INTERACTION. Researcher speed dating and poster exhibition was on the agenda on October 11, when Young Faculty at Chalmers and Future Faculty at the Sahlgrenska Academy got together. A workshop with the aim to let people from Chalmers and Sahlgrenska Academy network and connect was initiated by Marta Bally, Assistant professor and new profile leader for the Life Science Engineering Area of Advance at Chalmers University of Technology. To help,…
New opportunities for researchers and students to use the resources of Framtidens Företag (“Future Buisnesses”)
INNOVATION. 2016, University of Gothenburg has started a collaboration with the incubator Framtidens Företag. Through the cooperation researchers and students are given an opportunity to use the incubator facilities and services. Among other things, there are three physical work places available. Framtidens Företag provides access to business development, office space, meeting space, coaching, a wide network of business community and among financiers, as well as an opportunity to sit alongside…
Representatives from Sweden’s medical schools meet in Gothenburg
EDUCATION. Knowledge tests, the clinical training and ALF. These were some of the items on the agenda when representatives from all the country’s medical schools met in Gothenburg at the end of last week. Kristina Bry, a professor of pediatrics at Östra Hospital, was one of the last of the attendees to take her seat in the Arvid Carlsson lecture hall for the national medical school meeting. She looked forward…
Kaisa Mannerkorpi recognized for her research on physical activity in fibromyalgia patients
PRIZE. Kaisa Mannerkorpi, Professor of Physiotherapy specializing in pain and the organs of locomotion, has been awarded the 2016 grant in memory of Nanna Svartz. Mannerkorpi was chosen as this year’s recipient for her research on physical activity in fibromyalgia patients. The SEK 50,000 grant was presented by biopharmaceutical company Pfizer in cooperation with the Swedish Rheumatism Association and in conjunction with the lectures held during the recent World Arthritis…
Eva Carlsson receives Ostomy Award
AWARD Eva Carlsson, a stoma therapist at Östra Sjukhuset and adjunct senior lecturer at the Institute of Health and Care Sciences, has received this year’s Ostomy Award of SEK 10,000 from the ILCO Sweden Ostomy Association (ILCO Tarm- uro- och stomiförbundet). She received the award because she has improved life for patients who have undergone ostomy surgery. “I was surprised and incredibly pleased, of course, because this award is from…
A negative attitude to school can result in poor self-esteem in children who stutter
STUDENT. A negative attitude to school can contribute to negative self-esteem in people who stutter. This is the finding from a degree thesis by two newly graduated speech therapists at Sahlgrenska Academy. The thesis also concludes that the lack of knowledge about stuttering by schools leads to negative treatment and self-critique. For their thesis, the speech therapy students Grey Elin and Emelie Grönfors conducted longer interviews with six adults…
External report on stem cell-treated organ transplants at Sahlgrenska University Hospital now complete
REPORT. In the report, Bengt Gerdin highlights several details of four cases where stem cell-treated transplanted organs were used in 2011-2012. Failures to seek permission for the procedures performed on the patients should be seen in light of the few available alternative treatments and unclear legislation at the time. The report examined four transplants, one trachea transplant and three transplants of blood vessels in the abdomens of children. “The procedures…
Six postdocs in Gothenburg received funding from SSMF
FUNDING. Thirty-seven postdocs from six Swedish universities were recognized when the Swedish Society for Medical Research (SSMF) announced its 2016 scholarships for postdocs. SSMF supports young researchers by awarding SEK 127 million during in 2016. In the coming years, these postdocs can devote all their energies to their research without having to think about financing their salaries. Six come from the University of Gothenburg, 17 from Karolinska Institutet, seven from…
Jeanette Tenggren Durkan nominated for the Megaphone communication prize
AWARD. Jeanette Tenggren Durkan is one of eight nominees for Megaphone, an annual award that recognizes a communications professional in public administration. She is responsible for communications at the Center for Person-centered Care (GPCC), which aims at becoming a global leader through openness, innovation, and a complete focus on where they can make a difference. On October 12, Jeanette will find out if she receives the award or if one…
Sahlgrenska’s Image and Intervention Center – a Vision Realized
From “a building strong enough to bear the weight of an MRI scanner,” to a vision of what Sahlgrenska University Hospital (SU) might do for patients in the future. That’s how some have described the journey from the initial plans 15 years ago to the inauguration of the Image and Intervention Center on September 23, 2016. Music performed by students from the local Billströmska folk high school mixes with the…
