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News, events and outreach activities from The Wallenberg Centre.

News – 22 October 2020

The University of Gothenburg part of new major life science initiative

The Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine (WCMTM) at the University of Gothenburg has been awarded an…

The WCMTM Seminar Series

The WCMTM community is still growing and contains experts covering a vast area of knowledge, from the molecular level to societal health challenges. Cross talking and networking are key issues.

Therefore, 2021 will be the starting point of a new thematic series of seminars that will aim to build bridges between the groups, and surrounding research environments. The aim of every seminar is to identify new possible connections to promote the mutual strive forward, in different focus areas.

The WCMTM Seminar Series is curated by Helena Filipsson, Johan Zelano, Björn Redfors and George Birchenough.

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News – 1 March 2021

A new hub for developing medicines of the future at the University of Gothenburg

In recent years, techniques have been developed to treat diseases with what are known as oligonucleotide drugs, based on…

OPEN CALL: WASP and DDLS joint call for research projects

News – 10 September 2021

Anders Rosengren is this year’s recipient of the Minor Fernström Prize

Sahlgrenska Academy’s recipient of the 2021 Minor Fernström Prize is Anders Rosengren, professor at the Department of…

News – 15 June 2021

New AI model helps understand virus spread from animals to humans

News – 13 January 2021

Major step towards earlier diagnosis of Alzheimer's

The dream scenario is a blood test for early detection that can be used in healthcare.

News – 4 November 2020

The Swedish Research Council grants five WCMTM researchers

Björn Redfors, Roger Olofsson Bagge, Alezia Tietze, Björn Burmann and Helena Filipsson Nyström have all been awarded grants…

News – 7 June 2021

Simple blood test for dementia could be possible, according to new research

Nicholas Ashton, Senior Researcher in Michael Schöll’s Group within WCMTM and Assistant Professor at the Department of…

News – 17 December 2020

Björn Burmann awarded VR Consolidator grant

The Swedish Research Council's (VR) has published its decision on Consolidator grants 2020. WCMTM PI Björn Burmann is one of…

News – 17 September 2020

WCMTM:s new recruitment Björn Redfors awarded an ERC Starting Grant

Björn Redfors has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant of around SEK 15 million for his research on heart attacks. He wants to…

Research story/portrait

Roger Olofsson Bagge receives prestigious award

Researcher and surgeon Roger Olofsson Bagge is to be awarded a prestigious grant from the American Association for Cancer…

Externally published news:

Stålhberg Portrait [Swedish Only, Barncancerfonden]

News – 31 March 2021

George Birchenough receives Junior Investigator Award

WCMTM PI George Birchenough has received the Junior Investigator award from the Swedish Cancer Society.

News – 18 March 2021

Large collaborative project on ultra-sensitive DNA technology for cancer…

Anders Ståhlberg, at the Wallenberg Center for Molecular and Translational Medicine and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, has…

News – 13 January 2021

Michael Schöll awarded by The Royal Society of Arts and Sciences

Michael Schöll, Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine, has been awarded the "Birger Karlsson Science…

News – 22 December 2020

Björn Burmann granted Wallenberg Academy Fellows extension

The WCMTM resarcher Björn Burmann has been awarded an extension on his Wallenberg Academy Fellows grant.

News – 14 October 2020

Cristina Maglio awarded grant by SSMF

Cristina Maglio, clinical researcher at the Wallenberg Centre of Molecular and Translational Medicine (WCMTM) is one of…

News – 1 December 2020

Björn Burmann selected as member of the prestigious EMBO Young Investigator…

Björn Burmann, researcher in Biophysics at the Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, has been selected as EMBO…

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News – 17 December 2020

Funds for research on how COVID-19 affects mental health, stress and well-being…

Ann-Sophie Lindqvist Bagge, associate professor at the Department of Psychology at the University of Gothenburg, will in a…

News – 23 October 2020

Alesia Tietze appointed to Early Career Advisory Board

Dr. Alesia Tietze has been appointed to the newly created Early Career Advisory Board of the journal Chemistry – A European…

Outreach Acitivites

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Emma Börgeson - Inflammation

Emma Börgeson on Inflammation. The movie is in Swedish, but may be watched with English subtitles.

WCMTM Outreach Programme

Are we close to treat Alzheimers disease? How do cancer spread? How do you become a surgeon? Are viruses always bad? How does a working day for a researcher look like?

Our PI´s have experience from a variety of fields within medicine and natural sciences. Do not hesitate to contact them for scientific or popular scientific lecturers.

Lecturer	Topic	Language
Roger Olofsson Bagge (clinical doctor)	Breast cancer, Malignt Melanoma	swe/eng
George Birchenough	Mucosal Biology, Diet/Lifestyle and Intestinal Defence	eng
Emma Börgeson	Inflammation, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases	swe/eng
Martin Dalin (clinical doctor)	Cancer, Pediatric Cancer	swe/eng
Helena Filipsson (clinical doctor)	Endocrinology, Thyroid Diseases	swe/eng
Anetta Svitorka Härtlova	Inflammation, Immunity, Viral and Bacterial infection	eng
Cristina Maglio (clinical doctor)	Reumatic Diseases, Systemic Sclerosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis	swe/eng
Louise Nilsson	Biobanking, Research Infrastructure	swe/eng
Michael Schöll	Dementia and Medical Imaging Techniques	swe/eng
Anders Ståhlberg	Cancer, DNA and Genes, Medical Diagnostics	swe/eng
Ka-Wei Tang (clinical doctor)	Cancer, Virology, Bioinformatics	swe/eng
Alesia Tietze	Medicinal Chemistry, Peptide-Based Drugs	eng
Johan Zelano (clinical doctor)	Neurology, Epilepsy	swe/eng
Daniel Bojar	Bioinformatics, Machine Learning, Glycobiology	eng