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Umeå University is a comprehensive university and one of Sweden’s largest higher education institutions with around 41,500 students and 4,600 staff.
Contact: https://www.umu.se/en/contact-us/
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🧪🌾In Sept 2026, @umeauniversitet.bsky.social will host a Nobel Symposium on microproteins - tiny regulators with big potential.

Led by Stephan Wenkel @microproteins.bsky.social from UPSC, the multidisciplinary event aims to spark fresh perspectives.

Read more here: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...
A man wearing a white labcoat is sitting in a lab holding a pipette in his hand. He is looking into the camera and smiling.
November 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Send-off party for Kristina Viklund! 🥲

After 30+ years as Comms Officer at #UMF, she’s retiring. Her passion for the ocean and dedication to spreading knowledge about marine research have inspired so many! 🌊🧪🦑

Couldn’t ask for a better coworker! 💖💖💖

@umeauniversitet.bsky.social #MarineResearch
November 4, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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#ClimateChange may increase the spread of neurotoxin in the oceans — just as it did thousends of years ago!

New study published in #NatureWater, led by @ericcapo12.bsky.social from Umeå University! 🌊🦑🧪

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@umeauniversitet.bsky.social @nature.com #Methylmercury
Climate change may increase the spread of neurotoxin in the oceans
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October 20, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Umeå universitet i topp bland utbildningar med goda jobbchanser

https://www.europesays.com/se/55426/

Vid första urvalet för hösten 2025 hade nästan 456 300 personer sökt minst en högskoleutbildning i Sverige. Det…
Umeå universitet i topp bland utbildningar med goda jobbchanser - Sverige
Vid första urvalet för hösten 2025 hade nästan 456 300 personer sökt minst en högskoleutbildning i Sverige. Det var 1,4 procent fler jämfört med förra hösten,
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October 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Tiny tweaks in #DNA folding can have big effects. A study from @umeauniversitet.bsky.social shows that even the most subtle changes in DNA’s shape have an important influence on gene activity and energy production #research supported by Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.
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DNA folding more important for cell function than previously thought
The discovery reveals DNA's active role in cells and gives new possibilities to study cancer and diabetes.
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September 18, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Små förändringar i DNA:s veckning kan få stora effekter. En studie från @umeauniversitet.bsky.social visar att även de mest subtila förändringarna i DNA:s form påverkar genaktivitet och energiproduktion #Forskning med stöd av Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse #medicin #cancer
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DNA:s veckning viktigt för cellens funktion
Upptäckten avslöjar DNA:s aktiva roll i celler och ger nya möjligheter att förstå cancer och diabetes.
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September 18, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Hooray for Umeå University, which turns 60 today! 🥳🎈
September 17, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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Summer might soon come to an end, but beautiful mornings on research vessel KBV 181 continue!! 🌞❤️

#MarineResearch #EnvironmentalMonitoring #MorningSun #GulfOfBothnia #UMF @umeauniversitet.bsky.social 🌊🧪🦑
View from research vessel KBV 181 while collecting samles for research and monitoring. Photo: Åsa Hallberg
September 2, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Emmanuelle Charpentier has been appointed honorary citizen of Umeå Municipality, and in connection with the honorary citizenship ceremony, the Nobel Prize winner is making a long-awaited visit to her alma mater for a public seminar/talk. Read more here: www.umu.se/en/events/se...
September 3, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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P.S.: On Saturday next week, September 6, Luis will produce another performance/installation at Arboretum Norr in Umeå. Pass by if you are interested and in Umeå!

You can find more information here:
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Caudex – performance at Arboretum Norr
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August 29, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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🐟The annual coastal fish monitoring is wrapped up!Always exciting to see what ends up in the nets — this year it was LOTS of perch! Usually a promising sign for the ecosystem.🦑🧪🌊

#GulfOfBothnia @umeauniversitet.bsky.social
#FishMonitoring
Staff from Umeå Marine Sciences Centre cleaning the nets. Staff from Umeå Marine Sciences Centre cleaning the nets. Measuring fishes that was caught in the nets. Lots of perch in the nets this year.
August 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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How has society’s view of #disabilities evolved throughout history, and what does it reveal about the present day? Lotta Vikström, a professor of history @umeauniversitet.bsky.social is endeavoring to shed light on an often-overlooked group: people with disabilities. #research
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August 28, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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🧪🧬NEWS - Research facility allows to monitor molecules in motion

At the new C-Trap Facility, scientist can now manipulate and observe dynamic molecular processes in real time.🔬

Curious to learn more? Take a look here👇:
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📸 Mattias Pettersson @umeauniversitet.bsky.social
A short-haired men in a white labcoat is pipetting something into a large, black machine. Photo credit: Mattias Pettersson, Umeå University Three computer screens are displayed and before is a hand controlling a joystick. Photo credit: Mattias Pettersson, Umeå University A hand is holding a black device that is connected to small transparent pipes. Photo credit: Mattias Pettersson, Umeå University A women and a men in white labcoats are sitting in front of a computer screen and discuss. The women is shown on something on the screen. Photo credit: Mattias Pettersson, Umeå University
August 20, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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How do cells break down damaged proteins and other substances? Yaowen Wu is studying these vital processes and developing innovative chemical tools to control them. His research may pave the way for new treatments for #cancer and other diseases @umeauniversitet.bsky.social tinyurl.com/yp2z4f85
Tools controlled by light – paving the way for new therapies | Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
How do cells break down damaged proteins and other substances? How do they transport essential molecules to where they are needed? Wallenberg Academy Fellow Yaowen Wu is studying these vital processes...
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August 7, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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📣 Looking for a postdoc in Life Science?🧪

Join the multidisciplinary 'Excellence by Choice' postdoctoral programme in Umeå hosted by Umeå Centre for Microbial Research @umeauniversitet.bsky.social & @umeaplantsciencecentre.se!

