DONATION. Olle Korsgren is an internationally leading researcher in the field of transplantation of insulin-producing cells, known as islet transplantation. In the autumn of 2020, Korsgren’s visiting professorship in transplant immunology will be transferred to the Institute of Medicine. He looks forward to continuing to work in the strong research teams that he regards as a hallmark of Sahlgrenska Academy. Olle Korsgren is a professor of transplant immunology at Uppsala…
Lack of education important risk factors for cardiovascular disease globally
NEW STUDY. The risk of developing myocardial infarction or stroke among people with little or no education was more than twice that of people with high education, according to a large international study published in The Lancet Global Health. The association was more marked in poorer countries. The Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiologic (PURE) study investigated adults from 20 countries and found that low education was associated with increased risk of…
The measurement of particles in exhaled air aroused interest at the ERS Congress
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…
Five professors approved for the Sahlgrenska Visiting Professors initiative
GRANTS. Frances Ashcroft, William Jagust, Roger Adan, Sören Riis Paludan and Tudor Oprea. These are the five new visiting professors who have been recruited to Sahlgrenska Academy through the Sahlgrenska Visiting Professors program. The Faculty Board has set up the Sahlgrenska Visiting Professors program to increase high-quality international research exchanges. It is a five-year visiting professors program, and we are now seeing the result of the first call for expressions…
Rosie Perkins trains researchers in scientific writing at the Wallenberg Laboratory
WRITING SUPPORT. For ten years, the Wallenberg Laboratory has had its own scientific editor, who scrutinizes both grant proposals and manuscripts before they are submitted. Rosie Perkins shares with us some of her best advice on how to significantly improve your grants and manuscripts. Rosie Perkins is rarely short of work at the Wallenberg Laboratory. She divides her time between refining papers for journals and grant applications to various funding…