Umeå University researchers have participated in an international collaboration that has revealed the molecular structure and mechanism in the formation of a special and previously unknown type of zigzag-shaped pili structure that is found on the bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii. The new findings are published in the journal Nature.
When looking at school grades, researchers did not find any negative effects of being born moderately preterm. Only those born extremely preterm had poorer school grades. But for children born extremely preterm, going to schools in the top decile of school districts made them perform as good as full-term children in an average school district.
How do preterm birth effect children’s school grade
Now Umeå University can proudly present four employees who have obtained the Swedish professional diving certificate S-30. On behalf of the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management, macrovegetation in the Gulf of Bothnia will be monitored within the national environmental monitoring.
A new research study from Umeå University in Sweden shows that incidents with fatal police violence in the US are 66% more likely to occur in formerly “redlined” areas.
A new study from Umeå University show that temporary workers receive less employer-paid training than permanent workers. However, having a union representative present at the workplace can be beneficial for all workers that want to develop their competences.
How can data science contribute to a more sustainable world? In his thesis defended at Umeå University, Sweden, Dong Wang has explored how data mining and explainable machine learning can be used to gain better process control strategies for environmental industries like wastewater treatment plants.
Graphite oxide is a multilayer hydrophilic material produced by oxidation of graphite. It is a starting point for preparation of many materials for variety of applications. In his thesis in physics defended at Umeå University, Sweden, Artem Iakunkov includes extensive studies of some fundamental properties of graphite oxides, chemical modification and testing for several important applications.
Asymmetric sex chromosomes were independently shaped during evolution in many species, and different strategies evolved alongside to overcome the resulting imbalance in genetic information. Molecular biologist Marie-Line Faucillion has studied this in her dissertation defended at Umeå University, Sweden. Her findings can be useful to better understand how sex chromosomes are regulated, but also to
Associate professor Per Stenberg at the Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences at Umeå University, Sweden, is awarded a grant of almost 16 million SEK from Formas’ announcement The role of the Swedish forest in climate change. A total of nine projects were approved.
The Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine (WCMM) in Umeå has been granted SEK 170 million in operational support and another SEK 68 million for recruitments into data-driven Life Science by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.
Experimental models are key for understanding mechanistic aspects of diabetes and for developing better medicines. The probably most common diabetes disease model to date involves the destruction of insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. Researchers at Umeå University and the Karolinska Institute present new data that challenges important aspects of this model.
Northern peatlands hold large stocks of carbon and nitrogen and thus play a key role in global climate dynamics. However, their vulnerability to climate warming is uncertain, due in part to a lack of spatially explicit, observation-based peatland maps. This is shown in a study published in PNAS of among others researchers at Umeå University.
