Three professors from Umeå University newly appointed members of the Scientific councils.
IceLab launches the Stress Response Modeling Graduate Research School with five PhD positions now available.
The Swedish Research Council awards Umeå University 16 million SEK to two national research schools.
A documentary project about innovative initiatives across Europe highlights Life Science in Umeå.
Collected samples from the visitor's hands and everyday objects.
The PANDASIA project aims to increase our understanding of how diseases make the leap from animals to humans.
20 research projects, from virus control to tech innovations, have secured EU funding. Curious? Learn more.
Elin trains to become a specialist in general medicine and continues her doctoral project about virus.
Ten projects at Umeå University receive a total of 30 million SEK from the Swedish Cancer Society.
Faculty of Science and Technology Dean new fellow in the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA).
Some people naturally have higher levels of proteins that protect them from covid-19.
The new FIB-SEM instrument was inaugurated in November 2024.
A Umeå project is among those that receive the most, 30 million, for interdisciplinary research environments.
New SciLifeLab director, Jan Ellenberg, and SciLifeLab board chair Ylva Engström, paid a full-day visit.
Researchers and staff from infrastructures and industry shared ideas and results under the theme sensing.
Minuscule plastic particles can reduce effect of antibiotics and risk causing resistance, according to study.
In this year's call from the Swedish Research Council, a total of 66 million is granted to 14 projects.
Johan Normark will study how the immune system regenerates after treatment with drugs that eliminate B cells.
Linda Sandblad receives the Bo and Barbro Hammarström Prize.
Björn Schröder's research group receives SEK 6 million for research on the intestinal microbial modulation.
New thesis shows that special proteins are used when resistance to antibiotics spreads between bacteria,
Alicia Lind is one of five employees who receive Region Västerbotten grant for postdoctoral qualifications.
Lars-Anders Carlson is receiving SEK 24 million from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.
Research breakthrough could be significant for the food industry and the fight against antibiotic resistance.
Kemal Avican joined Curiosum’s ForskarFredag Sept. 27 to build virtual bacteria with children.
The school covers infection biology in a broadly, from humans and animals to plants and is a success story.
Teresa Frisan shared her enthusiasm for research and gave an insight into researchers' everyday life
Nicolò Maccaferri and his group had the pleasure to host Stefano Corni in the context of UCMR Seminar Series.
A crosslinking mode in the bacteria's cell wall inhibits degrading enzyms and thus protects the bacteria.
Túlio's research is about saprolegnosis - a fungi disease that affect freshwater fishes.
Suvam's project concerns how bacteria respond to external stressors like antibiotics and develop resistance.
Antibiotic-driven alterations in the microbiota. causes defects in the normally protective mucus barrier.
MIMS Group Leader and DDLS Fellow starts his independent research lab at Umeå University.
Antonio's work focuses on the chemical and structural mode of action of the novel drug at molecular level .
Matthew lectures on chemical probes for imaging cancer and infectious diseases.
Research shows how the magnesium atom directs the chemistry that catalyzes the production of ATP in a cell.
Current outbreak of mpox is a more dangerous variant than the one that spread in Africa about two years ago.
In a mix of biology and physics, Ben investigates biological reactions and processes with fast lasers.
Effective against serious infections, according to new study.
Professor Oliver Billker is one of the newly elected EMBO Members on the 60th anniversary of EMBO.
New study shows how an enzyme breaks down the bacteria's cell wall to transfer resistance to antibiotics.
MIMS welcomes Ryo Morimoto and Iker Valle Aramburu as new Group Leaders!
Breakthrough in research enables more experiments than ever before on vital processes inside cells.
The UCMR community welcomed professor Emma Thomson to a summer warm Umeå for networking and talk.
By letting AI count on climate change and travel patterns it is possible to forecast new infections.
Welcome to a UCMR two seminar 30 May at 14:00-16:00 in Major Groove.
A clinician, a preclinician, and a biomedical analyst demonstrate successful COVID-19 research.
'Can microbes distinguish friend from foe?' only DDLS funded PhD project at UMU in recent call.
PNAS study makes a good "case" for using small molecules as chemical tools to understand complex biology.
Mathematical modelling advances research in endosymbiosis, according to a research group in Umeå.
Dietary fibre is vital for our intestinal flora, where the bacteria Blautia is important to the mucus barrier.
