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  • Bildmuseet: Down North / Contemporary Art in the Arctic

    On 26 May, Bildmuseet in Sweden opens an exhibition with works by thirty contemporary artists from the Arctic regions of the world, a collaboration with art museums in Island and USA. As a journalist, you are welcome to contact us for a press preview of the exhibition.

  • Bildmuseet: I Cut across the Stream / Umeå Academy of Fine Arts

    I Cut across the Stream is the title of this year’s master's degree show from Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, Sweden. It will open at Bildmuseet on 26 May with an Art Friday event. Welcome to the press preview on Wednesday, 24 May from 10:00–11:00 (R.S.V.P). The artists will be there to present their works.

  • Diet has a bigger say on gut microbes than the intestinal defence molecules

    Researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, have found that among the many factors that shape the intestinal microbiota composition, diet has a much stronger impact than defensins, which are intestinal defence molecules produced by the body. Instead, they identified a possible role for these molecules in preventing increased blood glucose levels after consumption of high-caloric “Western-style diet”.

  • The design world turns its gaze towards Umeå

    Umeå Institute of Design’s popular graduation event at the end of May is paired this year with Sweden's largest design competition – Design S - Swedish Design Awards – as it travels to Umeå. For the first time in 40 years, the prestigious event is venturing beyond the nation’s capital.

  • Different cell types in the brain are affected by tick infection

    The dreaded tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus infects different types of brain cells in different parts of the brain, depending on whether the affected person's immune system is activated or not. This is shown in a new study at Umeå University, Sweden.

  • Severe obesity riskier for Swedish than American men

    The fact that obesity is a major risk factor for disease and death is well known, as is that obesity is more common in the United States than in Europe. On the other hand, a new thesis at Umeå University shows that obese Swedish men are at greater risk of dying prematurely than equally obese American men. For women, however, the risk picture of obesity is similar in the countries.

  • New transporter for recycling of bacterial cell wall found

    A transporter which some bacteria use to recycle fragments of their cell wall has been discovered by researchers at Umeå university, Sweden. They found that the transporter controls resistance to certain kinds of cell-wall targeting antibiotics.

  • New cellular component with importance for the sense of smell discovered

    Researchers at Umeå University, Swedem, have discovered a previously unknown cellular component, an organelle, inside neurons that we use to perceive smell. The discovery may have implications for further research on impaired sense of smell, which is a common symptom of COVID-19.

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