Forskning vid Uppsala universitet

Forskningsprojekt från 2019-01-01 till 2024-12-31

A new generation of superluminous X-ray free-electron lasers (XFEL) will deliver billions of exposures per day at intensities up to 100-times higher than intensities available from existing XFELs. The ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2013-01-01 till 2013-12-31

With this application we seek for the funds to invite world-leading experts as keynote speakers to the 11th International Conference on Low Energy Antiproton Physics (LEAP2013). This biennial event has ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2016-01-01 till 2019-12-31

Resonant inelastic soft X-ray scattering spectroscopy has several important features that makes is attractive for studies ranging from fundamental phenomena in atoms and molecules to the function of complex ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2015-12-01 till 2018-11-30

Genetic factors account for up to 80% of the risk in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The advent of genomic approaches (such as genome-wide association studies, GWASs) has led to the characterization of 26 genetic ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2012-07-01 till 2015-06-30

The aim of the proposed project is to study the magnetism of a new family of singlemolecule magnets (SMMs), and determine how their magnetic properties are modified when interacting with the surface of ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2018-01-01 till 2020-12-31

The present project will meet the swedish national scientific, industrial and societal demands within high-quality material analysis by sustaining and advancing the role of the Tandem laboratory at Uppsala ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2013-01-01 till 2015-12-31

As an animal moves through the world, its own movement generates widefield optic flow across the visual field used to e.g. maintain a straight trajectory or to avoid obstacles. Many animals can also disambiguate ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2016-11-01 till 2016-11-30

Name of the conference: Current Trends in Multifunctional Dirac Materials, an International Workshop. In Swedish: Aktuella trender i  multifunktionella Dirac materialer, en internationel workshop.The ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2016-01-01 till 2019-12-31

The proposed project addresses the formation and function of the spinal locomotor network. This pattern generator operates as an autonomous metronome that creates a rhythmic output to the muscles as well ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2011-01-01 till 2015-10-31

Ansökan Swedish in-kind contribution to XFEL ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2016-01-01 till 2016-12-31

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most prevalent type of dementia. One major challenge in the development of disease modification therapies for AD is the absence of biomarkers reflecting disease progression ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2018-01-01 till 2021-12-31

Aim: To develop antibody (mAb) based Positron Emission Tomography (PET) ligands for use in Alzheimer’s (AD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD) with dynamic and specific properties correlating with disease severity.Current ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2019-01-01 till 2021-12-31

Knowledge about the cellular mechanisms behind the propagation of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in the brain is limited. Decades of research have focused on neuronal abnormalities in AD, but recently more attention ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2016-01-01 till 2018-12-31

Knowledge about the cellular mechanisms behind initiation and spreading of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is still very limited. Decades of research have focused on neuronal abnormalities in AD pathology, but ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2017-01-01 till 2020-12-31

The measurement of stellar chemical abundancesis a fundamental problem in astrophysics. While spectral lines are routinely measured at accuracies of 1%, systematic errors dominate interpretation and errors ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2013-01-01 till 2016-12-31

X-ray Free Electron lasers push the frontier of science with their extremely short and brilliant pulses. The high X-ray intensities allow new ways to image single bio-particles in their native environment ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2017-01-01 till 2019-12-31

The purpose of this project is to add state-of the-art brain imaging to a double-blind randomized controlled trial of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for the treatment of anhedonia. ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2015-01-01 till 2015-12-31

I have previously identified over 40 novel genes that code for new members of the solute carrier family and many of these are likely to be novel transporters for amino acids. A number of these were evolutionary ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2013-01-01 till 2015-12-31

This project will investigate mechanisms involved in the propagation of pathology in Parkinson´s disease. Recent studies have shown that aggregates of the normally intracellular protein alpha-synuclein ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2017-01-01 till 2019-12-31

This research plan describes a series of projects with an overall goal to elucidate how the amino acid transporters (SLCs) regulate neurotransmitter levels and energy metabolism in the brain.We usetransgenic ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2013-01-01 till 2015-12-31

Recent data from our lab suggest that L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia (LID) in Parkinson´s disease (PD) is associated with abnormal opioid peptide metabolism in the striatum, but not in the projection target ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2014-10-25 till 2015-06-25

Cathepsin S roll i neuropatisk smärta ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2013-01-01 till 2015-12-31

Our goal is to, based on cell of origin, stratify glioblastoma (GBM) into novel subclasses of clinical relevance, identify pathways and biomarkers of therapeutic value, and drugs with potency against glioma ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2014-01-01 till 2016-12-31

We aim to study the molecular mechanisms of food intake and reward functions, considering genetic background and cognitive functions. We created a conditional Cre-Lox knock out mice lines of a novel gene ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2017-01-01 till 2019-12-31

We aim to study the molecular mechanisms of food intake and reward functions, considering genetic background and cognitive functions. We plan to combine fly, mouse and human genetic models to unravel modes ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2021-01-01 till 2024-12-31

A key insight from quantum mechanics is the importance of processes involving electron rearrangement, such as charge transfer (CT) in collisions between atoms. In dilute plasmas such as those often observed ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2014-01-01 till 2017-12-31

Recent progresses with manipulating electron beam in transmission electron microscopes opened new frontiers of research. Use of the electron vortex beams, that is beams that carry an orbital angular momentum ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2020-01-01 till 2023-12-31

Emergent phenomena, such as insulator to metal transitions, magnetism and superconductivity, often occur in materials where many degrees of freedom are strongly coupled to each other. To understand, and ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2020-01-01 till 2022-12-31

We hypothesize that alterations in the epigenome in response to adverse events and / or alcohol binging in early life may be a critical factor contributing to risk and resilience to alcohol use disorders ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2014-01-01 till 2018-12-31

Identifiering av celler och molekyler som reglerar smärta och klåda. Smärta får oss att reagera snabbt och undvika det som kan skada oss. En adekvat reaktion kan göra skillnaden mellan en farlig eller ...