⏰ Deadline: 17 August

Read more here:
www.umu.se/en/ucmr/ec-p...
August 4, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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Wallenberg Scholar Felipe Cava, professor at @umeauniversitet.bsky.social is researching to reveal the secrets of cell walls and develop new ways of outwitting antibiotic-resistant #bacteria.
#research #medicine #antibiotics #infections @cavalab.bsky.social
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Revolutionary bacterial cell wall research to battle antibiotic resistance | Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
Bacteria are masters of adaptation, and their protective cell walls are one of the keys to their survival. However these cell walls are also their biggest weakness – and primary main targets in the fi...
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June 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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📣 Looking for a PhD position? Join the research group of @stephanevrg.bsky.social at @umeaplantsciencecentre.se and @umeauniversitet.bsky.social! 🔬

But hurry up: the application deadline is approaching next week on June 26!

P.S.: Stéphane is around at the #ICAR2025.🧪🌾
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🧪🌾VACANCY - Do you have experience in cell and molecular biology and microscopy and are looking for a PhD?🔬

Join the multidisciplinary research group of @stephanevrg.bsky.social and study how plant cells adhere to each other.

Learn more here 👇 and apply!
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PhD position in plant science with a focus on cell adhesion
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June 17, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Oliver Billker @umeauniversitet.bsky.social is heading a groundbreaking research project on the #malaria parasite and its complex interaction with the mosquitoes that spread it #research #science
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Groundbreaking malaria research could save millions of lives | Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
Every minute a child dies of malaria somewhere in the world. This is a statistic that Professor Oliver Billker of Umeå University is determined to change. As a Wallenberg Scholar, he is heading a grou...
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June 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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🌍 One rule may explain how life is organised across ecosystems, from deep oceans to dry savannas.
Rubén Bernardo Madrid IceLab postdoc at @umeauniversitet.bsky.social is first author of a new study in @natecoevo.nature.com identifying this pattern in biodiversity.
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One single rule helps explain life on Earth
The discovery will help to understand why species are spread the way they are across the planet.
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June 5, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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Trump­-administrationen driver en mycket aggressiv politik mot det amerikanska forskarsamhället. Detta får betydande konsekvenser även för forskare och forskning i Sverige och världen. Om detta skriver rektor Tora Holmberg i en debattartikel i Tidningen Curie: www.tidningencurie.se/debatt/ameri...
Porträttbild av rektor Tora Holmberg tagen i fotostudio. Hon har svart blus och svart kavaj på sig, med en Umeå universitet-pin på kavajslaget.
June 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Fantastic days at sea!🌞Joint monitoring cruise with our German collegues from #IOW aboard their vessel R/V Elisabeth Mann Borgese, comparing hydrographic, nutrient and chlorophyll data. 🚢🌊

@ostseeforschung.bsky.social @umeauniversitet.bsky.social #BalticSea #EnvironmentalMonitoring
Swedish and German colleagues aboard R/V Elisabeth Mann Borgese. Sampling water from R/V Elisabeth Mann Borgese. Baltic Sea sunset.
May 19, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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#OpenHouse in IceLab this afternoon! Everyone pitching in to tidy up the place and make the OG space look as nice as the brand new offices and working rooms next door. Join us 13.30! @mrosvall.bsky.social pictured here 'breaking free' of director duties 🧹 @umeauniversitet.bsky.social #IceLab15
May 21, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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🔥Time to fire up the sauna (“bastu” in Swedish) — #UMF is getting ready for tonight’s Eurovision semi-final! It’s gonna get hot!🌡️🥵🎵

#Eurovision #ESC2025 #KAJ #BaraBadaBastu #Sauna @umeauniversitet.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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The European Polar Board and European Polar Coordination Office are officially established in Umeå, hosted by the Arctic Centre at Umeå University! It was celebrated with a top meeting with a wide international audience where the importance of Polar research in Europe was highlighted and discussed.
May 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Nya celler i bindväv öppnar för strategi mot #cancer i bukspottskörteln visar forskare från @umeauniversitet.bsky.social i en ny studie.
#forskning med stöd av Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse och Marianne och Marcus Wallenbergs Stiftelse @danielohlund.bsky.social
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Nya celler öppnar för strategi mot cancer i bukspottskörteln
En nyupptäckt typ av bindvävsceller kan få en roll för att motverka cancer i bukspottskörteln, visar studie.
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April 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM