MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT. Good facilities and excellent infrastructure – both are prerequisites for our continued competitiveness. Jan Holgersson, recently assigned to the post of vice dean within these areas, feels that the work to meet the conditions and wishes of the organization is satisfying. As former head of operations at SU, Jan Holgersson has gained some experience in managing projects, and he thinks it will be interesting to work in a…
Better diagnosis and treatment of brain tumors
GRANT. Helena Carén studies the mechanisms that govern the formation of our cells and the growth of brain tumors, and her research has already contributed to a new method for diagnosing brain tumors in children. 3.8 million SEK from the Lundberg Research Foundation is allocated to an advanced microscope that significantly accelerates the pace of work. Every year, over 1,300 adults and nearly a hundred children in Sweden are diagnosed…
New major vaccine prize awarded to Jan Holmgren
AWARD. Jan Holmgren, senior professor of medical microbiology, receives the prestigious international IVI-SK Bioscience Park MahnHoon Award. He is awarded for the development of the world’s first effective oral cholera vaccine. Cholera is a highly contagious intestinal disease, characterized by sudden diarrhea and vomiting. The patient often becomes unconscious and usually dies within a few hours. Jan Holmgren led the research team that mapped the basic mechanisms of disease and…
Carolina Guibentif studies embryotic processes leading to disease
SCIENTIST PORTRAIT. Half of all childhood cancers have a suspected prenatal origin, which limits the possibility to study the cells undergoing the initial mutations, as this happens in utero. In her project, Carolina Guibentif propose to use human pluripotent stem cell cultures to study these early events, that take place before birth. Niclas Lundh, administrative coordinator at the institution, has met her. What is your scientific background? I became interested…
Davide Angeletti studies differentiation of B-celler
SCIENTIST PORTRAIT. Davide Angeletti is an associate senior lecturer at the Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg. Davide´s work aims at defining the basic immunological mechanisms of antibody and B cell responses as an essential step towards an effective universal vaccination. Niclas Lundh, administrative coordinator at the institute, has met him. What is your scientific background? During my Master I became very interested in malaria research. I did two projects,…