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MIMS Scientific Symposium on 11 November 2022

We invite you to join the MIMS Scientific Symposium on 11 November 2022 in Aula Biologica at Umeå University campus!

A half day public scientific symposium organized by MIMS on 11 November 2022 in Aula Biologica at Umeå University campus. The Symposium starts at 9:00 and ends at 12:45, including a coffee break. Participants are then invited to join a lunch and mingle session at Brashörnan at Umeå University campus.

The effects of COVID-19 on the nervous system are being studied in a new project

Original news article in Swedish written by Ola Nilsson. English translation by Anne-Marie Fors Connolly.

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For five years, a European research project will investigate the long-term neurological and psychiatric symptoms following infection with SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19, something that is becoming a societal problem. Umeå University is one of ten universities in seven countries that are part of the project.
Overall, the Neurocov project is about understanding the interaction between the central and peripheral nervous system and the inflammatory response that the immune system triggers during COVID-19 infection.

Picture: Anne-Marie Fors Connolly. Credit: Hans Karlsson.

MIMS Spotlight Series: Meet Ionut Sebastian Mihai

Written by Nóra Lehotai and Ionut Sebastian Mihai.

The Industrial Doctoral School for Research and Innovation at Umeå University was established in 2008. Its goal is to create strong bonds between the private and public sectors by connecting doctoral students via shared projects and networking. Every doctoral student of the programme is supervised by a university researcher and mentored by an employee of an external party. I had a chat with Ionut Sebastian Mihai, who joined MIMS in 2019 as a doctoral student in the Henriksson group and is one of the students currently participating in this programme offered at Umeå University.

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Picture: Iounut Sebastian Mihai. Credit: Mattias Petterson.

Nomination for the Wallenberg Academy Fellows program is open

Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has set up a long-term program for young researchers: Wallenberg Academy Fellows.

The purpose of the Wallenberg Academy Fellows program is to give young researchers working conditions that enables them to focus on research and tackle difficult, long-term research questions.

Swedish universities are invited to nominate candidates for the program, which candidates then the Swedish Academies will evaluate and select the most promising researchers and the universities will then take long-term responsibility for these individuals.

Open position: Three quantitative multidisciplinary postdoctoral fellowships

Three quantitative multidisciplinary postdoctoral fellowships (2 years)

The Integrated Science Lab (IceLab) (icelab.se) jointly with several departments at Umeå University and SLU offer three postdoctoral scholarships that will be affiliated with one of six possible multidisciplinary projects.

The ideal postdocs will have mathematical and computational modeling expertise and a deep interest in working with empirical researchers.

Application deadline: 20 September 2022.