Caption: Chandrasekhar Kanduri receives one of the larger grants from the Swedish Cancer Society – SEK 1,250,000 for the project on long non-coding RNA in tumor development and tumor progression. GRANTS. 28 researchers at the University of Gothenburg are receiving a total of more than SEK 50 million in the Swedish Cancer Society’s latest call for proposals. Chandrasekhar Kanduri, Professor of Medical Genetics, especially RNA epigenetics at the Department of…
Antioxidants cause malignant melanoma to metastasize faster
NEW STUDY. Ny forskning vid Sahlgrenska akademin visar att antioxidanter fördubblar spridningen av malignt melanom i möss. Resultaten stärker forskarnas tidigare studier som visar att antioxidanter påskyndar lungcancer. Cancerpatienter och personer med en ökad risk för cancer bör därför få rådet att undvika kosttillskott med antioxidanter, anser professor Martin Bergö. Fresh research at Sahlgrenska Academy has found that antioxidants can double the rate of melanoma metastasis in mice. The results reinforce…
Play on breast cancer is followed by lectures
Gothenburg City Theatre shortly opens the play They shall be two which is a humorous and affectionate portrayal of a woman’s heroism on the way through treatment and recovery from breast cancer. After each performance there will also be a lecture, and first up is Martin Bergö, professor at the Sahlgrenska Academy. Both play and lecture are given in Swedish. They shall be two is a play for all, about our way of dealing with…
Two PhDs from Department of Radiation Physics obtain postdoctoral appointments in the United States
YOUNG SCIENTISTS. Two brand new PhDs in radiation physics are just beginning their postdoctoral research in the United States. Nils Rudqvist has obtained an appointment at Columbia University in Manhattan and Emil Schüler at Stanford University in California.
Anders Clausen receives Ingvar Carlsson Award
AWARD. Anders Clausen, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, is among twelve young scientists to receive the 2015 Ingvar Carlsson Award. As a result, he has been granted SEK 4 million for his studies of RNA building blocks that are incorporated in DNA.