Research at Uppsala University

• 21st Swedish Conference on Macromolecular Structure and Function

  Research project from 2016-11-01 to 2016-11-30

  The 21th Swedish Conference on Macromolecular Structure & Function.Tällberg, June 16-19, 2016Structural biology, Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology are strong areas in Swedish research. The Swedish ...

• A metronomically bioactive factor releasing nanotextile integrated immunoprotective nanoporous capsule for islet cell encapsulation and transplantation

  Research project from 2020-01-01 to 2021-12-31

  This joint proposal envisages to develop an islet encapsulated bioengineered construct through an innovative design philosophy for transplantation purposes in type 1 diabetes. Pancreatic islets will firstly ...

• ABC-Scores for Improved Prevention of Stroke and Prolongation of Survival in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: A prospective multicentre registry-based randomised clinical trial

  Research project from 2019-01-01 to 2021-12-31

  Stroke is a major cause of mortality and severe disability in the aging population. About 1/3 of strokes are caused by atrial fibrillation (AF) affecting 300,000 patients in Sweden. Oral anticoagulation ...

• Aging migrants, labor market transitions and the welfare state

  Research project from 2018-12-01 to 2024-12-31

  While substantial and persistent immigrant-native disparities in labor market performance and socioeconomic status is a primary concern in the scientific as well as in the policy debate, little attention ...

• Aktuella trender i multifunktionella Dirac materialer, en internationell workshop

  Research project from 2016-11-01 to 2016-11-30

  Name of the conference: Current Trends in Multifunctional Dirac Materials, an International Workshop. In Swedish: Aktuella trender i  multifunktionella Dirac materialer, en internationel workshop.The ...

• DISCO trial-DIrect or Subacute COronary angiography in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest-a randomized study

  Research project from 2018-01-01 to 2020-12-31

  Background: Annually, 10 000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) occur in Sweden. Acute Myocardial infarction is the most common cause of OHCA. One third of OHCA patients have ST-elevation on their ...

• An Integrated Environment for Ribosome Research

  Research project from 2017-01-01 to 2022-12-31

  Uppsala university has excelled in ribosome research over decades and already has a strong environment in the area of bacterial protein synthesis. We aim here at creating a novel type of ribosome research ...

• Frontiers in Antibacterial Drug Discovery

  Research project from 2016-06-01 to 2016-06-30

  The Frontiers in Antibiotic Drug Discovery (FiADD) symposium will be held at the Conference Center of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) in Stockholm, Sweden, on 14 -15 September, ...

• Antimikrobiella peptider mot sjukdomar hos grödor

  Research project from 2017-01-01 to 2018-12-31

  With an ever-increasing world population, the challenge remains to increase crop production in a sustainable way, so as not to exhaust the land of its potency for future uses. In this context, plant disease ...

• Working conditions of eldercare workers: A knowledge base and future research agenda

  Research project from 2020-11-01 to 2021-10-31

  The aim of this project is to synthesise scientific and empirical-based knowledge on the working conditions of eldercare workers around the world and to identify future research needs. The high number ...

• The genetics of life course outcomes: Leveraging new methods to advance social-science genomics

  Research project from 2019-12-01 to 2023-12-31

  Why are some people more highly educated, healthier and, in general, happier than others? Understanding the origins of social and economic inequalities in life course outcomes between individuals is fundamental ...

• Disassembling the power of high-carbon imaginaries

  Research project from 2021-01-01 to 2024-12-31

  The overall purpose of this project is to critically examine and better understand how powerful carbon-intensive imaginaries can be disempowered – either realigned or dismantled - to accelerate low-carbon ...

• Autonomous Visual Detection of Bio-hazards Locations with Aerial Drones

  Research project from 2019-01-01 to 2020-12-31

  Dengue and Zika are arboviral viruses that affect a significant portion of the world population causing many deaths. While there is no direct correlation between the income level and the possibility of ...

• Computational Design of Composite Photocatalyst using Nanoclusters and Two Dimensional Materials

  Research project from 2017-01-01 to 2018-12-31

  Nanocomposite materials formed by zero dimensional (0D) nanoclusters supported on two dimensional (2D) materials provide new opportunities for fabricating superior photocatalyst for water splitting. The ...

