NEW STUDY. Thanks to many years of basic research into the rare cancer neuroblastoma, some very seriously ill children can now be returned to health. The treatment is simple, has significantly fewer side effects, and has a surprisingly fast effect. A major European collaboration, which includes researchers at the University of Gothenburg and Karolinska Institutet, has now published its results in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. It will have a…
Nominate Electoral Assembly electors that will appoint teacher representatives to the University Board – by September 1st
ELECTION. New teacher representatives are to be appointed to the University Board at the University of Gothenburg. They are appointed by an electoral assembly consisting of electors from the University’s faculties. Sahlgrenska Academy will appoint 7 electors through an academy-wide election. The Academy’s teachers are encouraged to nominate elector candidates. The nominations must be received by the nominating committee no later than September 1st. During the next term of office, the…
Platzer buys buildings on Medicinareberget
PREMISES. The municipal real estate company Higab has now sold Odontologen, Hälsovetarbacken and the Biotech Center where the University of Gothenburg rents premises. The buyer is Platzer. For the University of Gothenburg, the sale does not mean any major changes. The background to the sale is that the City of Gothenburg has decided that the municipal real estate company Higab aims to streamline its property portfolio and mainly meet the…
Swedish Research Council awards SEK 15 million for follow-up of COVID-19 vaccines
GRANTS. A research team at the University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital has received SEK 15 million from the Swedish Research Council for follow-up studies of COVID-19 vaccines. “This involves looking at the protective effect in the long term and how good it is in different groups,” says Magnus Gisslén, a professor of infectious diseases at the University of Gothenburg and chief physician in the infection clinic at Sahlgrenska…
Remembering Lars Hamberger, a pioneer in IVF
IN MEMORIAM. Professor Emeritus Lars Hamberger, a pioneer in the development of IVF to treat involuntary childlessness, has died at the age of 82. He is described as creative, enthusiastic and feisty. Here, his colleagues Charles Hansson, Christina Bergh, Henrik Hagberg and Kersti Lundin share reminiscences to mark his passing. Lars Hamberger was born in Stockholm in 1939. Early in life, he considered becoming an artist. However, influence from his…
Major risk of eye injuries from padel, research ophthalmologists say
Several eye clinics around Sweden are seeing a rise in eye damage related to the racket sport padel. In an article in the Journal of the Swedish Medical Association (Läkartidningen), eye researchers affiliated with the University of Gothenburg state that padel is a potential high-risk sport for eye injuries, and that wearing protective goggles is a good idea. Ball sports are often associated with an increased risk of eye injuries,…
Preparations are underway for the herbarium, one of Natrium’s many special features
NATRIUM. Due to the current remote work, few of us have actually seen Natrium’s superstructure grow level by level. In this phase of a construction project, a few weeks’ work can show a clear result. The interior work, on the other hand, is a lengthy process. On the lower floors it has already started. Preparations are being made in the cellar for the new herbarium, an infrastructure for students and…
Agneta Holmäng: We can leverage the positive lessons from remote working
COLUMN. The protracted pandemic seems to finally be abating, and the University is preparing for a gradual return to campus in the autumn. But even though remote working and online teaching have been hard in many ways, there are positive aspects we will try to incorporate in our future work, Dean Agneta Holmäng writes in her summer greetings. I want to wish all of you a really lovely summer. I…
AI.se wants to know your Challenges!
