PUBLIC DEBATE. It is time to consider to subsidize vaccinations against TBE, and the cost effectiveness of introducing TBE vaccine in the national vaccination program should be investigated. This is stated by several researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy and School of Business, Economics and Law in an article in Läkartidningen. The article, published on August 1, was written by Professor Tomas Bergström and Associate Professor Peter Norberg, at the Department of…
The colon is defended from bacteria by a self-sacrificing sentinel cell
A lone Sentinel cell monitors and coordinates the defense of the entrance to the colon’s most sensitive parts. The Sentinel cell detects nearby bacteria and signals to a line of defensive cells to send out a cascade of mucus to push away the invaders. As a final self-sacrificing action the cell commits suicide and ejects itself into the intestinal lumen. Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, have discovered…
Future Faculty: Young researchers, where are you?
YOUNG RESEARCHERS. You have received your PhD but you don’t have a permanent position as a researcher yet – join Future Faculty. It is completely free and there are no requirements for membership, and at the same time Future Faculty can do a lot for you and other young researchers. Future Faculty has been at Sahlgrenska Academy since 2006. Although the organization has approximately 250 members, they know there are…
Five ran half marathon for the universal vaccine
INTERACTION. Five enthusiastic researchers recently ran the Gothenburg Half Marathon to draw attention to efforts to develop a universal flu vaccine. The team’s most senior researcher Stefan Isaksson was also the fastest, with the finish time 1:48:49. The runner team consisted of Stefan Isaksson, Gurdeep Chahal, Stefan Karlsson, Siggeir Fannar Brynólfsson and Inta Gribonika. All had the same T-shirt, with the text “21 km closer to Universal Influenza Vaccine. One…
Anna Rohlin wrote last year’s best dissertation
PRIZES. Tuesday May 17, Sahlgrenska Academy recognized seven dissertations that were defended at the faculty last year. Anna Rohlin, who received her PhD in clinical genetics, wrote the dissertation crowned the best dissertation of the year 2015. “There are many dissertations from the Sahlgrenska Academy every year, and it feels fantastic to be recognized like this,” said Anna Rohlin. Anna did her dissertation work in Margareta Nordling’s research group in…