• Biodiversity and chemodiversity of Sri Lankan marine sponges: an opportunity to explore new pharmaceutical applications

  Research project from 2018-01-01 to 2020-12-31

  Sponges (phylum Porifera) are unquestionably the most promising source of new marine compounds and yet, they are quite often neglected in the field of natural products research because of the extreme difficulty ...

• Vascular growth and permeability in health and disease

  Research project from 2016-01-01 to 2025-12-31

  Over the past 10-15 years, vascular biology has transformed from a mainly medical discipline concerned with thrombosis, hypertension and atherosclerosis into a multifaceted biological science spanning ...

• Community-based Responses to Violent Conflict

  Research project from 2020-01-01 to 2021-12-31

  This project will establish multidisciplinary and collaborative research on the management of communal violence in sub-Saharan Africa. A network of expertise on these issues will be formed with two partners ...

• Comparative Didactics and Professional Development for Teachers

  Research project from 2019-01-01 to 2021-12-31

  The aim of the network Comparative Didactics and Professional Development is to continue and strengthen an ongoing collaboration between four research groups on comparative didactics and professional development ...

• Conference on critical dietetics: Food and eating beyond calories

  Research project from 2016-11-01 to 2016-11-30

  The conference "Critical dietetics: Food and eating beyond calories" will be organised by the Department of Food, Nutrition and Dietetics of the Uppsala University, on 25th of April 2017, to introduce ...

• Connecting Observational And Theoretical Studies of AGB STARS - COASTARS

  Research project from 2016-11-01 to 2016-11-30

  Giant stars represent the final evolutionary stage for the majority of stars, including our Sun, and has been an important topic for Swedish astronomical research for decades. For the first time we can ...

• DECRYPT: Dekryptering av historiska manuskript

  Research project from 2018-12-01 to 2024-11-30

  Thousands of encrypted manuscripts are found in archives all over Europe, documents that are not yet available for historical research. Examples of such materials are diplomatic and military correspondence ...

• The genetics of biodiversity

  Research project from 2018-01-01 to 2027-12-31

  The aim is to explore the relationship between genetic variation and biodiversity by combining genetic screens in non-model organisms (e.g. Atlantic herring and Darwin’s finches) with functional follow ...

• Development of Point-of-Care Diagnostics for Multidrug Resistant Escherichia coli in clinical isolates from Nepal

  Research project from 2019-01-01 to 2020-12-31

  The research question: Antibiotic resistance in bacteria is a global problem. Poverty and related socio-economic factors in Nepal have caused a huge increase in the multidrug resistant Escherichia coli ...

• Development of a Egyptian-Swedish One Health collaboration on antibiotic resistance in poultry and the impact on human health

  Research project from 2020-01-01 to 2021-12-31

  Global food demand is increasing, especially with regard to animal products, therefore global livestock production has to rely on extensively on antimicrobial use (AMU) to comply with rising consumer demands ...

• 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 ...

• The EFFIPEC Trial Program (Efficacy of HIPEC): A phase I trial and an open-label randomized phase III trial for treating colorectal cancer with peritoneal metastases

  Research project from 2020-12-01 to 2024-12-31

  Background, Population and Aim: To increase the cure rate from colorectal cancer, more effective treatments for metastatic disease are needed. Metastases to the peritoneum is a common and difficult clinical ...

• 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 ...

• Ending chilhood obesity

  Research project from 2016-06-01 to 2016-06-30

  Uppsala Health Summit is an international high-level summit on how science and innovation can meet global health challenges. Obesity and connected disease like type 2 diabetes pose a major threat to global ...

• Establishing an Indo-Pacific Seagrass Network (IPSN) to assess linkages among marine biodiversity, ecosystem services and poverty

  Research project from 2018-01-01 to 2020-12-31

  The purpose of this 3-year project is to initiate a collaborative Indo-Pacific Seagrass research Network (IPSN), aimed to build capacity and perform standardized, coupled social-ecological surveys of seagrass ...

• First-principles Study of Functional Materials for Energy Storage: Electrochemical Interfaces and Advanced Spectroscopy

  Research project from 2020-07-01 to 2021-06-30

  This proposal shall initialize a long term collaboration between the Swedish and Brazilian groups, around battery technologies and materials science.  We aim to develop a theoretical platform based on ...

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