AWARDS. The Assar Gabrielssons Foundation has appointed Malin Lindén as prize winner in the basic science research category and Aron Onerup as prize winner in the clinical research category. The prize winners are rewarded with SEK 100,000 each, which is paid to Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg as an extra research grant. Assar Gabrielsson’s prize is awarded for 2023 excellent theses in cancer research within the Region Västra Götaland.…
Wallenberg Centre biophysicist seeks markers for diabetes
YOUNG RESEARCHERS. Joan Camuñas-Soler, the newly appointed Assistant Professor in Bioinformatics for Translational Medicine, has his own research group at the Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine (WCMTM). In his research, he combines diagnostics, computer science and biophysics to find new biomarkers, currently for metabolic disorders such as diabetes in particular. His Lundberg Laboratory office gives an airy, unadorned impression — hardly surprising, since he has held his research…
The 2021 Bollan Stipend shared by five young researchers
YOUNG RESEARCHERS. During a ceremony on the October 15, the Bollan stipend was handed out to five young researchers active in medical research at Sahlgrenska Academy. Heads of Core Facilities, Marie Hornfelt and Elisabet Carlsohn handed out the diplomas, and Johanna Lindén and Chatarina Lindén as representatives of of the family of the donor Bollan Lindén. The applications – a total of 30 for this year – have been reviewed…
More than 300 participants at the First National Junior Faculty conference
JUNIOR RESEARCHERS. This November, the National Junior Faculty (NJF) held its first nationwide digital conference. The aim was to identify barriers for young researchers early in their academic careers and to start conversations about possible solutions and improvements. “This conference gave us the opportunity to raise issues that are important to junior researchers like ourselves. It also provided insight into what reality really looks like and the opportunity to work…
Tanmoy Mondal receives Swedish Research Council Starting Grant
GRANTS. Tanmoy Mondal, a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, is now starting his own team to study long non-coding RNA and cancer. He has been awarded a Swedish Research Council Starting Grant, giving him a total of SEK 6 million over the next four years. Usually the Swedish Research Council announces grant decisions in October, but Molndal received his gratifying news in February.…