The study supports the use of ciprofloxacin and identifies the need for more knowledge about the disease.
Matthew lectures about fungal pathogens and future risks for the global life-support system.
André Mateus had a seminar on everything you ever wanted to know about proteomics, but never dared to ask.
Six Umeå University researchers have been admitted to the Wallenberg Scholars programme 2024.
People with post-COVID syndrome often suffer from intense fatigue and dyspnea, is shown in Nordic study.
Results made by Anna Arnqvist´s group include molecular details and the importance of the pH in the stomach.
In search of collaborators after the March 13 Lunch Pitch.
Johan Normark tells about current knowledge on symptoms, causes, treatment, and prognosis of post-COVID.
Welcome to a UCMR two seminar 25 April at 14:00-16:00 in Lilla hörsalen, KBC.
The study will evaluate knowledge, awareness and practices of TBE vaccination.
Anna Överby Wernstedt at Umeå University is one of five junior researchers who will share SEK 33 million.
Studies in a thesis give hope for medicines for colds and other diseases as well as an intestinal organism.
Several postdoc projects receive funding from EU within the ´Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme.
Individual variation explains recurrent caries disease and that others are asymptomatic.
STINT-funded research collaboration with Inha University researchers begins with a visit to Incheon, Korea
Felipe Cava, Umeå University, is one of the researchers that have identified a bacterial enzyme.
Metabolomics is a growing field within life science - 120 scientists from all over the world gathered in Umeå.
Emma Thomson lectures on AAV2 and immune dysregulation in children with unexplained hepatitis.
'EC' postdoc Adrien is studying the relationship between plant epidermal cell structure and mechanical stress.
Kim lectures on virulence factors in bacteria that provide molecular insight into eukaryotic signaling systems
Society beneficial products and services based on research or education at the university are recognized.
5 and 12 February Västerbotten Region focuses on Chlamydia - a bacteria well studied at Umeå University.
The three cross-faculty areas show the width and edge of research at Umeå University.
Nicolò Maccaferri wants to create hard drives that work like 'time machines'.
Bacterial pili increase virulence and form biofilm structures that strengthen antibiotic tolerance.
The support means that scientific breakthroughs in life science can be converted into future innovations.
Umeå Postdoc Society with 220 postdocs at campus works successfully to improve the postdoc experience.
Ribosomal protein undergoes structural change but retains sequence during evolution.
Individuals infected with COVID-19 are also at an increased risk of suffering from heart rhythm disturbances.
Max Renner receives 1,5 MSEK grant for a postdoc for two years from Umeå Centre for Microbial Research, UCMR.
Teresa Frisan, Lena Svensson, and Peter Lind are appointed as programme directors.
Nicolò Maccaferri and André Mateus have been appointed Wallenberg Academy Fellows.
Five researchers within UCMR receive grants from the Swedish Cancer Society.
André Mateus is a new board member of the Swedish Proteomics Society, SPS.
Irina Gutsche is the holder of the 2023 Tage Erlander visiting professorship, working at Umeå University.
The event is commemorated with a one-day symposium on 16 November with invited international speakers.
'EC' Postdoc Baptiste marvels at how molecular mechanisms shape cell destiny and physiology.
Three UCMR PIs receive project grants from the Swedish Research Council in Natural and Engineering Sciences
'EC' Postdoc Dhruv has followed his passion for microbiology and life science throughout his academic journey.
Seven UCMR PIs receive project grants from the Swedish Research Council in the area Medicine and Health.
MIMS expands opportunities for life science research at Umeå University through NORPOD postdoc programme.
Bernt Eric Uhlin is honored for his extraordinary commitment to creating an excellent research environment.
A thesis by Mark Lindholm, Umeå University, is praised by the Swedish Dental Association.
Anders Hofer, Jörgen Johansson and Lars-Anders Carlson gets three-year project grants.
With optical tweezers, Magnus Andersson can measure the forces that act when a bacterium attaches.
Anders Johansson's research aims to understand the spread of infection and identify preventive measures.
Fabrice Laurent from INRAE lectures on Cryptosporidiosis that is a threat to human and animal health.
The great interest highlights the need for meeting platforms focusing specifically on postdocs and PhDs.
She discovered the Nobel prize-winning gene scissors in Umeå. Now she is an honorary citizen of the city.