Forskning vid Uppsala universitet

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

The 21th Swedish Conference on Macromolecular Structure & Function.Tällberg, June 16-19, 2016Structural biology, Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology are strong areas in Swedish research. The Swedish ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2012-01-01 till 2012-12-31

This conference explores how the molecules of life link to the phenotype of the organism. In particular, we focus on the frontiers of the three interconnected topics: developmental biology, neurobiology ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2017-07-01 till 2020-06-30

In this proposal, we aim to explore the uncharted interactions between the heat released from an exothermic enzymatic reaction, and the enzyme’s structure and function. To achieve this goal, we chose pyruvate ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2015-11-01 till 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 ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2012-01-01 till 2014-12-31

Fibrillar alpha-synuclein in Lewy bodies is the main hallmark in brains of patients with Parkinson´s disease and some other brain disorders. However, recent studies indicate that oligomers or protofibrils ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2012-01-01 till 2014-12-31

Computer simulation is a tool for better understanding of the reactions between molecules and their diffusion in living cells. There are now experimental data for single molecules to compare with and for ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2017-01-01 till 2022-12-31

Uppsala university has excelled in ribosome research over decades and already has a strong environment in the area of bacterial protein synthesis. We aim here at creating a novel type of ribosome research ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2011-08-22 till 2011-12-31

Det finns ett brådskande behov av att utveckla hållbara lösningar för att omvandla solenergi till energibärare som används i samhället. Förutom nuvarande och framtida solceller som producerar el finns ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2015-01-01 till 2018-12-31

Generation of architectural polarity impacts all cell types, ranging from epithelial cells to neurons and astrocytes, relates to tissue organization and links to disease development when misregulated. ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2020-08-01 till 2020-12-31

Low molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) has rapidly become a primary drug in treatment of Covid-19 patients. A major rationale is the pulmonary coagulopathy typical of the seriously ill patient. Increasing ...

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

We propose to study the structure-function relations of the bacterial ribosome. The ribosome is a large (2.5 MD) macromolecular complex that makes peptide chains with amino acid sequences as prescribed ...

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

The ribosome is a large macromolecular complex of two subunits. It links amino acids into proteins according to the messenger RNA (mRNA) instructions. The twenty amino acids (aa) are covalently coupled ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2012-01-01 till 2014-12-31

Ginseng polysaccharide is a complex mixture of neutral and acidic polysaccharides that has been proven to have anticancer activities. It functions through interactions with a protein called Galectin-3. ...

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

Protein synthesis has been studied for decades, and we have a detailed picture of the process in vitro. However, when researchers aim to exploit the system, e.g. for recombinant protein production, or ...

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 2018-12-31

The overall ambition is to make intracellular measurements that bridge the gap between quantitative physical models and biological observations in order to identify and resolve inconsistencies in our current ...

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

För att effektivt fixera koldioxid kapslar cyanobakterier in Rubisco och karbonanhydras inuti en proteinorganell som kallas karboxysomen. Detta skapar en hög koncentration av koldioxid i närheten av Rubisco ...

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

To accelerate CO2 fixation, cyanobacteria encapsulate Rubisco and carbonic anhydrase within a protein organelle called the carboxysome. This provides Rubisco with a high concentration of CO2 and protects ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2012-01-01 till 2014-12-31

The aim is to study the structure and function of the CO2-concentration machinery in phytoplankton. Competition between O2 and CO2 at the active site of the CO2-fixing enzyme, Rubisco, reduces the efficiency ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2011-01-01 till 2015-12-31

A grand challenge for the 21st century is to develop a molecular-level understanding of a living cell. A key step in this direction is to obtain structures for individual cell organelles. The structure ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2015-01-01 till 2018-12-31

This project deals with computational studies in the general areas of biological catalysis and molecular recognition. We emphasize what may be called quantitative computational structural biology, where ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2019-01-01 till 2022-12-31

This project deals with the problem of how enzymes can be shaped by evolution to work under extreme conditions. In particular, we will address cold-adapted enzymes that are able to maintain a high catalytic ...

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

This project is focused on understanding GPCR dimerization and strategies to discover ligands of receptors using structure-based methods. The A2A adenosine (A2AAR) and D2 dopamine (D2DR) receptors form ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2012-01-01 till 2015-12-31

Life processes depend critically on interactions between macromolecules. Many of these interactions involve coupled folding and binding, which lies at the heart of many biologically, medically, and technologically ...

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

Phosphorylation and ubiquitination are among the most common post-translational modifications (PTMs) and regulate together most cellular processes. The PTMs are catalyzed by more than 500 kinases and 600 ...

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

Cyanobakterier är fotosyntetiska mikrorganismer, som kan växa på vatten och koldioxid från atmosfären, med solljus som sin energikälla. Denna förmåga gör dem mycket lämpade som värdorganismer för bioteknisk ...

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

Last year marked the emergence of DNA sequencing-based microscopy: methods to produce optics-free microscopic images by encoding spatial information in DNA sequence format prior to recovering that information ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2011-08-01 till 2011-12-31

Genom att använda kvantitativ shotgun-proteomisk analys, har vi funnit att flera olika proteiner som deltar i kontroll av reaktiva syreradikaler (ROS) i cyanobakterien Nostoc punctiforme är specifika till ...

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

Emotional evaluation of daily environmental and internal stimuli is essential for proper guidance of motivated and goal-directed behaviour. Central in this process is the ventral tegmental area (VTA) with ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2015-01-01 till 2017-12-31

Ett mer storskaligt användande av förnyelsebar energi i vårt samhälle kräver nya lösningar för långtidslagring av energi. I detta sammanhang diskuteras ofta vätgas som en framtida energibärare. Idag begränsas ...