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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Campylobacter in organic broiler production and transmission to humans
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Research project from 2017-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Campylobacteriosis is the most common zoonosis in large parts of the world and poultry is the major source of infection. Organic broiler production is rapidly increasing in Sweden, but due to the free ...
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Metropolitan mosquitoes: Understanding urban livestock keeping and vector-borne disease in growing tropical cities - the potential of sustainable control methods and the risks for emergence to Sweden.
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Research project from 2016-01-01 to 2020-12-31
With more than 50% of the global population living in urban areas, cities are not only crowded with humans, but also with the livestock brought there to provide for high value animal-source food products ...
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Piloting on-site interventions for reducing antimicrobial use in livestock farming in emerging economies
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Research project from 2017-12-01 to 2019-12-31
Increasing intensification and expansion of the livestock sector in emerging economies is a large user of antimicrobials, driving the global emergence of antimicrobial resistant bacteria in livestock, ...
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Resistance development to ionophores—a potential problem with regard to antibiotic resistance evolution?
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Research project from 2020-01-01 to 2022-12-31
Ionophores are small microbiocidal molecules that disrupt the membrane potential by binding to ions. They are commonly used in animal husbandry to reduce infectious diseases, reduce metabolic diseases ...
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.