NEW STUDY. Four hours of light physical activity per week can now be linked to milder symptoms from intracerebral hemorrhage, and also to better survival rates, a University of Gothenburg study shows. Intracerebral hemorrhage is the most serious type of stroke with few treatment options. About one in ten cases of stroke is an intracerebral hemorrhage, a condition caused by bleeding within the brain tissue, with high risk of death…
Four Projects Selected After a Record Number of Applications for the Bollan Stipend 2022
YOUNG RESEARCHERS. After a thorough review process of over forty applications for the Bollan Stipend 2022, four young researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy have now been awarded the stipend for research projects in medicine and health. The funds are intended to be used within Core Facilities for design, analysis, data collection or other research support available at the research infrastructure. Three out of the four projects have applied for the use…
Four researchers receive project funding from Novo Nordisk Foundation
GRANTS. Four researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy received the equivalent of just over SEK 13 million from the Danish Novo Nordisk Foundation in the latest round of call for applications. One of the projects, led by Suzanne Dickson, will identify previously unknown neurons in the brain involved in regulating our appetite. The world faces an obesity pandemic, and we lack tools to deal with it, notes Suzanne Dickson. Weight loss surgery…
Scientific Advisory Board visits the Sahlgrenska Comprehensive Cancer Centre (SCCC)
RESEARCH COLLABORATION. Recently, the Sahlgrenska Comprehensive Cancer Centre (SCCC) had a visit from its Scientific Advisory Board. The visit was intended to provide independent suggestions on how targeted initiatives can be used to prioritize and support Sahlgrenska Academy and SCCC’s research organizationally. “This type of consultation from experts who are also researchers in leading positions will be particularly valuable when instituting changes and improvements within SCCC,” said Mikael Nilsson, professor…
Bertil Rydenhag to be guest professor in Vienna
APPOINTMENT. Bertil Rydenhag was recently appointed guest professor at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria. He is currently senior professor of neurosurgery at the University of Gothenburg, where he specializes in epilepsy surgery. He is also a chief physician at Sahlgrenska University Hospital. Congratulations, Bertil! What led you to being appointed guest professor? “My appointment is the result of long-term international work with epilepsy, both in Europe and with global…