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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An ultra-sensitive and cost-effective diagnostic to improve AML patient outcome.
Research project from 2019-07-01 to 2021-06-30
Purpose and goal: Highly sensitive and accurate assays are needed to monitor patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), receiving targeted therapies. Early signs of resistance to the therapy can be met ...
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Cellular barcoding for spatially resolved single-cell genomics
Research project from 2015-07-01 to 2017-10-01
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies are the methods of choice to study molecular heterogeneity at single-cell level. However, when it comes to tissue analysis these methods are limited in spatial ...
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Biomarker test for cervical, ovarian or endometrial cancer
Research project from 2016-07-01 to 2017-07-01
Purpose and goal: The aim of the project is to perform a number of steps towards formulation and marketing of a diagnostic test for gynecological cancer (ovarian cancer, endometrial cancer and cervical ...
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Comprehensively defining cellular identity in the early neuronal differentiation
Research project from 2018-01-01 to 2021-12-31
Uncovering the molecular mechanism driving cell heterogeneity would be great helpful in the clinical diagnosis, molecular basis of drug resistance in cancer and diseases therapy in the long term. Currently ...
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Computer guided discovery and analysis of drug combination candidates by means of large-scale cell culture experiments
Research project from 2018-01-01 to 2021-12-31
The project will contribute to both personalized medicine and accelerated drug combination discovery and analysis. It will simultaneously address key scientific problems in three related research areas ...
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Development of an advanced millimeter-wave front-end for use in medical sensing
Research project from 2014-11-25 to 2015-05-29
Purpose and goal: The number of people suffering from diabetes is growing and is forecasted to exceed 500 M worldwide in 2018. A glucose test is still today not convenient, accessible or even inexpensive ...
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Non-invasive tests of endometrial dysfunction
Research project from 2011-11-01 to 2015-05-31
Currently not available ...
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FLOWLOY - nya metoder för känslig detektion av förlust av kromosom Y (LOY) i olika cell-typer i blod med flödescytometri
Research project from 2018-01-01 to 2021-12-31
Men live shorter lives compared to women. Our discoveries regarding the pathological effects from a male specific genetic risk factor, i.e. loss of chromosome Y (LOY) in blood cells, might help explain ...
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How immune complexes and associated autoantibodies determine clinical phenotypes in rheumatic diseases
Research project from 2020-01-01 to 2022-12-31
In this four-year project we will expand, develop and refine the way autoimmune serology is used to characterize and understand the pathogenetic mechanisms leading to individual clinical phenotypes of ...
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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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Neurochemical changes associated with Parkinson´s disease and L-Dopa induced dyskinesia studied with mass spectrometry imaging
Research project from 2019-01-01 to 2022-12-31
Mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) is an in vitro imaging technology for visualizing and quantifying the distributions of multimodal chemical species within tissue samples. The speed, sensitivity, and molecular ...
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sRCA – Ultra sensitive rare mutation detection for Liquid Biopsy
Research project from 2018-01-01 to 2018-12-31
Tumor-derived cell-free DNA, present in blood plasma, offers an invaluable means to monitor malignancy, or even to diagnose the disease in clinically healthy individuals for prompt and perhaps curative ...
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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 ...
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.