SAHLGRENSKA LIFE. Planning for the new skills center at Sahlgrenska Life is progressing well. This clinical training platform is part of the life science initiative in Building 3 at Sahlgrenska Life. This shared resource between Sahlgrenska Academy and Sahlgrenska University Hospital will provide clinical skills training to students. Everything to ensure that they will be well prepared to their future careers. The skills center will cover around 4,000 square meters…
Agnes Wold takes place in the tv-show På spåret
PEOPLE. Agnes Wold, professor of clinical bacteriology at the University of Gothenburg, is one of the debut participants in this year’s På spåret. Her partner in the train compartment will be radio journalist Christer Lundberg. Agnes Wold has previously attended a test shoot for the program, but has on two occasions still refused to participate, since autumn is a time when she has so much else to do. When she…
Teachers prepare to be Always READY for digital and hybrid teaching
EDUCATION. The faculty is now launching a creative meeting place where teachers and other staff working with educational questions can provide support and inspiration to each other in our efforts to improve the quality of our digital teaching. The meeting place is created in the form of a Teams channel called ‘Alltid REDO’ [Always READY]. All staff interested in digital education are welcome to join the Teams channel. You can…
European research collaboration leads to faster vaccines
RESEARCH PROJECT. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg are part of a large, new research collaboration that will speed up the process of developing new vaccines. The European pharmaceutical industries and associations (EFPIA) and the European Union (EU) will jointly invest EUR 33 million in the collaboration, which includes experts from 11 countries. Vaccine development is both time-consuming and expensive. On average, it takes 10 years to develop a new…
Expanding knowledge about spinal cord injuries
INTERACTION. Work to set up a center of competence for spinal cord injuries began four years ago. Since then, although COVID-19 has slowed progress, much has happened. For a start, a major knowledge survey about spinal cord injuries (SCIs) has just received the go-ahead, peer health coaches have been trained, and a network for younger researchers working on SCIs is being supported. Ryggmärgsskadecentrum is facilitated at Högsbo Hospital. It has…