MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENTS. On December 18, the Elector Assembly appointed Agnes Wold from the Sahlgrenska Academy, Rikard Bergqvist from the School of Business, Economics and Law, and Staffan Lindberg from the Faculty of Social Sciences as new representative of the teachers on the University Board. The mandate period is January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2018. Agnes Wold, Professor of Clinical Bacteriology at the Institue of Biomedicine, does research on the…
Seven researchers in Gothenburg received a grant from The Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation
GRANTS. Seven researchers in Gothenburg was endorsed for their applications to The Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation. One of the researchers who receive grants are Anders Ståhlberg, Associate Professor of Molecular Medicine. His research projects was awarded SEK 600 000 over two years to develop an accurate method to monitor treatment and detect relapses in patients with Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer. The method is based on analyzing…
All white university mailboxes have been removed
MAIL. The white mailboxes that were previously used for external mail with bar code have been removed. The university envelopes with bar codes are now to be handled by the regular postal service. In case of urgent mail, please bring your mail to the national postal service’s yellow mailboxes for late collection, located at Kruthusgatan 19 at Stampen in central Gothenburg. The domestic/international mail is collected weekdays at 20:00, Sundays at 17.00. The…
University of Gothenburg Creates 80 Trainee Positions for Refugees
INTERACTION. The University of Gothenburg is hiring a refugee coordinator and will offer 80 trainee positions for refugees. And there is more to come, says Pro-Vice-Chancellor Helena Lindholm. The University of Gothenburg’s management, staff and students are showing a strong willingness to support the many refugees who are arriving in Sweden from Syria and other countries. Eighty trainee positions for refugees are currently being created at various departments and faculties.…
Applying for new funding this spring? Get help with your statistical or health economic method
INFRASTRUCTURE. All researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy and also within Region Västra Götaland can get four hours of free statistical consultation with experts from Health Metrics. And as of this year, the unit also offers consultations in health economics. The Unit of Heath Metrics provides a consulting service called ‘Akademistatistik’, which offers consultancy both when applying for research funds or within the framework of an ongoing research project. Akademistatistik can provide statistical advice…
TV interview with Tomas Lindahl during his visit to Gothenburg
WEB TV. In a TV-interview, recorded in Swedish during his visit in Gothenburg,Tomas Lidahls stated that this city always has been a favorite place for him and that he had an exciting time here, with excellent co-workers. Tomas Lindahl is interviewed by Media Technology’s Sara Herlitz, in connection with his Nobel Lecture on Medicinareberget. Note that the interview is conducted in Swedish.
Swedish-Chinese research collaboration receives support from the Swedish Research Council
INTERNATIONALIZATION. Xiaoyang Wang’s ongoing research collaboration with collaborator Professor Qinghe Xing of the Fudan University of China will receive SEK 700 000 in support from the Swedish Research Council. The project searches for genes significant in the development of cerebral palsy and other brain damage in premature infants. The research studies how genetics and epigenetics (changes in gene expression) contribute to cerebral palsy, with a focus on the inflammatory and…
Nobel Prize winner Tomas Lindahl held a lecture for students in Gothenburg
NOBEL. DNA is fragile, but also has an innate ability to repair itself, explained Nobel Prize winner Tomas Lindahl in a lecture on Monday, arranged by the University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology. “Water in particular is harmful to living tissue, something that William Shakespeare was aware of.” University of Gothenburg Vice-Chancellor Pam Fredman and Chalmers First Vice President Mats Viberg welcomed Tomas Lindahl when he held the…
Dental implants saved him – nearly fifty years ago
JUBILEE. No one has lived as long with titanium screws in their mouth as 95-year-old Olle Bohlin. He was one of the first patients to receive dental implants, and it was Per-Ingvar Brånemark, himself, who provided the treatment. “He made it possible for me to laugh again. He gave me back my life, and to me, he was like a god.” In the 1960’s, Olle Bohlin was a successful actor…
Volkan Sayin will be a postdoc in New York with Swedish Research Council funding
GRANT. Volkan Sayin has received just over SEK 3 million from the Swedish Research Council’s call for proposals for international postdocs. He defended his thesis last year with a dissertation that showed that antioxidants increase lung cancer aggressiveness, a finding he will continue with as a postdoc in New York. Can you describe the group you will be doing your postdoc with? “I decided to do my postdoc with Dr.…
New Wallenberg Academy Fellow seeks patterns in unknown DNA
GRANTS. That cancer is due to changes in DNA has been the starting point for cancer research, for the past several generations. But until quite recently, only a fraction of the human genetic material had been examined, namely the genes that encode proteins. Erik Larsson Lekholm, who was recently appointed a Wallenberg Academy Fellow, examines the other 97 percent of the genome with the help of powerful computers. Wallenberg Academy…
New study in Västra Götaland: Men get the most expensive care – women get most health care
STUDY. Men consume to a greater extent expensive specialist and hospital care while women mostly use the less expensive primary care. This is shown a health economic study done in all 1.6 million residents of Västra Götaland. “We could probably avoid premature death, severe illness and reduce the costs if men sought treatment earlier and went to the primary care instead of to specialist care”, says Ingrid Osika Friberg, an economist and…
Olle Larkö: Prioritize your family in this Christmas
WEB TV. Prioritize your family this Christmas – not your job. That’s the Message form the Dean as the holidays are approaching. Personally, he will celebrate with his large family – and for the first time meet his granddaughter who was born in Hong Kong earlier this fall. This web TV feature is in Swedish.
