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Emmanuelle Charpentier, hedersdoktor vid Umeå universitet.
Discovery at Umeå University awarded 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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

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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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New approaches to identifying substitutes for hazardous chemicals
Published: 2021-04-29

A correct assessment of risks with chemicals that replace those that are banned is hampered by lack of data.

New simulation tool for covid-19 beats epidemiological models
Published: 2021-04-29

The simulation tool that is being developed at Umeå University now shows excellent results.

Breakthrough in the understanding of a protein with a key role in cancer
Published: 2021-04-27

The neutron reflexometry method gives scientists atomic-level insight into the behaviour of the protein Bcl-2.

AI that benefit us all – researchers prepare for the future
Published: 2021-04-23

A video on the research programs WASP and WASP-HS.

Sarandra’s mid-seminar on fall prevention for the elderly
Published: 2021-04-20

Mid-seminar means that you have come halfway in the research based on your research plan.

Streams and rivers emit more carbon dioxide at night than day
Published: 2021-04-16

A study by Gerard Rocher Ros shows that the flux may be greater than previously thought.

Two UPSC postdocs are awarded with an Indian fellowship
Published: 2021-04-12

Vikash Kumar and Jay Prakash Maurya receive the Ramalingaswami Fellowship from the Indian Government.

Metallföroreningar i vattenmiljön påverkar även fåglar på land
Published: 2021-04-07

Johan Lidman shows in his dissertation that metals in water have negative effects on insect-eating birds.

A bacterial toxin that acts as a mediator rather than a killer
Published: 2021-04-06

Umeå researchers have discovered that bacterial toxins can act as modulators of the host immune response.

Arcum's announcement of funding, spring 2021
Published: 2021-03-26

Call for spring 2021 open

WASP-HS highlighting person-centered healthcare and AI
Published: 2021-03-22

WASP-HS, led by Umeå Professor Virginia Dignum, is hosting the online conference.

Prestigious prize to Diego Calvanese, Wallenberg Guest Professor
Published: 2021-03-15

Diego Calvansese receives the prestigious AAAI Classic Paper Award 2021, the most influential on AI.

Gradual changes triggered historical shift in marine fauna
Published: 2021-03-09

Not all major faunal transitions are related to abrupt global perturbations that triggered mass extinctions.

The end of the television - Will the digital wall revolutionize our homes?
Published: 2021-03-03

Morteza Abdipour has studied how the digital wall might influence how we arrange our future households.

Adolescent perspectives on artificial intelligence
Published: 2021-03-02

Students from a local school and Umeå researchers contributed to a global study led by UNICEF.