News and events
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Major successes for Uppsala University researchers’ battery material
08 juni 2022
Uppsala-based battery company Altris AB was recently given the green light for funding to the tune of SEK 100 million. The company’s roots are at t...
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Continued progress in the development of new cancer therapies
08 juni 2022
“We are now fully focused on bringing our ADAC technology to the clinic,” says Sara Mangsbo, Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor at the Faculty...
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Inauguration of the Beijer Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
30 maj 2022
Earlier in May, the Beijer Artificial Intelligence Laboratory was inaugurated in Building 10 of the Ångström Laboratory. The lab will focus its res...
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Innovation award to new molecules for drugs against covid-19
24 maj 2022
With the Attractive Innovation Project Award, the researchers behind CoLD Therapeutics are taking the next step in turning their newly developed su...
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New Ångström will inspire creativity and an inter-disciplinary approach
16 maj 2022
The expansion of the Ångström Laboratory is now complete and the new Ångström was officially opened by Crown Princess Victoria on 13 May. The inten...
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Double success for the Faculty of Pharmacy on the IVA 100 list
10 maj 2022
The SweDeliver national competence center and the new ADAC technology with potential to open new doors in cancer treatment – both based at the Facu...
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Mapping people of the past by means of their bones
09 maj 2022
What is the best way to find out about a human being or animal that has been dead for perhaps several centuries? “Study the bones” is what Sabine S...
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Trio behind Olink receives Uppsala University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award
03 maj 2022
Ulf Landegren, Björn Ekström and Jon Heimer, the key figures behind the successful biotech company Olink Proteomics, are the first recipients of Up...
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Major donation for research on ecology and genetics
26 april 2022
The entrepreneur Sverker Lerheden has resolved to donate SEK 100 million to promote basic ecology and genetics research. Through the newly formed B...
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Mass exodus calls for many health actions
07 april 2022
What health measures need implementing for people fleeing from the war in Ukraine? Soorej Jose Puthoopparambil, researcher and Senior Lecturer at U...
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Powerful voice for democracy and academic freedom
24 mars 2022
Today, academic freedom and democracy are under threat around the world, including nearby European countries. And Uppsala University has a key part...
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Research puts war in Ukraine in perspective
23 mars 2022
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine raises many questions – about the impact on the security situation in Europe and the world, about the backdrop to the ...
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Uppsala University integrating into solar energy research
08 februari 2022
Marika Edoff, Professor and director for the Division of Solar Cell Technology will become the coordinator of Uppsala University’s new centre of ex...
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New aggregate ranking is wind in Uppsala University’s sails
08 februari 2022
In a ranking that aggregates three of the world’s premier university rankings – QS, THE and ARWU – Uppsala University ranks at 96 as the best Swedi...
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Centre of competence in nuclear technology poised for launch
27 januari 2022
Uppsala University is to host a new centre of competence in nuclear technology. Its purpose is to support development of a knowledge-based strategy...
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New book gives insight into Rök Stone’s runes
27 januari 2022
The magnificent Rök Stone (Rökstenen), a runestone in the county of Östergötland, bears the world’s longest runic inscription: a message about deat...
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Anna Jonsson Cornell – expert on parliamentary inquiry
27 januari 2022
Professor of comparative constitutional law at the Faculty of Law Anna Jonsson Cornell has been appointed an expert on the commission of inquiry re...
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Deciphering ancient runic messages
25 januari 2022
Henrik Williams’ speciality is deciphering runic inscriptions. He is the world’s only professor of runology, which may be the smallest academic sub...
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Nominate to Alumnus of the Year 2022
25 januari 2022
Who do you think should be Alumnus of the Year 2022? Now you can nominate your favorite candiate by 31 March 2022. Nominations can be made by anyon...
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Hunt for protein led to skin disease discovery
19 december 2021
By searching for the protein TGM1 among patients with various autoimmune skin diseases, researchers have successfully identified a separate disease...