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New test offers faster cure for urinary tract infection
15 november 2022
The patient gets the right treatment straight away, while unnecessary use of antibiotics is reduced. The world’s fastest antibiotic sensitivity tes...
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Several innovation companies from Uppsala University on prestigious list
15 november 2022
Each year, Sweden’s Ny Teknik magazine presents a list of the top 33 young tech companies in Sweden that are judged to be a leader of the future, a...
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Two Uppsala researchers receive major project funding
15 november 2022
Sven Nelander, who conducts research into the molecular mechanisms behind the occurrence of cancer, and Peter Oppeneer, who researches in the field...
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Listen to our new professors
14 november 2022
53 new professors will be inaugurated at Uppsala University on Friday, 18 November. They will all be offering lectures that same week that are open...
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Discovering the way to sustainable workplaces
10 november 2022
All companies and organisations work towards healthy working environments and employees, but what determines whether a workplace succeeds? In Swede...
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Agnes Wold to receive honorary doctorate from Uppsala University
09 november 2022
The faculties at Uppsala University have now decided who they want to award honorary doctorates to this year. In all, 24 honorary doctorates will b...
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IceCube neutrinos provide new view of a nearby galaxy
08 november 2022
For the first time, an international team of scientists has found evidence of high-energy neutrino emission from a nearby galaxy. The galaxy, NGC 1...
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20 new scholarships for researchers from Ukraine
08 november 2022
Uppsala University will continue to grant scholarships to researchers who have moved to Sweden from Ukraine due to the war. A decision was taken re...
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Personalised treatment of Parkinson’s disease provides greater reliability
07 november 2022
Parkinson’s patients are currently offered a very effective treatment for motor symptoms. Following years of research in neurology at Uppsala Unive...
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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...