Congratulations to Ylva Hedberg Fransson, lecturer at the Department of Clinical Microbiology and who teaches at the Biomedical Analyst Program at Umeå University, for the 2024 Pedagogical Prize at the Faculty of Medicine. lnkd.in/dpKy_u4a

Congratulations to Anna Överby Wernstedt, Professor at the Department of Clinical Microbiology at Umeå University for receiving the Göran Gustafsson Prize in Medicine. kva.se/nyheter/33-mil…

Long Covid Awareness Day – an occasion for sharing knowledge. umu.se/en/news/long-c…

Postdoctoral scholarship (2 years) in Infection Biology to study Herpes Simplex Encephalitis by advanced optical 3D imaging. ENG: umu.se/en/work-with-u… SWE: umu.se/jobba-hos-oss/…

We are pleased to invite you to the "Viral Vectors and Virus-Like Particles symposium: from design to clinical application" on the 12th of September in Bergasalen (NUS, Umeå). Register and hand in your abstract (max 500 words) before the 15th of August. tessyhick.wixsite.com/viral-vectors-…

Mattias Forsell, Johan Normark and Julia Wigren Byström have been awarded Umeå University's and Nordea's Innovation Prize for utilisation 2024. Congratulations! umu.se/en/news/trio-o…

Niklas Arnberg vid Institutionen för klinisk mikrobiologi, Umeå universitet svarar på frågor om spridningen av mpox (tidigare apkoppor) : bit.ly/3M6GT4P

Anne-Marie Fors Connolly driver forskningsnätverket som nu växer för att fler kliniska forskare ska få ta del av viktiga kunskaper för att bedriva klinisk forskning. umu.se/nyheter/natver…

Marie Peters doktorandstudier fokuserar på att identifiera och karakterisera olika cellulära proteiner som spelar en viktig roll vid flavavirusinfektioner. Nu är målet nära eftersom hon disputerar vid Umeå universitet den 28 mars. umu.se/nyheter/framga…

Marie Peters, Department of Clinical Microbiology, defends her doctoral thesis Identification and characterization of host factors involved in orthoflavivirus infection - Friday March 28th. umu.se/en/events/mari…

Researchers at Umeå University have discovered that the SARS-CoV-2 variant Omicron has developed a stronger binding to human lung cells through optimized interaction with heparan sulfate, a sugar molecule on the cell surface. umu.se/en/news/bindin…

Magnus Evander is in his third year as head of the Department of Clinical Microbiology at Umeå University. What is it like to be the head? We ask some curious questions. umu.se/en/news/hello-…

Som programvägledare och studieadministratör är Sarita Nordström något av en spindel i nätet på Biomedicinsk analytikerprogrammet vid Umeå universitet. Det bästa med jobbet tycker hon är mötet med studenter i med- och motgång och att se dem utvecklas. umu.se/reportage/coac…

Researchers at Umeå University have found another piece of the puzzle that explains why there are differences in immune responses in women and men when they get sick with COVID-19. umu.se/en/news/new-di…

Laura Carroll awarded “Future Research Leader” grant – receives 15 million sek to resolve microbiomes at the single-cell level. umu.se/en/news/laura-…

Life science short film premiere The doors at KBC Glasburen opened at 10 with mingling, popcorn, and drinks at the premiere of »Where curiosity meets discovery« made by Umeå University film makers Alekzandra Granath and Simon Jönsson. youtube.com/watch?v=kqwtYG…

Press release from Constantin Urban group: Researchers uncover how immune cells use zinc to fight infections — challenging long-held beliefs umu.se/en/news/resear…

Anne bridges virology and cardiology as new myocarditis research emerges umu.se/en/news/anne-b…

Tulio Yoshinaga from Brazil is an ‘Excellence by Choice’ postdoc in UCMR PI Constantin Urban lab. His research is about saprolegnosis - a fungi disease that affect freshwater fishes and causes huge problems in aquaculture especially in salmonids. svt.se/nyheter/lokalt…

Anne-Marie Fors Connolly and Anders Johansson, Department of Clinical Microbiology, have each been awarded 5 million SEK for their research by Forte as part of the initiative Research for the Welfare Society of the Future. umu.se/nyheter/30-nya…