Team:Uppsala-Sweden/UU

• Uppsala University

Quality, knowledge, and creativity since 1477 World-class research and first-rate education of global use to society, business, and culture. Uppsala University is one of northern Europe's most highly ranked universities.

• Biology Education Centre

IBG is the central administrative organisation for all undergraduate and master level education within biology, biotechnology and bioinformatics at Uppsala University. More than 100 different courses are arranged by us yearly, and almost 2000 students attend our courses during some part of the year. The majority of teachers are directly involved in scientific projects at the university, implying high quality courses closely connected to ongoing research and recent findings.

• Teknik och Naturvetenskap

Research at the Faculty of Science and Technology ranges from basic research to applied science with close connections to industry. This research encompasses biology, chemistry, earth sciences, engineering sciences, physics, mathematics, and computer science. Areas of strength include energy, materials science, biological diversity and evolutionary biology, information technology, and biotechnology. In our research information you will find information on all our research programmes, covering more than 170 different subjects.

• Department of Cell and Molecular Biology

We would like to thank the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology in Uppsala, specially Professors Anders Virtanen and Anthony C. Forster from Chemical Biology and Molecular biology lab respectively providing us access to his lab and letting us use the equipment and resources necessary for our project.

• Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology

We also want to thank the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology in Uppsala to providing the active instructor Erik Gullberg.