Forskning vid Uppsala universitet

Ny metod för att söka efter jordlika planeter
18 februari 2021. Med hjälp av ny teknik för att reducera störande ljus vid teleskopobservationer kan jordlika planete ...

Nya biomarkörer öppnar för genombrott i diabetesforskning
16 februari 2021. Med upptäckten av två nya biomarkörer kan Olof Eriksson, forskare i translationell avbildning, vara ...

Professorn som vill bidra till fred på jorden
25 januari 2021. Isak Svensson är, som han beskriver det själv, en produkt av institutionen för freds- och konfliktfo ...
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Accelerated Early staGe drug diScovery
Forskningsprojekt från 2016-01-01 till 2020-01-01
The development of effective novel drugs - especially for rare and neglected diseases - is one of the biggest challenges of the upcoming decades, as illustrated by the recent Ebola outbreak. Moreover, ...
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Advanced aRchitectures for ultra-thin high-efficiency CIGS solar cells with high Manufacturability
Forskningsprojekt från 2016-12-01 till 2019-11-30
Advanced aRchitectures for ultra-thin high-efficiency CIGS solar cells with high Manufacturability (ARCIGS-M) This project´s goal is advanced materials and nanotechnologies for novel CIGS PV device architectures ...
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Alphaviral Immunotherapy against Glioblastoma
Forskningsprojekt från 2016-05-01 till 2018-04-30
Alphaviral Immunotherapy against Glioblastoma Glioblastomas (GBM) are the most frequent type of primary brain tumours with no treatment or cure available. Despite the current standard care, GBMs remain ...
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Bridging the gap: an evolutionary genomics approach to illuminate the prokaryote-to-eukaryote transition.
Forskningsprojekt från 2017-01-01 till 2018-12-31
Eukarya – one of the three Domains of Life along with Archaea and Bacteria (i.e. prokaryotes) – include all complex multicellular life forms, as well as a colossal diversity of unicellular microorganisms ...
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Chemistry and Biology in Synergy - Studies of hydrogenases using a combination of synthetic chemistry and biological tools
Forskningsprojekt från 2017-02-01 till 2022-01-31
My proposal aims to take advantage of my ground-breaking finding that it is possible to mature, or activate, the [FeFe] hydrogenase enzyme (HydA) using synthetic mimics of its catalytic [2Fe] cofactor. ...
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Combining Single Molecule and Ensemble approaches To Investigate Cas9 Target Search
Forskningsprojekt från 2016-04-01 till 2018-03-31
The CRISPR-Cas9 bacterial immune system has garnered intense interest both as a synthetic biology tool and as a biological system in its own right. Yet the ability of Cas9 to find its guide-RNA-directed ...
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Contexts, networks and participation: The social logic of political engagement
Forskningsprojekt från 2016-09-01 till 2021-08-31
The statement that individuals’ immediate social circumstances influence how they think and act in the political sphere is a truism. However, both theoretical and empirical considerations have often prevented ...
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Coordination and Composability: The Keys to Efficient Memory System Design
Forskningsprojekt från 2017-03-01 till 2022-02-28
Computer systems today are power limited. As a result, efficiency gains can be translated into performance. Over the past decade we have been so effective at making computation more efficient that we are ...
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Digital readout of protein detection via super rolling circle amplification of DNA tags
Forskningsprojekt från 2015-10-01 till 2017-03-31
This project will serve to evaluate market opportunities of a newly invented technology for digital detection of reporter DNA strands in protein analysis. The purpose of my ongoing ERC project ProteinSeq ...
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Dynamics of Supersymmetry in Curved Space
Forskningsprojekt från 2015-09-01 till 2020-08-31
Quantum field theory provides a theoretical framework to explain quantitatively natural phenomena as diverse as the fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background, superconductivity, and elementary particle ...
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EPOS Implementation Phase
Forskningsprojekt från 2015-10-01 till 2019-10-01
The nations of Europe are distributed around some of the most complex and dynamic geological systems on the planet and understanding these is essential to the security of livelihoods and economic power ...
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Evolutionary Stability of Ubiquitous Root Symbiosis
Forskningsprojekt från 2016-04-01 till 2021-03-31
Virtually all terrestrial plants depend on symbiotic interactions with fungi. Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi evolved over 450 million years ago, are obligate biotrophs and cannot complete their lifecycle ...
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Fundamental and Applied Science on Molecular Redox-Catalysts of Energy Relevance in Metal-Organic Frameworks
Forskningsprojekt från 2017-01-01 till 2021-12-31
Organometallic redox-catalysts of energy relevance, i.e. water and hydrogen oxidation, and proton and carbon dioxide reduction catalysts, will be incorporated into metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). Immobilization ...
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Integrating spatial and genetic information via automated image analysis and interactive visualization of tissue data
Forskningsprojekt från 2016-04-01 till 2021-03-31
Digital imaging of tissue samples and genetic analysis by next generation sequencing are two rapidly emerging fields in pathology. The exponential growth in digital imaging in pathology is catalyzed by ...
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Intestinal Lipoidal Nanostructures - A Lipid Bridge to Increased Drug Delivery
