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10 years of MIMS celebration

Group picture V9A0599 [2019-06-24] It was a big surprise for both Bernt Eric Uhlin, founding director of MIMS, and the audience attending the “10 years of MIMS symposium”, when Emmanuelle Charpentier – one of the first group leaders who started a lab at MIMS - entered the podium and gave a speech to honor Bernt Eric and MIMS.

"When people ask me what attracted me in Umea, I reply that MIMS could offer me what I was looking for", said Emmanuelle Charpentier and described the MIMS environment as follows: "an innovative model for a new research institution; freedom of research; an understanding for risky projects and an understanding that more unconventional research projects need time and focus; respect for young students and scientists; a world-class scientific education for the junior scientists; an interactive and relaxed environment where scientific discussions are always a priority; and an enjoyable community of colleagues always ready to challenge novel scientific questions".

8th National Infection Biology/Microbiology (NIB/SFM/NDPIA) - Registration closed!

Welcome to the 8th National Infection Biology/Microbiology (NIB/SFM/NDPIA) Meeting!

Date and venue: 14-15th of October 2019, Aronsborg (Bålsta) at Aronsborgs Konferenshotell in Bålsta (between Stockholm and Uppsala).

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The Nordic EMBL Partnership Directors featured on EMBL.de

Partners in the North 20190411 EMBL Etc [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!

Skarmavbild 2019 04 05 kl. 17.35.57 [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.