STUDENTS. Medical student Linnea Molander will be the first recipient of the newly established Landén Research Scholarship of SEK 120,000. Alongside her medical studies, she belongs to the team led by Professor Ruth Palmer and contributes to research on childhood neuroblastoma. Starting this year, the Landén Research Scholarship will be announced annually. The scholarship provides SEK 120,000 in project funding to a student in their fifth semester or later of…
A new regulatory molecule in mitochondria opens a new research field
NEW STUDY. Scientists at the University of Gothenburg and Karolinska Institute have identified a particular molecule that regulates the expression of mitochondrial genes in human cells. Their study is published in the journal Cell. In the long term, the discovery may enable new therapies for several severe diseases. Mitochondria are found in almost all the body’s cells, and their key function is to convert energy from our food into the…
Agnes Wold gives answers about the corona in the podcast Akademiliv (in Swedish)
Now you can hear the recording of the podcast Akademiliv from the live performance on stage in Nordstan during the Science Festival in Gothenburg. The section focuses on covid, and is about infection, disease and vaccines. Participating are Agens Wold, professor of clinical bacteriology at the University of Gothenburg and communications officers Margareta Gustafsson Kubista and Elin Lindström. Listen to the episode here (in Swedish): https://soundcloud.com/sahlgrenskaakademin/agnes-wold-om-corona
Wastewater can provide insight into antibiotic resistance in Africa
GLOBAL HEALTH. Analysis of wastewater is a promising method for monitoring resistance to antibiotics, but can the method also work in countries with the greatest need for improved monitoring? Researchers at the University of Gothenburg are collaborating with colleagues in three African countries to answer this question. Resistance to antibiotics continues to increase among disease-causing bacteria and is a serious and growing public health problem in both Sweden and globally.…
Coronavirus level in wastewater still low
COVID-19. The wastewater concentration of coronavirus in Gothenburg is still relatively low, the University’s latest measurements and analyses show. Last week, a sharp fall in the level of SARS-CoV-2 in the wastewater in Gothenburg was reported. The results showed that a 16-week period of corona levels at or above the peaks of previous pandemic waves was over. The current weekly measurement is based on samples taken in the week of…