Open position: Up to five tenure-track positions as Assistant professor
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Joint call of the Faculty of Science and Technology at Umeå University, Sweden.
Welcome to apply to become one of our new Assistant Professors at Umeå University! With this faculty joint venture, with a six-year appointment we want to give junior researchers the opportunity to develop a long-term research activity and to qualify for promotion to an Associate Professorship (Senior Lecturer). We welcome your applications before 15 February 2022!
Congratulations to Xiaotong, Emelie and Anna for presenting the three best posters at UCMR Day 2022!
This achievement is awarded with the UCMR Ambassador grant!
Xiaotong Jia, Department of Chemistry
"The Vibrio Cholerae cytotoxin MakA is a novel cholesterol-binding pore-forming toxin that induces non-canonical autophagy"
Emelie Backman, Department of Clinical Microbiology
"Neutrophil extracellular traps as a driving force behind severe COVID-19"
Anna Bergonzini, Department of Molecular Biology
"Effects of bacterial genotoxins on immune modulation, chronic inflammation and cancer development"
UCMR Day January 20th 2022 - extended deadline
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All researchers with an interest in microbial and infection research are invited to a day of inspiring research presentations and an excellent opportunity for networking and initiation of multidisciplinary collaborations.
Please note that the deadline for the submission of abstracts for a poster presentation has been extended to December 31st 2021. On a first-come-first-serve basis, you will also get the possibility to orally present your poster during a pre-recorded 2 min poster elevator pitch.
Deadline for registration without abstract: January 18th 2022
UCMR Day 2022 - UPDATE
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Welcome to the 13th UCMR Day, January 20th 2022!
We cordially invite you to join us for the UCMR Day 2022, which will be held as an online conference!
Due to increased spread of infection and increased strain on the healthcare system, the Swedish Government has introduced a new action plan of COVID measures that took effect on 8 December. As a response to this, the Vice-Chancellor adopted a revised decision for Umeå University that implies, among other things, that larger meetings and events should be implemented online or be postponed.
In order to comply with the rules, while still having the possibility to meet and interact within the UCMR community in a way that guarantees the safety of all participants, we decided to make the UCMR Day an online event only!
Scientists and staff members within UCMR (Umeå Centre for Microbial Research) research groups, collaboration partners and researchers with an interest in microbial research and/or infection biology are invited to a day of inspiring research presentations and an excellent opportunity for networking and initiation of multidisciplinary collaborations.
This one-day conference includes two international keynotes, scientific presentations by UCMR affiliated researchers, selected abstract talks and poster elevator pitches as well as physical poster presentations. The program includes several possibilities for UCMR scientists to interact digitally and network with each other.
More information and registration on the conference webpage www.ucmrday2022.se. Deadline for submission of abstracts is Dec 12th!
Keynote speakers:
Kayla King, Department of Zoology, Oxford University Päivi Ojala, Department of Pathology, University of Helsinki
Important toxin helps the cholera bacterium to survive
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Picture: Sun Nyunt Wai (leading PI), Aftab Nadeem (first author) and Karina Persson (leading PI). Credit: Mattias Petterson.
Infection researchers at Umeå University have discovered that the cholera bacterium can produce a toxin that is considered particularly important for the bacterium in its natural environments and for survival in competition with other organisms. Knowledge about this toxin means that there is another tool that can be used in the fight against cholera and similar diseases. The study is published in PNAS.
