YOUNG RESEARCHER. Cristina Maglio has found the position of her dreams in Gothenburg – where she can combine clinical activities with research on the link between obesity and rheumatic diseases. She is a resident physician in rheumatology, with research time in the Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine (WCMTM). In her research Cristina Maglio is examining how obesity surgery affects the risk of patients developing a rheumatic disease, especially…
Five granted a total of almost SEK 15 million from Formas
GRANTS. Degradation products in the body that affect the risk of developing diabetes, how preschools should be built so that the sound environment is as good as possible for the children, how health of the residents of Ronneby has been affected by contaminated drinking water and how the interaction between the food we eat and bacteria in the intestines affects the risk of developing liver disease. That is what five…
The Swedish Research Council has announced its open call
GRANTS. On February 14, at 2 pm, the Swedish Research Council opened several calls in medicine and health: project grants, project grants for the development of methods for replacement, restriction and refinement of animal research (3R), project grants in pharmacy, establishment grants, and contributions to employment as a researcher at half-time in clinical environment. The application must be submitted no later than March 20. at 2 pm. Here you can see an overview…
Henrik Hagberg nominated to become new Pro-Dean
ELECTION OF PRO-DEAN. Professor Henrik Hagberg is now being put forward as the Nomination Committee’s candidate for the assignment as Pro-Dean. He is an internationally renowned researcher in perinatal brain injury at the Institute of Clinical Sciences. Among other things, as Pro-Dean he would like to improve conditions for research meetings between medicine, health sciences and odontology. He also aims to strengthen the academic environment in the Sahlgrenska Academy campus…
55 employees rewarded for 30 years in government service
AWARDS. Each year, thousands of state employees the award “For zealous and devoted service to the state”. This means that a person who has been employed for a period of 30 years or at least 25 years at retirement will be rewarded and honored with a gift from the employer. This year, 55 employees were honored at the University of Gothenburg, seven of whom are employed at the Sahlgrenska Academy.…
New structure discovered in human sperm tails
LIFE SCIENCE. A highly effective tail is needed in order for a sperm to be able to swim, and for a baby to be conceived. By using cryo-electron tomography, researchers at the University of Gothenburg – working in partnership with researchers in the USA – have identified a completely new nanostructure inside sperm tails. Human sperms are incredibly important for our reproduction. It would therefore be easy to assume that we…
New specialist nursing program focused on cardiac care
EDUCATION. A career opportunity and a way to meet future cardiac care needs. That’s the way the project team describes the new specialist nursing program beginning this autumn at the University of Gothenburg. “It’s fantastic! Like finally giving birth after hours of labor.” This is the response of Annika Odell, Cardiology Operations Developer at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, when asked how it feels now that the program will be launched at…
New discovery offers hope of protecting premature babies from blindness
NEW STUDY. Now there is hope of a new way to protect extremely premature babies from impaired vision or blindness resulting from the eye disease retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). A study at Sahlgrenska Academy published in JAMA Ophthalmology points to a clear link between ROP and low levels of the fatty acid arachidonic acid, measured in children’s blood. “Seeing such a strong connection between arachidonic acid levels and ROP is…
Clothes Swap under the clouds
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. Thursday February 22, you have the chance to replace up to five items from your wardrobe. The Committee’s Environment Committee Sahlgrenska Academy Students for Sustainability (SASS) will arrange a Clotes Swap open for both students and staff. An average Swede consumes almost 15 kilos of textiles each year and throws away 80 percent of it. According to Sahlgrenska Academy’s Students for Sustainability (SASS) it’s time to find a new home…
Low muscle strength identified as early risk factor for ALS
NEW STUDY. Low muscle strength during the later teen years has been identified as a risk factor for much later onset of the neurological disease known as ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. A study at Sahlgrenska Academy published in the Journal of Neurology also links low blood counts at a young age to ALS. ”One should never overstate conclusions from a first-time study – the results need to be repeated…
More in-depth collaboration between Sahlgrenska Academy and Kyushu University
