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Donation towards new advanced microscope and competence centre
07 november 2022
The entrepreneur Sverker Lerheden has donated SEK 7.5 million to Uppsala University in the name of his wife, Birgitta Sintring Lerheden. The money ...
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New honorary doctors in the Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences
03 november 2022
The faculties at Uppsala University have decided on the award of honorary doctorates for 2022. Among the new honorary doctors at faculties in the D...
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Nine new honorary doctors appointed at Faculty of Science and Technology
02 november 2022
The faculties at Uppsala University have now decided on the award of honorary doctorates for 2022. Among the nine new honorary doctors at the Facul...
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New honorary doctors in the Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy
02 november 2022
The faculties at Uppsala University have now decided on the award of honorary doctorates for 2022. Among new honorary doctors in the Disciplinary D...
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Submit a nomination for the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award
01 november 2022
In spring 2022 the first recipients of the Uppsala University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award were selected. Now it’s time again. Be part of ...
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The energy crisis may lead to greater efficiency
31 oktober 2022
The energy crisis has the potential to spawn more active and flexible electricity consumers and thus a more efficient electricity market and use of...
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A stem cell protein facilitates relapse of pediatric brain tumours
28 oktober 2022
The malignant brain tumour type medulloblastoma can become resistant to therapy which can cause relapse. Researchers at Uppsala University have dis...
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The antibody that can slow down Alzheimer’s
28 oktober 2022
A new therapy that can slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease will soon be on the market – after 23 years of methodical collaboration between ...
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Uppsala University ranked high in sustainability
27 oktober 2022
Uppsala University takes 11th place out of 700 higher education institutions in the QS World University Ranking: Sustainability. According to the l...
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Nestling birds recognize their local song ‘dialect’
26 oktober 2022
A recent study, published in Current Biology, led by researchers at Stockholm University and Uppsala University, has shown that juvenile songbirds ...
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Artificial photosynthesis could generate new fossil-free fuels
25 oktober 2022
Sun, water and carbon dioxide interacting in artificial photosynthesis. According to researchers at Uppsala University, this could be the recipe fo...
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Healthy food systems in focus at Uppsala Health Summit
24 oktober 2022
Food lies at the heart of both health and sustainable development. This year’s Uppsala Health Summit takes on the challenges associated with our fo...
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AIMday – meeting concept attracts universities worldwide
19 oktober 2022
Uppsala University’s AIMday meeting concept aims to strengthen the interaction between academia and the wider community. The concept, with its uniq...
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Tackling nuclear threat through knowledge
19 oktober 2022
Since the war in Ukraine broke out, nuclear weapons have once again become a genuine threat to humanity. To promote nuclear disarmament, expertise ...
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SSRIs and CBT lead to changes in the brain
19 oktober 2022
Neurochemical changes in the brain differ among patients with social anxiety treated using both SSRIs and CBT, compared to those treated using only...
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Widespread variation of inherited retroviruses among Darwin’s finches
17 oktober 2022
Vertebrate genomes are repositories for retrovirus code that was deposited into germ line as inherited endogenous retroviruses during evolution. Re...
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The vulnerability of surrogate mothers in a global market
17 oktober 2022
A new dissertation on surrogacy highlights Thai women's experiences of having acted as surrogate mothers. The dissertation shows the women's vulner...
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Research on equality in healthcare
17 oktober 2022
In international maternal and reproductive health, many issues are sensitive and influenced by stigma, norms and values. Family formation and wheth...
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Broad collaboration on Gotland’s energy transition
13 oktober 2022
Gotland has been singled out by the government as a forerunner in the transition to renewable energy. The goal: to have an energy system based on r...
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Large predatory dinosaurs discovered in Skåne
13 oktober 2022
Roughly 200-million-year-old footprints of large predatory dinosaurs, along with the skeletons of other dinosaurs, animals and plant fossils, have ...