Forskning vid Uppsala universitet

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

An understanding of the ecological and genetic mechanisms governing plant adaptation to environmental conditions is of fundamental interest in evolutionary biology, but also for meeting the challenges ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2020-07-01 till 2023-06-30

The assembly of the gut microbiome after birth is one of the most important processes for animal development and health. Yet we know extremely little about this process, including whether microbes are ...

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

The composition of communities differs across space due to a combination of different ecological processes, which include species sorting, dispersal and drift. Moreover, priority effects caused by differences ...

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

The aim of this project is to evaluate the role of dispersing bacteria as vectors of elements and energy for lake ecosystems. There is an apparent spatial component in lake ecosystem ecology due to the ...

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

The function of microbial ecosystems is often dependent on symbiotic interactions between microbes. Such interactions are critical for essential biogeochemical processes such as global carbon, nitrogen ...

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

Evolutionary theory typically considers the phenotypic effects of new mutations as independent of past selection, but this view has recently been challenged. If selection does not only discriminate among ...

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

The overall aim of the four projects included in this application is to discover novel pathways for the prevention of fractures in older people, a common problem in Sweden. The first project is intended ...

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

Studies in ecotoxicology traditionally focus on exposing organisms to a single stressor, for example, a chemical. But rarely does the resulting data provide the predictive power to understand the outcome ...

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

Rapid rates of global climate change emphasize the urgent need to predict how species will respond to these changes. This endeavor has direct implications for conserving biodiversity and maintaining ecosystem ...

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

Climate adaptation should lead to coordinated changes in mitochondrial and nuclear (mitonuclear) DNA units, which underlay the biochemical machinery responsible for energy metabolism. Population divergence ...

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

The old olive cultural landscapes of Sicily are important historical archives. With climate change and increasing abandonment of the Sicilian countryside, the old olive cultural landscapes are threatened ...

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

In the combat against malaria, mosquito control is a key to success as no transmission is the same as no malaria. The intensified use of impregnated bednets has led to a substantial reduction of Anopheles ...

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

More than 90% of the flowering plant species are hermaphroditic, and gain their fitness through both sexes. However, current understanding of plant reproductive ecology and floral evolution is nearly exclusively ...

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

Mutualisms are essential for the function of most ecosystems. Despite their ecological importance we know little about how mutualisms persist. The larger host often houses its smaller symbionts in distinct ...

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

Organic matter (OM) degradation is key to mobilizing the greenhouse gas CO2 from soils and freshwater ecosystems which can influence climate change. The reactivity of OM is highly variable. In fact, OM ...