The interest among employees in winning Denis Mukwege’s new book “Women’s strength” turned out to be great. The random generator chose Maria Smedh, researcher at Sambio Core Facilities and Coordinator of the SciLifeLab site at Sahlgrenska Academy, as the winner. Congratulations Maria! The book will arrive in the mail.
Denis Mukwege received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018, and in 2019 was appointed an honorary doctorate at Sahlgrenska Academy.

The Public Health Agency has clarified that organizers of education for adults, such as the University of Gothenburg, no longer have any obligation to adapt the activities for those who are unvaccinated. Just as before during the pandemic, everyone still has their own responsibility to reduce the spread of infection in society. You who are employed at the university can vaccinate yourself and take the top-up doses recommended for your age group during working hours. Unvaccinated persons are advised to take special precautions to avoid crowding and large gatherings indoors.

Read further (in Swedish)

• The Public Health Agency: Information om covid-19 till anordnare av utbildningar för vuxna
• The Public Health Agency: Skydda dig själv och andra – rekommendationer om covid-19

Gunnar C Hansson, Professor at the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, receives 150,000 euros (corresponding to just over 1.5 million SEK) from the European Research Council ERC within the Proof of Concept program. The grant can be given to researchers who previously received funding from ERC and provides the opportunity to further develop research results. Gunnar C Hansson has identified mechanisms that affect the mobility of mucus in the airways, which can hopefully be developed into a new drug against the lung disease COPD.

It is now time for Sahlgrenska Academy to nominate candidates for Wallenberg Scholars 2023. The program aims to support and stimulate some of the most successful researchers at Swedish universities.

Who is eligible to be nominated?
The target group is researchers who, through their research and development potential, hold top international class and are expected to contribute to strengthening the current profile of the research area at the university.
Applicants must have permanent employment at a Swedish university and work at least 70% in the country.
Special rules apply to holders of previous Scholar grants, Clinical Scholars or Research Council professorships (2023: Nominering till Wallenberg Scholars).

Important dates
Deadline for Institutes to suggest nominees: 21^st September.
Deadline for nominees to submit the pre-application to Research Support Office: 14^th November.

Are you interested in being nominated?
Contact your head of institute.

Do you have questions about the nomination process?
Contact SA Research Support Office: research.support@sahlgrenska.gu.se

For more information about the call:
2023: Nominering till Wallenberg Scholars

 

 

 

In a debate article in GP, Håkan Hedman, Joakim Öhlén, Mari Lundberg and Eric Carlström, all active within the Center for Person-Centered Care (GPCC), strongly react to IVO’s latest report on elderly care. In the debate article, they state that the report shows major deficiencies in competence, language skills and organization. The writers argue that person-centred care must be introduced in municipal activities. Here you can read the debate article in GP (in Swedish).

In a country where rape has been used as a weapon in decades-long conflicts, Denis Mukwege and his hospital have been the salvation of thousands of women. ‘Women’s strength’ is a story about struggle and suffering – but also about hope and resilience. Denis Mukwege received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018, and in 2019 was appointed an honorary doctorate at the Sahlgrenska Academy. You who are employed at our faculty have the chance to win a copy of the book. Email the name and the address you wish to have the book sent to to akademiliv@gu.se, no later than Friday September 9, 2022. Note – the book is in Swedish.

Cafe Anatomen is still open, and will onwards have a greater focus on its café selection, with sandwiches, salads and hot sandwiches. From Monday September 5, a new pasta concept will also be launched. The opening hours are Monday to Thursday 8:00-16:00 and Fridays 8:00-15:30. You will find Café Anatomen near the main entrance, Medicinaregatan 3.

The amanuens program can be applied for by medical students in Gothenburg, who has not obtained a PhD and has not studied further than semester 7 during the fall of 2022 in the undergraduate education at Sahlgrenska Academy. The new assistants will begin research at the beginning of January 2023. Just over half of the places are prepared for students in early semesters and the other half in later semesters of the medical program.
intended supervisors send a popular science project description and study plan for the amanuensis to your head of institutefor review, no later than September 26, 2022. The project description and study plan must be a maximum of 2 pages each (12 points; Times New Roman). The study plan describes what the amanuensis is expected to achieve in terms of research, knowledge, what teaching/supervision the amanuensis is expected to receive, and what teaching the student is expected to participate in during the maximum three years the student can be admitted to the amanuensis program. The head at the Instutite of biomedicine, neuroscience and physiology, medicine and clinical sciences are welcome to present suitable projects where amanuens could be included to the principals of studies for the amanuens program. The heads are responsible for ensuring that the amenuenses receive the ongoing work management/supervision that is needed.

Students upload their personal letter, curriculum vitae and attachments via this link, no later than September 26.

• Director of Studies Daniel Giglio (daniel.giglio@pharm.gu.se), Institute of Clinical Sciences, Department of Oncology.
• Director of Studies Åsa Torinsson Naluai, (asa@genomics.sahlgrenska.gu.se), Institute of Biomedicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Gothia Forum for Clinical Research, Sahlgrenska Biobank.
• Program administrator Christer Ek (christer.ek@gu.se)

On September 30 from 13:00 – 16:00, both staff and students at the Faculty of Science and Sahlgrenska Academy are welcome to take a tour in Natrium. The tour takes 35-40 minutes, without access to lifts. You may experience the inside of Natrium and see different types of premises. At the time of the showing, there is less than a year left until moving in and parts of the house will resemble finished environments. The tour starts in the restaurant Salt & Syra, and also ends there with coffee. The viewing will take place in smaller groups with a guide; the last group starting at 3:15 p.m.

In September, the faculty seminar series Sahlgrenska Academy Science Seminars has been running for two years. Now it´s time to fill the program for Autumn 2022 starting on September 15^th. The seminars are held in Lecture Hall Arvid Carlsson and digital through Zoom Webinars, Thursdays 15-16, and researchers and teachers within Sahlgrenska Academy departments are hereby invited to submit suggestions of speakers.

The following may be of interest as speakers:

• Visiting researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy
• Invited speakers (national/international guests, from other Faculties, AstraZeneca etc.)
• Opponents in connection to dissertations
• Speakers from SA (ongoing research projects, new scientific breakthroughs)

Read more about how to submit an interest of speaker at Medarbetarportalen.

Here you find available dates for Autumn seminars.

If you have any questions, please contact research.support@sahlgrenska.gu.se

BY: JOANNA LARSSON