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Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation @kawresearch.bsky.social · 21d

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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Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation @kawresearch.bsky.social · 21d

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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Umeå University @umeauniversitet.bsky.social · 22d

Hooray for Umeå University, which turns 60 today! 🥳🎈

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Umeå Marine Sciences Centre @umeaunimarine.bsky.social · Sep 2

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

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Umeå University @umeauniversitet.bsky.social · Sep 3

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...

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · Aug 29

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:
www.umu.se/en/events/ca...

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Caudex – performance at Arboretum Norr

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Umeå Marine Sciences Centre @umeaunimarine.bsky.social · Aug 25

🐟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.

Measuring fishes that was caught in the nets.

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Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation @kawresearch.bsky.social · Aug 28

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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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · Aug 20

🧪🧬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👇:
www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

📸 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

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Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation @kawresearch.bsky.social · Aug 7

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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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · Aug 4

📣 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...

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Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation @kawresearch.bsky.social · Jun 17

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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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · Jun 17

📣 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.🧪🌾

Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · May 21

🧪🌾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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Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation @kawresearch.bsky.social · Jun 3

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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IceLab @icelabumu.bsky.social · Jun 5

🌍 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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Umeå University @umeauniversitet.bsky.social · Jun 5

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.

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Umeå Marine Sciences Centre @umeaunimarine.bsky.social · May 19

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.

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IceLab @icelabumu.bsky.social · May 21

#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

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Umeå Marine Sciences Centre @umeaunimarine.bsky.social · May 13

🔥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

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Arctic Centre at Umeå University @arcticcentreumu.bsky.social · May 8

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.

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Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation @kawresearch.bsky.social · Apr 29

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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The Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS) @mimsumea.bsky.social · Apr 23

MIMS, together with @scilifelab.se & Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse's National Program for Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS) and @umeauniversitet.bsky.social, is looking for an excellent young life science or computational researcher to become Group Leader.
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Umeå Marine Sciences Centre @umeaunimarine.bsky.social · Apr 15

🚨New report out! We show microbes can indicate mercury-contaminated sediments. As part of the project, we built a portable molecular lab — the #Omibox! 🧪🌊
Science meets fieldwork!

Full report here: www.naturvardsverket.se/4976ed/globa...

#environmentalscience #Hg @umeauniversitet.bsky.social

Staff out on the ice with hovercraft for sampling. Photo: Juanjo Rodriguez

A box full of science. Photo: Juanjo Rodriguez

Staff using smaller boat for sampling. Photo: Juanjo Rodriguez

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · Apr 15

🧪🌾 What is the role of the circadian clock in regulating growth and the timing of important seasonal events?

Read more in the new study from the Maria E. Eriksson group @treesandgrowth.bsky.social that resulted from a @icelabumu.bsky.social collaboration with Jun Yu @umeauniversitet.bsky.social 👇:

IceLab @icelabumu.bsky.social · Apr 15

🕒🌲 New study in npj Biological Timing and Sleep led by IceLab multidisciplinary postdoc Bertold Mariën reveals that adjusting trees' internal clocks can help them better cope with climate change. Read more: www.umu.se/en/news/adju... Unspool 🧵for main findings 👇 #PlantScience #ClimateAdaptation

Adjusting trees’ internal clocks can help them cope with climate change

Study shows adjusting trees’ internal clocks could help them cope with climate change

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Umeå Marine Sciences Centre @umeaunimarine.bsky.social · Apr 11

Large field-scale study, showing that pharmaceutical pollution alters behaviour and migration in Atlantic salmon! 🧪🐟💊

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@umeauniversitet.bsky.social #SLU

Largest study to date shows pharmaceutical pollution alters migration in Atlantic salmon

Pharmaceutical used for sleep disorders influences the migration success of juvenile salmon in the wild.

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