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Discovery at Umeå University awarded 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Emmanuelle Charpentier has been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation invests in infection medicine

The financial support is included in a national investment into Life Science.

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Female MIMS scientists reflect on gender
Published: 2021-02-11

Today we celebrate International Day of Women in Science and draw attention to inequalities in academia.

Feminist design strategies for transforming design museums
Published: 2024-09-23

What role does design play in sustaining discriminatory and patriarchal systems

Fernström Prize for research on bacterial cell walls
Published: 2018-09-14

Felipe Cava has been awarded the 2018 Fernström Prize at Umeå University.

Fertilisation reshapes the tree-fungi relationship in boreal forests
Published: 2022-06-22

A new study led by researchers from Umeå Plant Science Centre has shed light onto this cryptic association.

Finalist for prestigious climate research prize
Published: 2024-04-23

For the second year in a row, a Umeå University researcher is a finalist for the Frontiers Planet Prize.

Finding a new way to uncover targets for future antibiotics
Published: 2021-02-23

Maria Fällman and Kemal Avican made their idea into a interdisciplinary project together with Icelab.

Fish become bolder and more gluttonous from drug residue
Published: 2013-02-14

Anxiety-moderating drugs that reach waterways via wastewater create fearless and asocial fish tha...

Forestry has little impact on the genetic diversity of the spruce
Published: 2021-06-18

Genetic variation in spruce does not differ significantly between cultivated and old forest in Västerbotten.

Forever chemicals persist through waste incineration
Published: 2024-09-19

Common PFAS substances are difficult to capture once they have entered the environment, new thesis shows.

Forskningsidé gav innovativ produkt – Xerum nominerade till pris
Published: 2023-05-17

Umeå researchers developed a sensitive corona antibody test and a kit for sampling at home.

Four questions to Joacim on Icelab and the way to a new covid-19 project
Published: 2020-11-19

How does an idea sparked in a casual discussion move to a funded project?

Four questions to researcher Ellen Bushell - new Swedish Young Academy member
Published: 2020-10-21

Ellen tells us about how one becomes a member of the Swedish Young Academy and how she plans to use her time.

From automated DJ mixing to AI in news media
Published: 2024-09-06

The Department of Computing Science celebrated three doctoral students on Monday.

Fungal toxin triggers traps: Revealing the clever defence of white blood cells
Published: 2023-10-05

The study shows how neutrophils stop the most common fungal pathogen that can infect us humans.

Gabriel Torrens is one of the first with the Nobel laureate as a patron
Published: 2022-09-30

The Excellence by Choice Postdoc programme is managed by UCMR and UPSC with Emmanuelle Charpentier as patron.