INTERNATIONALIZATION. During the week Gothenburg was visited by a delegation from the Japan’s Kyushu University for discussions about how collaboration between our universities can be extended. In connection with the visit, a letter of intent for future collaboration was signed by Masato Wakayama, vice president of Kyushu University, and Agneta Holmäng, dean of Sahlgrenska Academy. Kyushu University has had a well-functioning collaboration with Chalmers University of Technology and the University…
Cecilia Björkelund: “Longstanding relationships with patients are part of the allure”
RESEARCH. For Cecilia Björkelund, dialogs with patients have been a common thread in both research and care. Now she is investigating how care coordinators, who keep in close contact with the patient, can improve the treatment of psychiatric illness. A serious health problem in her hospital’s own catchment area is what got Cecilia Björkelund, then the district medical officer at the hospital in Strömstad, to begin her research. In the…
ALF call – purchase of expensive equipment
GRANT. ALF funds for the purchase of expensive equipment can be sought by the Head of Institute together with the Head of Hospital Area. Deadline March 1, 2018. Head at one of the four institutes that is part of Medi-sam Research may apply for ALF funds for faculty-wide heavy equipment (order of 1-5 million). Application is made together with one or more affected heads of hospital areas. The equipment should not previously be available within…
A fresh start in the Medical Program – just a few years after escaping the war
STUDENT. For two of the students who have now enrolled in the Medical Program in Gothenburg, the courses truly represent a fresh start. Not long ago Atiya and Sara individually made the dangerous journey from the war in the Middle East through Europe to Sweden. Atiya Alzouby, 24, and Sara Rizk, 20, listen intently when Professor Per Lindahl begins the morning’s lecture on the medical history and structure of cells.…
Three climate initiatives focus on bicycles, food and menstruation
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. Three of the 19 projects that now are receiving funds from the university’s environmental fund are run by employees and students of Sahlgrenska Academy. The three projects will make it possible to repair bicycles at Medicinareberget, reduce food waste at Lyktan and increase the use of the eco-friendly menstrual cup. The internal climate fund is a way for the university to compensate for the CO2 emissions caused by…
VR calls: clinical treatment research, postdoc, conference and consolidation
GRANST. The Swedish Research Council has opened the first calls of the year. You can now apply for research grants for research environment in clinical treatment research, international postdoc, conference and consolidation. The current announcements will close at 14:00 on 27 February 2018. Apply in the application management system Prisma: https://prisma.research.se/ International post doc The grant is sought by individual researchers who have obtained a doctorate no more than two years ago. The contribution is…
Prize for internationalization in teaching and learning – nomination period opens Feb 1
INTERNATIONALIZATION. Sweden’s medical faculties have set up a joint prize for the internationalization of first and second-cycle education in order to encourage their teachers and teaching teams to actively promote an international approach to teaching. The announcement will open on February 1, with the last nomination date on March 15, 2018. The prize is awarded to a teacher or a teaching team that has made the most effective contribution to raising…
Thaher Pelaseyed receives SSMF’s Large Grant
GRANT. Thaher Pelaseyed, who recently returned to Gothenburg after a postdoc at Cornell University, is now establishing his own independent lab, focusing on a new type of surface receptors in intestinal cells. He as just secured funding for the next four years, thanks to a generous grant from Swedish Society for Medical Research (Svenska Sällskapet för Medicinsk Forskning, or SSMF). SSMF’s Large Grant goes to promising young scientists who are…
Center for Health and Performance Development – available for our researchers and lecturers
RESOURCE. Do you need advice on how to measure physical activity in your study? Need help taking and analyzing the right measurements? Or a place to conduct the study? If so, the Center for Health and Performance Development, CHP can help. The Center will function as a resource for researchers and lecturers at Sahlgrenska Academy on everything to do with health and exercise. The Center for Health and Performance Development, CHP,…
Teresa Lagergård: “With knowledge, we conquer fear”
EMERITI. Whooping cough, meningitis and venereal diseases. Teresa Lagergård has devoted her research life to various bacterial infections, and she believes that the current vaccination debate is a difficult struggle between knowledge and emotion. People afflicted with chancroid get sores on their genitals that are difficult to heal, which increases the risk of contracting HIV tenfold. At the end of 1980s, little was known about the disease, which spread among…