AWARD. Agnes Wold, Professor of Clinical Bacteriology at the Institute of Biomedicine, is appointed Woman of the Year by the newspaper Expressen. Part of the justification reads: “In a short time Professor Agnes Wold has gone from being a forceful role model in academia to become Sweden’s entire hag against the current.” Here you can see a TV interview with Agnes Wold made by Expressen (in Swedish): Interview…
Pharmacy student Benjamin Dedic studies and does research simultaneously
STUDENT. 22-year-old Benjamin Dedic sees no problem with conducting research while studying to be a pharmacist at Sahlgrenska Academy. Halfway through his education and he has already examined moose intestines and the toxin that causes cholera. When Benjamin is in the lab, he spends a lot of time on different experiments. He finds going through the material to understand the results and draw relevant conclusions after all of the…
Who should be praised for their dissertation?
AWARDS. The prize “Best thesis at the Sahlgrenska Academy” is now open for nominations. A total of seven PhD’s who defended their dissertations last year will be awarded. All employees at the Sahlgrenska Academy can nominate – by 1 March. The prize has been awarded annually since 2009 and is funded by Dr Arnt Vestbys National Research Foundation. The prize aims to highlight the theses of the highest quality in…
Taking sabbatical in the US with support from SSF
CONTRIBUTION. Sukanya Raghavan, Associate Professor at the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, will shortly take a sabbatical from the Sahlgrenska Academy, to work at Merck Research Laboratories in Palo Alto, California. Her position as guest researcher in the US is funded by contributions from SSF’s call in the strategic mobility. What does the mobility grant mean for your research and for you? The Mobility grant from SSF gives me the…
Takashi Kadowaki: Molecular mechanism of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes
SAHLGRENSKA ACADEMY SEMINAR Speaker:Takashi Kadowaki, MD, PhD, Department of Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, University of Tokyo, Japan. Lab web page: http://dm301k.umin.jp/ Host: Prof Sven Enerbäck (sven.enerback@medgen.gu.se) A light lunch is offered by the venue from 11:30 – first come first served basis.