INFRASTRUCTURE. To provide better opportunities for life science researchers in Sweden to utilize the large-scale infrastructures SciLifeLab, MAX IV, and ESS, these have come together in a powerful collaboration called IntraLife. SciLifeLab Gothenburg invites you to a hybrid seminar where you will learn how MAX IV can be utilized for your Life Science needs. The clinical research in the ALF region of Västra Götaland was assessed to have very high…
Research to enable more people to receive bone-anchored prostheses
GRANTS. A bone-anchored prosthesis represents a completely different quality of life than a conventional prosthesis for those who have had to undergo amputation of a leg, for example. The number of patients who can receive an implant is limited now by the patient’s need to have good healing ability. Professor Anders Palmquist studies what happens in the juncture between the implant’s surface and the patients’ bone tissue. The purpose is…
Agneta Holmäng: Our institutes are doing impressive work in education and research
COLUMN. The Faculty Management has now conducted its annual visits to all institutes and Core Facilities. In her latest column, Dean Agneta Holmäng describes the fruitful discussions she had during her visits and how impressed she was by both research and education in the institutes. The annual tour of our institutes and Core Facilities is an important tradition for members of the Faculty Management. It gives us the opportunity…
Six applications receive ALF funding to purchase heavy equipment
GRANTS. Six applications have been granted ALF funding totaling SEK 12.4 million to purchase heavy equipment for clinical research in 2022. The purchase of a spectral flow cytometer and an advanced mass spectrometer for high-resolution translational and clinical proteomics account for much of the funds. Researchers hope that both instruments can be made available through Core Facilities. A number of researchers at several of Sahlgrenska Academy’s institutes and research departments…
Big investments at Core Facilities: SEK 30 million from the Swedish Research Council
INFRASTRUCTURE. This year, a total of SEK 30 million has been granted Core Facilities by the Swedish Research Council. The funds are to cover new investments in current infrastructure, but also the start-up of a new infrastructure of national interest. The Centre for Cellular imaging (CCI) has been granted SEK 7.5 million, Proteomics Core Facility (PCF) SEK 13.6 million, and Mammalian Protein Expression (MPE) has been granted SEK 8.5 million…