Climate Lab

The Department of Ecology and Genetics at Uppsala University conducts advanced research on how ecosystems and organisms respond to environmental change, including climate-related processes. As part of our research infrastructure, we maintain specialised facilities supporting work on ecological and climate-related questions, such as a shared climate laboratory and related analytical environments for experimental and observational studies. These facilities underpin research into ecosystem carbon cycling, biogeochemical processes, and organismal responses to climatic variation, serving researchers, students, and international collaborators.

Services

In the climate lab you will be provided with access to climate-controlled space in climate cabinets, climate rooms or in the glasshouse (see description on this page). We will further help you with technical settings and controls, with the planning of your experimental procedures and with advice on plant cultivation. For smaller experiments we also provide materials (soil, pots, labels) and we will help you to order material for larger experiments. In the outside space, some support with watering and fertilization is available. Our facility uses biological control to prevent and limit pests – you will be informed about these measures and how you can contribute.

Please contact Maria Uscka-Perzanowska (maria.uscka@ebc.uu.se) for questions and planning.

Climate cabinets (reach-in)

BioChambers

-10 to +40°C (3) and +5 to +40°C (2)
Dimmable lights
High intensity possible
Advanced temperature control (precise daily cycles)

Sanyo cabinets (freezer size)

Simple temperature and light control

Image from BioChambers

Climate rooms (walk-in)

6 “beds” per room
6-25°C (4 rooms)
15-25°C (10 rooms)
Dimmable light
Night / day settings

Glasshouse (EBC)

Movable tables (10)
Automatic watering
Automatic fertilization
Tight temperature control (day/night)
Below-ambient temperature in the summer (20°C)
LED lights

Glasshouse (Botanical Garden)

Movable tables (10)
Automatic watering
Some temperature control (day/night)
Cooling through roof hatches (limited effect in summer)
Halogen lights

Outside space (Botanical Garden)

Garden beds prepared with sand to keep moisture
Fenced area
Water available

Price list

Our prices reflect costs for technical service contracts and repairs, personnel and material for IEG internal users and the locality rent for IEG external users. Prices undergo small revisions after each year.

Resource	Internal user (IEG) (rent excluded) kr/day	External user (rent included) kr/day
BioChamber cabinet	98	532
Sanyo cabinet	15	80
Glasshouse table	98	532
Climate room	98	532
Outside space (box)	98	532

Publications (since 2023)

2026

Vallejo-Marin, M. and A. Lundgren. 2026. Gradual pollen release in a buzz-pollinated plant: Investigating pollen presentation theory under bee visitation. Functional Ecology 40: 476–485.

2025

Jakobsson, E, S Langenheder, P Eklöv, and GA Weyhenmeyer. 2025. Effects of Changing Snow and Ice Cover Conditions on Phytoplankton Chlorophyll‐a and Community Composition in a Mesotrophic Lake. Freshwater Biology 70.

Lindstedt, F., Q. Zhou, and P. Milesi. 2025. When numbers matter: Rethinking the role of gene duplication on short evolutionary timescales. American Journal of Botany 112(7): e70072. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.70072

Woodrow, C., G. Sepúlveda-Rodríguez, S. Rajan, M. Mitschke, E. Baird, and M. Vallejo-Marín. 2025. Increasing temperatures affect thoracic muscle performance in Arctic bumblebees. Nat Commun 16.

Vasquez-Castro, C. A., E. Morel, B. Garcia-Simpson, and M. Vallejo-Marín. 2025. The fate of pollen in two morphologically contrasting buzz-pollinated Solanum flowers. Journal of Pollination Ecology 39:246–260.

van Kolfschoten, L. and M. Vallejo-Marín. 2025. Getting Hooked? Testing the Function of Anther Spurs in Vaccinium Myrtillus. Journal of Pollination Ecology 39:330–343.

C Moraga, C Branco, Q Rougemont, P Jedlička, E Mendoza-Galindo, et al. The Silene latifolia genome and its giant Y chromosome. Science. 387 (6734), 630-636. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adj7430

Shaw, A. J., Nieto-Lugilde, M., Aguero, B., Duffy, A. M., Robinson, S., Hassel, K., Flatberg, K-I., Ingerpuu, N., Vellak, K., Pérez-Haase, A., Jiroušek, M., Krebs, M., Juselius-Rajamäki, T., Piilo, S., Robroek, B., Lamkowski, P., Granath, G. (2025). Genetic structure of the Sphagnum magellanicum (Sphagnaceae) complex in Europe. The Bryologist, 128(3), 474-486. https://doi.org/10.1639/0007-2745-128.3.474

Boman, J., Näsvall, K., Vila, R., Wiklund, C., and Backström, N. 2025. Evolution of hybrid inviability associated with chromosome fusions. Molecular Ecology 34: e17672. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17672

2024

Woodrow, C., N. Jafferis, Y. C. Kang, and M. Vallejo-Marín. 2024. Buzz-pollinating bees deliver thoracic vibrations to flowers through periodic biting. Current Biology 34.

Lee, G., B. J. Sanderson, T. J. Ellis, B. P. Dilkes, J. K. McKay, J. Ågren, and C. G. Oakley. 2024. A large effect fitness trade-off across environments is explained by a single mutation affecting cold acclimation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 121(6): e2317461121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2317461121.

Ellis, T. J., and J. Ågren. 2024. Adaptation to soil type contributes little to local adaptation in an Italian and a Swedish ecotype of Arabidopsis thaliana on contrasting soils. Biology Letters 20: 20240236. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2024.0236

Boman, J., Vila, R., Wiklund, C., and Backström, N. 2024. Meiotic drive against chromosome fusions in butterfly hybrids. Chromosome Research 32: 7. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10577-024-09752-0

Mao X, Cortés AJ, Rixen C, Karrenberg S. 2024. Female‐biased population sex ratios caused by genetic rather than ecological mechanisms in dwarf willow (Salix herbacea L.). The Journal of Ecology 112: 1731–1742. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14348

2023

Oakley, C. G., D. W. Schemske, J. K. McKay, and J. Ågren. 2023. Ecological genetics of local adaptation in Arabidopsis: An 8-year field experiment. Molecular Ecology 32:4570–4583. DOI: 10.1111/mec.17045

Petrén, H., H. Thosteman, M. Stift, P. Toräng, J. Ågren, and M. Friberg. 2023. Differences in mating system and predicted parental conflict affect post-pollination reproductive isolation in a flowering plant. Evolution 77:1019-1030. DOI: 10.1093/evolut/qpad016

Boman, J., Zhu, Y., Höök, L., Vila, R., Talavera, G., and Backström, N. 2023. Environmental stress during larval development induces head methylome profile shifts in the migratory painted lady (Vanessa cardui) butterfly. Molecular Ecology 32: 3513-3523. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16957

Contact

Facility manager: Maria Uscka-Perzanowska (maria.uscka@ebc.uu.se)
Director: Sophie Karrenberg (sophie.karrenberg@ebc.uu.se)