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Royal visit as SLU presents Outstanding Veterinary Research Award
Under solemn and celebratory circumstances, the newly established Award for Outstanding Research in Veterinary Medicine was presented on 26 November 2025.
A global project offers new insights into biodiversity
Fieldwork for the ambitious Lifeplan project has now been completed. Over six years, teams across the world have collected vast amounts of data on life on Earth.
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News and events
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SLU researcher Marcos Lana shared expertise at COP30
He placed the science of agroecology at the heart of the climate negotiations. SLU researcher Marcos Lana gave two presentations at COP30 in Brazil. -
Three SLU researchers receive Wallenberg funding for research on the future of forests
Three researchers at SLU have been awarded grants within the Wallenberg Foundations’ initiative in humanities and social science forest research. The projects will generate new knowledge on forest restoration, forest owners’ decisions and the role of forest history in future forest management. -
Nitrate affects wood development, not just growth
Different nitrogen fertilisers increase tree growth, but nitrate also specifically affects wood formation and wood properties. Anna Renström has shown this in her PhD thesis, offering new fundamental insights that can support more sustainable nitrogen use in forests. -
Antibiotics in surface waters: Breakdown products can also be problematic
Most of the antibiotics and antiviral drugs we use have changed when they leave the body. Many of these breakdown products can remain in aquatic environments for a long time with preserved biological activity and risk spreading antibiotic resistance, according to a new dissertation from SLU.
Research
Most recently published projects
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Graphene – a new material for measuring biomarkers
The research is being conducted as a collaborative project with Chalmers University of Technology, where advanced and more sensitive graphene technology will be used in a bite to measure biomarkers in saliva in real time during active training. -
Nerve Growth Factor as a biomarker for pain and inflammation
In veterinary medicine and equestrian sports, there is a need to be able to detect, diagnose, and treat joint inflammation (osteoarthritis) at an early stage in order to achieve the best possible treatment results. However, the symptoms can be difficult to detect as the pain is often mild at first. -
Test of new biomarker to differentiate intestinal disease from cancer in cats
Tumor diseases in cats are difficult to diagnose and often lead to great suffering for our pets. The incidence of cancer gastrointestinal lymphoma (GI lymphoma) in cats has steadily increased and now accounts for 60–75 percent of all malignant tumors of the gastrointestinal tract in cats.
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Introduction to automatic forage stations and measurement of forage intake rate in an active stable for horses
Interest in the use of open barns on Swedish horse farms is increasing as an alternative to keeping horses in box stalls. What is the best way to introduce new horses to the facility's automated feeding system? -
Faecal bacterial composition in horses with and without free faecal liquid
Free faecal liquid (FFL) is a condition in horses which manifests as differential defecation of solid and liquid phases of faeces. The etiology of FFL is currently unknown, but deviances in the hindgut microbiota has been suggested to be of importance. -
GenTORE
In the EU project GenTORE, we developed and tested genomic tools to optimize resilience and efficiency at the animal and system levels.
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