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Profiles and Features

Image of Hung-Ting Chien bythe campus pond
Double the exchange experience

Taiwanese student completes two memorable exchanges at Umeå University over a three-year span.

Virginia Dignum, professor vid Institutionen för datavetenskap
Professor: How we reduce the risks with AI

Virginia Dignum is working to develop AI systems that are reliable and adapted to human values.

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.

SIF Umeå
SIF Umeå

Students in Research - an initiative to reduce the step into the research world

Johan RedströmProfessor vid Designhögskolan vid Umeå universitet
Sustainable design for the future goes beyond individual needs

Researcher Johan Redström challenges the traditional view of design and who it is really for.

Åsa Strand,  professor vid Institutionen för fysiologisk botanik
Understanding plant signaling systems for more resilient crops

Åsa Strand wants to develop robust crops to ensure food security for the world's population.

Full list of Profiles and Features

Mixed forests are the future
Properly mixed forests are more valuable than the present-day monoculture, according to Micael Jonsson.
Published: 2020-02-24
Future people in our hands
The idea of sustainability takes future people into account. But who are they? Kalle Grill seeks answers.
Published: 2020-02-20
New book about the Arctic as portrayed in children's literature
Interview with co-editor Maria Lindgren Leavenworth on the new book about the Arctic in Children's literature.
Published: 2020-02-14
Serious health consequences
Peter Byass is one of the Umeå researchers that contribute to the Lancet Countdown global health report.
Published: 2020-02-13
From filthy industry to eco-friendly company
Ann-Kristin Bergquist studies the development of climate transitions in trade and industry.
Published: 2020-02-13
Genetically modified fish assisting in the fight against cancer
Marléne Landström's research could lead to better treatment and more effective drugs to treat prostate cancer.
Published: 2020-02-10
Real AI is Social AI
In 2019 Frank Dignum was inaugurated Professor of Artificial Intelligence at Umeå University.
Published: 2020-02-04
Chemistry that turns biomass into petrol
Jyri-Pekka Mikkola's research group have invented renewable petrol. Can they put the system into production?
Published: 2020-01-31
"Sustainability requires systems thinking"
For many years, H&M's new CEO Helena Helmersson has been on a mission to turn them into a sustainable company.
Published: 2020-01-30
Bacteria indicate disturbances in the marine environment
Bacteria community composition gives important information on disturbances to marine environment.
Published: 2019-11-22
Sensitive bacterioplankton communities in the Baltic
The sensitive Baltic bacteria communities will change in the climate changed future.
Published: 2019-11-22
Basal energy sources are changing
Researchers have followed the carbon from land to sea and into the marine food-web.
Published: 2019-11-21
Decreased efficiency in a complex food web
Dissolved organic carbon makes the food web less efficient. What controls this?
Published: 2019-11-20
To the bottom with thiamin deficiency
Changes in the phytoplankton community may explain why vitamin deficiency occurs among top predators.
Published: 2019-11-20
Digging deep into food web functions
Climate change makes the marine food web less effective. EcoChange studies this phenomena.
Published: 2019-11-20