RESEARCH SCHOOL. Research in the borderland between technology and health is becoming increasingly important. Now Chalmers University of Technology and Sahlgrenska Academy have together started a new collaboration, where pairs of researchers receive training in ways to solve health care challenges. The health care system is facing major challenges as our population increases and grows older. New technology can provide support and solutions, and technology focusing on health is also…
Merry Christmas from Agneta Holmäng and Henrik Hagberg
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS. Dean Agneta Holmäng and Pro-Dean Henrik Hagberg extend their warmest wishes for a very Merry Christmas to the entire staff. This has been a strange year where, despite the prevailing pandemic, Sahlgrenska Academy has still been able to make progress with external collaborations. We will remember 2020 as a very strange year, the likes of which we will hopefully never have to experience again. On top of all…
Registrations for Act Sustainable are open!
SUSTAINABILITY. From now onwards, the registrations for Act Sustainable are open. Don´t forget that each event requires its own registration, but you can register for as many events as you want. For those of you who are students or employees at Chalmers University of Technology or the University of Gothenburg, you will participate in the events via Zoom. It gives you the opportunity for active participation, for example by asking…
Thomas Karikari recognized for best scholarly article
AWARD. Thomas Karikari, a researcher in clinical neurochemistry at the University of Gothenburg, is one of this year’s recipients of the Fondkistan Foundation scholarship that the Swedish Alzheimer’s Foundation awards to promising young researchers. The award was presented on September 21 during the live broadcast of the Alzheimer’s Foundation event on International Alzheimer’s Day, in which several other leading dementia researchers from Gothenburg also participated. This year two promising young…
Universeum’s SEK 50m donation from Krefting Foundation
INTERACTION. Universeum science center in Gothenburg is to receive SEK 7 million from the Herman. Krefting Foundation for Allergy and Asthma Research, the principal owner of the VBG Group. The donation kicks off Universeum’s life science venture, the initial phase being a new learning environment developed with the Krefting Research Center. This collaboration with the Krefting Foundation will continue until 2026 and the donations will total some SEK 50 million…