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Nanoplastics can impair the effect of antibiotics

Minuscule plastic particles can reduce effect of antibiotics and risk causing resistance, according to study.

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Proteins are key when antibiotic resistance spreads

New thesis shows that special proteins are used when resistance to antibiotics spreads between bacteria,

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New findings on stem cells and development of cancer

A discovery of how stem cells becomes specialised cells provides new understanding of how cancer develops.

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Study unveals a novel protective mechanism in bacterial cell wall

A crosslinking mode in the bacteria's cell wall inhibits degrading enzyms and thus protects the bacteria.

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Degradation of cell wall key in the spread of resistance

New study shows how an enzyme breaks down the bacteria's cell wall to transfer resistance to antibiotics.

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Discovery of a new mechanism that controls cell division

How a special protein complex moves along genes in DNA may have an impact on how cells divide.

Features

Gut bacteria can provide clues to curing diseases

André Mateus researches how drugs and the microbiome in the human gut work together.

Four-stranded DNA in a new type of cancer therapy

Nasim Sabouris research findings are forming the basis for efforts to develop new cancer therapeutics.

Targeting cancer cells without affecting healthy cells

Francesca Aguilos work lies at the cutting edge of biomedical research and cancer.

Charpentier: "I really miss the atmosphere at Umeå University"

Words of praise, memories and laughter. Celebrating Umeå's first Nobel laureate via a live web link.

Successful exchange of Ph.D. students, teachers and projects

There are many positive and colourful outcomes of an Erasmus+ financed exchange program.

The aim is to develop new antibiotics

Felipe Cava wants to learn more about the small and complex microbes.

Research groups

Martin Cohn group
Maintenance of genomic stability and DNA repair in humans.
Matthew Francis Lab
Francis' laboratory aims to understand the physiology and pathogenesis of bacteria.
Monica Holmberg Lab
The most important goal of our research is to understand the specific processes involved in hereditary diseases, especially neurological and...
Research area: Molecular medicine
Per Stål-research group
Our group is dedicated to translational research on healthy and pathological skeletal and cardiac muscles. The research areas cover studies of musc...
Richard Lundmark Lab
Membrane sculpting is fundamental for many cellular processes, and malfunction is implicated in many diseases.
Ryo Morimoto Lab
Studying processes that drive the diversification of antigen recognition molecules in the immune system.
Sara Wilson lab
The goal of the laboratory is to examine the growth, assembly and connectivity of the nervous system during normal development and in disease...
Research area: Cancer, Molecular medicine
Saskia Erttmann Lab
Unraveling the molecular mechanisms during the microbial-driven onset and resolution of inflammation
Silvia Remeseiro lab
We study long-range gene regulation and 3D organization of the glioblastoma genome.
Simon Tuck lab
Nutrient-dependent control of growth in c. elegans
Research area: Cancer, Molecular medicine
Sophia Harlid´s research group
We study the connection between our environment, our genes and our health.
Teresa Frisan Lab
We study the role of bacterial genotoxins in modulation of intestinal mucosa homeostasis.
Ulf Ahlgren
More on grp Ulf Ahlgrens ongoing research.
Research area: Molecular medicine

Research projects

High-speed mid-infrared photothermal imaging of fatty acids and lipid droplets in living cells
Duration 1 January 2023 until 31 December 2026
Type of project Research project
Development of a new tularemia vaccine
Duration 1 January 2021 until 31 December 2025
Type of project Research project
Prostate cancer therapy for COVID-19
Duration 8 June 2020 until 31 May 2022
Type of project Research project
Artificial intelligence in oncology: European REVERT
Duration 1 January 2020 until 31 December 2023
Type of project Research project
Mosquito-borne zoonosis in animals and humans
Research area: Molecular medicine
Duration 1 January 2015 until 31 December 2017
Type of project Research project
Neuromuscular injuries in Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Duration 10 October 2013
Type of project Research project
CD47 and signal regulatory protein a (SIRP a) modulates innate immune and autoimmune responses
Research area: Molecular medicine
Duration 28 October 2011 until 31 December 2013
Type of project Research project