Perspectives in Chemical Biology 2011 Inaugural Symposium of Chemical Biology Consortium Sweden (CBCS)

Inaugural Symposium of Chemical Biology Consortium Sweden (CBCS)
with participation of the Laboratory for Chemical Biology Umeå (LCBU), one of the three partners in the consortium.
May 19^th 2011, 9.00-16.30
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Gustaf Retzius Auditorium.
Keynote Address: Stuart Schreiber, Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard
Confirmed International Speakers:
- Chas Bountra, Structural Genomics Consortium, Oxford
- Sonia Lain, University of Dundee/Karolinska Institutet
- Kejtil Taskén, University of Oslo
- Thomas Helleday, University of Oxford/Stckholm University

--> Programme (www.cbcs.se/PCB2011)
--> The Laboratory for Chemical Biology Umeå (LCBU)

Best place to work for Postdocs

Postdocs in the life sciences ranked Umeå University as fourth best place to work outside of the United States and no. 1 in Sweden. 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 Scientist

World Infection Researcher Returns to Umeå University.

Baltics Donation Fund has awarded 7 MEK to Umeå University for Staffan Normark to establish a research group within UCMR.
Click the link below for further information in Swedish.

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UCMR awarded 38 MSEK from Wallenbergs Stiftelse to search for antimicrobials from the Artic Sea

Researchers at Umeaå University and Tromsö University will collaborate to identify new antimicrobials from arctic organisms. Click the link for further information in Swedish.

Read more: UCMR awarded 38 MSEK from Wallenbergs Stiftelse to search for antimicrobials from the Artic Sea