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UCMR - Umeå Centre for Microbial Research

UCMR brings together 69 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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Daniel Nilsson, forskningsassistent vid Institutionen för fysik
Building research instruments with 3D printers

A doctoral thesis shows that ordinary 3D printers can build advanced scientific equipment right in the lab.

Aftab Nadeem, Abdelbasset Yabrag, Naeem Ullah, Anne Yska, och Michael Philips
Why a food poisoning bacterium can cause severe wound infections

The NheABC toxin from Bacillus cereus becomes particularly active under the pH conditions in open wounds.

Anknuten som postdoktor till Institutionen för molekylärbiologi Enhet: Grupp Felipe Cava Anknuten som postdoktor till Institutionen för molekylärbiologi Enhet: Grupp Felipe Cava Anknuten som postdoktor till Institutionen för molekylärbiologi Enhet: Grupp Felipe Cava
Researchers discover Achilles' heel of antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Highly antibiotic-resistant bacteria become more susceptible when transport to the cell wall is disrupted.

Emmanuelle Charpentier hedersmedborgare 2025
Nobel Prize laureate returns to Umeå

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

UCMR News

From still images to movies of life’s molecular machines
Published: 2026-10-22

New technology could reveal how vital processes in the body work in real time.

Four projects at the forefront of international research to receive 120 million
Published: 2026-10-13

The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation is allocating 120 million to four different research projects.

3D printers can make advanced research more accessible
Published: 2026-10-05

A doctoral thesis shows that ordinary 3D printers can build advanced scientific equipment right in the lab.

ledningsgruppen UCMR: Ingrid Söderbergh, Marta Bally och Fredrik Almqvist
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