GRANT. Professor of Molecular Medicine Fredrik Bäckhed has been awarded funding from SciLifeLab and the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation’s joint Proof of Concept grant program. The research team is developing inhibitor drugs targeting an enzyme linked to a molecule that appears to contribute to the stiffening of the heart, liver, and other organs, which can increase the risk of heart failure and liver disease. Fredrik Bäckhed’s research team is…
Two more units from Core Facilities are now part of SciLifeLab
RESEARCH CONDITIONS. After national and international evaluations, Proteomics and the Center for Cellular Imaging (CCI) at Sahlgrenska Academy’s Core Facilities are now set to be part of SciLifeLab. The units will join the SciLifeLab platforms Clinical Proteomics and Immunology and Cellular and Molecular Imaging. “It is our teams’ hard and long-term work that has made this possible, and we are very happy that we now will fit within the framework…
New capacity for tracking COVID-19
CONDITIONS OF RESEARCH. To simplify the surveillance of COVID-19 in society and monitor the spread of mutations of the virus, the University of Gothenburg is now establishing a unique database. It will coordinate large amounts of data about the virus and share this information among hospitals and universities throughout Sweden and with the Swedish Public Health Agency. “We will be able to follow trends nationally and in the near future…
A low-carbohydrate diet can be an effective treatment for fatty liver disease
NEW STUDY. New information on how a low-carbohydrate diet improves metabolism has been published in the journal Cell Metabolism. The findings could lead to improved treatments of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. “We discovered that the diet, independent of weight loss, led to rapid and dramatic decreases in liver fat and other risk factors for cardiovascular disease, and we also revealed previously unknown underlying molecular mechanisms,” says Jan Borén, professor of molecular…
SciLifeLab: Doctoral course: Super-Resolution fluorescence microscopy, 3 Hp
The course (May 16-June 3) aims to provide all participants with training in the fundamental theoretical and experimental aspects of super-resolution microscopy (Nobel Prize in 2014). Scientific tutorials will introduce fundamental and advance aspects of super-resolution fluorescence microscopy. Experimental demo-session will further deepen the understanding and applicability of super-resolution microscopy. As the name implies, super-resolution fluorescence microscopy is a field in which novel optical approaches and single molecule sensitive fluorescence…