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The 2023 Göran Gustafsson lecture puts focus on antibiotic resistance

Mon, 24 Apr 2023 09:22:00 GMT

Antibiotic resistance experts from various fields gathered on April 13th, 2023, for the Göran Gustafsson lecture in medicine, an annual event arranged at Uppsala University, together with the Göran Gustafsson Foundation for Research at Uppsala University and KTH. This year's lecture was part of a half-day symposium, and featured the keynote lecture by Professor Gerry Wright, Executive Director for Canada's Global Nexus for Pandemics and Biological Threats and Professor at the Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Canada.

New Method Bridging Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing with Species Identification

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 09:02:00 GMT

While the traditional approach of finding novel drug targets and developing treatments still plays an important role in managing AMR, it is clear that the future of AMR research must draw on new and more varied strategies. According to a new publication from one of our students at UAC, advances in diagnostic methods may be part of the solution.

Uppsala hosted first meeting of Nordic AMR centres

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:02:00 GMT

On 1 and 2 September, the Uppsala Antibiotic Center hosted the first meeting of Nordic Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) centres, welcoming seven centres from Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Denmark. The goal of the meeting was to create an alliance against antimicrobial resistance and find cooperation and synergy points across the different Nordic initiatives.

Carl Björvang defends his PhD work

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 11:25:00 GMT

This past 2nd of September, our PhD student Carl Björvang defended his thesis “Cracks in the Ivory Tower: Antibiotics Research and the Changes in Academia 1980-2015”, a historical perspective of AMR research in Sweden.

Alisa Rizvanovic defends her PhD thesis

Tue, 21 Jun 2022 11:25:00 GMT

Our doctoral candidate Alisa Rizvanovic received her degree on June 10th, 2022, following the successful defense of her thesis on the post-transcriptional gene regulation in Salmonella bacteria.

Klara Bertils defends her PhD work

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 11:25:00 GMT

On June 10th, 2022, our ligüist Ph.D. student Klara Bertils was awarded the Ph.D. degree after the defense of her thesis on the social and interactional dimensions of fever and body temperature between patients and health professionals.

Gbemisola Allwell-Brown defends her PhD work

Wed, 25 May 2022 11:01:00 GMT

On May 19th, our Ph.D. student Gbemisola Allwell-Brown became a doctor after the defense of her thesis on antibiotic use among children in low and middle-income countries, where she studied global trends and contextual determinants of antibiotic prescription in Uganda.

Sascha Krakovka defends his PhD work

Thu, 09 Jun 2022 11:25:00 GMT

This past 3rd of June 2022, our Ph.D. student Sascha Krakovka successfully defended his doctoral thesis work on the biology, resistance, and treatment of the parasite Giardia intestinalis.

Mona-Lisa Wernroth defends her PhD work

Wed, 18 May 2022 11:25:00 GMT

On the 13th of May 2022, Ph.D. student Mona-Lisa Wernroth successfully defended her dissertation on Type l diabetes in childhood and adolescence, environmental exposures, and gut microbiota, marking the end of an 8-year journey.

Bronwen Holloway defends her PhD work

Wed, 11 May 2022 13:25:00 GMT

This past 28th of April, our Ph.D. student Bronwen Holloway successfully passed her doctoral dissertation on acute febrile illness, antibiotic use, and the role of diagnostics to aid treatment in India.

The Uppsala Antibiotic Center continues working towards a future with effective antibiotics

Wed, 21 Apr 2021 08:02:00 GMT

After four years of operation, the Uppsala Antibiotic Center (UAC) now begins a second round of projects within their research school, expanding horizons through new research, education and a newly established collaboration with the Swedish Agricultural University (SLU).

New report on maximum levels of cross-contamination for antimicrobials in non-target feed

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 16:20:00 GMT

A new report on the maximum level of cross-contamination for 24 antimicrobial active substances in non-targeted feed has been published by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), in collaboration with the European Medicines Agency (EMA).

ENABLE-2: continuation of antibiotic development. Expression of Interest OPEN!

Thu, 07 Oct 2021 11:02:00 GMT

PLATINEA 2.0: Innovation to improve antibiotic use

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 15:30:00 GMT

Christer Malmberg defends his PhD work

Mon, 31 May 2021 13:25:00 GMT

On the 21st of May 2021, our Ph.D. student Christer Malmberg successfully defended his dissertation on the development of an exciting new rapid diagnostic tool to assess antibiotic susceptibility in blood cultures: the QuickMIC rapid AST system.

50mSEK to Research on Rapid Diagnostics

Wed, 10 Jun 2020 11:02:00 GMT

The newly created research consortium “Very Fast Antibiotic Resistance Diagnostics” at Uppsala University has been awarded 50 million Swedish crowns within the program Agenda 2030 Research Centers (SSF-ARC). Four Swedish consortia got to share a total of 200 million crowns.

New high-speed test shows how antibiotics combine to kill bacteria: CombiANT

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 09:22:00 GMT

Our director and collaborators have now published a very exciting study!

Here you have the press coverage done at UU for this study.

New UAC activity report published

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 08:02:00 GMT

Another two years have passed and thanks to the incredible work of the students and faculty at UAC, we continue to be a consistent contributor to the field of AMR. To demonstrate our progress, we have published another biennial report for the 2020-2021 period which outlines the successes and accomplishments of the center and all those involved.

The AMR Studio: UAC's podcast on multidisciplinary AMR research

Mon, 12 Nov 2018 07:00:00 GMT

We launch our newest outreach project, "The AMR Studio", with the occasion of the World Antibiotic Awareness Week.

UAC at Almedalen political week 2018

Fri, 06 Jul 2018 14:23:00 GMT

This year UAC has arranged a seminar to openly talk about antibiotic resistance challengues and solutions with the public.

CLOSED: Associate Senior Lecturer Positions at UAC

Thu, 05 Apr 2018 09:09:00 GMT

Three positions as Associate Senior Lecturer to join UAC.

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Fri, 02 Mar 2018 15:31:00 GMT

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UAC featured in Universen magazine

Thu, 01 Mar 2018 13:41:00 GMT

Our center has been featured in the cover and as a main reportage in the university magazine for employees Universen.