PHOTO CONTEST. Josefin Bergenholtz, Niclas Lundh and Julie Weidner – those are the winners of the Sahlgrenska Academy instagram competition with Christmas theme. The winners will receive two movie tickets each. Congratulations! The movie tickets come with the internal mail.
Successful study of Swedish vaccine candidate against diarrhea
STUDY. University of Gothenburg reports first successful results of the oral, inactivated vaccine candidate ETVAX against enterotoxigenic E. coli diarrhea in a placebo-controlled phase I/II study in infants and children from 6 months to 5 years of age in Bangladesh. All predefined primary endpoints for the study were achieved, showing that the vaccine candidate was safe and broadly immunogenic, stimulating immune responses to all key vaccine components. Only a few…
Nearly SEK 120 million from Swedish Research Council within medicine and health
GRANTS. Researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy share nearly SEK 120 million in starting grants and project grants from the Swedish Research Council within the call for medicine and health grant applications. Four young researchers are receiving starting grants providing them with a total of SEK 6 million each. This means that Gothenburg is receiving a quarter of SRC’s investment in young researchers in this call for applications. “I would like…
Six receive grants from Lundberg Foundation
GRANTS. Lill Mårtensson, Jonas Nilsson, Michael Olausson, Ruth Palmer, Diana Swolin-Eide and Peter Thomsen are receiving a total of almost SEK 17 million from the IngaBritt and Arne Lundberg Research Foundation, primarily for the purchase of apparatus, aids and equipment related to cancer, renal disease and orthopedics. The largest grant, SEK 5 million, was awarded to Jonas Nilsson’s project on malignant melanoma, which aims at creating cell therapies for patients…
Martin Lagging the new Vice Dean for Third Cycle (PhD) studies
APPOINTMENT. Martin Lagging, Professor of Clinical Virology, has been appointed the new Vice Dean for Third Cycle (PhD) Studies (also known as doctoral studies or research education). His position commences on 1 November, and he has already started familiarizing himself with current issues on the agenda for the Council for Third Cycle (PhD) Studies (Rådet för utbildning på forskarnivå, FUR). “Sahlgrenska Academy’s research education is outstanding, and several surveys have shown that…