SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATION. A new method of examining the skin can reduce the number of animal experiments while providing new opportunities to develop pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. Chemical imaging allows all layers of the skin to be seen and the presence of virtually any substance in any part of the skin to be measured with a very high degree of precision. More and more chemicals are being released into our environment. For example,…
New antibiotic resistance genes found
NEW STUDY. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg have found several previously unknown genes that make bacteria resistant to last-resort antibiotics. The genes were found by searching large volumes of bacterial DNA and are published in the scientific journal Microbiome. The increasing number of infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a rapidly growing global problem. Disease-causing bacteria become resistant through mutations of their own DNA or…
Berzelius silver medal to Jörg Hanrieder
AWARD. Jörg Hanrieder, Associate Professor at the section of psychiatry and neurochemistry, has been awarded this year’s silver Berzelius medal. He receives this award for his work in neuroproteomics, in particular for his development of novel tools for imaging mass spectrometry. This year’s Berzelius medals were handed out in Stockholm in late August, during the Euroanalysis conference, which this year attracted approximately 500 participants from 30 countries. “Of course it…
Engineering Health – seminar this November
SEMINAR. Do you work in healthcare with problems that engineers could possibly help you solve? Are you an engineer working with techniques for the healthcare sector? Or are you just curious as to how engineering and medicine might meet and collaborate? On November 8-9, Chalmers Area of Advance Life Science Engineering will organize the Initiative Seminar Engineering Health with support from Sahlgrenska University Hospital, AstraZeneca, Sahlgrenska Academy and MedTech West.…
March for Science is organised to support free and independent research
MARCH FOR SCIENCE. On April 22 2017, a march is organised across the world to put attention to the importance of science for society and for humanity. The goal is a broad manifestation with participants from all scientific areas. — Today, the role of science is challenged around the world, and it is extremely important that we protect scientific freedom to seek and spread knowledge, says Pam Fredman, the University’s Vice-Chancellor.…