GRANTS. After the review process was completed, it became clear that five researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy have been awarded the Bollan Scholarship 2023. These researchers are conducting projects in the field of medicine and health and will be able to utilize the infrastructures at Core Facilities. The award ceremony for the Bollan Scholarship 2023 was held on October 12th. Present to present the award were Elisabet Carlsohn and Marie Hornfelt,…
New project accelerates precision medicine in healthcare
GRANT. Sahlgrenska Academy’s Core Facilities leverage a data lake to expedite precision medicine to patients. The new project aims to demonstrate how healthcare in seven regions can hasten the implementation of precision medicine, contributing to more equitable healthcare and bolstering medical research in Sweden. Recently approved by Vinnova, the four-year project is titled: “System Demonstrator for Nationally Accessible Omics Data for Care, Research, and Innovation.” In collaboration with seven regions…
Two announcements right now for DDLS Fellows at the University of Gothenburg
POSITIONS. The University of Gothenburg has two currently advertised positions within SciLifeLab & Wallenberg National Program for Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS). These DDLS Fellows become part of the local scientific environment and network within the Wallenberg Center for Molecular and Translational Medicine (WCMTM) both locally and nationally. Apply no later than October 15. These are full-time positions for five years. The application deadline is 15 October 2023. You can read…
New act regulates research with biobank samples
LEGISLATION. As of July 1, 2023, Sweden implemented a new Biobank Act (2023:38). The act covers identifiable human biological samples and regulates how biobank samples may be collected, preserved, and used. The act also applies retroactively to samples collected in the past. All samples falling under the act must be registered in a biobank. Given the new legal framework, Gothenburg University (GU), in collaboration with Biobank West in Region Västra…
New machine learning framework developed for quick radiation biomarker discovery
NEW STUDY. Weeks-long searching for biomarkers have now been condensed to minutes or even seconds of automatic work. Through a collaboration project between Bioinformatics and Data Centre (BDC) and Britta Langens at Sahlgrenska Cancer Center, a machine learning framework for radiation biomarker discovery and absorbed dose prediction have been developed. “To identify biomarkers using machine learning is a novel approach in cancer radiotherapy, which earlier was a manual and time-consuming method where human bias is a risk. Britta Lange had acquired huge amount of data through animal…