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…
New investigation advocates safer research careers
REPORT. By next year, all doctoral students with three years left should be employed by their institute of higher education. Credentialed employment should increase, as persons who fulfil previously set criteria will be given the right to become permanently hired. The proposal was put forward in a new investigation on career paths, equality and mobility. The proposal is good news for the National Junior Faculty (NJF) that is the umbrella…
National Junior Faculty proposes measures to overcome obstacles for young researchers
RESEARCH CONDITIONS. In a debate article in the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet the umbrella of the National Junior Faculty presents five concrete measures to facilitate the career path for young researchers. The debate article is a result of the extensive survey National Junior Faculty conducted last year.t. Read the article here (Swedish only): http://www.svd.se/unga-forskare-ser-hinder-for-sin-forskning National Junior Faculty states that as many as eight out of ten of the young researchers who…
Volkan Sayin will be a postdoc in New York with Swedish Research Council funding
GRANT. Volkan Sayin has received just over SEK 3 million from the Swedish Research Council’s call for proposals for international postdocs. He defended his thesis last year with a dissertation that showed that antioxidants increase lung cancer aggressiveness, a finding he will continue with as a postdoc in New York. Can you describe the group you will be doing your postdoc with? “I decided to do my postdoc with Dr.…