In memory of Carl Kempe Permanent secretary, Kempe foundations We are deeply saddened by the passing of Carl Kempe. Carl was integral in shaping our creative culture for disseminating model thinking across various disciplines. As the permanent secretary of the Kempe Foundations, and through his unwavering personal commitment, Carl [...]
IceLab Multidisciplinary Project Call Now Open Project proposals can now be submitted, until May 26th. An information session is available on May 4th to hear more about the Kempe-funded program. Teams of two or more researchers are invited to submit novel multidisciplinary project proposals in this funding [...]
Fractals in living systems and aerospace engineering in ecology March 30, 2023 Watch Lunch Pitch Video Pitch 1: Lucas Hedström: What is the role of multifractals in living systems? Doctoral student at Department of Physics Fractals are mathematical patterns that self-repeat at different scales. We [...]
Being wrong and collaborating in the Arctic March 16, 2023 Watch Lunch Pitch Video Pitch 1: Isolde Puts: How to be wrong in the right way – together. Researcher at Department of Ecology and Environmental Science We cannot escape judging what is wrong and what is [...]
Lunch Pitches: Proteome perturbations to understand function and algorithms to predict cancer treatment responses March 2, 2023 Watch Lunch Pitch Video Pitch 1: André Mateus: From proteome perturbation to protein function and interactions Assistant Professor at Department of Chemistry, Umeå University The human gut microbiome is [...]
Inside and outside leaves February 16, 2023 Watch Lunch Pitch Video Pitch 1: Stefan Jansson: How green is an aspen leaf? Professor at Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University. The leaves of an individual aspen starts degrading its chlorophyll almost the same date every year, [...]
The Faculty of Medicine and IceLab organized an AI Hackathon Pitch event for the second time. February 2, 2023 Seven researchers pitched ideas during the IceLab - Medical Faculty Hackathon Pitch Event. They are seeking project partners to complete their teams and submit a project together for the Hackathon in Lövångergården. [...]
Madagascar's biodiversity acutely threatened Madagascar exhibits an enormous biodiversity - most of the plant and animal species in Madagascar are found nowhere else on earth. According to researchers from over 50 different organizations (including IceLab) and universities writing in the journal Science, the rich life on the island is acutely threatened. [...]
Complex traits and eternal life October 11, 2022 Watch Lunch Pitch Video Pitch 1: Sara Westman: Unravel the genetics of complex traits Doctoral Student at Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University. Some things in life are simple, while most are not. The same holds true for [...]
The 11th IceLab Camp exceeded the participants’ expectations Making up projects from random keywords. Communicating ideas through drawings. Writing an interdisciplinary research proposal. Learning to listen to and ask questions. Last week 18 local and international researchers at different career stages (MS, PhD and Postdoc) and from different scientific backgrounds converged on [...]
