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Donations contribute to new research on COVID-19
19 maj 2020
The Einhorn Family Foundation has donated over SEK 500,000 to research at Uppsala University to help develop treatments against COVID-19. The donat...
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Apply for funds from the Sweden-America Foundation
15 maj 2020
The Sweden-America Foundation is announcing scholarships for master's, PhD and postdoctoral studies in the United States and Canada for the academi...
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Tests provide new picture of the spread of the virus
13 maj 2020
Two recent studies testing for antibodies against the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 provide a new picture of the spread of virus in Sweden. “To gain a mor...
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Intensive hunt for drugs to fight COVID-19
13 maj 2020
The entire world is currently waiting for a vaccine against COVID-19. Intensive research is ongoing to develop useful drugs against the novel coron...
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“We have to decide how we will let AI impact our lives”
12 maj 2020
Artificial intelligence is here to stay, and its impact on our lives will continue to expand. With the five-year AI for Research initiative, Uppsal...
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Treatment for patients no better in clinical trials
11 maj 2020
Patients taking part in clinical trials do not receive better treatment than other patients. This is the conclusion of a new study led from Uppsala...
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Nominations as Deputy Deans
07 maj 2020
On 5 May 2020 the Electoral Assembly at the Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy decided to nominate the following persons:
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Uppsala scientists develop method for assessing COVID-19 immunity
07 maj 2020
Hello there… Ulf Landegren, Professor of Molecular Medicine at Uppsala University, whose research team are currently developing a new method for la...
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Lymphatic vessels in mice and humans: alike yet different
04 maj 2020
In an international collaboration, researchers from Uppsala University have mapped the lymph node lymphatic vessels in mice and humans down to the ...
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Large variation in personality traits among patients with social anxiety disorder
03 maj 2020
Individuals with social anxiety disorder have markedly different personality traits than others. Emotional instability and introversion are hallmar...
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Kerstin Lindblad-Toh new member of National Academy of Sciences
28 april 2020
Kerstin Lindblad-Toh, Professor of Comparative Genomics at Uppsala University, has been elected as one of 146 new members of the National Academy o...
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SciLifeLab prepares for large-scale Covid-19 screening
28 april 2020
System developers at SciLifeLab in Uppsala have adapted the IT systems required for large-scale Covid-19 screening.
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Nominations as Deans and Deputy Deans
24 april 2020
On 20 and 21 April 2020 the Electoral Assembly at the Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy decided to nominate the following persons:
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New study can contribute to a better understanding of type 2 diabetes
20 april 2020
Patients with type 2 diabetes secrete not only too little insulin but also too much glucagon, which contributes to poor blood glucose control. A ne...
- Over 10,000 tests for Covid-19 will be analysed per day at BMC 15 april 2020
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Major efforts in research on the coronavirus
09 april 2020
SciLifeLab now takes a holistic approach to life science efforts in the ongoing corona pandemic. In order to achieve progress rapidly, promising re...
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New technology reveals the inner secrets of the ear
08 april 2020
What does it actually look like deep inside our ears? This is has been very difficult to study as the inner ear is protected by the hardest bone in...
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"Ten years with positive parenting in Uppsala"
07 april 2020
‘Being a parent is not always easy – with Triple P, you can strengthen your parenting skills’. That’s what the advertisements say at the preschool ...
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University helps hospital with protective equipment
06 april 2020
Hundreds of protective face shields, face masks, safety glasses, aprons and bottles of hand sanitiser from Uppsala University were delivered to Upp...
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Antibiotics masquerading as a natural compound in flower
03 april 2020
A previous study has shown that a type of squill growing in Madeira produces a chemical compound that may be useful as a medicinal drug. But a new ...