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Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia the focus of new Wallenberg Clinical Scholar
23 mars 2017
Professor Richard Rosenquist Brandell at Uppsala University’s Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology is one of this year’s two new Wallen...
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New tool for prognosis and choice of therapy for rheumatoid arthritis
23 mars 2017
In rheumatoid arthritis, antibodies are formed that affect the inflammation in the joints. In an article published today in the journal Annals of t...
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Viking raids – how did it all start?
21 mars 2017
Everyone is familiar with the Viking raids that took place in Europe from AD 700–1000, when warlike Scandinavians headed out with hundreds of ships...
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Finding the right details in Big Data
21 mars 2017
Hello there! Carolina Wählby, professor of quantitative microscopy at the Department of Information Technology. You were recently awarded 29 millio...
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Otto Cars appointed to UN group on antibiotic resistance
20 mars 2017
Otto Cars, Senior Professor of Infectious Diseases at Uppsala University and founder of the international network ReAct, has been selected as a mem...
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B vitamins may reduce negative health effects of air pollution
16 mars 2017
A new study by researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and Uppsala University shows that B vitamins might play a criti...
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Older Uppsala theses all now catalogued
15 mars 2017
Would you like to read a thesis in Latin written in 1604? Are you curious about Carl Peter Thunberg’s Thesis on the animals mentioned in the Bible ...
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Recommendations for reorienting teacher education to advance Sustainable Development Goals
15 mars 2017
SWEDESD is presenting the results from the first Swedish International Global Action Programme on Education for Sustainable Development conference ...
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Innovative business ideas from Uppsala University funded by Vinnova
14 mars 2017
In a new initiative from Vinnova, Sweden’s innovation agency, 117 business startups with innovative commercial ideas are sharing funds of SEK 35 mi...
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Kristina Edström appointed honorary doctor in Norway
13 mars 2017
Kristina Edström, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry (Ångström Laboratory), has been appointed honorary doctor at the ...
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2017 Gustaf Adolf Medals awarded
13 mars 2017
Five Elder Gustaf Adolf Medals in gold and two in silver have been awarded to employees at Uppsala University.
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How to pull off a climate change challenge
08 mars 2017
Changing your behavior doesn’t happen overnight, but can it be done during 30 days? Students at CEMUS’ course Global Challenges and Sustainable Fut...
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Measurements by school pupils paved way for key research findings
08 mars 2017
With their measurements and samples, nearly 3,500 schoolchildren have assisted a research study on lakes and global warming, now published in an ac...
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Trita Parsi visits Uppsala for Alumnus of the Year lecture
08 mars 2017
Trita Parsi, 2016 Uppsala University Alumnus of the Year, will visit Uppsala University on 14 March to receive his award and give a lecture titled ...
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One in five overuses electricity at neighbours’ expense
06 mars 2017
Household electricity use falls by more than 30% when residents are obliged to pay for their own personal consumption. This is shown in a new study...
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SEK 71 million in grants secured for science and technology research environments
06 mars 2017
The Swedish Research Council has decided on grants for research environments in science and technology. Uppsala University is the recipient of thre...
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Time for reflection improves elderly’s mealtime experience
02 mars 2017
A year of recurrent staff supervision, headed by a dietitian, at nursing homes for the elderly in Sweden resulted in a better mealtime situation ...
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Studying genes in clusters allows for better predictions
28 februari 2017
When many genes regulate a single trait, they commonly work together in large clusters or ‘networks’. Taking this into account allows better predic...
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Archaeologists at the vanguard of environmental and climate research
26 februari 2017
The history of people and landscapes, whether natural or cultural, is fundamentally connected. Answering key historical questions about this relati...
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Rapid increase in resistant intestinal bacteria among preschool children
23 februari 2017
In a new thesis Johan Kaarme, a paediatrician at Uppsala University Hospital and PhD student at the University, points to a more than sixfold incre...