REQUIREMENTS FOR RESEARCH. As young researchers, it is beneficial to be able to think outside the box. This was the recurring theme during Future Faculty’s anniversary seminar. Several speakers mentioned that development moves slowly in the world of university – the queries that were topical when the organization was created ten years ago are just as relevant today. Future Faculty wants to see clearer career paths for researchers without permanent…
Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine – the first three researchers recruited and more on the way in
RESEARCH. Three prominent young researchers have now been recruited in the effort to build the Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine. The Wallenberg Centre has now issued an invitation to an initial seminar where the prominent young researchers and other associated researchers will present their projects. The seminar will be held on Tuesday, February 7, at 1:00-3:00 p.m. at the Wallenberg Conference Centre. Register here: http://kompetensutveckling.adm.gu.se/seminar/detail/3012 The Wallenberg Centre…
Speed dating and networking between Chalmers and the Sahlgrenska Academy
INTERACTION. Researcher speed dating and poster exhibition was on the agenda on October 11, when Young Faculty at Chalmers and Future Faculty at the Sahlgrenska Academy got together. A workshop with the aim to let people from Chalmers and Sahlgrenska Academy network and connect was initiated by Marta Bally, Assistant professor and new profile leader for the Life Science Engineering Area of Advance at Chalmers University of Technology. To help,…
Future Faculty: Young researchers, where are you?
YOUNG RESEARCHERS. You have received your PhD but you don’t have a permanent position as a researcher yet – join Future Faculty. It is completely free and there are no requirements for membership, and at the same time Future Faculty can do a lot for you and other young researchers. Future Faculty has been at Sahlgrenska Academy since 2006. Although the organization has approximately 250 members, they know there are…
The Novo Nordisk Foundation makes a major investment in Ulrika Islander’s research
GRANT. Even though estrogen treatment has shown itself to be highly effective against both inflammation and osteoporosis in rheumatoid arthritis, it cannot be used as a long-term therapy. The risk of serious side effects such as cancer is too great. But imagine if it was possible to find a way to use the beneficial effects of estrogen without patients suffering from its negative aspects. Ulrika Islander, Associate Professor in the…