GRANT. Lung cancer is the cause of many deaths, mainly because it often metastasizes. Clotilde Wiel is studying the metabolism of different types of cells to understand how lung cancer cells form tumors elsewhere in the body. SEK 2.4 million from the Lundberg Research Foundation is going towards new equipment that Clotilde Wiel hopes will help her with identifying functions in cancer cells that can be targeted for treatment. The…
The recipients of the 2023 Thesis of the Year award at the Sahlgrenska Academy have been announced
The Thesis of the Year award at Sahlgrenska Academy for 2023 goes to Karin Nilsson, whose thesis elucidates signaling pathways relevant to bone density and osteoporosis. Akademiliv will follow up with an interview with her. At the institute level, Slavica Janeva (Biomedicine), Linnéa Lindroos (Clinical Sciences), Erik Stenkilsson Hoff (Medicine), Emma Eckernäs (Neuroscience and Physiology), Julia Olander (Dentistry), and Nina Ekman (Health and Care Sciences) are also recognized. The award…
Don’t miss: Tony Hunter, a giant in cancer research, lectures on May 16
RESEARCH SEMINAR. On Thursday, May 16, our lecture series Sahlgrenska Science Seminar Series will be honoured with a talk by a prominent cancer researcher: Tony Hunter, professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego. He will give a presentation entitled “A journey from tyrosine to histidine phosphorylation: uncovering new cancer mechanisms” at 13:00 in the Arvid Carlsson auditorium, Medicinaregatan 3. The lecture can also be followed live…
Dentistry is the university’s internationally strongest field according to the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject
In the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject Gothenburg’s university is included in 33 of the 60 subject lists. Within one of these lists, the University of Gothenburg is ranked 11th in the world: Dentistry. The University of Gothenburg is in the top 100 in a further six subjects: Art & Design (place 43), Archeology (place 51–100), Medicine (place 100), Communication & Media Studies (place 51–100), Development Studies (place…
87 percent support Marianne Quiding-Järbrink and Claes Gustafsson as head and deputy head for the Institute of Biomedicine
The Institute of Biomedicine has also carried out its advisory election of head and deputy head for the coming term. The preparatory group brought forward Marianne Quiding-Järbrink to become the new Head of Institute, and Claes Gustafsson to take over as Deputy Head of Institute. 87.5 percent of those who voted said yes to this proposal. Four voters (3.3 percent) voted no and presented their own proposal. 11 voters (9.2…