Welcome to Uppsala BioCenter

Uppsala BioCenter, SLU, 120503, Photo: Harald Cederlund
Uppsala BioCenter, May 2012. Photo: Harald Cederlund

Uppsala BioCenter at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) brings together scientists and students from six departments from the Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences.

Together, the Departments of Chemistry, Food Science, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology and Plant Biology and Forest Genetics conduct advanced research on plants, animals and microorganisms of interest to agriculture and forestry and offer a stimulating environment for research and education of the highest international standard.

Some recent publications

Mähler J., Persson I. 2012. A Study of the Hydration of the Alkali Metal Ions in Aqueous Solution Inorganic Chemistry vol. 51 nr 1 425-438

Roszak P, Köhler C. 2012. Polycomb group proteins are required to couple seed coat initiation to fertilization Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 108:20826-31

Orzechowski Westholm J., Tronnersjö S., Nordberg N., Olsson I., Komorowski J., Ronne H. 2012. Gis1 and Rph1 regulate glycerol and acetate metabolism in glucose depleted yeast cells PLoS ONE 1-19

Nygren- Babol L., Jägerstad M. 2012. Folate-Binding Protein in Milk: A Review of Biochemistry, Physiology and Analytical Methods Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition vol. 52 nr 5 410-425

Louarn S., Nawrocki A., Edelenbos M., Jensen D.F., Jensen O.N., Collinge D.B., Jensen B. 2012. The influence of the fungal pathogen Mycocentrospora acerina on the proteome and polyacetylenes and 6-methoxymellein in organic and conventionally cultivated carrots (Daucus carota) during post harvest storage Journal of Proteomics vol. 75/2012 962-977

Avesson L., Schumacher H., Fetcher P., Romby P., Hellman U., Söderbom F. 2011. Abundant class of non-coding RNA regulates development in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum RNA biology vol. 8 nr 6 1094-1104

Calendar

2012-05-24 - Creativity and science. What is its role and is it rewarded?

2012-05-24 - Gut bacteria in disease-transmitting mosquitoes

2012-05-24 - Plant chromatin: stable and yet dynamic

2012-05-31 - Licentiatföreläsning: Deterioration of Recent oak by Iron compound - a Comparison with Vasa oak

2012-06-05 - Dissertation: Functional Ecology of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi - Peroxidases, Decomposition, Spatial Community Patterns

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Our research

Our research stretches from the fundamental characterization of biological processes at a molecular level to studies of how organisms function, evolve and interact with each other and their environments at an eco-system level.

A deepened understanding of how different organisms, biological and chemical processes and ecosystems function contributes to the production of beneficial and functional foods, improved production of biogas and bioethanol, the development of biological pesticides, probiotics and drugs, improved strategies for the management of plant pathogens as well as advances in plant breeding, bioencapsulation and formulation.

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How to find us

We are situated at the heart of the Ultuna Campus in Uppsala, at Almas Allé 5 (click on the map for a larger version).

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News

2012-05-15 - EU´s hesitation makes scientists leave Europe
Research priorities in regard to the environmental impacts of agriculture are not directed in a productive way. This is concluded by four SLU researchers, Jens Sundström, Torbjörn Fagerström, Ulf Magnusson...

2011-09-14 - SLU’s first research grant from the European Research Council
Claudia Köhler from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences is one out of 15 researchers at Swedish institutions that have been awarded starting grants by the European Research Council (ERC) in...

2011-08-12 - Mysterious soil fungi identified
Researchers at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in Uppsala, Sweden, have cultivated and classified fungi that had previously been known only through DNA sequences. The fungi, which...

2011-08-09 - Seed size determined in a parental tug-of-war
It has long been understood that genes inherited from mothers and fathers do not always contribute equally to a developing seed. However, scientists at SLU and colleagues abroad now show that this phenomenon...

2011-07-14 - Dry Rot Fungus (Serpula lacrymans) Can Produce Biofuel
In Sweden alone, dry rot fungi cause damage to wooden buildings for hundreds of millions of Swedish crowns a year. They are therefore dreaded by many house-owners. But the dry rot fungus S. lacrymans may...

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