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Introducing André Mateus, new MIMS Team Leader

Written by Nóra Lehotai and André Mateus.

Mateus picture reduced André Mateus joined Umeå University in the beginning of February 2022 as a newly recruited assistant professor at the Department of Chemistry, and he is also appointed as MIMS Team Leader. His expertise in proteomics is an exciting new addition to the Umeå protein research community.

André Mateus, MIMS team leader, awarded the Karl Freundenberg Prize

Written by Nóra Lehotai and André Mateus.

Mateus picture reduced The Karl Freudenberg Prize was established in 1986 to mark the 100th birthday of Prof. Dr. Karl Freudenberg by the Freudenberg Group. It goes to scientific work in the field of natural sciences – especially chemistry and biology. This year the Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften (Heidelberg Academy of Sciences) announced that it is shared between Dr. Kelvin Anggara and Dr. André Mateus.

Photo: André Mateus. Credit: Christine Wegler.

MIMS Spotlight Series: Meet Claire Sayers

Written by Nóra Lehotai and Claire Sayers.

CS profile reduced I interviewed Claire Sayers, who is a postdoctoral researcher in the Billker group. She left behind her parents in Tasmania, and twin brother in Western Australia, to join first the Wellcome Sanger Institute in the UK, then MIMS in Umeå in May 2019. What brings her so far away from home? It is Claire’s passion and openness for science and the world.

Picture: Calire Sayers. Credit: Claire Sayers.

Female sex hormone may protect against death in COVID-19

Text after the original press release written by Ola Nilsson.

The female sex hormone oestrogen may have some protective effect against becoming seriously ill and dying in COVID-19, according to a registry study conducted at Umeå University. The study, now published in BMJ Open, was lead by Dr. Anne-Marie Fors Connolly, MIMS Clinical Research Fellow as the senior author, and Dr Malin Sund, professor at Umeå University, as the first author. If so, this could explain why men are more likely than women to die during the pandemic.

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Picture: Dr Malin Sund (left) and Dr Anne-Marie Fors Connolly (right). Credit: Mattias Petterson.

MIMS Spotlight Series: Meet Dhirendra Kumar Singh

Written by Nóra Lehotai and Dhirendra Kumar Singh.

Dhirend KS Profilbild Dhirend joined MIMS in January of 2020 as a fresh postdoc, just escaping the travel limitations of the soon starting corona virus pandemic. He was born in India and for his PhD studies, he chose to study in a small but beautiful town, Szeged, in Hungary. He has been living also in Italy and for the next few years, he is enjoying living in Umeå, in Sweden.