Research at Uppsala University
History of human antibiotic use written in the oral bacteria of wild brown bears
25 August 2021. An international team of researchers used historical museum collections to study the effects of huma ...
How research can encourage us to cycle instead
19 August 2021. How do you get to work in the mornings? Transport currently accounts for 25 per cent of GHG emission ...
Philippine ethnic group has most Denisovan DNA
13 August 2021. The Philippine ethnic group Ayta Magbukon has the highest proportion of genes from our extinct relat ...
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Here you will find all research projects at Uppsala University funded by the main Swedish funding bodies. The search feature is based on the SweCRIS database.
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Active target detection
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Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2015-12-31
As an animal moves through the world, its own movement generates widefield optic flow across the visual field used to e.g. maintain a straight trajectory or to avoid obstacles. Many animals can also disambiguate ...
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Degradation of natural organic matter: chemodiversity and continuum of reactivity
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Research project from 2011-01-01 to 2013-12-31
Large quantities of DOC (dissolved organic carbon) are washed from the terrestrial environment into inland waters, where it is degraded and evaded as CO2 and CH4 to the atmosphere, buried in the sediment ...
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Shining light on how the endocannabinoid system affects the reward system
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Research project from 2018-01-01 to 2021-12-31
Addictions are a major social problem and we lack sufficient knowledge of how they arise and how various drugs affect the brain. Although the importance of the endocannabinoid system (ECS) in addiction ...
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Ersättning för Anna Qvarnströms uppdrag som ledamot i Ämnesrådet för naturvetenskap och teknikvetenskap 2010 -2012 och 2013-2015.
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Research project from 2012-03-15 to 2015-12-31
Ersättning för Anna Qvarnströms uppdrag som ledamot i Ämnesrådet för naturvetenskap och teknikvetenskap 2010 -2012 och 2013-2015. ...
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Herding of artificial and living flocks
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Research project from 2016-01-01 to 2018-12-31
Herding of sheep by dogs is a powerful example of one individual causing many unwilling individuals (agents) to move in the same direction. However, the need to herd autonomous, interacting agents is not ...
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Optimizing zebrafish welfare - effects of environmental enrichment, tank volume and fish density
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Research project from 2018-01-01 to 2021-12-31
The zebrafish (Danio rerio), rank as one of the major model organisms used in research today. However, specific husbandry requirements for zebrafish are still far from fully understood and protocols for ...
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Why do we age: using novel evolutionary theory to unravel proximate causes of growing old
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Research project from 2014-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Understanding ageing has long been at the forefront of fundamental and applied research. Today, we are on the brink of a major paradigm shift in the biology of ageing. Classic theory suggests that organisms ...
Research spotlight: The coronavirus
New method for discovery of antiviral drugs
2 August 2021. The current COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for methods to identify new or repurposed dru ...
Helpline important for older people during the pandemic
8 July 2021. For many older individuals, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the loss of daily anonymous contac ...
The national COVID-19 Data Portal turns one year old
3 June 2021. The national Swedish COVID-19 Data Portal was launched one year ago to support researchers in utilis ...
Lectures
Uppsala University’s researchers share their knowledge in public lectures. Every year, the University is visited by leading researchers and influential people from around the world. At Uppsala University, you can hear Nobel laureates, researchers, authors, politicians and many others give lectures. Here we present some of the most prominent, annually occurring lectures at Uppsala University.