News for SLU staff
Here we present news items published on SLU's staff web.
SEK 91 million to forest tree research
The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research, SSF, has awarded funding to three projects in forest research. María Rosario García-Gil, Ove Nilsson, both SLU and Stefan Jansson, Umeå University, want
Limited hours Registry Office 2021-12-23
Registry Office is open 9.00–11.00 on 23 December 2021. This affects the central registry office, registrator@slu.se .
The library offers a course on service design
The library invites all employees to a course where we explore new tools for evaluating and developing our services. During three online meetings we learn the basics of service design. You will have
Over 42 million for development research
Thirteen different research projects at SLU were granted more than SEK 42 million when the Swedish Research Council (VR) distributed funds for development research. In total, VR granted more than SEK
Two Wallenberg Academy Fellows to SLU
The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation's investment in young researchers continues with 27 new Wallenberg Academy Fellows. In the category natural sciences, two of the researchers will work at SLU:
A new SLU partnership forms
SLU Urban Futures and SLU’s Think Tank Movium, have teamed up to amplify SLU’s engagement in urban issues from a distinctive landscape perspective. Working together, they aim to reach new audiences
food printing
During the last year there has been ongoing work at SLU to create printable food inks from starch, fibre and protein rich fractions extracted from Faba beans. One of the persons that has been highly
Successful tree modifications should be gentle and not compromise plant growth and development
Evgeniy Donev, PhD student in Ewa Mellerowicz group at UPSC, investigated different modification strategies to genetically improve hybrid aspen for biofuel production. The idea is to make sugars in
Wood properties affect the efficiency of nanocellulose extraction
Nanocellulose forms the basis of many novel materials and is used already now for a wide range of different applications. Anne Bünder, PhD student in Totte Niittylä’s group, investigated how wood
Rural development
Four researchers at the Division of Rural Development has been granted funding for their projects, all dealing with different aspects of sustainable rural development in the Global North.
Nordic ISAE Winter Meeting
The Nordic ISAE Winter Meeting is arranged at SLU in Uppsala from the 26th to the 28th of January 2022 . It is the Department of Animal Environment and Health that is arranging the meeting on behalf
Nordic ISAE Winter Meeting 2022
The Nordic ISAE Winter Meeting is arranged at SLU in Uppsala at the 26th to the 28th of January 2022. It is the Department of Animal Environment and Health that is arranging the meeting on behalf of