GRANT. Thaher Pelaseyed, who recently returned to Gothenburg after a postdoc at Cornell University, is now establishing his own independent lab, focusing on a new type of surface receptors in intestinal cells. He as just secured funding for the next four years, thanks to a generous grant from Swedish Society for Medical Research (Svenska Sällskapet för Medicinsk Forskning, or SSMF). SSMF’s Large Grant goes to promising young scientists who are…
Large focus on young researchers when the Swedish Research Council visited Sahlgrenska Academy
GENERAL ACADEMY MEETING. On Wednesday the Swedish Research Council’s area of Medicine and Health visited Sahlgrenska Academy, which was the second last stop on this year’s faculty tour. The meeting was mainly dominated by the situation for young researchers, however there were few junior researchers present in the audience. Participating in the meeting were the Secretary General for medicine and health and Johan Nilsson, area coordinator. One alarming trend that…
Member of Future Faculty? Help to fine-tune your application to the Swedish Research Council
YOUNG RESEARCHERS. There are good opportunities available for Sahlgrenska Academy to secure project funding for young researchers from the Swedish Research Council, the Grants and Innovation Office and Future Faculty can confirm; the latter is now offering its members the chance to attend a practical two-day workshop that will help them to fine-tune their applications for this funding. Over the past few years, only a small number of young researchers…
Michael Schöll behind Introduction of New Brain Imaging Technology
YOUNG RESEARCHERS. Michael Schöll is the latest researcher to be recruited to the Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine in Gothenburg. He brings with him expertise about an imaging technology for the brain that was not available here before, which will mean new, and more far-reaching opportunities to study the diseases of the brain. This ‘PET’, i.e. positron emission tomography, scanning is a medical imaging technology that uses radioactive…
New honorary doctors of medicine at Sahlgrenska Academy
INTERACTION. Madeleine Olsson Eriksson, Helen von Sydow and Oscar von Sydow have been appointed as this year’s honorary doctors at Sahlgrenska Academy. “All three have made significant, committed efforts to further the work of the Academy and out students,” says Pro-Dean Eric Hanse. Since its inception in 2005, more than 400 students have received scholarships through the projects that Helen von Sydow and Oscar von Sydow initiated and funded through…