COLLABORATION. During the European Respiratory Society Congress (ERS), a major event which recently concluded in Milan, several studies based on the PExA method were presented. PExA is a new method to monitor small airways by the measurement of droplets, i.e. particles, in exhaled air. Anna-Carin Olin, who leads the research group on breath analyses that has developed the PExA method, summarizes that the method had something of a breakthrough at…
New unit: Research and Innovation Office
University Director Jörgen Tholin has decided to set up a unit called the Research and Innovation Office. The new unit will take effect from April 1st, 2013.
Curie: Think of patents before publishing
Is it possible to combine the requirements of open access with the hope that the research will lead to valuable patents? Yes, but it requires that both researchers and funders plan in advance, according to the experts the Swedish Research Council Journal Curie talked to.