2012-01-23 15:53 Hjärnfonden collects donations and supports research about the whole brain and nervous system. Charlotta Lindwall, at the University of Gothenburg, receives SEK 280,000 for her research into stem cells.

2012-01-13 07:30 Recently employed as Investment Manager for Life Science at Business Region Göteborg, Iris Öhrn works for making the Göteborg region and specifically our Life Science resources and competences better known abroad. "I will work for making our Life Science Industry clearer on the investors´ map," explains Iris Öhrn.

2012-01-06 09:13 15 researchers in Göteborg receive MSEK 13.7 from the Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation to develop methods to treat people suffering from heart, lung or vascular diseases. One of them is Anna-Carin Olin, Senior Lecturer at Sahlgrenska University Hospital. Anna-Carin Olin also recieved verification grant in 2010 from GöteborgBIOin collaboration with Sahlgrenska Science Park.

2012-01-03 12:17 Transplantation related research is being organised in a completely new way within Transplantation Biology & Regenerative Medicine at the Transplantation Centre at Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Göteborg. The new concept is based on the purpose of transferring knowledge from research to patient as quickly as possible. The center now moves to Sahlgrenska Science Park offering ideal premises.

2012-01-02 10:25 Internet service improves care for newborns and the chronically ill. