STUDY. Anxiety, depression and other illnesses that affect our temperament can be linked to what we eat. That is among the findings of a new survey study carried out by researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg. For several individual illnesses, it is well-established that a special diet can help, while other diets often claimed as helpful lack a sufficient scientific basis. The new expert review published in…
Many older people’s glasses of wrong power
NEW STUDY. Overall, Swedish 70-year-olds’ eyesight is good, but many could see even better. Six in ten can improve their vision by getting eyeglasses or changing the power of the glasses they already have, according to a new study from the University of Gothenburg. “We’re really healthy and have good eyesight in Sweden, and being 70 doesn’t have to mean your vision is poor. It’s easy to get it checked…
Construction information Medicinareberget – temporary offices are created at Medicinaregatan 14
BUILDING INFORMATION. Akademiliv provides an overview of the construction activities that may affect you at during the next few weeks at different places on Medicinareberget, not only where blasting takes place. Rebuilding of replacement premises may continue to cause disturbing noise. A new project is underway, where office pavilions are being prepared at Medicinaregatan 14, as replacement premises for parts of the Institute of Biomedicine. If you have any questions…
Nominations for Honorary Doctors 2020 is open
HONORARY DOCTOR. All staff at Sahlgrenska Academy may nominate honorary doctorates. The appointments are evidence of the faculty’s appreciation, and a way to strengthen our national and international network of contacts. The deadline for nominations is March 31, 2020. The Sahlgrenska Academy Board decides on who will be appointed Honorary Doctor in 2020. Many of our honorary doctorates are appointed because of their direct importance to research or education at…
Sven Enerbäck appointed Distinguished Professor by the Swedish Research Council
GRANTS. Sven Enerbäck, a professor of medical genetics at Sahlgrenska Academy, now joins the select team of researchers taking part in the Swedish Research Council’s Distinguished Professor program. The appointment as a Distinguished Professor provides him with SEK 50 million over 10 years. Only the most prominent, senior researchers can be considered for the Swedish Research Council’s Distinguished Professorship. The call for proposals was open to internationally leading researchers with…
Lower risk for malignant melanoma after bariatric surgery
STUDY. Bariatric surgery is associated with a distinct reduction in skin-cancer risk, a study shows. This finding can be described as a key piece of evidence that substantiates the connection between weight loss and malignant skin cancer. “This provides further evidence for a connection between obesity and malignant skin cancer, and for the view that we should regard obesity as a risk factor for these forms of cancer,” says Magdalena…
Christmas greetings from Agneta Holmäng and Henrik Hagberg
First, let us thank you all for your great efforts during the year! It is you, committed and knowledgeable teachers and researchers, and you, our knowledgeable administrative and technical staff, who lift Sahlgrenska Academy to greater hights! We know that it in many ways has been a challenging year, both in research and education, and we hope that you now all take the opportunity to recover during the Christmas holidays!…
Current construction information for Medicinareberget – the work takes a break during weeks 52 and 1
CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION. Here you find an overview of construction activities during the next few weeks that may affect you on different locations on Medicinareberget, not just where blasting takes place. In December and January work in Medicinarelängan may at some times lead to increased noise. During weeks 52 and 1 the groundwork of the new premises for the Faculty of Science closes down for the holiday. If you have any…
Akademiliv the Podcast (in Swedish) – hear Kaj Blennow on Alzheimer’s disease
PODCAST. Akademiliv the Podcast is back, this time we visit Kaj Blennow, Professor of Neurochemistry, for a talk on research methods, biomarkers and the hunt for the cure of Alzheimer’s disease. Along with his colleague Henrik Zetterberg, Kaj Blennow leads one of the most successful research groups at University of Gothenburg. They develop methods that make it possible to measure and monitor how Alzheimer’s disease develops in the human brain,…
“The environment and sustainable development increasingly important for the faculty”
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFORTS. After 15 years as the faculty’s environmental coordinator, Mats Sandberg soon will be passing on the baton. During his time on the job, environmental management systems, sorting of waste, the Planet seminar series and the bicycle workshop have come into being. But clearly more environmental efforts are needed at Sahlgrenska Academy. Sahlgrenska Academy currently is looking for the next environmental coordinator, who can take over when Sandberg leaves.…
