MIMS

The Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden

MIMS is the Swedish partner in the Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine

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MIMS Clinical Research Fellowships - 2026 Call

MIMS Clinical Research Fellowships provide early-career clinicians with an opportunity to develop a research project in the broad area of infection medicine in collaboration with a basic researcher.

Application period closes: 16 January 2026. Find full description and apply here.

Exciting findings from an antibiotic discovery project with labhead Barbara Sixt and colleague Aakriti Singh and Magnus Ölander, postdoc in the Sixtlab,

The ERC awards Consolidator Grant to Barbara Sixt

The European Research Council (ERC) provides funding for five years with the Consolidator Grant to Barbara Sixt's research on chalmydia at Umeå University. Barbara Sixt is a group leader at MIMS and affiliated with the Department of Molecular Biology.

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Alicia Lind
Anknuten som läkare till Institutionen för diagnostik och intervention
Enhet: Anestesiologi och intensivvård

2025 MIMS Clinical Research Fellowships awarded

MIMS has announced the winner of its national Clinical Research Fellowship (CRF) program for 2025. An international panel of clinical and basic researchers has awarded the fellowship to Alicia Lind at University Hospital of Umeå to conduct research on improving diagnostics and outcomes of post-covid condition.

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Milk-derived molecule strengthens gut health even with unhealthy diet

Researchers from the lab of MIMS Group Leader Björn Schröder, in a collaboration with Arla Foods Ingredients, have identified a milk-derived molecule that can significantly strengthen the function of the intestinal mucosa and pave the way for new dietary strategies.