YOUNG RESEARCHERS. About once a month, Sahlgrenska Academy Career Talks arranges meetings to discuss the career paths of young researchers, both inside and outside the university. Most recently, concrete advice was given on how to sharpen your LinkedIn profile, by invited speaker Ida Sjöholm, a freelance copywriter. During Wednesday’s two-hour seminar, it became clear to the audience – about fifty young researchers – that LinkedIn can be a valuable tool…
“A superb prize for basic research”
NOBEL PRIZE. The recipients of this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine have identified how cells respond to varying levels of oxygen – a vital molecular machinery. The discoveries are described as groundbreaking. “This is a superb prize for basic research,” declares Bengt Hallberg, professor of medical and physiological chemistry at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg. Three researchers share the prize: William G. Kaelin, Jr., Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe…
Fix your bike yourself in Medicinareberget’s bicycle workshop
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. Now students and staff can perform simple bike repairs at Medicinareberget. The new bicycle workshop, which has tools and materials available, is accessible from seven in the morning until ten at night. The university’s climate fund supports the initiative. Leading his bicycle, Mats Sandberg shows the way to the bicycle workshop. At the back of Zoologen, next to the Wallenberg Conference Center, the bicycle workshop has now opened.…
SSMF scholarships awarded to three young researchers
GRANTS. The Swedish Society for Medical Research (SSMF) has awarded 26 postdoctoral scholarships to young researchers. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg received three of the scholarships. All three – Elin Bernson, Astrid von Mentzer and Ganesh Vilas Shelke – will receive SEK 850,000 for two years of full-time research. Elin Bernson, Institute of Biomedicine Regulation of immune system’s NK cells in ovarian cancer Ovarian cancer, the deadliest form of gynecologic…
Lecturers from Oxford provide practical ideas on sustainability in healthcare education
EDUCATION. In early November Sahlgrenska Academy will be visited by the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare (CSH), Oxford, a leader in integrating sustainability into healthcare. All employees interested in learning more about the climate impact of health care are invited to seminars and workshops which will also provide practical tips on how to incorporate sustainability in education and practice. At a lunch seminar ‘Introduction to Sustainable Healthcare’ on Monday, November 4…