CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION. Below is information related to the construction project Naturvetenskap Life. Construction activities are now occupying several of the normal parking spaces, but there is usually spaces available in the parking garage at the Rättsmedicin at Medicinaregatan 18C. CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION WEEK 41 October 7 – 11 Drilling and blasting continues on level three. (illustration) On Medicinaregatan, between the allotments and the hill, the work on removing the rock is…
Interview with this year’s recipient of the Young Fernström Prize: Marcus Lind
DISTINCTION. Marcus Lind, a chief physician and newly appointed professor, has conducted research that has had a significant impact on several guidelines in diabetes care around the world. By participating in major epidemiological research projects while meeting with patients clinically, he is at the forefront of the translational research method. Now he has been awarded the Young Fernström Prize, which is presented to young, highly promising and successful researchers. Marcus…
Substantial award from Swedish Research Council’s call for register-based research proposals
GRANTS. Annika Rosengren and Bright Nwaru are to receive SEK 13 million each for their research projects in the Swedish Research Council’s register-based research call. The money will generate new knowledge of several major common diseases, including cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, asthma, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The award means that Institute of Medicine will receive a quarter of the total grant amount, SEK 102 million, through the national call.…
Skip the trip – book a simple video conference in Jörgen Lehmann
MEETINGS. The video conferencing system in the Jörgen Lehmann conference room has become even easier to use. Now you don’t need any special software, and you can participate in the video discussion with a regular mobile phone. Pontus Balado, service technician at Medicinareberget, gives us a quick video introduction. You can watch a video here showing how the system works: Participants no longer need to have access to special software;…
Fix your bike yourself in Medicinareberget’s bicycle workshop
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. Now students and staff can perform simple bike repairs at Medicinareberget. The new bicycle workshop, which has tools and materials available, is accessible from seven in the morning until ten at night. The university’s climate fund supports the initiative. Leading his bicycle, Mats Sandberg shows the way to the bicycle workshop. At the back of Zoologen, next to the Wallenberg Conference Center, the bicycle workshop has now opened.…
SSMF scholarships awarded to three young researchers
GRANTS. The Swedish Society for Medical Research (SSMF) has awarded 26 postdoctoral scholarships to young researchers. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg received three of the scholarships. All three – Elin Bernson, Astrid von Mentzer and Ganesh Vilas Shelke – will receive SEK 850,000 for two years of full-time research. Elin Bernson, Institute of Biomedicine Regulation of immune system’s NK cells in ovarian cancer Ovarian cancer, the deadliest form of gynecologic…
A nuanced seminar about experimental animal research
RESEARCH ETHICS. When the public opposes animal experiments, higher education institutions need to educate both the public and decision makers about why animal experiments are still needed. Through information, we can avoid laws and regulations enacted by decision makers that make biomedical research more difficult and place obstacles in the way of opportunities for finding new ways to treat diseases. Christer Säfholm from Karolinska Institutet, who recently lectured at the…
Sixty years with the Biomedical Library – from a building with collections to a place for people
ANNIVERSARY. Sixty years ago, when the Biomedical Library was inaugurated, the typical visitors were researchers looking for references or articles. Today the library is increasingly visited by students who primarily want a place where they can do their assignments and study. 60 years have passed since the building for the Biomedical Library was dedicated by King Gustaf VI Adolf and Queen Louise. The first medical library, formed when the…
Lecturers from Oxford provide practical ideas on sustainability in healthcare education
EDUCATION. In early November Sahlgrenska Academy will be visited by the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare (CSH), Oxford, a leader in integrating sustainability into healthcare. All employees interested in learning more about the climate impact of health care are invited to seminars and workshops which will also provide practical tips on how to incorporate sustainability in education and practice. At a lunch seminar ‘Introduction to Sustainable Healthcare’ on Monday, November 4…
Information from Akademiska Hus about Naturvetenskap Life
CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION. Below is information related to the construction project Naturvetenskap Life. Thursday, October 17, the reserve time at 15:00 will be used to divide some larger boulders. CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION WEEK 41 October 7 – 11 During weeks 39 to 41, blasting is done on third layer. In week 39 the work continues on putting the wooden barriers in place as protection for the blasting that will come in the…
