DISTINCTION. Madeleine Rådinger, associate professor at the Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, has received this year’s major scholarship from the Swedish Association of Allergology (SFFA). The scholarship provides SEK 200,000 for her project on molecular characterization of allergic and non-allergic asthma. Madeleine Rådinger, who is also acting chair of the Krefting Research Centre at the University of Gothenburg, is thrilled to receive the award. “It means a lot…
The right of elderly people to culture
RESEARCH. Digital culture can make elderly people feel better. This is a hypothesis for a unique research project headed by the Institute of Health and Care Sciences. The institute is interviewing residents at homes for the elderly, staff and family members about their experience of classical music. There is a biting wind, and rain is in the air. Spring is arriving late, but inside the Södergården home for the elderly…
Information from Akademiska Hus about Naturvetenskap Life
Below you can find information from Akademiska Hus about the construction project Naturvetenskap Life. New information bi-weekly. Akademiska Hus announces that there will be two blasts on Thursday, May 23, both at 12.30 and on the spare time 15.00. CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION VECKA 19 May 6 – 10 The Tuesday blast in week 18 was the last one on level one (see illustration) Blasting will now proceed to level two. During…
Major differences in the risk of transmission in measles outbreaks
NEW STUDY. Research that may come to affect contact tracing and infection control measures in future measles outbreaks has now been presented. A study of an outbreak of measles in Gothenburg a year ago shows large differences in the risk of transmission from one patient to another. During the measles outbreak in Gothenburg, Sweden, 2017–18, the majority of cases (16 of 28) had ‘breakthrough infections’: that is, measles in previously immunised…
New brain mechanisms regulating body weight
NEW STUDY. Researchers at University of Gothenburg, Sweden, clarify the link between the molecule interleukine-6 (IL-6) in the brain and obesity. In experiments on rats and mice they show that the molecule does affect the risk of obesity, and also where this effect occurs in the brain. Interleukine-6 (IL-6) is a well-known pro- inflammatory molecule, and an integral element of body’s first line of defense during infection. Intriguingly, the brain…
Alessandro Camponeschi receives post-doctoral research position from the Swedish Childhood Cancer Fund (Barncancerfonden)
GRANTS. Alessandro Camponeschi, a researcher at the Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, has received a two-year postdoctoral research position from Barncancerfonden, starting this autumn. He is one of in total five researchers at University of Gothenburg who recieve a grant from the foundation. The project concerns acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), one of the most common forms of cancer in children affecting the bone marrow and blood. About 85 percent of the…
Information från Akademiska Hus om Naturvetenskap Life
Nedan finns information relaterad till byggprojektet Naturvetenskap Life. Ny informationen kommer varannan vecka. CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION WEEK 17 April 22 – April 26 On Tuesday April 23, four rubber mats caught fire after the blasting. The dynamite used at the specific location, on the opposite side from the façade of Medicinarelängan, (illustration below) is known to mean a higher risk to cause overheating and therefore preventive safety measures such as watering…
Research Ethics Committee given expanded assignment
ETHICS. An inventory of research ethics in educational programs at all levels in Sahlgrenska Academy and the launch of a new series of seminars in May. These are some of the initiatives the Research Ethics Committee is working on. Now its mission is being expanded to also include research with animal experiments. The Research Ethics Committee supports Faculty Management and also bodies and committees within Sahlgrenska Academy. The committee…
Join the egg hunt – win the goodie bag!
