YOUNG RESEARCHERS. Researcher Emma Börgeson is working on a hypothesis that might mean more people with obesity-related diseases can stay healthy. Soon, she will develop her line of research, as one of the young researchers recruited to the Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine in Gothenburg. When Emma Börgeson tells us which researchers she is collaborating with in Gothenburg, the list becomes long even though she has been a…
Ten years’ work for researchers of the future
REQUIREMENTS FOR RESEARCH. As young researchers, it is beneficial to be able to think outside the box. This was the recurring theme during Future Faculty’s anniversary seminar. Several speakers mentioned that development moves slowly in the world of university – the queries that were topical when the organization was created ten years ago are just as relevant today. Future Faculty wants to see clearer career paths for researchers without permanent…
Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation Awards SEK 18 million in Funding to Gothenburg Researchers
GRANTS. Eleven Gothenburg-based research projects have been awarded a total of SEK 18 million in funding from the Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation. In contrast to the rest of the population, strokes are on the increase among people aged 65 or over in Sweden. Christina Jern, Professor of Neurology with a focus on vascular illnesses and vascular genetics, is one of the researchers being awarded funding for her research from the Foundation.…
Sixteen from the Sahlgrenska Academy celebrated for long and devoted service
HONOURS LIST. When the honours “For zealous and devoted service to the realm” were awarded at a ceremony last week, 16 of the University’s employees receiving this honour were from the Sahlgrenska Academy. One of them was Kjell Olmarker, Professor of Anatomy. This honour can be awarded to employees at the University of Gothenburg who have been public sector employees for at least 30 years, or at least 25 years…
Agneta Holmäng or Christina Jern could be our next dean
SELECTION OF DEAN. After a thorough process, the nomination committee is now presenting its two final candidates for the position of Dean of Sahlgrenska Academy: Agneta Holmäng and Christina Jern. Qualified employees may vote for either of these candidates or they may write in a preferred candidate. Now that the nomination committee has presented its top candidates, it is clear that the next dean at Sahlgrenska Academy will likely be a…
Henrik Sjövall: The lady with the lamp or the industrious entrepreneur – who do we want?
COLUMN. Henrik Sjövall now draws Florence Nightingale into the long-running debate on the cause of the shortage of nurses. Today’s recent nursing graduates namely have more similarities with the real Florence Nightingale than the standard image many have of her. There is an infected debate on why we have a shortage of nurses in university healthcare. Everyone is blaming each other, many say that it is just a matter of…
Nicotine creates a chronic drug memory in the brain
DOCTORAL THESIS. The first period of nicotine abstinence proceeded as expected. The surprise came after three months when the lab rats suddenly became fearless and sought out well-lighted areas that prey animals normally avoid. At the same time, signaling in the brain’s reward system changed, as shown by a study at Sahlgrenska Academy. “This indicates very long-lasting changes caused by nicotine that were previously unknown. The nicotine appears to create…
Lasting autistic traits in women with anorexia
DOCTORAL THESIS. Women with anorexia display clear autistic traits, even once the eating disorder is under control and they have achieved a normal weight, according to research from Sahlgrenska Academy. The similarities between anorexia and autism in women are also seen in a part of the brain which process social skills. “A traditional eating disorder is usually linked to fixation with food and weight, but there are also a large…
Continuous glucose monitoring lowers blood sugar in the long term for type 1 diabetes
NEW STUDY. Significantly decreased blood sugar levels over time – and increased well-being. These are just some of the results of a long-term study at Sahlgrenska Academy of continuous glucose monitoring in persons with type 1 diabetes. “This is one of few new treatments in recent decades which significantly reduces blood sugar levels for persons with type 1 diabetes, who are dependent on insulin injections,” notes Marcus Lind, Associate Professor…
Anders Rosengren finds new ways of treating type-2 diabetes
YOUNG RESEARCHERS. The diabetes research at the University of Gothenburg has now been strengthened with the physician Anders Rosengren, who has been recruited to join the Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine. Anders Rosengren’s research is already well on the way to identifying new treatments for type-2 diabetes. Diabetes is the fastest growing chronic disease in the world. It is a metabolism disease where the basic problem is that…
The University of Gothenburg withdraws its recommendation for Vice-Chancellor
