FACULTY DIALOGUE. A pleasant discussion and many insightful questions. This is how Dean Agneta Holmäng summarized the general academic meeting with a focus on the conditions for our researchers and renewal. The meeting took place over lunch on Tuesday, October 10. The meeting commenced with an overview of the activities currently available for researchers in the early stages of their academic careers at Sahlgrenska Academy. Ellen Rydberg, Lena Carlsson Ekander,…
Five young researchers were awarded Bollan scholarships for promising projects
GRANTS. After the review process was completed, it became clear that five researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy have been awarded the Bollan Scholarship 2023. These researchers are conducting projects in the field of medicine and health and will be able to utilize the infrastructures at Core Facilities. The award ceremony for the Bollan Scholarship 2023 was held on October 12th. Present to present the award were Elisabet Carlsohn and Marie Hornfelt,…
Malin Lindén och Aron Onerup får Assar Gabrielssons pris 2023
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…