DOCTORAL THESIS. Women with anorexia display clear autistic traits, even once the eating disorder is under control and they have achieved a normal weight, according to research from Sahlgrenska Academy. The similarities between anorexia and autism in women are also seen in a part of the brain which process social skills. “A traditional eating disorder is usually linked to fixation with food and weight, but there are also a large…
Anders Rosengren finds new ways of treating type-2 diabetes
YOUNG RESEARCHERS. The diabetes research at the University of Gothenburg has now been strengthened with the physician Anders Rosengren, who has been recruited to join the Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine. Anders Rosengren’s research is already well on the way to identifying new treatments for type-2 diabetes. Diabetes is the fastest growing chronic disease in the world. It is a metabolism disease where the basic problem is that…
Akademiliv the podcast with Elisabet Jerlhag Holm
PODCAST IN SWEDISH. In this episode of Akademiliv the podcast, Elisabet Holm Jerlhag is our guest. Elisabet is Associate Professor of Pharmacology, and the podcast brings up addictions in general, alcohol addiction and the brain’s reward system. In her research Elisabet Jerlhag Holm wants to understand what happens in the brain when a person has an addiction desease. Specifically, the research is focused on how the so-called appetite-regulating hormones affect…
Ten Gothenburg Researchers Awarded Grants from Alzheimerfonden
GRANTS. Ten Gothenburg researchers are to receive a total of SEK 4,250,000 in funding from Alzheimerfonden. Alzheimerfonden (the Alzheimer’s Foundation) supports projects aimed at stopping the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, diagnosing dementia illnesses at an early stage, and at developing treatment and rehabilitation methods. Of those receiving the grants, it is Gothenburg-based researcher Professor Kaj Blennow who has been awarded most funding. His grant amounts to SEK 1,400,000, for a project…
Now you can check your information in the preliminary electoral roll
ELECTION OF NEW DEAN. As a preparation for the election of a new dean and vice dean at the Sahlgrenska Academy, the Faculty Office has now compiled a preliminary electoral roll. The Institutions, Core Facilities and the Faculty Office must submit any comments regarding the electoral roll by no later than February 9. The goal of the drafting group is that the election can be carried out during the month…