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UCMR - Umeå Centre for Microbial Research

UCMR brings together 66 research groups - over 300 scientists - at Umeå University. The centre’s mission is to shape and further develop Umeå's environment for microbial research. Core values are excellence, interdisciplinarity, and collaboration. UCMR was appointed a Linnaeus Centre of Excellence 2008.

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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.

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.

flaggor vid universitetsledningshuset
Multi-million grant to MIMS and WCMM

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

Emmanuelle Charpentier hedersmedborgare 2025
Nobel Prize laureate returns to Umeå

Emmanuelle Charpentier, Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry visited Umeå University.

ledningsgruppen UCMR: Ingrid Söderbergh, Marta Bally och Fredrik Almqvist
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