Forskning vid Uppsala universitet

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

The proposed research is a multifaceted investigation centering on problems in homogeneous dynamics and fundamental questions about lattices. We will focus in particular on problems which hold the promise ...

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

The research program studies contact and symplectic topology and its relations to other geometric fields, in particular to physics inspired low-dimensional topology and knot theory. The main tool is theories ...

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

The overall aim of this project is the understanding of the role of the human eosinophil granulocyte in health and disease. Our strategy is to approach the question from three angels. 1: The identification ...

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

The framework of string compactifications is of undisputed importance to connect string theory to the physics of our world, and has promoted progress in fields ranging from quantum gravity and cosmology ...

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

The Fukaya category is a powerful invariant of exact symplectic manifolds in the form of an A-infinity category, the objects of which consist of (a suitable class of) its Lagrangian submanifolds, while ...

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

This project studies the mathematical models arising from a variety of imaging techniques. These problems are formulated mathematically as "inverse problems" where one deduces information about the differential ...

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

Conserved quantities are important in various areas of physics, as in many cases they provide an essential characterization of a physical system. However, to define the mass, center of mass, angular and ...

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

This project is in the area of Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. The main emphasis is on the development of new geometrical ideas and concepts originating from the modern string theory and the quantum ...

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

This project is in the area of Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. The main emphasis is on the development of new geometrical ideas and concepts originating from the modern string theory and ...

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

During the past decade there has been an important development of the mathematical tools available for high-energy physics. I have participated in and contributed to this development of Generalized Complex ...

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

This research project aims to study several related topics in higher dimensional Auslander-Reiten theory. Classical Auslander-Reiten theory is an important tool in representation theory of associative ...

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

More than thirty years ago a result derived in the context of superspace supergravity indicated that even the most promising supergravity candidate had problems when viewed as a model for quantum gravity ...

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

The main aim is mutual exchange of knowledge and research methodology in environmental medicine, in particular on associations between health and indoor exposures. Schools is an important environment for ...

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

The main purpose of this project is to further the understanding of exact Lagrangian manifolds in symplectic manifolds, and understand the relations to quantum physics. We propose the following specific ...

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

Purpose and aimIn diseases such as asthma and systemic mastocytosis (SM), mast cells accumulate in the affected tissues and become activated leading to symptoms caused by the released mediators. Our studies ...

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

In lungs of patients with allergic asthma mast cell numbers are increased and they release mediators that contribute to asthma symptoms. The increase in lung mast cells in mouse models of allergic airway ...

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

40,000 critically ill patients are treated with ventilator per year in Sweden, and 3000 of them have severe acute respiratory failure with a mortality of about 40%. The mortality is partly due to the underlying ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2021-01-01 till 2023-12-31

We will use a multi-pronged approach for two aims: early identification of individuals at risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and identification of subjects with an established ...

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

Mathematical morphology (MM) is a widely-used framework for efficient processing and analysis of images. Linear filters, according to the Nyquist-Shannon sampling theory, are not affected by the sampling ...

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

Due to their high prevalence, allergies have become one of the major medical issues of the 21st century. Current treatment regimens result in relatively good control of the disease. However, there is a ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2021-01-01 till 2023-12-31

It is well-known that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is followed by cardiometabolic diseases and mortality but interventional studies have failed. Based on our own previous results in women, our hypothesis ...

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

Symplectic and contact geometry has its roots in the mathematical description of mechanics. Its modern development was initiated in the early 1980´s with conjectures by Arnold and then shaped by Gromov ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2020-12-01 till 2024-11-30

Over the last 35 years, the study of the role of geometric and topological aspects of fundamental physics in gauge theory and strings has been a central theme in both theoretical physics and in geometry ...