AI Sweden is setting up a matchmaking initiative to help apply AI to real-world problems – the AI Challenge Platform! What is this? AI.se is the starting point for all AI-related research and development in Sweden! This is an opportunity for you that have a research Challenge that you suspect AI can solve, but lack the expertise, network, or time to take the next step… or maybe you’re already using…
Two more units from Core Facilities are now part of SciLifeLab
RESEARCH CONDITIONS. After national and international evaluations, Proteomics and the Center for Cellular Imaging (CCI) at Sahlgrenska Academy’s Core Facilities are now set to be part of SciLifeLab. The units will join the SciLifeLab platforms Clinical Proteomics and Immunology and Cellular and Molecular Imaging. “It is our teams’ hard and long-term work that has made this possible, and we are very happy that we now will fit within the framework…
Returning to Sahlgrenska Academy campus this fall: what to expect
AUTUMN TERM. By early fall, our teaching premises are expected to be usable at 50 percent of capacity. Piecing the timetable together to fit in all the priority students is an intricate job. For staff, the return will take place in stages, according to the needs of their various activities. Barring unforeseen delays, campus life will be more back to usual from November 1st. “Although the distance teaching worked well…
Carolina Klüft new honorary doctor at Sahlgrenska Academy
HONORARY DOCTOR. Former athlete Carolina Klüft has been appointed an honorary doctor of medicine at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg. Her work, inspiring people to adopt an active lifestyle, strengthens the Academy’s research focus on preventing ill health through physical activity. As a champion heptathlete Carolina Klüft, born 1983, is one of the all-time greats. Since moving on from her successful career as an elite track and field athlete in…
A new council for Core Facilities has now been appointed
CONDITIONS OF RESEARCH. The new Core Facilities Council at Sahlgrenska Academy has now convened for a first meeting of its term of office that extends from May 2021 to April 2024. The council’s mission is to monitor the focus, development and quality issues in the research support provided at Core Facilities. The council consists of representatives from all institutions within Sahlgrenska Academy and one representative each from the Faculty of…
Construction information Medicinareberget – Entrance 7b closes before midsummer
CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION. Akademiliv provides information on the construction of Natrium on Medicinareberget and the ongoing project Sahlgrenska Life for the period weeks 23 – 32 (7 June 7 – August 13). The periodic information about constructions on Medicinareberget now takes a break for the summer. During the semetsres, the information is distributed with special mailings and in Akademiliv every four weeks. This autumn’s infromation will be distributed out on August…
Important to reduce patients’ time respiratory intensive care with mechanical ventilation
DOCTORAL THESIS. More active efforts to reduce patients’ time on a ventilator in an ICU can both spare their suffering and free up intensive care resources, a thesis at the University of Gothenburg shows. Mechanical ventilation (MV) in an intensive care unit (ICU) is often needed to save a patient’s life. But prolonged stay in ICU also increase the risks of severe complications and higher mortality. Taking patients off the…
Linda Wass becomes first biomedical analyst to receive an ALF research position
ALF GRANTS. In mid-April, the office for the Regional Agreement on Medical Education and Research (ALF) announced that 36 researchers had received an ALF position in the latest call for proposals. They include doctoral student Linda Wass, who becomes the first biomedical analyst to receive an ALF research position. Linda Wass, a special biomedical analyst in clinical microbiology at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, also works half-time as a doctoral student on…
The new BoIC-lab: “World-unique clinical experiments”
Researchers Andreas Fhager and Justin Schneiderman cannot wait to start working in the brand-new laboratory for advanced medical technology at Sahlgrenska. The lab opens doors to world-unique clinical experiments right in the heart of Gothenburg. The new biomedical engineering research laboratory is planned to be completed in August 2021 with an opening ceremony October 6th at Sahlgrenska University Hospital. – Such great news, says Justin Schneiderman, and Andreas Fhager…
Covid 19: GU’s stringent guidelines expires June 7
COVID-19. For just over five months, the university has had stricter instructions due to the pandemic, where in principle all teaching and examination has taken place digitally and almost all work has been carried out from home. There is still restrictiveness, but from 7 June the stricter instructions will cease. The decision the business is now to be organized on the basis of is the principal’s direction decision for the…
New Faculty Board: 81,3 percent voted yes to the Nomination group’s proposal
FACULTY ELECTION. Just over 81 percent of the votes were cast in favor of the Nomination groups proposal for new Faculty Board. It is thereby decided which members will be included in our next board. The turn out was almost 42 percent, which is in line with previous election of members to the Faculty Board. Of the 534 voters, 434 people voted yes to the Nomination group’s proposal, which provides…
Relief of restrictions in sight – more open campus in the autumn
COVID-19. Yesterday, May 27, the government presented its five-step plan for adapting and phasing out the Swedish pandemic restrictions. As early as 1 June, the recommendation on distance education for adults will be removed. However, this does not mean a return to campus during the spring term, but a gradual during the autumn. Furthermore, the task remains for government employees who can work from home. After just over 14 months…