COVID-19. Most restrictions will be lifted on Wednesday February 9, and the University of Gothenburg will gradually return to campus until March 31. The management of Sahlgrenska Academy focuses in particular on creating as good a return as possible for the students. The University of Gothenburg is acting quickly, and is now resuming the gradual return to normal operations. ”Finally we see the end of a long and tough period.…
Henrik Sjövall: On the art of giving credible reassurance
COLUMN. Care is increasingly driven by patient demand rather than medical needs, leading to overdiagnosis and overtreatment. Henrik Sjövall has read the book Hippocrasy and asks “What would old Hippocrates have said?” It is always far nicer to say “yes” than to say “no”. Political currents and the emergence of the internet are driving us toward demand-driven rather than need-driven care. The patient has become a sort of customer who…
Cardiopulmonary research in Gothenburg receives SEK 59 million
GRANTS. The Heart-Lung Foundation has awarded SEK 59 million to researchers in Gothenburg, divided among 32 projects. The Heart-Lung Foundation has awarded a total of SEK 333 million to Swedish research. More than two million people in Sweden live with cardiovascular disease. And about 1.3 million live with some form of lung disease, such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Cardiovascular disease–such as stroke, heart attack, and sudden…
Government: Increased mandate on working from home for two more weeks
COVID-19. The government announced yesterday that government employees should, if possible, work from home until February 14. This is to slow the spread of omikron. At the end of December last year, the government gave a stronger mandate to the state authorities to ensure that employees, who were able to, could work from home. The mandate was extended until January 27, and will last until February 14. The previous closing…
Gothia Forum can help you with your clinical study – for free or at cost
RESEARCH SUPPORT. If you have a clinical study underway, one helpful idea is to consult Gothia Forum. All researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy and Sahlgrenska University Hospital can receive help with everything from complicated ethical review applications to clinical data monitoring. This help is never more expensive than the at cost price and some support is available for free. After nearly five years as head of department at Gothia Forum, Alessio…
Simpler and reliable ALS diagnosis with blood tests
NEW STUDY. Blood tests may enable more accurate diagnosis of ALS at an earlier stage of the disease. As described in a study by researchers at University of Gothenburg and Umeå University, it involves measuring the blood level of a substance that, as they have also shown, varies in concentration depending on which variant of ALS the patient has. The study, published in Scientific Reports, include Fani Pujol-Calderón, postdoctoral fellow…
Coronavirus in wastewater no longer rising
COVID-19. The wastewater concentration of SARS-CoV-2 in and around Gothenburg remains high, but its exponential rise has ended, the latest measurements and analyses from the University of Gothenburg show. The results now announced are based on samples taken in the week of January 17th–23rd. For the first time in over a month, no increase is seen: The relative level of coronavirus in the Gothenburg metropolitan area now seems to have…
University of Gothenburg extends its commission for Centre for Person-Centred Care (GPCC)
RESEARCH. Since its inception in 2010, the Centre for Person-Centre Care (GPCC) at the University of Gothenburg has worked for comprehensive change in health care, where patients are more active as partners in their care. After recommendations by external evaluators, the University is now opting to extending GPCC’s commission for six more years. For more than a decade, GPCC has contributed to establishing person-centred care as a central concept in…
New signaling pathways for the hunger-suppressing hormone leptin
NEW STUDY. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have contributed to the discovery of two previously unknown signaling pathways that the hormone leptin uses to affect the brain’s reward system. The discovery may in the long run be important for both anorexia nervosa and obesity. The results have been published in the scientific journal Biological Psychiatry. Leptin is a hormone that is formed in our adipose tissue and that regulates…
Time to nominate for the award Doctoral Thesis of the Year
AWARD. Do you know of a really good dissertation that was defended last year? Until February 9, you can nominate for the Sahlgrenska Academy’s Doctoral Thesis of the year award. All staff can nominate, as can all those who defended their dissertations in 2021. However, it is not possible to nominate a doctoral thesis you have written yourself for the award. The award “Doctoral Thesis of the year at Sahlgrenska…
Covid adapted poster exhibition for the medical program’s degree projects
