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UCMR - Umeå Centre for Microbial Research

UCMR brings together 69 research groups - over 300 scientists - at Umeå University. The centre’s mission is to shape and further develop Umeå's environment for microbial research. Core values are excellence, interdisciplinarity, and collaboration. UCMR was appointed a Linnaeus Centre of Excellence 2008.

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Hanna Jerndal
Covid-19 increases risk of kidney injury for up to a year

A new thesis shows that COVID-19 increases the risk of kidney damage and that many severe cases go undetected.

Daniel Nilsson, forskningsassistent vid Institutionen för fysik
Building research instruments with 3D printers

A doctoral thesis shows that ordinary 3D printers can build advanced scientific equipment right in the lab.

Aftab Nadeem, Abdelbasset Yabrag, Naeem Ullah, Anne Yska, och Michael Philips
Why a food poisoning bacterium can cause severe wound infections

The NheABC toxin from Bacillus cereus becomes particularly active under the pH conditions in open wounds.

Emmanuelle Charpentier hedersmedborgare 2025
Nobel Prize laureate returns to Umeå

Emmanuelle Charpentier, Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry visited Umeå University.

UCMR News

Unusual strong funding outcome for Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics
Published: 2026-11-04

The department receives 24.5 Msek from the Swedish Research Council, with a 62.5 per cent grant success rate.

Could a warmer climate increase the risk of mosquito-borne viruses in Sweden?
Published: 2026-11-03

Researcher Olivia Wesula Lwande has received nearly SEK 9 million from Formas to investigate the question.

Covid-19 increases risk of kidney injury for up to a year
Published: 2026-11-03

A new thesis shows that COVID-19 increases the risk of kidney damage and that many severe cases go undetected.

ledningsgruppen UCMR: Ingrid Söderbergh, Marta Bally och Fredrik Almqvist
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