PUBLICATION. New research led by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, with the participation of Michael Schöll from the University of Gothenburg shows for the first time that PET scans can track the progressive stages of Alzheimer’s disease in cognitively normal adults, a key advance in the early diagnosis and staging of the neurodegenerative disorder. In the process, the scientists also obtained important clues about two Alzheimer’s-linked proteins –…
Fully committed to physical activity
NEW PROFESSOR. Since December 1, Mats Börjesson is the new Professor in Sports Physiology at Sahlgrenska Academy and the new Codirector of KHP, the National Center for Health and Performance Development at the University of Gothenburg. Now he has plans to bring in more students and resident physicians to KHP – and especially add more sports medicine to the curricula. Mats Börjesson studied medicine in Gothenburg and defended his thesis…
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…
Colin L Masters: The Aβ amyloidogenic pathway: a voyage towards disease modifying treatments
SAHLGRENSKA ACADEMY SEMINAR Speaker: Colin L Masters, Head of the Neurodegeneration Division and Laureate Professor, Florey Institute, The University of Melbourne, Australia. Host: Prof Kaj Blennow (kaj.blennow@neuro.gu.se) A light lunch is offered by the venue from 11:30 – first come first served basis. Colin Masters has focused his career on research in Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases, including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. His work over the last 35 years is widely acknowledged…
Kaj Blennow receives the Söderberg Prize in Medicine
PRIZE. Professor Kaj Blennow at the Sahlgrenska Academy has been awarded the Söderberg Prize in Medicine 2016 for his research on Alzheimers disease. He has been awarded the prize of one million SEK for his “uniquely innovative research”. “I am extremely happy! It is a great honor to receive the Söderberg Prize in Medicine,” says Kaj Blennow. “It is also very gratifying that this type of clinically tied biochemical research…