Gothenburg researcher comments this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
THE 2016 NOBEL PRIZE. Thomas Nyström, professor of microbiology at the University of Gothenburg researchers on the aging of yeast cells, is very pleased that Yoshinori Ohsumi has won this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: “It is wonderful that the prize goes to fundamental molecular biologic researcher and that baker’s yeast, one again, has proven such an appreciated and useful model organism with relevance for human functions and…
Earth Sciences Library with Cultural Conservation closes
LIBRARY. On Friday, October 14, the Earth Sciences Library with Cultural Conservation at Guldhedsgatan 5A will close. Books, magazines and other assets will be moved to the Biomedical Library, Medicinaregatan 4, Gothenburg. Welcome to visit the Biomedical Library! Opening hours Monday–Thursday 08.00-19.00 Friday 08.00 – 18.00 Saturday 12.00 -16.00 Sunday closed
The first stage of Surgical Anatomical Training center (KAT) inaugurated
TEACHING. Before the fall semester, the premises previously used by forensic converted into brand new classrooms that have been equipped for the teaching of anatomy and histology. The reconstruction is part of a larger project called Surgical anatomical training center (CAT), where the first phase includes rooms for group work and independent study. The premises was inaugurated on September 13 with good attendance from Anatomy teaching assistants and teachers. Professor…
Hospitalized patients often have pain and the bar for women’s pain is higher
NEW STUDY. Hospitalized patients suffer a surprising amount of pain without it receiving attention. In a Sahlgrenska Academy study, two of three patients report that they have been in pain, and the perceived pain is significantly higher than the limit considered acceptable by the medical system. The study also shows that women have to experience more pain than men for the staff to note it in their patient health records.…
High priority for release of official documents
THE PRINCIPLE OF PUBLIC ACCESS TO OFFICIAL RECORDS. When the University receives a request for the release of an official document, we must prioritize this over other administrative work and immediately release the document requested. Akademiliv consults Kristina Ullgren, Legal Officer at the University, to clarify the situation in view of the recent criticism by the Parliamentary Ombudsman (JO). In a recent statement of opinion, the JO criticized the University of…
Sven Ekholm: BOIC increases interest in research
COLUMN. The new Imaging and Intervention Center (BOIC) will serve as a regional center for medical care and will continually be developed through scientific research and education. Sven Ekholm, who has been assigned as dean to lead the academization of the center, offers his view of how BOIC has developed and how the academic aspects will continue to evolve. The Imaging and Intervention Center (BOIC) increases interest in research as…
Four researchers run 10K race for cancer research
ATHLETICS. This weekend four research colleagues from the Institute of Biomedicine ran the Fight Cancer and Run race in Gothenburg, the proceeds from which go to the Jubilee Clinic Cancer Fund. They ran the race to support cancer research and to highlight how glycobiology offers new ways to attack stomach cancers. The four included mix of seasoned and less experienced runners. Niclas Karlsson, associate professor of medical and physiological chemistry,…
Hamza and Manar—two Syrian dentists supplementing their qualifications at the Institute of Odontology
EDUCATION. Almost all the foreign dentists who recently began their supplementary training at Sahlgrenska Academy hail from Syria. Meet Hamza and Manar, two Syrian dentists eager to be allowed to start work in Sweden. Hamza Kayssar and Manar Yousef first met when they recently became classmates at Gothenburg’s Institute of Odontology. Both are dentists educated in Syria, and both left their homeland just over two years ago. Now here in…
Christopher Gillberg appointed Visiting Professor at Institut Pasteur
APPOINTMENT. Professor Christopher Gillberg has been appointed Visiting Professor at Institut Pasteur in Paris. At the installation lecture September 26, 2016, Christopher Gillberg spoke on the topic ”Autism pure versus autism plus. The ESSENCE of child psychiatry”. The Visting professorship is affiliated to the department ”Génetique Humaine et Fonctions Cognitive”, under the leadership of Professor Thomas Bourgeron. As a Visiting Professor Christopher Gillberg will be involved in the project ”Collaboration…
Karolina Skibicka Receives Young Fernström Prize
PRIZE. Associate Professor Karolina Skibicka from the Department of Physiology has been chosen as this year’s recipient of the Young Fernström Prize at Sahlgrenska Academy. Skibicka received the prize for her pioneering studies on the nervous system’s reward mechanisms. “I’m really grateful—and surprised—to have received this prize. I recognize most of the names of former recipients, and they’re all eminent researchers. I realize I’m in very exclusive company,” says Skibicka…