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.…
Successful two-day symposium focusing on junior researchers
YOUNG RESEARCHERS. It should come as no surprise if the first Sahlgrenska Academy Junior Researcher Symposium results in several new collaborations among different teams and different fields. The symposium featured a series of interesting presentations and proved very successful. Sahlgrenska Academy’s leadership and Dean Agneta Holmäng have been very supportive of the Future Faculty’s work with the Sahlgrenska Academy Junior Researcher Symposium. Ten external sponsors helped fund the symposium. Although…
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…
Four Projects Selected After a Record Number of Applications for the Bollan Stipend 2022
YOUNG RESEARCHERS. After a thorough review process of over forty applications for the Bollan Stipend 2022, four young researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy have now been awarded the stipend for research projects in medicine and health. The funds are intended to be used within Core Facilities for design, analysis, data collection or other research support available at the research infrastructure. Three out of the four projects have applied for the use…
Carolina Guibentif named one of research leaders of the future
YOUNG RESEARCHERS. Carolina Guibentif, a researcher in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, uses single-cell analysis to identify genes and mechanisms that have an important bearing on prenatal cancers. Her dream is to develop research that could help the early identification of newborns at risk of developing cancer. Naturally, Guibentif is delighted to be among those recently named a Research Leader of the Future by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic…