Umeå Centre for Microbial Research

Best place to work for Postdocs

Details: Created: Friday, 26 February 2010 18:00; Written by Eva-Maria Diehl

Postdocs in the life sciences ranked Umeå University as fourth best place to work outside of the United States. This is shown in a survey carried out by the American magazine The Scientist.

Press release from Umeå University (in English)

Press release from Umeå University (in Swedish)

Survey results from The Scientis t

UCMR Research on forskning.se

Details: Created: Monday, 21 December 2009 10:33; Written by Eva-Maria Diehl

Three research projects on webpage: www.forskning.se (in Swedish only) Tre forskningsprojekt

Hans Wolf-Watz honored with GSK International Member of the Year Award

Details: Created: Monday, 30 November 2009 20:14; Written by Eva-Maria Diehl

Hans Wolf-Watz, Ph.D., Professor, has been selected the 2010 laureate of the GlaxoSmithKline International Member of the Year Award. Wolf-Watz is honored for his seminal work in the elucidation of the pathogenesis of Yersinia, as well as his international collaborations, which have resulted in fundamental progress in the field.

Press release of the American Society of Microbiology

U.S. and European Experts Applaud Creation of New Transatlantic Task Force on Global Antibiotic Resistance Threat

Details: Created: Thursday, 26 November 2009 18:44; Written by Eva-Maria Diehl

Experts on both sides of the Atlantic applaud President Barack Obama and Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, representing the European Union (EU) Presidency, for establishing a transatlantic task force to address antibiotic resistance, an urgent and growing problem that threatens patient safety and public health worldwide.

Details: Created: Friday, 30 October 2009 22:16; Written by Eva-Maria Diehl

Sjukdomen återfallsfeber kännetecknas av återkommande febertoppar till följd av att bakterier invaderar blodet och häftar fast vid de röda blodkropparna. En grupp mikrobiologer vid Umeå universitet har nu upptäckt mekanismerna bakom sjukdomen.

Swedish Minister Tobias Krantz visited UCMR

Details: Created: Thursday, 29 October 2009 13:12; Written by Eva-Maria Diehl

In conjunction with the meeting of the EU ministers in Umeå on October 14-16 2009, the Swedish Minister for Higher Education and Research visited the Department of Molecular Biology, UCMR and MIMS.

Group Leaders - Open Postitions

Details: Created: Thursday, 15 October 2009 15:02; Written by Eva-Maria Diehl

MIMS is now recruiting additional Group Leaders and is seeking outstanding candidates for 2-4 new positions. The fixed appointments will normally be for five years.

The new group leaders will be provided with a generous support package including funding for postdoctoral associates and PhD students. Successful candidates should have a record of outstanding research in fields relevant to molecular infection medicine and are expected to complement their research budgets through national and international grants. The candidates are expected to initiate and maintain strong research programs synergizing with the UCMR research environment and to take active part in collaborative research opportunities and exchange programs within the Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine.