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Open up for Innovation 2025
100 Life Science experts gather to connect science and industry in Umeå

The conference aims to promote collaboration between academia and industry and drive innovation.

The researchers are standing in a narrow white room, with high shelfs of small, green plants in containers. They are holding the flower of on of the plants and studying it closely.
Scientists unlock one of the toughest biomaterials and find clues to pollen's expiration date

By opening up pollen grains, a technique developed in Umeå, scientists found clues to pollen's expiration date

Ett barn fyller på ett glas mjölk i en skolmatsal.
Super-sensitive method finds bacteria spores in food and hospitals

Resistant spores can cause food poisoning and infections via, for example, dairy products.

Johan Henriksson lab
New knowledge about cell division with data-driven techniques

Improved resolution promotes advanced cell analysis, especially in cases of abnormal cell division in cancer.

Professor vid Institutionen för fysikEnhet: Comb spectroscopy lab
Aleksandra Foltynowicz elected Optica Fellow

Honored for serving with distinction in the advancement of optics and photonics

UCMR Day
Conference boosts the international microbial research network

UCMR Day is an opportunity to increase international visibility by inviting talented keynote speakers.

Recent feature articles

Danielle Wilde
Co-creating resilient futures in the Arctic through food

Arctic Six Chair Danielle Wilde explores ways to reimagine the role of food and food practices in the Arctic.

Teckninng av Amor med ögonbindel
Five hundred years of love

Studies on metaphors in English show that love is often described in terms like a commodity.

An alumnae of Umeå University sitting on top of a white couch
"I learned valuable strategies to help build my professional network in Sweden"

Tatiana's journey is a testament to how education, culture, and passion can shape an inspiring career.

Närbild på högskoleprovet och UHR's logotyp
The Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test - Umeå University´s assignment since its beginning

Umeå University has been tasked with designing and developing the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test since 1977.

Björn Norlin
Arctic Six Chair examines the future of Arctic teacher education

Arctic Six Chair Björn Norlin will investigate Sámi content in teacher education at northern universities.

Sultana Shajahan i centrala Linköping kvällstid.
Graduate school exchange programme brought Sultana to Linköping

The National Research School in General Practice welcomed to pre-doc stay in Linköping.