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Oliver BillkerProfessor vid Institutionen för molekylärbiologiEnhet: Grupp Oliver BillkerAnknuten som forskare till Molekylär Infektionsmedicin, Sverige (MIMS)Roll: Föreståndare
Oliver Billker awarded the Torgny och Lena Stigbrand Prize

Receives the award for his pioneering work in malaria research.

Sun Nyunt Wai
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.

En man som sitter på en hästdragen vagn.
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.

En man står på ett podium med en bärbar dator framför sig.
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.

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Improved research quality with help of the library

Umeå University Library supports researchers through its search consultation service.

En man som sitter i ett laboratorium klädd i labbrock och handskar. Han har långt mörkt hår och skägg.
Not the genes, but how they work together makes a tree a tree

Trees are shaped not by unique "tree genes", but by how genes work together.

En kvinna med långt brunt hår som ler mot kameran.
Guest Researcher at Várdduo – Centre for Sámi Research

Amanda Green from Eastern Kentucky University is a Guest Researcher at Várdduo.

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CRISPR-Cas9 – the gene-editing tool that changed the world

A breakthrough in Umeå laid the foundation for CRISPR-Cas9, a revolutionary tool.

Onur Kiliç, Humlab.
Onur Kiliç explores AI beyond binary systems

What happens if queer resistance not only is influenced by technology, but can also begin to reshape it?

En kvinna med långt brunt hår och vit skjorta håller en bok med brunt-rött omslag i handen. Hon står framför en röd vägg.
New genes behind chemical defence in aspen identified

Sara Rydman has identified several new genes linked to the formation of chemical defence compounds in aspen.