Research at Uppsala University

Acute sleep loss may alter the way we see others
11 May 2022. A new study from Uppsala University shows that young adults when sleep-deprived evaluate angry faces ...
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Mapping people of the past by means of their bones
9 May 2022. What is the best way to find out about a human being or animal that has been dead for perhaps severa ...
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Are there earthquakes in Sweden?
14 April 2022. On average, a couple of earthquakes occur daily in Sweden. Most of them are so minor as to be detect ...
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Here you will find all research projects at Uppsala University funded by the main Swedish funding bodies. The search feature is based on the SweCRIS database.
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Preconception health and care
Research project from 2015-07-01 to 2015-07-31
Preconception Health and Care International Conference, Uppsala 2016-02-17, 18 and 19Preconception care is defined as a set of interventions that aim to identify and modify biomedical behavioural and ...
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2015 IEEE International Symposium on Performance Analysis of Systems and Software
Research project from 2015-11-01 to 2015-11-30
ISPASS is the premier conference for researchers targeting computer system performance. ISPASS is supported by the most prominent organization for computer engineering: IEEE. For the first time since its ...
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The 9th International Symposium on Metallic Multilayers
Research project from 2015-11-01 to 2015-11-30
The 9th International Symposium on Metallic Multilayers (MML2016), takes place at Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, during June 20-24 2016, after previous symposia of this series held in 1993 in Kyoto ...
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Advancing the frontiers of (bio)chemistry with valence bond approaches
Research project from 2015-11-01 to 2015-11-30
Conference name and location: Advancing the Frontiers of (Bio)Chemistry with Valence Bond Approaches. Uppsala University, Sweden.Time for the conference (year-month-day): 2016/06/22-24Justification of ...
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Historizing International Humanitarian Law. Could we? Should we?
Research project from 2015-11-01 to 2015-11-30
This is a conference that brings together historians and international law scholars with the aim to further cooperationwithin the field of the history of international humanitarian law. It draws on the ...
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Biblia Arabica: The Arabic Bible and related texts among Jews, Christians and Muslims
Research project from 2015-11-01 to 2015-11-30
The conference Biblia Arabica: The Arabic Bible and related texts among Jews, Christians and Muslims will take place in Uppsala in March 29-April 1, 2016. The aim of the conference is to foster an interest ...
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Image analysis for reliable and cost effective cancer detection
Research project from 2016-01-01 to 2018-12-31
A crucial aspect for reliable automated analysis of cell samples for cancer detection is accurate and robust quantification of very subtle changes in the nuclear chromatin distribution through image analysis ...
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Colloids and Surfaces in Biology and Biomaterials
Research project from 2015-07-01 to 2015-07-31
Dates: 4-6 November in Uppsala 2015.Web site: www.asmcs.se.Surface and colloid chemistry continues to play an important role in the investigation of biological systems for elucidating basic biological ...
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The Function and Semantics of the Perfect in Indo-European Languages
Research project from 2015-11-01 to 2015-11-30
The perfect occupies a special place within the verb systems of the world’s languages. It typically expresses features associated with tense, aspect, and aktionsart. As such, the perfect defies reduction ...
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European Conference on Smart Inorganic Polymers
Research project from 2015-07-01 to 2015-07-31
The second “European Conference on Smart Inorganic Polymers” will be hosted at Uppsala University by the COST action members Sacha Ott and Andreas Orthaber. The conference will be held at the Ångström ...
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Evil: The 21st conference of The European Society for Philosophy of Religion
Research project from 2015-11-01 to 2015-11-30
Evil: The 21st Conference of the European Society for Philosophy of Religion will take place in Uppsala 2016-08-25 - 2016-08-28.The European Society for Philosophy of Religion is the largest society for ...
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Why join the protests? A joint international research project on Nepal´s 2006 nonviolent uprisings
Research project from 2016-01-01 to 2018-12-31
The overarching aim of this collaboration project is to facilitate the institutional establishment of peace and conflict research in Nepal. Scandinavia in general, and Uppsala in particular, has a strong ...
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The future of x-ray based spectroscopic techniques
Research project from 2015-11-01 to 2015-11-30
X-ray based spectroscopies are rapidly evolving. This progress is largely driven by the development of novel X-ray sources with dramatic improvement in performance in terms of intensity and time resolution ...
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Governing Finances in Europe: New Regimes and Shifting Powers
Research project from 2015-11-01 to 2015-11-30
The recent changes in EU financial and economic governance have brought a maze of new legislation and institutional arrangements, the effects of which are of a daunting complexity. It is the objective ...
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Importance of maternal nutrition for fetal and infant growth. The mediating role of the IGF-system in a malnourished population.
Research project from 2016-01-01 to 2017-11-01
Poor fetal growth is associated with adverse health consequences for the individual, both short- and long-term. While the mothers nutritional status both before and during pregnancy is associated with ...
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Káfastallat
Research project from 2016-01-01 to 2017-12-31
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OTSEM in Uppsala
Research project from 2015-07-01 to 2015-07-31
This conference will take place in Uppsala 18-21 September 2015. Number of participants: 60-70. It is arranged within a European network for biblical scholars, OTSEM (Old Testaments Studies: Epistemologies ...
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SMSS-Annual Symposium 2015 - Native Mass Spectrometry and Related Methods for Structural Biology
Research project from 2015-07-01 to 2015-07-31
Native Mass Spectrometry and Related Methods for Structural Biology5-6 October 2015, UppsalaIn 2015 SMSS (The Swedish Mass Spectrometry Society) plans to interact with COST’s Biomedicine and Molecular ...
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Research spotlight: The war in Ukraine

Putin’s vision of a conservative orthodox superpower
Following traditional, conservative and Christian Orthodox ideals, in contrast to the “morally adrif ...
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12 million Ukrainians expected to flee to the EU
Some 12 million Ukrainian refugees are expected to come to the EU. It's anticipated that more than o ...
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Mass exodus calls for many health actions
What health measures need implementing for people fleeing from the war in Ukraine? Soorej Jose Putho ...
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Research challenge: Antibiotic resistance
Every day, antibiotics save many lives all over the world. They have become indispensable in all kinds of situations, from basic healthcare to advanced medicine. But what will happen if antibiotics stop working?

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