Research at Uppsala University
Access to water – also a future issue in Sweden
24 January 2022. There is enough water on Earth. Just not everywhere – and for everyone. Now researchers at Uppsala U ...
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Strengthening societal responses to natural hazard events
18 January 2022. Our societies generally need to enhance their preparedness for extreme natural hazard events, such a ...
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Previously unknown dinosaur habitat found in Poland
13 January 2022. In summer 2021, in an opencast clay mine in Borkowice, Poland, researchers found what may be Europe’ ...
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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
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.
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
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?
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 ...
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Research spotlight: The coronavirus
Blocking inhibits SARS-CoV-2 infection of human cells
24 November 2021. Viruses invade our cells and turn them into virus factories. Researchers at Uppsala University, toge ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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.