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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Demographic causes of latitudinal range limits of a mountain plant across two continents: experimentally assessing direct climate effects and indirect effects of neighbouring plants and pollinators
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Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Understanding demographic causes of range limits is key to explaining current species distributions and predicting range shifts in a changing climate. A challenge is that climate can affect a species ...
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Development of a Next Generation Sequencing molecular identification system to curb the illegal trade in orchid tubers (Orchidaceae: Orchidoideae) in Iran and Turkmenistan
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Research project from 2014-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Orchids are collected widely in Asia Minor for use in the traditional product salep. Destructive harvesting and overexploitation of fragile populations has forced traders to tap into new resource areas ...
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Digitalization of the Thunberg botanical collection
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Research project from 2013-09-01 to 2015-08-31
Purpose and goal: In biology, scientific nomenclature is governed by ´types´, preserved specimens usually examined by the describing researcher. Carl Peter Thunberg, Linnaean pupil, visited Japan in 1775 ...
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Dormancy regulation in land plants by evolutionarily conserved mechanisms
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Research project from 2017-01-01 to 2020-12-31
Knowledge of the evolutionary history of genes involved in developmental and physiological processes provides a foundation for understanding how specific genetic networks were established and how their ...
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Evolution of floral scent
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Research project from 2017-01-01 to 2020-12-31
Plant-animal interactions are ubiquitous and highly diverse. Understanding how they drive evolution is key to unraveling the diversity of life and thus plant-animal interactions have been used as model ...
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Evolution of functional traits in Sphagnum
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Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2015-12-31
By their functional traits peatmosses (Sphagnum) shape and dominate peatlands that form a carbon store corresponding to >1/3 of the atmospheric carbon dioxide. We have a good understanding of the mechanisms ...
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How predictable is genetic evolution at the species and population levels? On the effects of polyploidy and history
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Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Polyploidy, or whole genome duplication (WGD) occurs in virtually all vascular plants and has played a major role in evolution. Here we leverage the recent developments in sequencing technology and previous ...
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Identifying and monitoring trade in Tanzanian wild-harvested medicinal plants using innovative genomics-based DNA barcoding
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Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2017-12-31
In Tanzania, medicinal plants are an important source of primary healthcare. Molecular identification of plant material is an expressed critical interest for the research capacities at the Institute of ...
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Identifying and monitoring trade in Tanzanian wild-harvested medicinal plants using innovative genomics-based DNA barcoding
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Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2017-12-31
In Tanzania, medicinal plants are an important source of primary healthcare. Molecular identification of plant material is an expressed critical interest for the research capacities at the Institute of ...
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Molecular control of xylem differentiation in Norway spruce, Picea abies - identifying markers for wood properties
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Research project from 2014-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Norway spruce, Picea abies, is very important both ecologically and economically, producing timber for pulp, paper, building material and biofuel. Wood consists of the water transporting xylem cells. We ...
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Molecular tools for efficient breeding of biomass and wood quality in Norway spruce
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Research project from 2018-01-01 to 2020-12-31
Norway spruce is central for Swedish bio-economy, as a source of biomass for sustainable energy production, for paper, construction material and other/new products based on wood, but also as a major sink ...
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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.