Sahlgrenska akademins nyheter
All professors at the medical faculties in the Nordic countries can nominate. Nominations should be sent directly to Fernströmska Foundation in Lund and have reach them by Friday, April 22, 2016. The prize constitutes of SEK one million. Nomination form: https://gubox.box.com/s/4np8ibye40ayoqrfscayjn35i4vdvj9k Invitation to nominate: https://gubox.box.com/s/bbcce1c9ods6x0qo3ehjlz50i379p1nd
OLLE’S COMMENTS. Recently the country’s seven medical faculties sent a joint five-point program to the government regarding next year’s research propositions. In his chronicle, Olle Larkö notes that there is strong consensus on what changes are needed. This unanimity among the medical faculties in Sweden is entirely unique. When we deans met at the beginning of this past spring to discuss the new national ALF Agreement, we realized just how…
NEW STUDY. Why a dietary treatment works for some but not others seems to depend on interactions between the gut microbiota and the diet. A new study, published in Cell Metabolism, shows that people with better control of blood sugar after eating barley kernel bread also have a different balance of microbes in the gut. Dietary interventions can be used to improve the metabolism of humans, and they also have…
LIFE SCIENCE. The new research center – the Wallenberg Centre of Molecular Medicine at Lund University – with a focus on regenerative medicine, is part of a national plan to return to Sweden to world leadership in medical research. Funding the center is the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, together with Lund University and Skåne Region.