We have hidden six Easter eggs on Sahlgrenska Academy’s pages on the Staff Portal for staff within the faculty to find. Since the Englsih verison of the Faculty Staff pages are under construction, the egg hunt only applies to the Swedish pages. Whoever finds the eggs has the chance to win a bag filled with nice surprises. At each egg there is a letter – you have to reposition the…
CCI copes with disruptions and looks forward to functional new premises
CONSTRUCTION WORK. Outside Julia Fernandez- Rodriguez’ window, blasting and other land clearance operations are in full swing. As head of the National Centre for Cellular Imaging (CCI), she has been facing a completely new challenge: managing activities despite disruptions that affect research and the work environment alike. Moreover, the CCI needs to prepare itself for moving out of its current premises, since this is precisely where the new building is…
Information from Akademiska Hus about Naturvetenskap Life – blasting resumed on Thursday, April 11
Below you can find information from Akademiska Hus about the construction project Naturvetenskap Life. The information will be sent to the staff concerned every two weeks. WEEK 15 – blasting only Thursday (April 8 – 12) The sketch below is a section of the hill seen from Nya Forsken and illustrates how the blasting is divided into four different levels. The second level, on which one blasting has now taken…
Inger Ekman summarizes her period as director of the Center for Person-Centered Care (GPCC)
ASSIGNMENT. On April 1 Inger Ekman leaves her assignment as director of the Center for Person-Centered Care (GPCC) due to the University’s rules for management assignments after reaching retirement age. During her time as director, person-centered care has gone from being a relatively unknown concept in Sweden to an approach that has been introduced by more than half of all Swedish county councils. Inger Ekman sums up her nine years…
Hearing loss – a major obstacle for language learning among new arrivals
ALF POSITION. For those establishing themselves in a new country, learning the language has top priority, but hearing loss can throw a wrench in the works. Nina Pauli, ear-nose-throat doctor and researcher at the Institute of Clinical Sciences, recently received an ALF position, where she will investigate such aspects as how common hearing loss is among people born abroad. The incidence of hearing loss and chronic ear infection is different in…
NB – No blasting occurs today, Thursday April 4
On Thursday, April 4, there will be no blasting by Medicinarelängan for the construction project Naturvetenskap Life, not at kl 12.30 or at the spare time 15.00. We have previously communicated that if blasting cannot occur at the regular time 12:30 on Tuesdays and Thursdays, the spare time at 15:00 will be is used instead. However, on April 4 neither time will be used and there will be a complete…
Garment with sensors included in IVA’s 100 List
COLLABORATION. The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) is now publishing for the first time its 100 List highlighting interesting research with potential for the private sector. In one of the projects on the list, researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy are collaborating with RISE and the University of Borås to develop a comfortable shirt with built-in sensors that measure symptoms in individuals with conditions such as epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease.…
AgeCap collaborates with Rich in Years, the traveling exhibition at the Gothenburg City Library
COLLABORATION. Rich in Years (Årsrika), the book and traveling exhibition, is an initiative highlighting the elderly. When the exhibition comes to the Gothenburg City Library, several researchers from AgeCap, the Center for Aging and Health, will participate in various discussions. Sweden’s population is getting older, and research shows that the brain continues to develop if it is healthy. Many elderly people live a good life and have accumulated experiences and…
Joakim Öhlén, new director of the Center for Person-Centered Care (GPCC)
ASSIGNMENT. Joakim Öhlén, who will soon become director of the Center for Person-Centered Care (GPCC) at the University of Gothenburg, has been involved in GPCC’s work since it began. He specializes in palliative care and considers ethics and interaction as success factors for person-centered care and GPCC. Joakim Öhlén becomes the director of the Center for Person-Centered Care (GPCC) at the University of Gothenburg on April 1. Öhlén has served…
Alzheimer’s and amyloid brain plaques: New insights
STUDY. The Analytical Neurochemistry research group in Mölndal recently published a study detailing chemical changes in the deposits of the protein beta-amyloid in the brain. This protein is characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease is very common in older people — one in eight aged over 65 suffer from it. Despite intensive research all over the world, the exact mechanism behind the disease remains unknown. The most characteristic feature of…
Green light for new, extended medical training – starts in autumn 2021
EDUCATION. In autumn of 2021 Sweden’s new Medical Program begins. It will be one semester longer than today’s program and lead to a medical license upon successful completion. Last Thursday the Swedish government decided to amend the Swedish Higher Education Ordinance. Sahlgrenska Academy’s Medical Program Committee is already working on a program syllabus and hopes to present a preliminary proposal within a few months. Agneta Ekman, chair of the Medical…
Tanmoy Mondal receives Swedish Research Council Starting Grant
GRANTS. Tanmoy Mondal, a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, is now starting his own team to study long non-coding RNA and cancer. He has been awarded a Swedish Research Council Starting Grant, giving him a total of SEK 6 million over the next four years. Usually the Swedish Research Council announces grant decisions in October, but Molndal received his gratifying news in February.…