During SVT’s traditional broadcast from the awarding of the Nobel Prize, Helena Backlund Wasling will present this year’s medicine prize. The prize is awarded to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian, who are praised for their discoveries about how the nervous system sends signals for temperature, touch and pressure. Helena Backlund Wasling is a researcher in neuroscience, focusing on the human brain and mechanisms for both touch and social interactions. SVT’s program “En kväll för Nobel” is broadcast on Friday December 10, at 21:00.

The Museum of Sketches in Lund has contacted the Sahlgrenska Academy to locate the two murals Savann and Fågelfjäll by the artist Folke Lind, which according to the museum’s database will be on Campus Medicinareberget. The mural Savann is said to have been painted in 1979 on a wall in one of the restaurants on our campus. The museum would like to get pictures of the works, which can be linked to feasibility studies that the Museum of Sketches has received as a donation. If you have tips on where the paintings are, email info@sahlgrenska.gu.se.

When the Swedish Higher Education Authority (UKÄ) now presents its second interim report on the consequences of the corona pandemic at universities, the picture emerges that the Swedish higher education institutions have generally coped well with the pandemic – but that the strain for students and staff has been great. The interim report shows that the majority of students are satisfied with the teaching during the pandemic, and they have been given approximately the same amount of teacher-led time as before the pandemic. But most students have experienced more stress and anxiety. The doctoral students also think that it has worked well to work remotely, but for many the dissertation work is slower than planned. Read the report (in Swedish) on the website of UKÄ.

As a member of SUA, you get access to a forum where a selection of Sweden’s leading younger researchers meet to discuss and address issues that in a broad sense concern research and science. Depending on your interests, you will have the opportunity to, for example, conduct research policy advocacy work, develop your ability to popular science communication, inspire children and young people to care about science, and grow in the role of academic leader. SUA has four or five two-day boarding meetings a year. The term of office is five years, without the possibility of re-election. Read further on SUA:s website.

The Annelie Foundation, founded in memory of Anneli Fogelquist, raises funds for research on pancreatic cancer at Swedish universities. The foundation has recently taken the initiative to donate SEK 80,000 to a project at the University of Gothenburg, in collaboration with Sahlgrenska University Hospital. The funds will be used by surgeon Caroline Vilhav, in a project that deals with the investigation and treatment of pancreatic cancer. Research leaders for the project are Peter Naredi, and Jonas Nilsson together with Lisa Nilsson.

Sahlgrenska Academy’s Education Council (UR) is now looking for a person with documented pedagogical experience, as well as knowledge in the field of sustainable development, who will convene the “Committee for inventory and integration of sustainable development in Sahlgrenska Academy’s education programs”. The committee is based on the Education Council, with an assignment that runs until February 2024. The committee consists of a convener and a member from the respective education committee / medical program committee and with representation from SAKS. Read further about the assigment here (in Swedish).

Registration of interest is sent via email to charlotte.gripenberg@gu.se by December 15, 2021.

The film from the latest seminar on register research (held in Swedish) has now been published and the page has been updated with links for viewing: https://www.gu.se/medicin/seminarieserie-om-registerforskning. The film is available to everyone until December 7, after which login with x-id is required.