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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Constraining early animal evolution: palaeobiological, geological and developmental approaches
Research project from 2016-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Continued investigation into the molecular basis of animal development has led to novel theories of how the basic animal body plans evolved. However, these theories have not in general been constrained ...
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Climatic adaptation of marine algae: Paleoceanographic case studies at the fringes of the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool
Research project from 2017-01-01 to 2020-12-31
The warm climates ofthe Pliocene Epoch (5.33–2.56 million years ago) may be the best past analog for future warmingon Earth: atmospheric CO2 levels were similar to those already reached today (~400 ppmv ...
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FIRST STEPS ONTO LAND: FROM 3D BONE MICROSTRUCTURE TO LIFE HISTORY
Research project from 2016-01-01 to 2019-12-31
The adaptation of the tetrapods to a life on land was one of the greatest steps in vertebrate evolution. Several fish groups have attempted to colonise the terrestrial environment but only tetrapods were ...
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Dinosaur grave from Skåne: microbiology, taphonomy and paleomolecules of exceptionally preserved theropod remains
Research project from 2019-01-01 to 2022-12-31
Exceptionally well-preserved remains of a large theropod dinosaur have recently been found in Skåne. Outstanding details of the bones are visible with the naked eye but does that mean there is a potential ...
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Scandinavia’s Arctic Age of Dinosaurs as a research and geoheritage resource
Research project from 2021-01-01 to 2024-12-31
This project partners two of Scandinavia’s leading natural history museums to investigate ancient polar ecosystems and pioneer fossil geoheritage in the Arctic. The beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs was ...
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Divergence of Proterozoic-Cambrian phytoplankton and timing of the endosymbiotic origins of chlorophyte algae
Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2015-12-31
The project objective is to reveal the biological affinities of organic-walled microfossils, which presumably represented phytoplankton from the Proterozoic and Cambrian times, through phenotypic studies ...
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Equator-to-Pole Gradients in Marine Phytoplankton Evolution during Past Climate Changes
Research project from 2012-01-01 to 2014-12-31
Current global warming, associated with the rapid release of CO2 by burning of fossil fuels, impacts ecosystems both on land and in the ocean, most notably in polar regions. Marine phytoplankton play a ...
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FIBREM: Remediation of Sweden´s Fiberbank Sediments Planning Ahead
Research project from 2016-11-25 to 2021-04-24
Purpose and goal: FIBREM targets so-called `fiberbanks´. These polluted sediments exist along the northern Swedish coast and stem from unregulated discharges by the paper and pulp industry. Fiberbanks ...
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Phylogeny and diversification of Cambrian linguliform brachiopods and their use in biostratigraphy and paleobiogeography
Research project from 2012-01-01 to 2013-12-31
The proposed project will investigate the diversity, distribution and phylogeny of organophosphatic brachiopods (subphylum Linguliformea) during the Cambrian. It will focus on: 1) the study and comparison ...
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Global oil supply outlooks: modelling conventional and unconventional oil production using bottom-up models integrating physical and economic parameters
Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2018-12-31
Oil is an essential part of modern society and concerns have been raised about future conventional oil supply, turning hope towards unconventional oil. Predictions of future oil production tend to diverge ...
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Understanding and modeling biome-scale nonlinearities in aquatic carbon burial
Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Inland water ecosystems have been recently recognized as important components in the global carbon cycle. Large amounts of carbon are emitted as green house gasses (CO2 and CH4) or stored in sediments ...
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Solving the mystery of the Ediacaran biota: Earth’s first complex life revealed
Research project from 2021-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Following billions of years of microbial life, the transition to a world of complex animals between 580 and 541 Ma marks a fundamental milestone of evolution. Despite its significance, how this transition ...
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Reassessing the rise and phylogeny of Cambrian organophosphatic shelly lophotrochozoans using molecular fossils
Research project from 2019-01-01 to 2022-12-31
This project aims to reassess the phylogeny of Cambrian organophosphatic lophotrochozoans by comparing biomarker composition – a powerful new innovative approach to interrogate Cambrian fossils. All organisms ...
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LAST GLACIAL ATMOSPHERIC DUST AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN EUROPE
Research project from 2018-01-01 to 2021-12-31
Atmospheric mineral dust not only drives climate change, but also responds to climate itself, forming a complex feedback for which the triggers of change are poorly known. Here we test whether the initial ...
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Mechanistic Understanding of Formation and Degradation of Dimethylmercury in Marine Systems
Research project from 2018-01-01 to 2018-01-09
Mercury (Hg) accumulates as monomethylmercury (MMeHg) in marine food webs to concentrations of concern for human and wildlife health. It is unknown whether future alterations to the biogeochemical cycle ...
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New insights into the tetrapod terrestrialisation revealed by 3D high-resolution imaging
Research project from 2019-12-01 to 2023-11-30
The terrestrialisation of tetrapods (land vertebrates) was a crucial evolutionary event, a key step in the emergence of the terrestrial ecosystem and our own ancestry. It is also an excellent example of ...
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News from a Missing Continent: exploring the world of the earliest tetrapods with synchrotron tomography and machine learning
Research project from 2020-12-01 to 2024-11-30
The origin of tetrapods is poorly understood. The oldest trackways are much older than the oldest body fossils, and while most Devonian tetrapod fossils are from Laurussia, the tetrapod lineage probably ...
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Nickel isotopes as a biosignature
Research project from 2018-01-01 to 2021-12-31
Precise in situ measurements of nickel isotopes in fossilized microorganisms holds great potential for differentiation between non-biologic and biologic microstructures in rocks. Living organisms scavenge ...
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Oxygen isotopes as proxies to palaeoclimate: environmental versus physiological signal in aquatic vertebrate biominerals
Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2018-12-31
This project aims to study oxygen isotopic composition of living and fossil shark teeth, to determine their reliability as a geochemical tool to explore ecology, environment and climatic changes of the ...
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TREASURE - Targeting Emerging Contaminated Sediments Along The Uplifting Northern Baltic Coast Of Sweden For Remediation
Research project from 2014-01-01 to 2016-12-31
TREASURE will develop new methods to assess the risk of dispersal of contaminant laden, cellulose rich fibre banks that exist in shallow waters along the Swedish coast and identify the areas in most urgent ...
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Towards a coherent understanding of the persistence of organic matter in ecosystems
Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2018-12-31
The stability and degradation of organic matter (OM) is a core process in the global carbon cycle and other elemental cycles, and hence receive considerable scientific interest. The research community ...
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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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