EDUCATION. For the first time since the pandemic broke out, an in-person poster exhibition of the medical program’s degree projects was held on Thursday, but there was no mingling around the posters. Instead, the students were summoned to the Conference Centre Wallenberg to present their work in small groups spread out during the day according to a set schedule. The event continued throughout Thursday to ensure that it could be…
New peak for corona in wastewater: See the trend
COVID-19. In Gothenburg, concentrations of coronavirus in wastewater have risen further in a week. Now, for the first time, the University of Gothenburg scientists have released a trend chart for the whole pandemic. The research group headed by Heléne Norder, adjunct professor of microbiology at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, have chosen this week to make an exception and present the nearly two-year trend of SAR-CoV-2 in wastewater, in the city…
Agneta Holmäng: The new restrictions are temporary
COLUMN. The current rapid spread of the infection means a step back to distancing and digitization, but it is temporary. Dean Agneta Holmäng hopes and believes that the university soon can continue its return to campus as planned. The spread of infection suddenly picked up again just before Christmas, and we have new restrictions to deal with. Although the infection situation is very serious, it is now a matter of…
New starting lineup for the future of innovative health
COLLABORATION. The University of Gothenburg, Chalmers University of Technology, and former ice hockey star Henrik Lundqvist are part of the team working to promote health and physical activity in the GoCo Active project. Representatives for the University consider GoCo Active as an excellent platform for collaboration. The initiative is based out of GoCo Health Innovation City at AstraZeneca in Mölndal. The University of Gothenburg already participates in this emerging life…
The research day is postponed to September 12, 2022
RESEARCH DAY 2022. Due to the prevailing pandemic situation and stricter restrictions, the Research Day 3 February 2022 is postponed until the autumn. New date will be 12 September. The day with the theme “Together we run excellent cross-border research” was planned to be arranged as a hybrid meeting at the Wallenberg Conference Center, but is now postponed as a result of the worsening pandemic situation and increased burden on…
Corona in wastewater at record high
COVID-19. In a week, the levels of the coronavirus in Gothenburg’s wastewater have skyrocketed and increased by about 250% compared to the concentration from the previous weekly survey and the highest measured value so far during the pandemic. University of Gothenburg researchers also say the delta variant has been almost eliminated by omicron. Two weeks ago, a sharp rise in SARS-CoV-2 was reported in the wastewater of Gothenburg. It was the biggest…
Vice-Chancellor’s decision: Partial distance education to curb the spread of infection
COVID-19. The government has announced new measures for higher education institutions to slow down the spread of covid-19. Teaching and examination can take place on campus if risk-reducing measures are taken. Distance education will increase to sparse on campus, but is not a full-time measure. Gunnar Tobin, Vice Dean of Education at the Sahlgrenska Academy, states that the core activities will still take place on site, but that distance education…
Construction information Medicinareberget – a new crane is assembled by Natrium
CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION. Akademiliv provides information on construction projects on Medicinareberget for the period weeks 2 – 5 (January 10 – February 4, 2022). The periodic information about constructions on Medicinareberget is distributed with special mailings and in Akademiliv every four weeks. During 2022, the distribution of information occurs on February 7, March 7, April 4, May 2, May 30, June 27, August 22, September 19, October 17, November 14 and…
Widespread effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal and newborn care in Europe
NEW STUDY. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to deficiencies and large inequalities in the care of mothers and newborns in Europe. This is shown by a study in which researchers from the University of Gothenburg and Lund University took part and are now presenting the results. The article, published in the scientific journal The Lancet Regional Health Europe, is based on a cross-sectional survey of 12 European countries. A total…
Contact innovation advisors with your idea early – free and professional support
INNOVATION. Do not hesitate to contact the University’s innovation advisors if you have a good idea that you think may have a practical application. Support is free and you can apply for development funding. Together with Bo Söderpalm, Andrea de Bejczy has received extensive support in the process of starting their company, which is developing a new treatment for alcohol addiction. Andrea de Bejczy is a senior researcher at the…