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Malaria researcher receives first SIGHT Award in global health
13 december 2017
Andreas Mårtensson at the Department of Women’s and Children’s Health will receive the SIGHT Award in recognition of excellent scientific achieveme...
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Two ERC Consolidator Grants to Uppsala researchers
13 december 2017
The European Research Council (ERC) has now published the results of the 2017 call for Consolidator Grants. Fourteen researchers at Swedish institu...
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Professor Kálmán J. Szabó awarded the 2017 Ulla and Stig Holmquist Prize
12 december 2017
Kálmán J. Szabó, Professor of Organic Chemistry at Stockholm University, has been selected to receive the 2017 Ulla and Stig Holmquist Science Priz...
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Researchers and doctors gear up for the healthcare of the future
12 december 2017
In Uppsala, the university and hospital are building a common centre for technological innovations and faster implementation of tools in a healthca...
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Collaboration for new knowledge in culture and society
09 december 2017
Uppsala University is aiming to develop new research collaborations spanning different research subjects. The newly created Centre for Integrated R...
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This year’s Rudbeck and Linnaeus Medals awarded
08 december 2017
The Rudbeck Medal is being awarded this year to professors Olga Botner, Fred Nyberg and Johan Svedjedal, and the Linnaeus Medal is being awarded to...
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University finds misconduct behind plastics study
07 december 2017
Uppsala University has now taken a decision in the misconduct case concerning a study on the consumption of microplastics by fish larvae. The Unive...
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New dissertation on the treatment of malignant melanoma
06 december 2017
Malignant melanoma is one of the most common causes of cancer deaths among young adults. Although treatment for melanoma has improved in recent yea...
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Great interest in digital pathology
05 december 2017
Which digital tools can help pathologists with the analysis of samples? This was the theme of a workshop on 9 November, for both computer scientist...
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Inauguration of The Swedish Centre for Studies of the Internationalisation of Higher Education
05 december 2017
Vice-chancellor Eva Åkesson has inaugurated The Swedish Centre for Studies of the Internationalisation of Higher Education.
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Solar cells for buildings upgraded in new EU project
05 december 2017
It looks like ordinary black glass, but the entire façade produces electricity. The Frodeparken apartment block in Uppsala is covered with thin-fil...
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The 2017 Nobel Lectures: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology/Medicine and the Peace Prize
04 december 2017
It is a long-standing tradition for the newly awarded Nobel laureates to be invited to Uppsala University in connection with the Nobel Prize ceremo...
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Martin H:son Holmdahl Scholarship to theologian and lawyer
29 november 2017
The Martin H:son Holmdahl Scholarship is Uppsala University’s foremost award for action to promote human rights and freedoms. This year it goes to ...
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Two genomics researchers share the 2017 Björkén Prize
29 november 2017
Kerstin Lindblad-Toh, Professor of Comparative Genomics, and Leif Andersson, Professor of Functional Genomics, have together been awarded the Björk...
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Fredrik Pettersson: Uppsala Student of the Year
28 november 2017
The Uppsala Student of the Year is a well-known figure in student life at the University. Fredrik Pettersson has been First Curator of the Västmanl...
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The University does not accept harassment
27 november 2017
On Friday 24 November, women researchers published a protest against sexual harassment in academia, under the hashtag #akademiuppropet. There must ...
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The origin of a new species of finches observed
24 november 2017
Darwin’s finches in the Galápagos archipelago provide an iconic model for the evolution of biodiversity on earth due to natural selection. A team o...
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The brain chemistry of shyness
22 november 2017
Welcome, Tomas Furmark, Professor in the Department of Psychology. You’ve received research funding from the Swedish Foundation for Humanities and...
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Refugee crisis analysed in new project
22 november 2017
Was the 2015 refugee crisis a crisis of refugees in itself, or a question of the EU’s internal borders, political polarisation and inadequate crisi...
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Genome sequencing reveals extensive inbreeding in wolves
21 november 2017
Researchers from Uppsala University and others have for the first time determined the full genetic consequences of intense inbreeding in a threaten...