Forskning vid Uppsala universitet

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

Several nanosafety projects have been funded by the EU (e.g. EU Nanosafety Cluster and SmartNanoTox), however, the standardized process to assess and to predict the toxicity of metal oxide nanoparticles ...

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

Pathogens and parasites exert the strongest selection pressures on earth, shaping the evolution of an effective and efficient immune system. However, the geographic distribution of pathogens is hypothesized ...

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 2020-01-01 till 2023-12-31

For a very long time, magnetic order in two dimensions was not expected to exist. Everything changed just two years ago when the first-ever 2D ferromagnet, a monolayer of CrI3 was obtained. This finding ...

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

Charge transporting materials play a cruical role in one of the most active research areas: the development of molecular materials to facilitate the conversion of solar energy into electricity, fuels and ...

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

CRISPR-Cas-based adaptive immune systems are ubiquitous in bacteria and archaea. Paradoxically, CRISPR-associated endonucleases are remarkably slow at locating target DNA, with search times on the order ...

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

The aim of this project is to lay the scientific foundation for the development of a new generation of nanocellulose-based therapeutic delivery platforms,with focus on the treatment of chronic wounds. ...

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

Despite being a mature field of research studying of magnetism and spin-dependent phenomena remains one of the most fascinating area in condensed matter physics. Indeed, progress in technological development ...

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

During the 1960's, the first observations were made of ultra high energy (UHE) charged particles arriving from space. These particles, known as cosmic rays, began a pursuit to discover which astronomical ...

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

Enormous sets of observational data are being gathered through a number of planned or active large stellar surveys including 4MOST, APOGEE, GALAH, Gaia-ESO, PLATO, and WEAVE.  These data will enable us ...

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

The nuclear data needs for Gen-IV systems are eminent. In order to ensure a safe and efficient reactor operation, fast-neutron induced data are needed. Fissions Yields (FY) are a major source of uncertainties ...

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

Pointing to climate change related injury, citizens are increasingly turning to courts in order to take legal action against their governments. Some lawsuits, such as Juliana v. United States and State ...

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

The established chemotherapeutic treatment strategies used in pediatric oncology benefit groups of patients with similar clinical manifestations. Relapsed, chemorefractory, and extramedullary disease remain ...

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

Recent reports on cyber-attacks, such as Stuxnet, have shown their devastating consequences on digitally controlled systems supporting modern societies. It is therefore of the utmost importance for control ...

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

This project will study analytically conformal field theories in space-time dimensions greater than two. The approach that will be used goes under the name of conformal bootstrap and does not rely on a ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2019-07-01 till 2022-06-30

This project aims to study the semantic evolution of five modal verbs in Spanish between the 16th and the 20th centuries, based on data from Corpus del Español. The study builds on frameworks of cognitive ...

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 2019-01-01 till 2022-12-31

This project will study algorithmic questions in real-time scheduling theory, with a main focus on establishing the computational complexity of schedulability problems. A schedulability problem is to decide ...

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

In this project we will address the fundamental question of how the genetic information in DNA codes for rates of binding and unbinding, by using p53 - DNA binding as a model system. To answer this question ...

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

The European Union is currently being challenged in a number of ways. The refugee crisis in 2015 resulted in the introduction of temporary border controls at the national borders within Schengen that are ...

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

Sexual reproduction between unrelated individuals (outcrossing) is a major generator of genetic diversity, which is needed to resist pathogens and adapt to changing environments. But it also allows for ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2019-07-01 till 2022-06-30

The overall purpose of the research I intend to conduct is to examine sources of errors, which are attributable to human cognition, and influence two different types of criminal evidence; forensic evidence ...

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

Oxygen is essential for the health of lake ecosystems, but global climate warming may severely deplete oxygen concentrations by increasing microbial respiration rates and stifling atmospheric exchange. ...

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 2020-01-01 till 2023-12-31

Scandinavia was assembled by collision of multiple continental blocks during billions of years. While its eastern part is the oldest, Scandinavia was expanded by younger mountain building events in the ...

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

Owing to its lightweight, fibrous structure, high electrical conductivity and mechanical integrity, carbon fiber paper has been widely used as multifunctional substrate and has led to state-of-the-art ...

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

This project historicises institutions studying climate change during the second half of the twentieth century and their role in reinterpreting and politicising the concept of ‘climate’. I focus on the ...

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 2019-01-01 till 2022-12-31

Increasing computational capabilities and accessibility of data has given rise to machine learning methods with impressive predictive performance. These methods are, however, based on associations learned ...

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 ...