Secondary metabolite discovery and a plant wall biodesign opportunity May 25, 2023 Watch Lunch Pitch Video Pitch 1: Laura Carroll: Machine learning approaches for microbial secondary metabolite discovery Assistant Professor in the Department of Clinical Microbiology at Umeå University and a SciLifeLab and Wallenberg Data-Driven Life [...]
Predicting gene expression, microproteins, and new tools May 11, 2023 Watch Lunch Pitch Video Pitch 1: Jian-Feng Mao: Predicting allele-specific gene expression (ASE) in poplar Associate Professor, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå Plant Science Centre, Umea University Allele-specific expression (ASE) refers to the preferential expression [...]
In search of collaborators to study algal photosynthesis, becoming Bayesian, cell shape and apply statistical tools. May 4, 2023 Five researchers pitched projects during the IceLab multidisciplinary postdoctoral project call information session. They are seeking project partners to complete their teams and submit a project together for the call. Find out [...]
Conifers adapting to light and using autoencoders on zero-filled data April 27, 2023 Watch Lunch Pitch Video Pitch 1: Sonali Ranade: Adaptation in the Christmas tree to light Staff scientist, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Umeå Plant Science Centre, SLU Local adaptation is [...]
Metabolism: not the limiting factor in prokaryotic endosymbiosis “One of the great mysteries of biology,” says Eric Libby, former SFI Postdoctoral Fellow, now an associate professor at the Integrated Science Lab (IceLab), Umeå University in Sweden, “is eukaryogenesis, or how eukaryotes arose.” Scientists consider this to be a period of major evolutionary transition, critical to [...]
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 27th. 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 [...]
