AWARD. Jörg Hanrieder, Associate Professor at the section of psychiatry and neurochemistry, has been awarded this year’s silver Berzelius medal. He receives this award for his work in neuroproteomics, in particular for his development of novel tools for imaging mass spectrometry. This year’s Berzelius medals were handed out in Stockholm in late August, during the Euroanalysis conference, which this year attracted approximately 500 participants from 30 countries. “Of course it…
Elisabet Jerlhag Holm receives this year’s Minor Fernström Prize
AWARD. This year’s Minor Fernström Prize at Sahlgrenska Academy goes to Elisabet Jerlhag Holm, Associate Professor in Pharmacology. She conducts research on what happens in the brain when we develop ad addiction to alcohol and other drugs, with the goal of identifying new medications that can treat patients with dependences. Elisabet Jerlhag Holm has done pioneering studies on neurobiological mechanisms for diseases of dependence by investigating various appetite-regulating hormones and their…
New possibility of studying how Alzheimer’s disease affects the brain at different ages
NEW STUDY. Alzheimer’s disease can lead to several widely divergent symptoms and, so far, its various expressions have mainly been observed through the behaviour and actions of patients. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now produced images showing the changes in the brain associated with these symptoms – a development which increases knowledge and could facilitate future diagnostics and treatment. Symptoms vary in cases of Alzheimer’s disease and often…
Severe stress behind self-perceived memory problems
DOCTORAL THESIS. Stress, fatigue, and feeling like your memory is failing you. These are the symptoms of a growing group of patients studied as part of a thesis at Sahlgrenska Academy. Result – They may need help, but they are rarely entering the initial stages of dementia. “We are seeing a growing number of people who are seeking help because of self-perceived cognitive problems, but have no objective signs of…
Five professors approved for the Sahlgrenska Visiting Professors initiative
GRANTS. Frances Ashcroft, William Jagust, Roger Adan, Sören Riis Paludan and Tudor Oprea. These are the five new visiting professors who have been recruited to Sahlgrenska Academy through the Sahlgrenska Visiting Professors program. The Faculty Board has set up the Sahlgrenska Visiting Professors program to increase high-quality international research exchanges. It is a five-year visiting professors program, and we are now seeing the result of the first call for expressions…