition

Umeå University conducts intensive research on technological solutions for the transition to a greener world.

The revolutionary CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing tool

CRISPR-Cas9 was discovered here by Emmanuelle Charpentier, recipient of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Cancer research saving lives

Oncology is the study of tumour diseases and their treatment.

Infection biology

Umeå University is at the international forefront in the research area of infection biology.

Umeå Centre for Architecture, Design and the Arts

UmArts is the Research Centre for Architecture, Design and the Arts at Umeå University.

Meet our scientists

Our scientist are keen to share their science in many ways: interviews, lectures, features and science outreach events.

Read more about the research at our Faculty

Which projects are run? How are the researchers grouped? What technology do our researchers have access to?

Contact

Robert Johansson
Other position, associate professor
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Sara-Lena Brännström
Administrator, communications officer
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News about research

2024 MIMS Clinical Research Fellowships awarded
Published: 2025-01-31

MIMS awarded the 2024 Clinical Research Fellowships to Vanja Lunberg Wiraeus and Anne Tuiskunen Bäck.

Ukrainian researchers visited Umeå for collaboration and inspiration
Published: 2025-01-30

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

New light-tuned chemical tools control processes in living cells
Published: 2025-01-30

Professor Yaowen Wu's lab is at the forefront of developing chemo-optogenetic systems.

Vice-Chancellor Hans Adolfsson bids farewell – the red shoes leave the university
Published: 2025-01-27

After eight and a half years, Umeå University's Vice-Chancellor Hans Adolfsson was farewelled at a ceremony.

From the Umeå lab to around the world – how genetic scissors are now being used
Key pieces of the puzzle for the gene scissors were discovered in Umeå. The tool is used for many things.
Published: 2025-01-17
Permafrost thaw threatens up to three million people in the Arctic
Published: 2025-01-16

Climate change is expected to have far-reaching implications for livelihoods, infrastructure and environment.

Latest update: 2025-01-27