Research at Uppsala University
New biomarkers can lead to breakthrough in diabetes research
18 February 2021. With the discovery of two new biomarkers, Olof Eriksson, researcher in translational imaging, may le ...
Producing more sustainable hydrogen
12 February 2021. Hydrogen for energy use can be extracted in an environmentally friendly way from water and sunlight, ...
The professor wanting to contribute to peace on Earth
25 January 2021. Isak Svensson is, as he describes it, a product of the Department of Peace and Conflict Research. Si ...
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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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A pharmacometric framework for model-based translation of antibiotic effects in vitro to outcomes in patients infected by resistant bacteria
Research project from 2019-01-01 to 2022-12-31
Antibiotic resistance is increasing at an alarming rate. There is consequently an urgent need for new approaches that can define efficient dosing strategies and facilitate development of treatments against ...
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Finding the hidden GEMS in genome-wide association analyses: Do we need to change the way to model the genetics of quantitative traits?
Research project from 2018-01-01 to 2021-12-31
Genotype-to-phenotype mapping is a core feature of genetics. These maps describe how combinations of DNA variants (genotypes) contribute to the appearance (the phenotype) of an individual organism. Staggering ...
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Computations for structural mass spectrometry
Research project from 2016-01-01 to 2018-12-31
The structure and dynamics of biomolecules are intimately coupled to biological function, and numerous diseases are rooted in biomolecular structure. Functionally important conformational states are often ...
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Central regulation of food intake and reward; Molecular mechanisms and human pathologies
Research project from 2017-01-01 to 2019-12-31
We aim to study the molecular mechanisms of food intake and reward functions, considering genetic background and cognitive functions. We plan to combine fly, mouse and human genetic models to unravel modes ...
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Cost-effective genotyping in plant and animal breeding using computational analysis of pooled samples
Research project from 2018-01-01 to 2020-12-31
Genomic breeding has given proven advances in plant and animal breeding. However, current costs make genotyping of high numbers of individuals, or the application of genomic breeding to local breeds or ...
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Cultural evolution of texts
Research project from 2020-01-01 to 2023-12-31
How is cultural knowledge passed down through generations? Which processes promotes the fidelity of transmission of written or oral texts over longer or shorter times? And what are the regularities in ...
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DNA sequencing-based microscopy for ultra-multiplexed, optics-free, 3D imaging of proteins and genes
Research project from 2021-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Last year marked the emergence of DNA sequencing-based microscopy: methods to produce optics-free microscopic images by encoding spatial information in DNA sequence format prior to recovering that information ...
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Dissection of the genetics underlying long-term selection response for immune and production traits
Research project from 2014-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Genetics has allowed humans to domesticate animals and plants, and through intense breeding develop breeds and varieties with desirable properties for agricultural production across the globe. Despite ...
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ELIXIR -- the European infrastructure for biological information
Research project from 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31
The main mission of ELIXIR is to build a sustainable European infrastructure for biological information, supporting life-science research and its translation to society, the bio-industries, environment ...
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From single cells to cancer tumors - multiscale simulation of stochastic multicellular systems
Research project from 2016-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Detailed stochastic models of single-cell molecular networks have led to important biological insights into diverse cellular phenomena, and computational experiments hold great promise to complement wet ...
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The physics of genetic information processing
Research project from 2017-01-01 to 2022-12-31
The mechanisms for decoding the genome’s regulatory sequences are far less understood than the mechanisms for encoding the structure and function of the regulated macromolecules. The focus of the environment ...
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The physics of gene regulation in the context of the growing cell
Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2017-12-31
The main objective is to develop new technology for studying gene regulation at high spatial and temporal resolution in living cells. The methods will be used to answer fundamental questions about how ...
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Gotland in the 3rd millennium BC. Archaeogenetics, archaeology and cultural diversity
Research project from 2020-01-01 to 2022-12-31
Recent technological advancements have allowed for in-depth genetic investigations of pre-historic humans (archaeogenetics) which have profoundly altered European archaeology. These studies give unique ...
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Integrated analyses of immune repertoires in solid cancers
Research project from 2020-07-01 to 2022-06-30
Cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide and even though the last decade has led to several breakthroughs in the molecular characterization of the underlying disease mechanisms there is still ...
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Intelligent evolution of new generation probing technology via massive parallel DNA synthesis and sequencing
Research project from 2014-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Future medical analysis will require comprehensive and rapid analyses of broad ranges of molecular entities to better define cell states, e.g. stemness, or disease states e.g. cancer signatures. The proposed ...
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Mapping the virus-host transcriptional landscape for a better understanding of dengue disease
Research project from 2021-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Despite more than 100 million infections annually and extensive scientific efforts to understand disease mechanisms, the clinical course of dengue infection, progression to severe dengue disease, particularly ...
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National Bioinformatics Infrastructure Sweden (NBIS)
Research project from 2016-04-01 to 2017-12-31
NBIS is a continuation of BILS (Bioinformatics Infrastructure for Life Sciences) now also including WABI (Wallenberg Advanced Bioinformatics Infrastr.), SILS (Systems Biology Infrastr. for Life Sciences ...
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National Bioinformatics Infrastructure Sweden (NBIS) and the Swedish node in Elixir (the European Infrastructure for Biological Information)
Research project from 2021-01-01 to 2024-12-31
For the period 2021–2024, NBIS plans to continue our activities in providing excellence in bioinformatics support to researchers in Sweden, enabling world-class life science by offering support, infrastructure ...
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National Bioinformatics Infrastucture Sweden (NBIS) and the Swedish node in Elixir (the European infrastructure for biological information)
Research project from 2018-01-01 to 2020-12-31
NBIS enables world-class life science by providing expert knowledge, creative data integration, advanced training, efficient data publication and access to high-performance data and analysis methods. NBIS ...
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Research spotlight: The coronavirus
Limited transmission of COVID-19 from open schools but teachers were affected
12 February 2021. Most countries introduced school closures during the spring of 2020 despite uncertainty regarding th ...
New clues to how SARS-CoV-2 infects cells
8 February 2021. The molecular details of how SARS-CoV-2 enters cells and infects them are still not clear. Researche ...
Interdisciplinary collaboration provides new answers about immunity after Covid-19
8 January 2021. Only weeks after the coronavirus reached Sweden, blood samples were taken from more than 2,000 emplo ...
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