Joakim Larsson awarded newly established prize for research communication PRIZE. Joakim Larsson has been awarded this year’s research communication prize of SEK 100,000 from Örebro University and the Hamrin Foundation. Larsson serves as professor of environmental pharmacology at the University of Gothenburg, heads the Centre for Antibiotic Resistance in Gothenburg, and is in the upper echelon of the list of the world’s most cited researchers produced by the analytics company…
Wastewater more potent breeding ground for antibiotic resistance than previously known
NEW STUDY. Wastewater is a more potent environment for antibiotic resistance to evolve than previously known. A study from the University of Gothenburg shows that wastewaters have unique characteristics, allowing resistance genes to start their journey from harmless bacteria to those that cause disease. Microorganisms have produced antibiotic molecules long before we started to use them as medicines. Accordingly, the ability of many environmental bacteria to defend themselves against antibiotics…
Coronavirus causes chaos in infected cells’ RNA
NEW STUDY. Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) hijacks parts of infected cells’ vital RNA machinery, thereby blocking important functions in the cells. These damaging changes in the RNA can likely be reversed, potentially leading to new drugs against COVID-19, University of Gothenburg researchers show. Genetic material in the body’s cells consists of DNA, which serves as long-term storage of genetic information. RNA carries this encoded information to the cells for transcription and…
Three junior researchers receive a total of SEK 13.8 million from the Swedish Cancer Society
GRANTS. In the Swedish Cancer Society’s latest call for proposals, three junior researchers at the University of Gothenburg receive funding: Elinor Bexe Lindskog at the Institute of Clinical Sciences and Avlant Nilsson and Roshan Vaid at the Institute of Biomedicine. Elinor Bexe Lindskog has been given the Junior Investigator Award, which awards her SEK 5.2 million. Her project deals with individualized cancer treatment for patients with colorectal cancer, based on…
New chance to speak up on research in Gothenburg
COLLABORATION. After last year’s successful Soapbox Science event during the International Science Festival Gothenburg, another is now coming up in April. Women and non-binary researchers in STEMM here in the city can sign up to give their presentations. Soapbox Science is a British notion inspired by Speakers’ Corner in London. Four at a time for one hour each, standing on wooden “soapboxes”, the researchers present their work. Every prepared, 15-minute…