RESEARCH CAREER. On Monday, April 12th, the seminar series Career Talks kicked off with the theme ‘How to find, fund, and survive an international postdoc.’ Approximately 50 individuals participated, with researchers who recently completed an international postdoc sharing their experiences in a panel discussion. The seminar began with Office Head Ellen Rydberg discussing the support that the Sahlgrenska Academy’s Reserach Support Office can provide to researchers. Following this, research advisor…
Time to suggest speakers to Sahlgrenska Academy Science Seminars Spring 2024
RESEARCH SEMINARS. The faculty seminar series Sahlgrenska Academy Science Seminars has been running for several years. It’s high time to fill the program for Spring 2024, starting on 1 February. The seminars are held in Lecture Hall Arvid Carlsson or meeting room Birgit Thilander and digital through Zoom Webinars, Thursdays 15-16, and researchers and teachers within Sahlgrenska Academy are hereby invited to submit suggestions of speakers. Speakers The following may…
Sahlgrenska Academy Science Seminars to begin – suggest additional speakers
RESEARCH SEMINAR. In September, Sahlgrenska Academy’s new series of research seminars will start – Sahlgrenska Academy Science Seminars (SAS-seminars). The seminars will initially be held over Zoom. When the pandemic has passed, SAS-seminars will be held on site in the Arvid Carlsson lecture hall every Thursday at 3 p.m. SAS-seminars is run by the Council for Research Questions (FOR) with the support of Professor Ruth Palmer. She was also one…
Many seminars are now canceled
COVID-19. Many of the seminars planned before the outbreak have been canceled. This applies, among other things, to the ethics seminar that was planed to be held on March 26, which now is postponed until fall. The Medical Hill Seminars series, the Gothenburg Medical Association’s Wednesday meetings and the series Forskarsnabben are also temporarily canceled. Canceled seminars (list updated March 17 at 11am): March 17 Martin Hultman: Varför tas inte…
A nuanced seminar about experimental animal research
RESEARCH ETHICS. When the public opposes animal experiments, higher education institutions need to educate both the public and decision makers about why animal experiments are still needed. Through information, we can avoid laws and regulations enacted by decision makers that make biomedical research more difficult and place obstacles in the way of opportunities for finding new ways to treat diseases. Christer Säfholm from Karolinska Institutet, who recently lectured at the…