All posts by Hanna Eriksson

Invitation to UCMR Distinguished Guests Seminar Series

March 3, 2022 Hanna Eriksson

UCMR invites you to join the following seminar in the scope of the UCMR Distinguished Guests Seminars Series!

March 15 2022, 14:00-15:00, Zoom

Michail Lionakis
National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, NIH, USA
Title of the talk: “Host defense against fungi: From the bench to the bedside”

UCMR Distinguished Guests Seminar Series (DGSS) aim to invite outstanding international scientists to present their excellent work. The seminars are open to all researchers in Sweden. The mission of this programme is to inspire researchers in Umeå and to connect the research environment of UCMR to the world.

More information about the seminar series

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“Excellence by Choice” Postdoctoral Programme in Life Science at Umeå University

March 3, 2022 Hanna Eriksson

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Several fellowships are open for excellent postdoctoral candidates interested to do research in the highly interactive and multidisciplinary research environments of Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR) and Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC) at Umeå University, Sweden.

The fellowships are funded by the newly launched “Excellence by Choice” Postdoctoral Programme, with Nobel laureate Emmanuelle Charpentier as patron, who discovered the CRISPR Cas 9 gene editing technology during her time as a scientist and group leader in Umeå.

The programme is open to all nationalities. The “EC” Postdoctoral Fellows will:

Develop a collaborative project under supervision of at least two PIs
Obtain 2 year full time fellowship exempt from tax (600 000 SEK), as well as grants for project running costs (300 000 SEK) and the fellow’s career development (20 000 SEK)
Access to UCMR/UPSC affiliated core facilities and technical platforms
Participate in activities to strengthen networks and collaborations in academics and industry
Involve in a strong postdoc community with the Umea Postdoc Society (UPS)

Applicants should have a PhD degree in a field relevant for the position, preferably completed no more than three years before the starting date of fellowship We aim to recruit up to six postdoctoral fellows in this round

Applications should be submitted by April 3rd 2022

See all information and how to apply on the UCMR homepage

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The Microbial Glycobiology Conference (FASEB)

January 21, 2022 Hanna Eriksson

Launched in 2004, this FASEB Science Research Conference (SRC) covers the rapidly growing area of microbial glycobiology, from microbial degradation of complex glycans to host-microbe interactions and viral glycobiology.

The conference brings together individuals with an interest in the role of glycans in microbial biology. It is the only international meeting on this topic and provides the ideal environment to exchange ideas and learn about new advances in the ﬁeld. The meeting is structured to encourage engagement between those from a broad spectrum of experience and background.

When: June 12–16, 2022

Where: Lisbon, Portugal

How: Read more and register

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Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance Course 2022!

January 11, 2022 Hanna Eriksson

This five-day intensive course for IBA and NDPIA members introduces antibiotic resistance from a microbial perspective and from a clinical – One Health perspective.

The course gives an in-depth overview on:

the modes of action of different antibiotics and how microbes resist the effects of the antibiotics,
diagnostic methods to detect known and novel resistance genes,
the origins of resistance genes and the biological cost of resistance for the microbe, and
modern methodology for new antibiotic development and alternative therapeutics for infectious disease

When: 4-8 April, 2022

Where: Hjortviken, Gothenburg

Registration deadline: 9 February, 2022

Abstract submission deadline: 20 February, 2022

UCMR Distinguished Guests Seminar Series

November 22, 2021 Hanna Eriksson

UCMR invites NDPIA members to join the following seminars in the scope of the UCMR Distinguished Guests Seminars Series!

Please register to get access to all seminars that will be part of the series during this semester: Registration

November 22 2021, 14:00-15:00

Venue: via Zoom

Guest: Urs Greber, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Title of the talk: “Adenovirus cell-to-cell infection variability”

Host PI: Niklas Arnberg

November 30 2021, 11:00-12:00

Venue: via Zoom

Guest: Feng Shao, National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China

Title of the talk: “Pyroptosis in antibacterial & antitumor immunity”

Host PI: Yaowen Wu