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Integrated Science Lab, Umeå University, Sweden. Home of Stress Response Modeling at IceLab.

Connecting researchers across disciplines for the love of launching and landing new ideas.

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Ingo Scholtes is in IceLab and talking #networks!
November 5, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Seeing science in a new light: take your time!
Five participants talk about their experiences at IceLab Camp.
www.umu.se/en/feature/g...

@umeauniversitet.bsky.social #complexity #complexsystems #researchschool #multidisciplinary #researchculture
October 17, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Halfway into #inktober in IceLab - which is your favorite of the prompts? And our sketches?
#whimsy
October 16, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Bias in scientific productivity and prominence - it's about your network.
@aaronclauset.bsky.social's IceLab talk showed how collaboration networks shape the gender productivity gap in academia.
Watch here: play.umu.se/media/t/0_40...
#ScienceofScience #Networks @umeauniversitet.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 11:14 AM
No party like a spikning party 🔨
IceLab theoretical ecologist and modeler of lake algae extraordinaire Hugo Harlin nailed his PhD thesis to a board today! Next week he will defend. He joins a long tradition of PhD candidates nailing their work in @umeauniversitet.bsky.social library 👏 #phdsky
October 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Why does a gender gap in scientific “productivity” persist?
📅 Oct 8, @aaronclauset.bsky.social in Umeå: biased networks, not ability, explain the difference. Join us!
🔗 www.umu.se/en/events/ic...
@umeauniversitet.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 8:24 AM
#OUTREACH at #ForskarFredag 26 Sept. Stress Response Modeling PhD student Gizem Süer from PI Kemal Avican's group interacted with families visiting Curiosum science center with a VR build a bacteria activity 👏
ForskarFredag is a yearly event where the public can meet researchers and explore science
September 29, 2025 at 9:24 AM
IceLab Camp is in full swing and the 20 students from 13 universities across 6 countries are working frantically on their multidisciplinary research proposals... and whatever the heck this is!
#complexityschool #collaboration #graduateschool #stressresponsemodeling @umeauniversitet.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Carolina Jativa, guest PhD student in IceLab from @ceabcsic.bsky.social, gave a talk on Friday last week on the effect of storm events on the metabolic activity in a Mediterranean headwater stream. She's also heading to IceLab Camp tomorrow along with 19 other early career researchers.
September 22, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Can we push ecosystems away from the brink of collapse? According to @ricardsole.bsky.social we can help life do just that with an interdisciplinary, #complexsystems approach guiding ecosystems towards recovery.
Watch IceLab's 15-year anniversary public lecture: www.umu.se/en/icelab/ne...
September 5, 2025 at 12:34 PM
NOW SEEKING POSTDOCS - the 6th call for IceLab Multidisciplinary Postdoctoral Fellows funded by Kempestiftelserna is open! Apply now for 3 fellowships with six exciting research projects to choose from: www.umu.se/en/work-with...
@umeauniversitet.bsky.social #postdoc #scisky #postdocfellows
August 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
IceLab Camp: FREE #TRAINING for #PhD students and #Postdocs eager to explore science across boundaries! Learn how to ask questions, craft interdisciplinary research proposals & have fun doing it.
September 23–26 near Umeå
Apply by June 9 www.umu.se/en/icelab/ca...
#complexsystems #complexityschool
May 27, 2025 at 6:26 AM
🎉 IceLab turns 15 this week! Join us as we celebrate a decade and a half of interdisciplinary research with an inspiring lineup of keynote speakers.
May 21, 2025 at 7:05 AM
#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
🥂 It's our 15 year anniversary and we are celebrating over three days! The festivities start May 21st, but we already have some alumni coming in. Monday Alexis Rojas joined us in IceLab and caught up with colleagues over lunch and fikas.
May 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
#IceLab15 May 22 Speaker spotlight: Fariba Karimi will explore how structural inequalities emerge and evolve in complex social networks, and how the rise of AI and algorithmic decision-making can reinforce these disparities.

#SocialDataScience #AI
@umeauniversitet.bsky.social @csh.ac.at
May 12, 2025 at 7:24 AM
🚨 Just wrapped up a lively seminar with guest researcher Karl Kochanowski who presented the first set of strain-specific, genome-scale metabolic models that reveal how metabolic differences relate to pathogenicity in Strep suis. #StressResponseModeling #SystemsBiology #MicrobialEcology
April 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Hoppy Easter from some of IceLab's resident rabbits! May your spring have plentiful moments of whimsy.
#researchculture #whysoserious @umeauniversitet.bsky.social
April 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Global vegetation models that predict forest growth and carbon storage should consider the clock to improve predictions of how forests will respond to climate change, according to Bertold Mariën. #SystemsBiology #StatisticalLearning
April 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
What happens when ecosystems reach a #tippingpoint —when #climatechange threatens entire landscapes? Can we reverse environmental collapse? Come to a #publiclecture by @ricardsole.bsky.social May 22 @umeauniversitet.bsky.social & explore this and other ideas! Register: www.umu.se/en/events/ri...
March 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Armando Perez-Cueto discussed the need for dietary change to mitigate #climatechange, like reducing red meat & dairy to lower global agricultural emissions. He shared research on alt proteins & consumer behavior, calling for collaborative efforts to analyze data & develop sustainable food plans.
March 11, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Esteban Guerrero Rosero discussed #AIeducation with project-based methods, collaborating with external stakeholders to solve real-world problems, e.g. Umeå Energi and the Gender Equality office. He showcased the social impact and ethical considerations of AI projects.
March 11, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Two weeks ago, at our February 26 #LunchPitch...
Unspool this thread for more!
March 11, 2025 at 8:45 AM
LUNCH PITCH MARCH 12 // Umeå researchers, join the conversation at the 3rd Lunch Pitch of the season. Hjalmar Laudon will pitch about declining forest growth in Sweden, & Juergen Schleucher will pitch about past and future forest CO2 exchange. www.umu.se/en/events/ic...
March 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
For the past two years IceLab teams have held the first and second place for the BATTLESHIP or slagskepp category - where four people share one pair of skis. This year, our two teams were dethroned by two fabulously clad and energetic teams! The competition is getting tighter!
March 7, 2025 at 10:54 AM