GRANTS. That cancer is due to changes in DNA has been the starting point for cancer research, for the past several generations. But until quite recently, only a fraction of the human genetic material had been examined, namely the genes that encode proteins. Erik Larsson Lekholm, who was recently appointed a Wallenberg Academy Fellow, examines the other 97 percent of the genome with the help of powerful computers. Wallenberg Academy…
Four Swedish Research Council grants for young scientists
GRANTS. Emma Börgeson, Johanna Höög, Elisabet Jerlhag Holm and Malin Johansson have each received SEK 6 million from the Swedish Research Council’s call for young scientists. Their fields are metabolic syndrome, communication between cells, the reward system of the brain and the protective mucus layer of the gut. Emma Börgeson completed her postgraduate studies at University College Dublin and is just finishing up her EU-financed postdoctoral research at UCSD. Her current…
First career opportunities announced within the Wallenberg Center for Molecular Medicine
RECRUITMENT. Wallenberg Centre of Molecular and Translational Medicine (WCMTM) at University of Gothenburg now starts recruiting international, outstanding young researchers for positions as Assistant Professor. In the first call, up to three positions in translational neuroscience and metabolic diseases will be announced. This newly established center was founded in cooperation with the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, Region Västra Götaland, AstraZeneca and the University of Gothenburg. The center is part of a national…
The Vinnova Fellowship on the border between immunology and neuroscience
INTERNATIONALIZATION. For the coming three years, Canadian researcher Jacqueline Lai will work as a Vinnova-funded postdoctoral researcher in Carina Mallard’s research team at Medicinareberget. Here, she will be continue working with a molecule that may perhaps become a medicine for brain injury in premature newborns. Brain damage in newborns is, in many cases, due to the fact that the baby is born before it has attained full growth. The premature…
A Vinnova Fellowship on the border between immunology and neuroscience
INTERNATIONALIZATION. For the coming three years, Canadian researcher Jacqueline Lai will work as a Vinnova-funded postdoctoral researcher in Carina Mallard’s research team at Medicinareberget. Here, she will be continue working with a molecule that may perhaps become a medicine for brain injury in premature newborns.