The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation invests in infection medicine

Text: Lena Åminne, Source: https://www.umu.se/en/news/the-knut-and-alice-wallenberg-foundation_9723707/

The Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine (WCMM) in Umeå has been granted SEK 170 million in operational support and another SEK 68 million for recruitments into data-driven Life Science by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. WCMM Umeå will work in close collaboration with MIMS to further fortify Umeå’s already strong position in the field.

Read the full article in English here or in Swedish here. 

Four questions to researcher Ellen Bushell - new Swedish Young Academy member

Photo by Mattias Petterson

The Swedish Young Academy gives young researchers a unique voice to highlight issues that specifically affects young Swedish academics. It also offers a powerful platform to perform work within the four key areas of interest of the academy: outreach, internationalization, cross-disciplinary research and research policy. Ellen Bushell is group leader at The Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden, MIMS, at Umeå University and is a newly elected member of the Swedish Young Academy.

Read the interview with Ellen in an article published at Umeå University's homepage in English by clicking here or in Swedish by clicking  here. 

The Schröder lab is recruiting

In the group of Björn O. Schröder at The Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), the EMBL Nordic Node at Umeå University, Sweden,  one opportunity for a PhD student or postdoctoral researcher and several opportunities for highly motivated and talented students (Master or Rotation) are available. The laboratory is located in the Department for Molecular Biology at Umeå University.

For details, please go to https://mucubacter.org/jobs/ . 

Interested candidates are welcome to contact Björn Schröder for more information and/or send a letter of interest as one .pdf file in English to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., including: (i) a cover letter, summarizing specific motivation and qualifications that are relevant for this position, (ii) a curriculum vitae, (iii) publication list and (iv) the contact information of two to three references
before Oct 31st , 2020.

Emmanuelle Charpentier, former MIMS group leader, wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020

7 September 2020, 11:45. The live sending started about the announcement of the winner(s) of the Nobel prize in Chemistry. At Umeå University, in Rotundan, about 20 people were holding their breath and watching at the screen as Prof. Pernilla Wittung Stafshede, the chairman of the committee - Prof. Claes Gustafsson, and Secretary General Göran K. Hansson at the Royal Swedish Acamdemy of Sciences opened the event.  When Secretary General Göran K. Hansson said "This year's prize is about re-writing the code of life", we knew it, everybody knew it, it is her! The official announcement  followed, saying her name clearly. Our warmest congratulations, Emmanuelle! 

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 was awarded jointly to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna "for the  development of a method for genome editing." 

Continue reading about Emmanuelle and CRISPR/Cas9 at Umeå University's webpage here, at The Nobel Prize webpage here or at EMBL's homepage here. 

Press photo by Hallbauer&Fioretti. 

The annual Nordic EMBL Partnership meeting 2020: Connecting with colleagues to increase future interactions

From the Nordic EMBL Partnership's point of view: MIMS hosts the 10th annual Nordic EMBL Partnership meeting from Umeå, Sweden

Written by Annabel Darby, Communications officer for the Nordic EMBL Partnership

The Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine held its 10th annual conference in slightly different circumstances to previous years. MIMS (Laboratory for Infection Medicine Sweden) hosted the conference from their home in Umeå. With travel restrictions in place due to COVID-19, the conference moved online for the first time. The ease of being able to present and participate online opened up access for both speakers and attendees, with a record 344 people registering for the event; the highest number in the meeting’s 10-year history. Read the full article here. 

From EMBL's point of view: The Nordic EMBL Partnership: supporting national research

Written by Dorota Badowska, EMBL Press Officer

The partnership between EMBL and four Nordic research institutions aims to stimulate scientific exchange and inspire scientific collaborations. This year’s conference of the Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine included many talks by EMBL researchers and a presentation by EMBL’s Director General. Read the full article here.