The Nordic EMBL Partnership Directors featured on EMBL.de

[2019-04-12] Leadership was not only changed at EMBL, when EMBL Director General Edith Heard succeeded Iain Mattaj in January 2019. Also the Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine welcomed new directors: Janna Saarela, became new director at NCMM, Mark Daly, started as new director at FIMM, and Oliver Billker succeeded Bernt Eric Uhlin in the directorship in October 2018. The leadership changes were a reason for EMBL to about on its largest partnership and discuss with the new directors about values of the Nordic collaboration.
(Photo: Massimo del Prete/EMBL, screen shot)
Read the article on EMBL.de (authors Annabel Darby and Plamena Markova)

Welcome Björn Ole Schröder!

[2019-04-05] Starting on 1st April as new group leader, Björn Ole Schröder is currently setting up his new laboratory at MIMS.

Björn, a trained biochemist with a strong interest in microbiology and immunology, was born in Kiel in nothern Germany. MIMS recruited the young group leader from the Institute of Medicine - Wallenberg Laboratory, University of Gothenburg, where he was postdoc and assistant professor in the laboratory of Fredrik Bäckhed. Björn  studied  Biochemistry at the Technische Universität, Munich, Germany, where he also got his Masters degree. He earned his PhD in biology with Summa cum Laude, from the University in Tübingen, Germany.

Björn Ole Schröder's research focuses on how diet and other factors change the composition of our intestinal bacteria, and how these microbial changes modulate our defense systems in the gut. His special research interest is the mucus layer that coats the intestinal epithelium, and antimicrobial peptides, which are peptide antibiotics produced by all body surfaces.

Read more: Welcome Björn Ole Schröder!

Welcome! 2nd Arctic Meeting on Clinical Tuberculosis, Umeå 22 March 2019

2^nd Arctic Meeting on Clinical Tuberculosis, Umeå!

22^nd March, University Hospital of Umeå, Lecture hall Betula and Common Ground

On behalf of the Tuberculosis Center Arctic we welcome  you to attend the 2^nd Arctic Meeting on Clinical Tuberculosis.!

This is a joint meeting for clinical TB researchers and staff working hands on with TB on a daily basis. There will be lectures, discussions, mingle and team-building activities. The language of the meeting is English.

The 2nd Arctic Meeting on Clinical Tuberculosis is part of the WORLD TB DAY 2019.

This year’s topics are:

• Tuberculosis in Migrants
• Pediatric Tuberculosis – A Holistic Approach to TB in the Family
• Treatment Strategies and Outcome Measures for MDR TB

Read more: Welcome! 2nd Arctic Meeting on Clinical Tuberculosis, Umeå 22 March 2019

The Nordic EMBL Partnership welcomes Oliver Billker

[2018-12-08] Annabel Darby, Communication Officer for the Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine, interviewed Oliver Billker a few weeks ago. Read about his visions for MIMS, his research and life in Umeå.

Interview with Oliver Billker on
www.nordicemblpartnership.org

SciLifeLab Cryo-EM Course on Tomography - 1 ECTS

Welcome to an advanced course in CryoEM Tomography!

Organiser and collaborators:
The Cryo-EM Swedish National Facility - Umeå node

In collaboration with
- SciLifeLab
- CryoNet - the Nordic Network in cryo-EM
- The Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS)
- Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR)

Date: 26-28th March 2019, 3 days

Read more: SciLifeLab Cryo-EM Course on Tomography - 1 ECTS