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Sun Nyunt Wai awarded for outstanding bacterial research

Professor Sun Nyunt Wai is awarded the Bo and Barbro Hammarström Prize in 2026.

Kotryna Simonyte Sjödin
Gut microbiota differs in children with rare food allergy

The study provides new insights into the link between early gut microbiota and allergy development.

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Recommends a major investment in research at Umeå University

The Swedish Research Council recommends that the government invest in research at Umeå University.

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Unemployed adult children increase their parents’ risk of depression

Older adults in India have a higher risk of developing depression when their adult children are unemployed.

Pauline König, Abdelrahman Adel Attia Abdelaziz Eldihy, Fynn van Noppen, Ruth Auma Owino
Over 15 per cent increase in admitted international master’s students

Umeå University strengthens its international profile as applications rise for autumn 2026 degree programmes.

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When academia teams up with industry to advance microbiome science

Researcher Chinmay Dwibedi shared insights from hi BioGaia AB collaboration during Open up for Innovation.

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PhD student takes bronze in ski mountaineering at Swedish Championship

Network science PhD student Maja Lindström won a bronze medal in skimo at the 2026 Swedish Championship.

Cooperation key to resilient societies in the North

Experts and policymakers met in Umeå to explore total defence and northern preparedness.

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Multi-million grant to MIMS and WCMM

The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation is awarding 255 million Swedish kronor to life sciences.