Forskningsprojekt från 2015-09-01 till 2020-08-31
My research program explores molecular interplay between drug, dosage form and the complex environment of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT). Drug molecules currently being discovered to cure e.g. CNS diseases ...
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Jigsaw puzzles at atomic resolution: Computational design of GPCR drugs from fragments
Forskningsprojekt från 2017-11-01 till 2022-10-31
Despite technological advances, industry struggles to develop new pharmaceuticals and therefore novel strategies for drug discovery are urgently needed. G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) play important ...
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Molecularly defined models of human childhood brain tumors
Forskningsprojekt från 2015-05-01 till 2020-04-30
MYC proteins like MYC and MYCN are transcription factors that are mis-regulated in more than half of all types of human cancer including medulloblastoma, the most common brain malignancy in children. The ...
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Mosaic loss of chromosome Y (LOY) in blood cells - a new biomarker for risk of cancer and Alzheimer’s disease in men
Forskningsprojekt från 2016-03-01 till 2021-02-28
My recent discoveries show that mosaic loss of chromosome Y (LOY) in peripheral blood is associated with increased risks of cancer and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). These conditions are responsible for >50% ...
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Organ-specific mechanisms of lymphatic vascular development and specialisation
Forskningsprojekt från 2015-05-01 till 2020-04-30
Lymphatic vasculature maintains tissue fluid homeostasis and has important emerging roles in inflammation, immunity, lipid metabolism, blood pressure regulation and cancer metastasis. Lymphatic vessels ...
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Patient Preferences in benefit risk assessments during the drug life cycle
Forskningsprojekt från 2016-11-16 till 2021-09-30
The PREFER project will deliver an overview and evaluation of preference elicitation methods to be applied in the entire drug life cycle, i.e. in the early stages of identifying medical needs, in clinical ...
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Promoting SINgle cell GEnomics to explore the ecology and evolution of hidden microeuKaryotes
Forskningsprojekt från 2016-01-01 till 2020-01-01
Environmental microbial surveys have revealed a remarkable diversity of microeukaryotic life in most ecosystems, the majority of which had previously escaped detection. From an ecological point of view ...
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Single-Molecule And Structural Studies Of ATP-Dependent Chromatin Remodelling
Forskningsprojekt från 2017-03-01 till 2022-02-28
The packaging of genetic information into chromatin regulates a wide range of vital processes that depend on direct access to the DNA template. Many chromatin-interacting complexes impact chromatin structure ...
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Soccermatics: data for football fans and clubs
Forskningsprojekt från 2017-08-01 till 2019-01-31
Data plays an increasingly important role in sport, from monitoring of fitness of athletes to success statistics in baseball. In football (soccer) the team performance is more important than the performance ...
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Spore killer genomics: elucidating causes and consequences of a fungal meiotic drive element
Forskningsprojekt från 2015-05-01 till 2020-04-30
The traditional view of the genome is that of a highly coordinated network that has evolved to produce a successful individual. However, the alternative view of the genome as containing intrinsically conflicting ...
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Temporality of permanence –material and socio-spatial practices in African urbanism
Forskningsprojekt från 2015-09-14 till 2018-05-13
The constructed materiality of African urbanism can be seen in buildings and the urban layout, especially when they aspire to permanence by building in stone. These built environments have mostly been ...
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The Violence Early-Warning System: Building a Scientific Foundation for Conflict Forecasting
Forskningsprojekt från 2017-01-01 till 2021-12-31
The challenges of preventing, mitigating, and adapting to large-scale political violence are daunting, particularly when violence escalates where it is not expected. Early-warning systems of sufficient ...
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The evolutionary and ecological implications of mito-nuclear epistasis
Forskningsprojekt från 2015-10-01 till 2017-09-30
The main hypothesis of the proposed research is that, contrary to common and long-standing belief, mitochondrial genetic variation is functional and plays a key role in evolutionary adaptation. I suggest ...
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Towards an Inclusive Common European Framework for Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART): Queer Transgender Reproduction in the Age of ART.
Forskningsprojekt från 2017-08-01 till 2019-07-31
The use and regulation of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs) has undergone repeated significant changes since the 1980s, partly to accommodate biotechnological developments, partly to recognize ...
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Hjärnskada kan påvisas hos covid-19-patienter
17 februari 2021. Många covid-19-patienter har neurologiska symtom, men rutinprover visar oftast inte någon hjärnpåver ...

Bred immunitet mot covid-19 efter nio månader
16 februari 2021. Av de personer som utvecklade antikroppar mot SARS-CoV-2 i våras har 96 procent kvar dessa nio månad ...

Begränsad samhällsspridning med öppet högstadium men lärarna blev sjukare
12 februari 2021. De flesta länder i världen stängde sina skolor under våren 2020 trots stor osäkerhet kring hur det p ...
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