Flu drug most beneficial to severely ill and older people
NEW STUDY. Older and severely ill influenza patients recover two or three days earlier, on average, if they are given antiviral flu medication. Other people regain their health one day sooner, on average, with the same treatment. This is clear from a European study implemented over three flu seasons. “Patients who are older, whose flu is worse and who have other diseases at the same time get most benefit from…
New app helps you find your way around the campus
DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT. Now you can use a simple map app to navigate around both Chalmers and GU. The app “Hitta på campus” app is a digital guide to classrooms, restaurants, bus stops and much more. It is planned to be evaluated in the summer of 2021. The app is available for Android and iPhone, and you download it for free n App Store or Google Play. When you are looking…
Agneta Holmäng: Changes in government funding for research and doctoral programs needs to be sustainable in the long term
COLUMN. Recently the vice-chancellor and the University Board decided that the extra basic funding the university has received from the Swedish government for research and doctoral studies will favor complete academic environments. The decision means that the addition of SEK 55 million will be allocated to four faculties, and Sahlgrenska Academy is not among those receiving the funds. In this column Dean Agneta Holmäng calls for a more long-term plan…
Instagram competition settled – Josefin Bergenholtz, Niclas Lundh and Julie Weidner took the winning Christmas pictures
PHOTO CONTEST. Josefin Bergenholtz, Niclas Lundh and Julie Weidner – those are the winners of the Sahlgrenska Academy instagram competition with Christmas theme. The winners will receive two movie tickets each. Congratulations! The movie tickets come with the internal mail.
ERC Consolidator Grant to diabetes researcher Anders Rosengren
GRANTS. Anders Rosengren, a diabetes researcher at the Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, is one of the recipients of the ERC Consolidator Grant for his research on type 2 diabetes. The European Research Council is providing him with SEK 20 million for his research, which can eventually result in more patients receiving customized treatment for their unique type of diabetes. As a researcher at University of Gothenburg, Anders Rosengren participates…
New findings on satiety signaling from intestine
STUDY. A previously unknown mechanism that suppresses satiety signals from the small intestine is the main finding of a new study. This may explain, first, satiety disorders in obesity and diabetes and, second, the prompt health effects of gastric bypass, a form of bariatric surgery. The study, published in the BMJ journal Gut, is based on investigations of the small intestinal mucous membrane in postoperative gastric bypass patients, as well…
Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation’s Diagnostics Accelerator Makes Major Investment to Fast Track Development of Novel Biomarkers
GRANT. Professor Henrik Zetterberg at the University of Gothenburg will head a major European research collaboration, which is developing a significantly easier way to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease at an early stage through a blood test. Such a test could offer the potential for developing new treatments for Alzheimer’s and related dementias. . Through its Diagnostics Accelerator, the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) – a U.S. based non-profit – is committed…
Three new Excellent Teachers named
DISTINCTION. Lena Hartelius, Inger Jansson and Helena Wigert – these are the latest to join Sahlgrenska Academy’s honored staff named Excellent Teachers. Our faculty has appointed 14 Excellent Teachers since the program’s inception in 2015. Lena Hartelius, a professor of speech therapy, teaches and supervises treatment of neurologically caused speech and language problems. What she most enjoys about teaching is often being surprised, impressed and happy. “The students and colleagues…
Management from Swedish medical faculties and university hospitals meet in Gothenburg
INFUTURUM. When Sahlgrenska Academy and Sahlgrenska University Hospital invited management of Sweden’s university hospitals and medical faculties to InFuturum, the future of health care and artificial intelligence stood high on the agenda. Dean Agneta Holmäng and Hospital Director Ann-Marie Wennberg welcomed the participants at this year’s meeting. Beforehand they had gone through the agenda of the very first InFuturum conference held in Gothenburg seven years ago. At that time participants…
Roles and duties in war and peace in focus for visiting professor Boffard
VISITING PROFESSOR. During one of Kenneth Boffard’s first assignments, as a doctor in Europe, at a hospital in Birmingham, he had to manage the casualties of an IRA bombing. Some 40 years later, as Visiting Professor at Sahlgrenska Academy, he is working with members of the Department of Surgery to develop a training program that meets the needs of health professionals working in crisis and war-torn countries abroad. We have…