Here’s a tip if you have access to Netflix. Right now you can see the documentary film Picture a Scientist, where female researchers discuss the injustices they have been subjected to and what changes must take place to make science more equal. The documentary is made by Ian Cheney and Sharon Shattuck, 2020.

Restaurant Lyktan’s kitchen has been open throughout the pandemic, but in recent months only take-away has been served. From now on, seated guests are welcomed again. Here you can view the daily manu.
All of Eurest’s restaurants have been completely closed for a long time. On September 15, the restaurant Anatomen will reopen, as will the restaurants Handelsrätten and Näckrosen. It is still unclear when Eurest’s other restaurants will open.

Ingmar Skoog, professor of psychiatric epidemiology at the University of Gothenburg and director of the Center for Aging and Health at the University of Gothenburg (AgeCap), was one of this year’s summer hosts in the Swedish Broadcatsing Corporation’s channel P1. In his program, which was broadcast on August 2, Ingmar Skoog talks about the pandemic, myths about aging and the increased interest in epidemiology, and also about the unique H70 study. Hear the program here (in Swedish).

Carina Mallard, current head of Core Facilities, will be the new Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research from August 1st. At the same time, Göran Landberg is leaving the assignment, in order to be able to focus more on his research. Carina Mallard is a professor of experimental perinatal brain injury research at the Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology. She is researching the newborn baby’s brain, and is involved in research infrastructure issues.
From August 1st, the university will also have a new Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Collaboration: Torbjörn Lundh, Professor of Biomathematics, who until 1 July 1st holds the assignment as Vice Dean for Collaboration, Innovation and Internationalization at the Faculty of Science. Read further in the Staff Portal.

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. During the summer, dishes from middle Europe are offered.

• Week 25-26 (21 June -2 July): France
• Week 27-28 (5-16 July): Germany
• Week 29-30 (19-30 July): Estonia
• Week 31-32 (2-13 August): Slovenia
• Week 33-34 (16-27 August): Belgium

During the summer, the food truck Tikka Roti will be on site 3-4 days a week.

On September 24, it’s time for Researchers’ Friday again, where the University of Gothenburg participates in the program item Låna en forskare (‘Borrow a researcher’). It is a chance to visit schools, physically or digitally, and tell them what a researcher is and does. The structure and focus of the meeting is decided between you and those who book. The visits are usually much appreciated, both by the researcher and the recipients.

• Reseracher presentation examples.
• For advice and support, turn to cecilia.floris@gu.se.
• The booking is open from 28 August – only then will you receive inquiries.

From 29 June, patients can be included in studies at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, according to a new decision in SU’s management team. The condition, however, is that the inclusion can take place in an infectious safe manner and that the research manager has ensured that research personnel and equipment are not needed in covid healthcare. The decision applies to the inclusion of all researchers, ie also healthy volunteers. The decision is valid until further notice.

Vice-Chancellor Eva Wiberg sends a big thank you to colleagues and students for this strange academic year and wishes everyone a wonderful summer.
“The more than a year that has passed with the pandemic has been a very special journey, both for employees and for students. I feel great gratitude and pride for what our business has achieved with the great change that was required”, says Eva Wiberg in the film.
See the film in the Staff Portal (Click CC and choose English subtitles).

Women who want to pursue a career in academia still face greater obstacles than men, but the differences have been evened out. The image that women leave the academy to a greater extent is not true, according to a new report from the Swedish Research Council. The report shows, among other things, that women to a greater extent feel that they lack mentors and find it difficult to combine working life and parenthood. Women also find it more difficult to have time to do research and merit. The report also shows that women and men leave the academy to about the same extent, due to precarious working conditions and unclear career paths.