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Exploring the future of food and nutrition in the Arctic

Arctic Six Chair, Professor Armando Perez-Cueto, will explore sustainable food transitions in the Arctic.

Porträtt på Keith Larson, Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap, Umeå universitet.

Leading the Arctic Centre into a new era of collaboration and impact

Keith Larson aims to make a real impact in the Arctic by forging stronger links between research and society.

Arctic Six project will reveal forests’ role in climate change

Daniel Metcalfe will initiate a research project on measuring carbon stocks and fluxes in Arctic forests.

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.

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Anders wants to reduce debris and interference in MRI

Anders Garpebring wants to get sharper and clearer results from images of cancerous tumors, with help of AI.

Published: 2022-09-02

Independent, knowledge-seeking students are the goal

Oskar Hemmingsson on taking a docentship, teaching and the challenges of the autumn.

Published: 2022-08-23

I want to show that their own wings carry

Maria Sandström, who was awarded the rose of the semester last spring, makes the students feel welcome.

Published: 2022-08-15

Psychiatric drugs may cause adverse cardiac event in young people

ADHD drugs has not been tested in combination with other drugs or in children with different conditions.

Published: 2022-08-15

Research strengthens the quality of life of older people

Annika Toots have focused on the promotion of health and well-being in older people.

Published: 2022-06-21

High-intensity interval training helps patients with COPD

Andre Nyberg wants to see if high-intensity exercise improve quality of life for people with lungdisease COPD.

Published: 2022-06-21

VR - The future of teaching

Is VR the new classroom technology?

Published: 2022-06-16

Swedish course for foreign scientists focuses on daring to speak

Questions and laughter abound when internationally recruited researchers meet for an intensive Swedish course.

Published: 2022-06-16

Genetics, environment and health

What particularly interests Sophia Harlid is how the environment affects us during sensitive time periods.

Published: 2022-06-01

The interest in people led to the medical profession

We have met Malin Sjöström and talked about the new medical school and her new exciting research idea!

Published: 2022-05-30

"Unequal conditions risk becoming normalised"

An Umeå-based analysis has been conducted on sexual harassment and gender-based vulnerability in academia.

Published: 2022-05-20

Umeå University takes a holistic approach to open science

The university-wide project for how to manage research data throughout their lifecycle.

Published: 2022-05-17

Towards a new reward system for open science

We met Gustav Nilsonne, to talk about reward systems and the present conditions for doing research.

Published: 2022-05-06

The professor who feels that anything is possible!

Per Lindqvist is the professor who is driven by his curiosity to understand everything a little better

Published: 2022-04-22

ROBUST portrait: Elin Nilsson

On antibiotic resistance, the future of milk, and the challenge of making the right choice as a consumer.

Published: 2022-03-28