GRANTS. Inger Gjertsson, Adjunct Professor in Rheumatology, is the lead applicant for a project that is receiving SEK 24 million from the Swedish Research Council in the call for proposals in clinical treatment research. The research will lead to a new diagnostic test for rheumatoid arthritis, and is being conducted in collaboration with researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Karolinska Institutet and Uppsala University. “It’s really fun! The grant contributes…
Worrying traces of resistant bacteria in air
NEW STUDY. Polluted city air has now been identified as a possible means of transmission for resistant bacteria. Researchers in Gothenburg have shown that air samples from Beijing contain DNA from genes that make bacteria resistant to the most powerful antibiotics we have. “This may be a more important means of transmission than previously thought,” says Joakim Larsson, a professor at Sahlgrenska Academy and director of the Centre for Antibiotic…
Ulrika Islander receives a one million kronor grant for continued research qualification from the Hasselblad Foundation
GRANTS. Ulrika Islander, researcher at the Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, has received the Hasselblad Foundation’s grant for continued research qualification for female scientists in natural sciences. The grant is one million kronor, and gives her the opportunity to work for one year at a Swiss research laboratory. “It means, of course, a lot to me that the Foundation finds my research interesting and wants to invest in my…
Over 19 million from the IngaBritt and Arne Lundberg Research Foundation
GRANTS. Eleven researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy have received SEK 19.3 million from the research foundation IngaBritt och Arne Lundberg Forskningsstiftelse. The Foundation primarily funds the purchase of equipment. This year’s largest grant was awarded to Jan Borén, a professor at the Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine. He will receive three million kronor from the foundation for the platform he and his team have developed to analyze lipids and…
Fund against prostate cancer is investing in three at the Institute of Clinical Sciences
GRANTS. Fund against prostate cancer distributes in total SEK 2.6 million to four prominent Swedish researchers in prostate cancer research. Three of these researchers are linked to the Sahlgrenska Academy’s Institute of Clinical Sciences. Jonas Hugosson receives SEK 640 000 for research on weather mpMRT and targeted biopsies can provide more accurate diagnosis and treatment decisions, Andreas Josefsson receives SEK 703 000 for research to identify biomarkers for optimized screening.…