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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Conference: Injectable biomaterials for treatment of musculoskeletal problems
Research project from 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
DEN PLANERADE KONFERENSENS NAMN OCH PLATS: Griboi och UppsalaTIDPUNKT FÖR KONFERENSEN: 10-12 maj, 2012 KORT MOTIVERING AV KONFERENSEN Sverige har år 2012 för första gången blivit utsett som värdland för ...
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Diet, biomarker determinants and pharmacologic interventions to predict and prevent frailty fractures in women and men
Research project from 2020-01-01 to 2023-12-31
The overall aim of the four projects included in this application is to discover novel pathways for the prevention of fractures in older people, a common problem in Sweden. The first project is intended ...
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Dual-mobility cups: Double safety for patients with a femoral neck fracture?
Research project from 2019-01-01 to 2022-12-31
Hip fractures annually affect almost 20,000 patients in Sweden. In about 2,000 patients with displaced femoral neck fractures insertion of a total hip arthroplasty (THA) is the best available treatment ...
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Estimating effectiveness of bone-specific treatment, calcium and vitamin D supplementation on fracture rates and mortality: a cohort study
Research project from 2020-01-01 to 2022-12-31
In Sweden, 70,000 individuals are affected each year by a fragility fracture, those that often occur after low-energy trauma. With a lifetime risk of 50% for women and 25% for men, Sweden has one of the ...
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HipSTHeR - A register randomized controlled trial – Hip Screws or (Total) Hip Replacement for undisplaced femoral neck fractures in elderly patients
Research project from 2019-01-01 to 2021-12-31
Background and aimFemoral neck fractures (FNFs) are a great challenge for today´s healthcare and they are associated with high mortality and morbidity in the elderly. The treatment of displaced FNF has ...
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Genetic and environmental determinants of osteoporosis and osteoporotic fractures
Research project from 2012-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Osteoporotic fractures are common in Sweden. We don?t know why. The significance of lifestyle, comorbidity and genetic constitution on the risk of osteoporotic fractures is going to be examined in a cohort ...
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Hip arthroplasty — Novel strategies to predict and prevent early complications
Research project from 2019-01-01 to 2021-12-31
Periprosthetic joint infections (PJI) and dislocations are serious early complications after total hip arthroplasty (THA), an operation that is almost as frequent as coronary percutaneous intervention. ...
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Lifestyle, genetic determinants and pharmacologic interventions to prevent fragility fractures
Research project from 2016-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Fragility fractures are common in Sweden but we don’t know why. With increasing age, the importance of lifestyle seems to become more important than genetic constitution. The significance of diet, physical ...
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.