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After a long procurement process, it is decided that the newly started company JD Restauranger will take over operations at the restaurant Lyktan. The owners of the company have previously worked in the restaurant at the Wallenberg conference center, and plan to continue with locally produced and seasonal food, and to work to counteract waste. The procurement procedure has included sample cooking. Until JD Restaurants will take over the business, the lunch service will continue as well as conference catering and dinners as before under the auspices of Mötesservice. Read more about the background to the procurement in GU Journalen 1-2020.
When the Sjöberg Foundation recently distributed research grants in the area of difficult-to-treat cancer with a poor prognosis, three of the total of nine grants funded went to projects at Sahlgrenska Academy and Sahlgrenska University Hospital. Jonas Nilsson receives SEK 5 million for his project on CAR-T cell treatment for treatment-resistant skin and uveal melanoma. Göran Stenman receives SEK 3 million for the development of a new targeted treatment for patients with the therapy-resistant and deadly cancer form adenoid cystic cancer. Karin Sundfeldt receives SEK 4 million for the development of a screening tool for ovarian cancer that greatly may reduce mortality from the disease.
Sahlgrenska Academy has recently become a founding partner in GoCo Arena, which is a platform for health innovation to strengthen collaboration between various actors in Life Science in Gothenburg, located at AstraZeneca. In a first stage, the Sahlgrenska Academy contributes with expertise in physical activity and health, including collaboration with the Göteborgsvarvet Half Marathon. The idea is to establish a scientific meeting in connection with Göteborgsvarvet, and that this type of sports activity will also be researched, as happens at other large running competitions. The Sahlgrenska Academy will also contribute popular scientific information on the health benefits of physical activity in connection with the event.
Stina Börchers, a doctoral student in neuroscience at the University of Gothenburg, has started blogging in English in the Swedish Research Council’s magazine Curie, where her latest post is about the role researchers should have in communicating science. She tells Curie that she herself likes to spread research-related posts and share her life as a doctoral student via social media. On Instagram, her account stina.biologista has almost 10,000 followers. Stina Börcher’s doctoral project at the Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology concerns eating behavior, energy consumption and anxiety.
The part of the crane that yesterday fell on to the roof of the EBM building is to be removed in the afternoon December 16. After the incident occurred Monday December 14, the contractors have investigated the event with the part of crane that caused damage to the ventilation units on the roof of EBM. The event was not caused by any construction or material defects on the crane itself. Furthermore, they have secured the site and worked on a plan for removal of the last part of the crane. When that is carried out, it will also be possible to inspect the roof from the exterior. Such inspection has already been done inside the building
The restrictions for the EBM yard and entry into the building that were announced yesterday remains until the work is completed. The follow-up of the incident will comply with general regulations for construction sites.
The supplementary education for nurses with a foreign degree from countries outside the EU / EEA and Switzerland has undergone an external quality review that follows a rolling schedule at Sahlgrenska Academy. The Education Committee at the Institute of Health and Care Sciences have adopted an action plan which has been approved by the Head of Institute and the Education Council at Sahlgrenska Academy. The activities based on the action plan are now in full swing and include everything from an increased student influence, language investment in the Swedish language, increased pedagogical and research competence among teachers and a better and clearer rigor of goals and examinations in education courses. All measures are linked to a clear time frame with dates and who is responsible for the measures being carried out. All course coordinators and examiners are well acquainted with the action plan and are regularly discussed at program meetings with the aim of keeping a set schedule.
On Monday December 14 at lunchtime, an incident occurred at the construction site on Medicinareberget, at the EBM backyard.
In connection with a planned demounting of a crane, a part of the crane hit the roof of the EBM building two.
Due to the incident, the availability of EBM is affected. Until the crane is removed, the entire area behind EBM is closed and passage is for the time not allowed to Barrier Unit 2 or Med Chem via Medicinaregatan 15D.
No person or animals were injured in the incident. There is no damage on equipment in EBM, but the crane caused some damage to a ventilation hood on the roof.
Skanska has begun its investigation of the incident and will develop a plan for how to remove the crane in a safe manner.
Akademiska Hus is currently reviewing how this effects the operations at EBM, in close dialogue with the operations manager.
The work on the construction site has been assessed to be able to continue.
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