Research

Test-tube with plants. Photo: Viktor Wrange

Animals, plants and people

SLU has a solid basis of research, aiming for a sustainable development in Sweden as well as internationally.

A great deal of all biological research in Sweden is conducted at SLU.

Research ranges from cultivation technique, rural development, animal and human health to biotechnology and functional genomics.

News

2012-05-22 - World congress on peat and peatlands led by SLU researchers
During one week in early June, nearly 600 participants from more than 30 countries come to Stockholm to share new knowledge on research on peat and peatlands. The congress "Peatlands in Balance" covers...

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...

2012-05-10 - Discussing future methods for analysis of biological data
About sixty experts from around the world are currently in Gothenburg to discuss future assessment and analysis tools for biological data. The Swedish LifeWatch project, coordinated by the SLU, is one...

2012-05-08 - Opportunities to produce organic wheat with high nutritional and baking quality
Old wheat varieties have cultivation properties that are suitable for organic farming. Now Abrar Hussain from SLU has compared the nutritional values and baking properties of a large gene bank collection...

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Strength and profile areas

Chili fruit. Photo: Nora Adelsköld

SLU has picked out six strength and profile areas in the university's strategy for 2009-2012.

Popular science

Juniperus. Photo: Nora Adelsköld

Read more (Shaping the Future, Findings in Brief, Forest Facts, Currents, etc.)

Fields of interest

Grazing cows.

SLU's research and environmental monitoring and assessment are reflected by the left hand links. These fields of interest follow SLU's sector branches and other groups of interest in society.

Ten fields of interest present SLU

Page updated: 2011-08-19. Page editor: nora.adelskold@slu.se

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