The Life Science Centre
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Research domains
- Medicine
- Science
Areas of research
- Biochemistry
- Cell biology
- Microbiology
- Molecular biochemistry
- Molecular biology
- Toxicology
The Life Science Centre include researchers from the School of Science and Technology and the School of Medical Sciences. The focus is on a combination of basic and applied research in areas including biochemistry, immunology, microbiology, molecular biology and toxicology. The Center has strong ties to other national and international research groups as well as to industry and government. The centre’s main goal is to offer a stimulating research environment for researchers and research students alike.
Research projects
Active projects
- Androgen Receptor Mediated Gene Regulation
- BioLearning - Using bioindicators, biomarker profiles and machine learning to improve water quality analysis
- Biological responses to pharmaceuticals and antibiotics in the environment
- Characterizing probiotic Lactobacillus bioactive compounds
- Development of heme iron-enriched functional foods to combat iron deficiency anemia (HemI-EFF)
- Development of mucosally administered vaccines
- Generation and persistence of novel antibiotic resistance in bacteria
- Identification of viral RNA sequence determinants and viral/cellular proteins involved in regulation of flavivirus replication: implications for vaccine design
- ImprUV+ - An analytical framework to explore the effects of UV during plant growth on human health
- Influence of lactobacilli on expression of key proteins involved in miRNA biogenesis
- Laktobakterier som produktions- och leveranssystem för rekombinanta orala vacciner
- MicroSens - Improving the sense of taste by altering oral microbiota
- Molecular Farming
- Photoreceptor interactions in plant perception of ultraviolet and blue light
- Plant responses to ultraviolet radiation and blue light: from perception to crop production
- Pyridoxine involvement in tolerance towards reactive oxygen species
- Sex Determination and Differentiation
- The structure and function of CYP26B variants in atherosclerosis development
- Ultraviolet radiation as an environmental stimuli in biological systems: perception, signalling, molecular responses and morphogenesis
Completed projects
- BioImpakt - Biological impact of persistent perfluorinated compounds
- BIOSLUDGE - Biological effects of sewage sludge
- Development of edible vaccines against Tick-Borne encephalitis (TBE)
- ImprUV - Increasing sensory quality and content of health-promoting components in vegetables and herbs
- Microbiota cross-talk in host cell interactions
- Plasticizers: Immune and Metabolism
- Probiotic Lactobacillus modulation of cellular immune responses
- SYNERGY - Determination of site-specific biological effects of exposure to complex mixtures
- The role of short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases in development and stress tolerance
- Thyroid and Brain
- UV4quality: Improving quality of greenhouse crops using UV light