Ana Luís, researcher at the Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Cell Biology at the Institute of Biomedicine, has been named by The International Glycoconjugate Organization (IGO) as this year’s recipient of the Hakomori Young Glycoscientist Award. The award is given to an early-career glycoscientists who has advanced the field of glycoscience with the prospect of further achievement. Ana Luís will receive the prize and the prize sum of 1000 USD in connection with the organization’s congress Glyco26 in Taiwan at the end of the summer.

Research projects which relate to the societal transition towards person-centred care are invited to apply for affiliation with The University of Gothenburg Centre for Person-centred Care GPCC. The deadline is 24 March 2023. Link to more information and application: https://medarbetarportalen.gu.se/internt-gpcc/application-to-become-affiliated-with-gpcc/

Information about GPCC:

• University of Gothenburg extends its commission for Centre for Person-Centred Care (GPCC)
• GPCC web page

Welcome with your proposals!
Joakim Öhlén, Centre Director GPCC
joakim.ohlen@gu.se

Researcher at the University of Gothenburg can now find gathered useful information, mainly in the form of links. It is the Research and Innovation Office (FIK) in cooperation with the University Library that created a website that you can use throughout your project, from the application for research funds and project start, to publication and utilization of results. You find the website on the Staff Portal: https://medarbetarportalen.gu.se/forskning/

The faculty board has decided to appoint Helena Filipsson Nyström and Monika Fagevik Olsén as new members of docenturkommittén (the Associate Professorship Committee), as of January 25. The assignment runs for five years. At the same time, Per-Anders Jansson and Mikael Elam were dismissed from their duties as members of the same committee.

Agneta Holmäng’s and Henrik Hagberg’s terms of office as dean and vice-dean respectively end on 31 December 2023, which means that the faculty needs to start a preparation process to appoint a dean and vice-dean for the term 2024-2029. The faculty board has now tasked the joint faculty election committee (also called the Nominating Committee) to begin a selection process for these assignments in consultation with the vice-chancellor. According to the Work Regulations at the University of Gothenburg (GU 2022/1764), the dean and vice-dean are appointed by the vice-chancellor after an advisory election at the faculty. In accordance with the rules of procedure, a joint faculty selection committee must work for an open and transparent process.

Soapbox Science takes place in Gothenburg during the Science Festival, Thursday, April 20 at 3:30-6:30 p.m. Female and non-binary researchers within STEMM in Gothenburg can register an interest in giving presentations. The task is to prepare a 15-minute popular science presentation about your research or research area, and run this presentation four times during an hour with the support of interesting and fun props. Both Swedish and English speaking presenters are welcome.

The new deadline for registration is Friday, February 17. Please contact Astrid von Mentzer if you want to know more.

• Speaker Registration Form: https://forms.gle/DXSUPsEyaKRCqaqE6
• Assistant Application Form: https://forms.gle/DcdJZCJ1ZW34GPFb8

Previous article about Soapbox Science Gothenburg in Akademiliv: https://akademiliv.se/2023/01/88432/

Now the film from the registry research seminar on January 19 “Regression against the mean and other statistical pitfalls” is posted on the web. The film can be seen by everyone in GU Play until February 2. It can then be viewed by logging in with x-id. All info and links can be found on the website: https://www.gu.se/medicin/seminarieserie-om-registerforskning

Biobank Väst currently has 26 employees with varying backgrounds and tasks. As unit manager, you are the biobank responsible for the Västra Götaland region’s samples and ensure that the Biobank Act and other laws and regulations for biobank samples are followed. You lead and develop the unit by following up on the business’s set goals.
Here you can read the announcement for Biobank Väst (in Swedish).

As head of the Evaluation Unit, you lead and develop the HTA center where 11 employees from different professions work. You work
also together with the unit manager of Medical Libraries SU. You will have a collaborative function with different networks within
Healthcare.
You can read the announcement for the HTA center here (in Swedish).

You do know that the Biomedical Library has a digital information desk in Zoom? The zoom desk is open Monday – Friday at 9:00-16:00 and from the spring semester also on Saturday at 10:00-14:00. Here you can find it: https://www.ub.gu.se/sv/kontakta-oss/kontakta-oss-via-zoom
On weekdays, you can also chat with staff at the Biomedical Library. Regular opening hours can be found at www.ub.gu.se

All employees within the University of Gothenburg received an email on Thursday January 19th, inviting them to participate in the ARK survey, which is the university’s work environment survey.

• Please note that the sender’s address for the email is: Arbeidsmiljø- og klimautsøkseser (ark-kontakt@ntnu.no)
• In the subject field it says: Arbetsmiljöundersökning vid Göteborgs Universitet / Work Environment Survey at University of Gothenburg

The survey is anonymous, and takes about 15-20 minutes to answer. In the next few weeks, doctoral students will also have to answer a short complementary survey with questions about your PhD education – but it is important that you, who are employed at the University of Gothenburg, answer both questionnaires.
You can read more at www.gu.se/ark or contact your manager for more information.