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…
Magnus Simrén to present a prestigious lecture at Mayo Clinic
INVITED SPEAKER. As a visiting lecturer in the United States, Magnus Simrén will have the great honor of speaking at Mayo Clinic, a leading institution in his field, this December. Nobel laureates and other top international scientists have previously stood on the same podium. A special committee chooses speakers for the biennial C. F. Code Lecture. Sir James Black, a Nobel prizewinner who discovered the first effective antihypertensive, is among the…
Henrik Sjövall: Student outshines teacher
COLUMN. After having the opportunity to review a rigorous examination system for medical students in Nepal, Henrik Sjövall concludes that we have a great deal to learn from our colleagues at the Patan Academy of Health Sciences. TEXT AND PHOTO: HENRIK SJÖVALL The Faculty Board for a new medical program at the Patan Academy of Health Sciences in Kathmandu wanted me to review their examination system. The program is fairly unique in…