ACADEMIC CEREMONY. Here’s a photo celebration from the Conferment of Doctoral Degrees! It was a grand ceremony for a total of 162 newly graduated researchers at the University of Gothenburg, including 104 from Sahlgrenska Academy. See photos from the university’s photographer Johan Wingborg here in Akademiliv. For the second time this year, the ceremony Conferment of Doctoral Degrees took place in the Congress Hall at the Swedish Exhibition & Congress…
Ingrid Wernstedt Asterholm: Animal ethics – from the ancient Greeks to tips for success in animal ethics applications
A seminar in the series “Research Ethics – open faculty meeting” arranged by The Council for Research Ethics. Hybrid meeting – attend online or in the venue.
SSF funds an industrial PhD student at AstraZeneca for Hadi Valadi
Hadi Valadi, researcher at the Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, is one of those receiving an industrial doctoral student with funding from the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF). The research is carried out in collaboration with AstraZeneca and focuses on understanding the mechanisms that govern how cells transmit genetic signals (RNA) to each other using small endogenous particles known as extracellular vesicles (EVs) or exosomes. The granted project…
The National ATMP Research School opens for applications on December 15th
The National ATMP Research School in Sweden is excited to announce that we will be accepting applications for the upcoming academic year. The application window will be open from December 15, 2023, to February 15, 2024. If you are interested in becoming an expert in Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs), this is an opportunity you do not want to miss! To learn more about the National ATMP Research School and…
85 percent voted yes to Jenny Nyström as the new dean
DEAN ELECTION. Jenny Nyström received just over 85 percent of the votes in the dean election, where voter turnout reached almost 50 percent. At the same time, Sahlgrenska Academy’s drafting committee is also presenting its candidate for pro dean: Magnus Simrén, professor of medical gastroenterology at the Institute of Medicine. In January 2023, the faculty-wide drafting committee was tasked by the faculty board to, in consultation with the Vice-Chancellor, initiate…