Gothenburg’s Helios mass cytometer inaugurated
INFRASTRUCTURE. After several years of hard work to put together the funding and premises, Gothenburg’s mass cytometer is now in place in the Clinical Chemistry Department at Sahlgrenska University Hospital. The instrument, the most advanced of its kind in Sweden, combines flow cytometry with mass spectrometry. Christine Wennerås, professor of clinical bacteriology, is delighted that the instrument is now in place. She believes that a wide range of researchers in…
New advanced electron microscope available at CCI
NEW EQUIPMENT. Malignant melanoma, winter vomiting disease and nephritis are some research areas that can derive great benefits from the new high-tech equipment now available in Sweden and Gothenburg, thanks to a grant from IngaBritt and Arne Lundberg’s Research Foundation. With correlative light-electron microscopy, researchers can now acquire better research data in less time. It is like seeing the Manhattan skyline in the night full of light, and then during the…
Theme for the Science Festival 2020 is “Movement”
REXEARCH COMMUNICATION. Are you a researcher and want to join in the Science Festival 2020? Then it’s high time to plan your participation. Deadline to submit your programme idea is 1 November. Just like previous years, the Science Festival has an overall theme. This year it is “Movement”. “The movement theme can embrace for example freedom and equality movements, hacker and DIY movements, climate, punk, tectonics, Brownian motion, space travels,…
New findings on B cells in gut vital for vaccine research
STUDY. In a new study, recently published in Nature Communications, researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy show that B cells that mature into IgA-producing plasma cells in the intestine differ from other B cells in having a special ability to react to the intestinal contents. These findings have a bearing on further development of vaccine taken orally and absorbed by mucous membranes. The study demonstrates that, of the B cells that mature…
Do not use text or diagrams from your component papers in your thesis
DOCTORAL STUDIES. In writing the main thesis text, doctoral students need to be sure that the text is completely original and that it does not contain parts copied from the composite papers included in the thesis. Otherwise problems can arise if journals want to include some of the unpublished manuscripts. Theses at Sahlgrenska Academy consist of primary thesis along with component papers, usually three or four or them. The component…
Davide Angeletti receives ERC Starting Grant
GRANTS. Davide Angeletti, who has been a postdoctoral research fellow in the Institute of Biomedicine for one year, has now been awarded one of the most prestigious grants a young European researcher can receive: the ERC Starting Grant. The grant from the European Research Council gives him more than SEK 15 million for his basic research on antibodies and B cell immunological mechanisms. Eventually Davide Angeletti’s research probably will help…
Information from Akademiska Hus about Naturvetenskap Life
CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION. Below is information related to the construction project Naturvetenskap Life. During week 38 the spare time at 15:00 on Thursday will also be used to burst a few large blocks in order to be able to unload them – thus two blasting takes place Thursday September 19. CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION WEEK 37 September 9 – September 13 The removing of loose rock material from the wall continues. The work…
Yesterday’s food becomes a reasonably priced box lunch at Lyktan starting September 10
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. As of September 10, you will be able to buy yesterday’s leftovers from Restaurang Lyktan at a discounted price. The initiative is receiving funds from the University of Gothenburg’s climate fund with the aim of reducing food waste. Every day Restaurang Lyktan and the Wallenberg Conference Center prepare about 450 lunches. Since nearly 10 percent of these meals will not be sold, between 6,000 and 10,000 servings are…
Open database can increase collaboration in carbohydrate research
RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE. For genomics and proteomics, there are databases that enable researchers worldwide to share data, and now carbohydrate glycomic- research is following suit. Researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy have been instrumental in developing an open access database that is expected to be important in developing precision diagnostics. The database is presented in an article in Nature Communications. In addition to the research team at Sahlgrenska Academy, which is headed by…
Speech impairment and more surgery in five-year-old international adoptees with cleft palate
NEW STUDY. In a group of internationally adopted children with cleft lip and/or palate, speech at age five is impaired compared to a corresponding group of children born in Sweden, a study shows. The adopted children also need more extensive surgery, which may be due to their surgical interventions taking place later in life. “The study shows they undergo more operations, have more complications, and have more speech difficulties at…