SELECTION OF VICE-CHANCELLOR. At an extraordinary board meeting on Monday January 30, the University Board decided to withdraw the proposal to the government to nominate Ole Petter Ottersen as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Gothenburg. The reason is that Ottersen is still participating in the recruitment for Vice-Chancellor at Karolinska Institutet, KI. Ole Petter Ottersen, Vice-Chancellor at the University of Oslo, wrote to the University Board on Sunday that he is…
Sven Ekholm will continue to fight for the academization of the Image and Intervention Center in 2017
COLLABORATION. In the past three years, Sven Ekholm has had the mission of overseeing the academization of the newly inaugurated Image and Intervention Center (BoIC) at Sahlgrenska University Hospital. It has now been decided that Sven will continue his mission next year as well – part time until July 1. Sven has held several seminars arranged by MedTech West and BoIC over the years where he spoke about how his…
VIL – Learning from, and with, Others
TRAINING. For the past year, the Institute of Health and Care Sciences has been working in close collaboration with healthcare services to deliver five “VIL” projects. “VIL” refers to integrated workplace learning, a pedagogical model that develops students’ knowledge that brings together targets, existing knowledge and the experience they gain during clinical work with patients, others in the health and care team, and close relatives and sees them “interacting.” For…
AFA Funds Four Occupational Health and Safety Projects at Sahlgrenska Academy
GRANTS Eva Andersson, Anna Dahlman-Höglund, Anna Grimby Ekman and Marianne Törner are to receive a total of almost SEK ten million from AFA to fund their research. Their respective projects will investigate whether hearing damage influences the effect noise has on cardiovascular disease, the risks of allergenic preservatives in paint, positive and negative factors associated with pain programs, and why there are far more workplace accidents in the construction industry…
Akademiliv the podcast with Elisabet Jerlhag Holm
PODCAST IN SWEDISH. In this episode of Akademiliv the podcast, Elisabet Holm Jerlhag is our guest. Elisabet is Associate Professor of Pharmacology, and the podcast brings up addictions in general, alcohol addiction and the brain’s reward system. In her research Elisabet Jerlhag Holm wants to understand what happens in the brain when a person has an addiction desease. Specifically, the research is focused on how the so-called appetite-regulating hormones affect…
“Cell Reports” Choose Article on Brown Bear’s Gut Microbiota for 2016 “Best Of”
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATION. The article “The gut microbiota modulates energy metabolism in the hibernating brown bear Ursus arctos”, which was published in the Cell Reports online journal on February 4 last year, has been chosen as one of the journal’s top articles for 2016. The journal has selected the article on gut microbiota in brown bears as one of the eleven best of the year, to be added to its “Best of…
Ten Gothenburg Researchers Awarded Grants from Alzheimerfonden
GRANTS. Ten Gothenburg researchers are to receive a total of SEK 4,250,000 in funding from Alzheimerfonden. Alzheimerfonden (the Alzheimer’s Foundation) supports projects aimed at stopping the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, diagnosing dementia illnesses at an early stage, and at developing treatment and rehabilitation methods. Of those receiving the grants, it is Gothenburg-based researcher Professor Kaj Blennow who has been awarded most funding. His grant amounts to SEK 1,400,000, for a project…
Research Day – high time to sign up
RESEARCH. For the second year in a row, the Sahlgrenska Academy and Sahlgrenska University Hospital will shortly be carrying out a joint research day Last year’s Research Day was fully booked but there are still a few places left for this year’s arrangement. Please note that The Research Day will be held in Swedish The Research Day will take place on March 2 in the Wallenberg Conference Center. There is…
Soon the Sahlgrenska Visiting Professorship will be open for applications
INTERNATIONALIZATION. The Sahlgrenska Academy’s Guest Professorship Program – Sahlgrenska Visiting Professorship – is now about to start. The program can provide co-financing when recruiting guest professors for at a tenure of at least one year and at most three years. The aim of the Guest Professor Program is to stimulate a high quality of international exchange. Sahlgrenska Visiting Professorship is a five-year strategic investment involving the advertising and appointment of…
Now you can check your information in the preliminary electoral roll
ELECTION OF NEW DEAN. As a preparation for the election of a new dean and vice dean at the Sahlgrenska Academy, the Faculty Office has now compiled a preliminary electoral roll. The Institutions, Core Facilities and the Faculty Office must submit any comments regarding the electoral roll by no later than February 9. The goal of the drafting group is that the election can be carried out during the month…