GRANTS. Eleven Gothenburg-based research projects have been awarded a total of SEK 18 million in funding from the Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation. In contrast to the rest of the population, strokes are on the increase among people aged 65 or over in Sweden. Christina Jern, Professor of Neurology with a focus on vascular illnesses and vascular genetics, is one of the researchers being awarded funding for her research from the Foundation.…
Now you can check your information in the preliminary electoral roll
ELECTION OF NEW DEAN. As a preparation for the election of a new dean and vice dean at the Sahlgrenska Academy, the Faculty Office has now compiled a preliminary electoral roll. The Institutions, Core Facilities and the Faculty Office must submit any comments regarding the electoral roll by no later than February 9. The goal of the drafting group is that the election can be carried out during the month…
More than 100 researchers receive project grants from the Assar Gabrielssons Foundation Fund
GRANTS. The Assar Gabrielssons Foundation Fund provides more than SEK 4.5 million to 104 projects promoting cancer research. The vast majority of the researchers are associated with the University of Gothenburg. Two of the projects receiving funding are being carried out by Niclas Karlsson’s team at Medicinareberget. “I’m delighted!” That was the reaction of Barbara Adamczyk, who had just been notified that the Foundation is going to support her research…
New weekly seminar series for researchers at Medicinareberget
COLLABORATION. Wednesdays at 3 pm. Note it in your calendar. That’s the day and time for the Medical Hill Seminar Series, where primarily guest researchers will be speaking. “In Umeå, we had a great series of seminars for researchers that attracted full houses. If we could do it in Umeå, we can do it here,” says Ruth Palmer, who initiated the series of seminars together with Bengt Hallberg. When the…
Worrying traces of resistant bacteria in air
NEW STUDY. Polluted city air has now been identified as a possible means of transmission for resistant bacteria. Researchers in Gothenburg have shown that air samples from Beijing contain DNA from genes that make bacteria resistant to the most powerful antibiotics we have. “This may be a more important means of transmission than previously thought,” says Joakim Larsson, a professor at Sahlgrenska Academy and director of the Centre for Antibiotic…