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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Accelerated Early staGe drug diScovery
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Research project from 2016-01-01 to 2020-01-01
The development of effective novel drugs - especially for rare and neglected diseases - is one of the biggest challenges of the upcoming decades, as illustrated by the recent Ebola outbreak. Moreover, ...
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EPOS Implementation Phase
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Research project from 2015-10-01 to 2019-10-01
The nations of Europe are distributed around some of the most complex and dynamic geological systems on the planet and understanding these is essential to the security of livelihoods and economic power ...
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Molecularly defined models of human childhood brain tumors
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Research project from 2015-05-01 to 2020-04-30
MYC proteins like MYC and MYCN are transcription factors that are mis-regulated in more than half of all types of human cancer including medulloblastoma, the most common brain malignancy in children. The ...
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Organ-specific mechanisms of lymphatic vascular development and specialisation
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Research project from 2015-05-01 to 2020-04-30
Lymphatic vasculature maintains tissue fluid homeostasis and has important emerging roles in inflammation, immunity, lipid metabolism, blood pressure regulation and cancer metastasis. Lymphatic vessels ...
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Promoting SINgle cell GEnomics to explore the ecology and evolution of hidden microeuKaryotes
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Research project from 2016-01-01 to 2020-01-01
Environmental microbial surveys have revealed a remarkable diversity of microeukaryotic life in most ecosystems, the majority of which had previously escaped detection. From an ecological point of view ...
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Spore killer genomics: elucidating causes and consequences of a fungal meiotic drive element
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Research project from 2015-05-01 to 2020-04-30
The traditional view of the genome is that of a highly coordinated network that has evolved to produce a successful individual. However, the alternative view of the genome as containing intrinsically conflicting ...
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The evolutionary and ecological implications of mito-nuclear epistasis
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Research project from 2015-10-01 to 2017-09-30
The main hypothesis of the proposed research is that, contrary to common and long-standing belief, mitochondrial genetic variation is functional and plays a key role in evolutionary adaptation. I suggest ...
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.