A total of SEK 90 million from the Swedish Research Council for clinical treatment research
CLINICAL RESEARCH. Half of the proposal funds for clinical treatment research goes to researchers in Gothenburg this year. Göran Dellgren, Ann Hellström and Torsten Olbers are the lead applicants of their respective major projects and will receive SEK 30 million each from the call for proposals. Göran Dellgren, Associate Professor in thoracic surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, will receive SEK 30 million over three years to evaluate a left chamber pump…
Productive discussions on how to reduce sick leave
CONFERENCE. How can sick leave be prevented and how can primary healthcare more quickly identify persons at risk of needing sick leave? These questions were recently discussed at a conference on medical insurance research in Gothenburg. Among those speaking, was Annika Strandhäll, the Minister for Social Security. The conference concerned bringing visibility to medical insurance research and gathering researchers and practitioners who focus on the health perspective of health insurance…
Nobel Laureate Arvid Carlsson guest in Akademiliv the podcast
PODCAST. Just in time for Nobel Week, Akademiliv the podcast is visited by Arvid Carlsson, professor emeritus of pharmacology. Arvid Carlsson was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2000 for his discoveries into dopamine in the brain. At the age of 92, he is still an active researcher – right now he is working on a molecule that he and his colleagues came up with during the 80s. This podcast…
GPCC features in new global report on person-centred care
REPORT. The University of Gothenburg Centre for Person-centred Care GPCC features in a newly published catalogue of key contributors and global ‘state of play’ report on person-centred care. The Health Foundation and Health Policy Partnership have launched a catalogue of key contributors and global ‘state of play’ report in person-centred care, following a 12 month international environment scan of the field. GPCC features in the report GPCCs Centre Director Inger…
Take the chance to influence SSF’s research strategy
RESEARCH FUNDING. Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research, SSF, is now preparing a new research strategy. The process is open and anyone interested is welcome to submit proposals for programs and areas that SSF could finance. The Foundation seeks to support scientific, technical and medical research. SSF is also to encourage mobility, interdisciplinary research and collaboration. Deadline for proposals is January 31, 2016 would SSF have proposals placed directly on SSF’s web page: webbplats: http://www.stratresearch.se.…
Cadmium increases risk of fractures
DOCTORAL THESIS. People who are exposed to higher levels of cadmium have an increased risk of osteoporosis and fractures. Cadmium also affects the kidneys. A doctoral thesis at Sahlgrenska Academy explored this issue in a study of over 900 older men. We are exposed to low levels of the heavy metal cadmium, daily. This occurs primarily through food, but smokers are also exposed from cigarette smoke. Cadmium in food and…
Better looking theses after year-end
DOCTERAL STUDENTS. If you will be holding your doctoral dissertation in 2016 or later, the cover of your thesis will look different. The Dean has decided on a new template that gives the cover a more modern appearance, and you, the doctoral student, greater opportunity to affect the design and color. The changes are the result of the new visual identity developed by the University of Gothenburg. During 2015, the…