SciLifeLab is seeking a Coordinator with a PhD in medicine or natural sciences, who like to devote 50-100%  to support the launch of a SciLifeLab strategy for molecular precision medicine, and capabilities in this field. SciLifeLab will compensate the host department of the selected candidate with a fixed sum as support for the assignment during 2022, with possibility for extension. The main tasks will be to coordinate and communicate the actions of the Scientific Lead towards stakeholders such as all SciLifeLab platforms, DDLS, Genome Medicine Sweden, health care, industry and other stakeholders.
Application deadline is February 14. Further info on the web of SciLifeLab: https://www.scilifelab.se/career/scientific-coordinator-in-precision-medicine-at-scilifelab/

The series “One planet, one chance” just premiered on SVT Play, and is very worth seeing. In the series, film and photojournalist Joakim Odelberg, together with researchers, portrays the threats to our planet, through impacts in several countries, in a concrete and interesting way:

“The TV series provides a clear picture of how environmental degradation affects biodiversity. Joakim Odelberg wants to increase our awareness and a more sustainable world. The first program shows how bad things actually are with our seas. For example, our Bohus coast is one of the most affected by marine litter in Europe. The microplastic that is in the oceans ended up on our own dining table”, says environmental coordinator Rita Grandér. “If we do not take care of the oceans, man will not survive in the end either. But there are good examples of initiatives such as the reintroduction of the spotted red shark in Lysekil.”

So far, the first episode of three is available on SVT Play.

 

Tord Berglundh, Professor of Periodontology at the Institute of Odonotology, was recently awarded the international Platinum Award from the Spanish Society of Periodontology (SEPA). The distinction is the highest of those awarded by SEPA, and is given in recognition of researchers and clinics with recognized prestige in the development of periodontology in Spain and around the world. Tord Berglundh received the award at a ceremony in connection with an international conference in Seville at the end of November last year.

Tomas Hökfelt, professor emeritus of histology at Karolinska Institutet, receives the Arvid Carlsson Foundation’s grand prize for outstanding research in the spirit of Arvid Carlsson, a prize of SEK 700,000 in research grants. He is rewarded for his pioneering and internationally leading efforts in the mapping of the brain’s neurotransmitters in the form of peptides. The foundation also praises two younger successful researchers: Nitya Jayaram-Lindström at Karolinska Institutet and Simon Cervenka at Uppsala University, who both receive SEK 400,000 in research grants. The award ceremony will take place in Gothenburg in late spring 2022.

January 31 is the last day when the old parking permits apply. You buy a new permit for 2022 in one of the university’s service centers (card payment only). Read more about parking and parking permits on the Staff Portal.

The government has announced that government employees, if possible, shall work from home until February 14. The decision is an extension of the previous end date, which was January 31. Thus, the University of Gothenburg will make it possible to work from home to the extent that the business allows and that only those who must be on site should be. At present, the Swedish Public Health Agency believes that it will be possible after 14 February 14 to begin a gradual lifting of the restrictions. Read a longer text on the Staff Portal.

Doctoral students and researchers have received a link to a survey that is part of the Swedish Research Council’s evaluation of ALF. If you do not find the survey in your inbox, there is a risk that it has ended up in the spam e-mail. The survey has so far had a low response rate, which worries Vice Dean Henrik Hagberg and R & D & I Director Caterina Finizia. The questionnaire contains simple questions, which take about five minutes. The response rate should be at least 70 percent, so that VR can then carry out a follow-up survey with more in-depth questions to a much smaller number of recipients.

The food truck Tikka Roti is open weekdays 11: 00-13: 30 and is parked in the parking lot outside Academicum. In addition to its usual range of Indian and Pakistani dishes, the food truck adds street food from other parts of the world, which is allowed to make guest appearances two weeks at a time.

• Week 4-5 (January 24 – February 4) offers street food from Bulgaria
• Week 6-7 (February 7-18) street food from Hungary is offered
• Week 8-9 (February 21 -4 March) street food from Albania is offered
• Week 10-11 (March 7-18) street food from Moldova is offered

Recently, the board of the Queen Silvia Foundation’s Jubilee Fund for Research on Children and Disabilities, led by H.M. The Queen, gave scholarships to ten doctoral students at Swedish universities, three of whom at Sahlgrenska Academy. Magnus Wårhag received SEK 60,000 for his projct “Attention and reading problems in school children: Insights from sensory noise manipulations and electrophysiology”, Petra Linnsand received SEK 60,000 for the project “Collaboration between healthcare and preschool regarding interventions for young children with autism: Evaluation of the use of the treatment method Early Start Denver Model in preschool ”, and Beatrice Casslén received SEK 80,000 for her project “Diagnosis, management and quality of life in children and adolescents treated with ocular prosthesis”.

• The Swedish Society for Medical Research (SSMF) is now introducing a new grant, SSMF Consolidator Grant. The grant aims to give prominent researchers in medicine the opportunity to strengthen their activities as independent researchers. It is aimed at researchers 7-12 years after dissertation.
• SSMF also annually announces SSMF Starting Grant (formerly SSMF’s Stora Anslag), in order to give younger researchers holding a PhD with postdoctoral qualifications the opportunity to establish themselves as independent researchers. Criteria and conditions for the grant are as before.

The application period for both of these grants is March 15 – April 15.