EDUCATION. The faculty is now launching a creative meeting place where teachers and other staff working with educational questions can provide support and inspiration to each other in our efforts to improve the quality of our digital teaching. The meeting place is created in the form of a Teams channel called ‘Alltid REDO’ [Always READY]. All staff interested in digital education are welcome to join the Teams channel. You can…
Six postdocs in Gothenburg received funding from SSMF
FUNDING. Thirty-seven postdocs from six Swedish universities were recognized when the Swedish Society for Medical Research (SSMF) announced its 2016 scholarships for postdocs. SSMF supports young researchers by awarding SEK 127 million during in 2016. In the coming years, these postdocs can devote all their energies to their research without having to think about financing their salaries. Six come from the University of Gothenburg, 17 from Karolinska Institutet, seven from…
Less than half of patients with gout receive preventive treatment
NEW STUDY. Gout is the most prevalent arthritic disease in the Western Sweden region and its incidence has increased substantially over the last ten years. However, less than half of patients with gout receive preventive treatment according to a new study from Sahlgrenska Academy, the first of its kind in the Nordic region to investigate how prevalent gout is. Gout is a crystal arthritis, where high levels of uric acid…
Low physical capacity second only to smoking as highest death risk
NEW STUDY. A 45 year study in middle-aged men, at Sahlgrenska Academy, has shown that the impact of low physical capacity on risk of death is second only to smoking. The research is published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. “The benefits of being physically active over a lifetime are clear,” said lead author Dr Per Ladenvall, a researcher in the Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy…
Study on brown bears provides insight into human gut microbial ecology
NEW STUDY. The feeding habits of brown bears go from extreme energy consumption during the summer months to a zero energy intake during winter hibernation. In a unique study of free-ranging brown bears, Swedish researchers were able to show that the bears’ dietary variation goes hand-in-hand with dramatic changes in the animal’s gut microbiota – a finding that may provide increased knowledge of how the gut microbiota affects our metabolism.…