![Peter Öhrnell, En perfekt dag [A Perfect Day], 2020. Acrylic on canvas.](https://mnd-assets.mynewsdesk.com/image/upload/ar_16:9,c_fill,dpr_auto,f_auto,g_sm,q_auto:good,w_746/rjtrhbdyymbmmjd2umxf)
Paintings by Peter Öhrnell at Bildmuseet
On 24 April, Bildmuseet inaugurates an exhibition with paintings of Peter Öhrnell. The show includes about ten works from recent years, most of which are entirely new.
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New Exhibition at Bildmuseet – Swedish Picture Book of the Year
Kom dagen, kom natten [Come Day, Come Night] by Åsa Lind and Emma Virke is named the best Swedish picture book in 2020 and honoured with the national award Snöbollen. In conjunction with the prize ceremony at Umeå International Literature Festival, Bildmuseet inaugurates an exhibition presenting the awarded book.
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Gradual changes triggered historical shift in marine fauna
Large asteroids or comets hitting Earth, massive volcanic eruptions and other single, deadly events are usually the focus for scientists seeking to reconstruct Earth’s past mass extinctions. In a new study, researchers from Umeå University and the University of Florida instead uncovered a new major transition between past marine faunas that could not be explained by a single catastrophic event.
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Worsened quality of life for people with impaired sense of smell
Losing your sense of smell, for instance as a result of COVID-19, can cause a number of problems such as weight loss, low-spiritedness and impacted social relations.
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Architect receives the Faculty of Science and Technology’s pedagogical award
James Benedict Brown, associate professor at Umeå School of Architecture, UMA, Umeå University, is awarded the Faculty of Science and Technology’s pedagogical award for 2021. The prize money is SEK 30,000.
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Premiere in Europe for Naeem Mohaiemen’s new film about loss and care
Naeem Mohaiemen’s film Jole Dobe Na (Those Wo Do Not Drown) was commissioned by the Yokohama Triennale and Bildmuseet, where it is now being shown for the first time following its premiere in Japan. In the exhibition at Bildmuseet, the new film is presented together with earlier works by the artist.
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Ecocentric design for future forestry
Recently, students from Umeå Institute of Design at Umeå University, Sweden, completed a unique project in collaboration with the Cluster of Forest Technology along with several major stakeholders in the forest industry. But the intended client was not industry, but nature.
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is receiving digital attention
On 10 December, the Nobel Prize Ceremony will take place at which Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna will be awarded their Nobel Prizes in Chemistry. Emmanuelle Charpentier made the discovery of CRISPR-Cas9 when she worked at Umeå University.
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Umeå Institute of Design once again claims top spot on Red Dot Ranking
For the fifth year running, Umeå Institute of Design (UID) at Umeå University takes top position on the Red Dot Design Ranking, rating design educations in the Americas and Europe.
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The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation invests in infection medicine at Umeå University
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.
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Liquid gel in COVID patients’ lungs makes way for new treatment
In some patients who died with severe COVID-19 and respiratory failure, a jelly was formed in the lungs. Researchers have now established what the active agent in the jelly is and thanks to that, this new discovery can now be the key to new effective therapies. This according to a new study at Umeå University, Sweden.
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New research challenges the most common model for diabetes research
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.
![From the picture book Kom dagen, kom natten [Come Day, Come Night] by Åsa Lind and Emma Virke.](https://mnd-assets.mynewsdesk.com/image/upload/ar_16:9,c_fill,dpr_auto,f_auto,g_sm,q_auto:good,w_746/ncsvyvac8wqb8f096rtt)
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