HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY. When the research school for SciLifeLab and Wallenberg’s national program for data-driven life science (DDLS) starts this fall, one of the PhD students will be enrolled at Sahlgrenska Academy. Christina Jern and her co-applicants will recruit a PhD student for a project on precision medicine for ischemic stroke. “We will use machine learning algorithms to find blood-based molecular and radiomic biomarkers that will allow us to better…
Apply for SSF Future Research Leaders!
For the ninth time, the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) announces the call for the flagship program Future Research Leader 2024 (FFL-9). 16 young researchers will be given the opportunity to participate during a five-year period. Participants receive a grant of SEK 15 million each and will also undergo solid leadership training. Note that this call is only announced every three years, has a narrow eligibility window and may…
Announcement of strategic grants for international collaborations in 2024 (Round 2)
The Internationalization Council at Sahlgrenska Academy hereby announces strategic grants (round 2) for internationalization at home, for strengthening existing collaborations where agreements have been concluded or to stimulate new strategic collaborations. The Internationalization Council would particularly like to welcome applications with a focus on internationalization at home this round. The purpose of these strategic funds is primarily to stimulate initiatives linked to internationalization at home, but also to stimulate deepened…
University of Gothenburg seeks next Director for WCMTM – Register interest by May 22
CALL. The University of Gothenburg is looking for a director, who will lead the inspiring environment Wallenberg Center for Molecular and Translational Medicine (WCMTM) into the next phase. The scope of the assignment is 50 percent of full time. Register your interest no later than Wednesday 22 May to Mikaela Wickström (mikaela.wickstrom@gu.se). Expressions of interest must contain a CV and a personal letter. In 2015, the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation,…
Fredrik Bäckhed is a guest on the Nobel Prize Museum’s podcast “Ideas that change the world” (podcast in Swedish)
Life in the gut is the focus of a new episode of the Nobel Prize Museum’s podcast “Ideas that change the world”. Our guts are full of bacteria, and they play a bigger role in our lives than you might think. In fact, the gut functions as its own ecosystem inside us, where more bacteria live than there are human cells in our bodies. The microbiologist Professor Fredrik Bäckhed talks…