News and events
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Number of deaths in armed conflicts has doubled
20 juni 2023
At least 237,000 people died in organised violence in 2022. A new report from Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) at Uppsala University shows that...
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DNA analysis of environmental samples can secure biodiversity
20 juni 2023
To counteract the current biodiversity crisis, we need more effective monitoring of biodiversity. Can DNA-based analysis of environmental samples b...
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“Most people can relate to music”
20 juni 2023
Mattias Lundberg’s area of research is liturgical music from the Renaissance. However, as a professor of musicology, he is used to covering the his...
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Music Professor Mattias Lundberg receives Royal Medal
06 juni 2023
Mattias Lundberg is familiar from several series on Sveriges Radio’s channel P2, most recently “Fråga musikprofessorn” (“Ask the Music Professor”)....
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His algorithm aims for better age assessments
28 mars 2023
Can a computer analyse a picture of a face and decide how old the person is? Anders Hast thinks it can. He is currently developing an algorithm tha...
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Large donation for research into the human immune system
09 mars 2023
Thanks to a gift from an American donor to Uppsala University, Sweden, research into immune reactions in cases of transplantation, autoimmunity and...
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Winning innovation soon in a billion mobile phones
06 mars 2023
A smart video stabilisation method is the innovation behind Uppsala company Imint. The software will soon be embedded in a billion mobile phones. A...
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2023 Uppsala University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Prize goes to key figures in Imint
13 februari 2023
Andreas Lifvendahl, Johan Svensson and Harald Klomp, who have all played major roles in the growth of the successful software company Imint, have b...
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Desire to experiment provides starting point for new virus test
10 januari 2023
An enthusiastic researcher, a lab experiment that was actually supposed to go wrong, and dedicated innovation support. That is the recipe for how a...
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New instrument to the Uppsala MSI facility: "Significant improvement of speed and spatial resolution
10 januari 2023
Just a minute... Per Andrén, Professor of Mass Spectrometry Imaging and head of Uppsala University's MSI facility that in December consolidates its...
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The man who has confidence in AI – but also reservations
12 december 2022
What happens if you are discriminated against by artificial intelligence (AI)? In the future, algorithms will take more and more decisions – for be...
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Svante Pääbo's path to the Nobel Prize began in Uppsala
09 december 2022
Svante Pääbo, this year's Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, created a completely new field of research when he succeeded in mapping the DNA...
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The Nobel laureates visit Uppsala
02 december 2022
Philosophical discussions, lectures on groundbreaking discoveries and the chance to see the celebrities of science in real life. Uppsala University...
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Otto Cars has dedicated his life to the fight against antibiotic resistance
19 november 2022
The silent pandemic – that is what the challenge of increasing antibiotic resistance in our society is sometimes called. Treatments are rendered mo...
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Donation towards new advanced microscope and competence centre
07 november 2022
The entrepreneur Sverker Lerheden has donated SEK 7.5 million to Uppsala University in the name of his wife, Birgitta Sintring Lerheden. The money ...
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Uppsala University ranked high in sustainability
27 oktober 2022
Uppsala University takes 11th place out of 700 higher education institutions in the QS World University Ranking: Sustainability. According to the l...
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Uppsala University in EU investment in Drug repurposing
08 september 2022
SciLifeLab and the Faculty of Pharmacy receive key positions as the EU invests 25 million euros in a European platform to enhance repurposing of me...
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Hjärnäpplet award goes to Johan Elf and Özden Baltekin
08 september 2022
In just 30 minutes, their test can determine which antibiotic is required to treat a urinary tract infection. Johan Elf and Özden Baltekin are reco...
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The technology shift – how AI is transforming the workplace
07 september 2022
A major technology shift is happening in the workplace. What is the impact on the work environment when artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics a...
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Antibiotic researchers of the future at Uppsala summer school
06 september 2022
Antibiotic resistance, Innovations and Design Thinking were on the agenda when the Faculty of Pharmacy welcomed young researchers from six European...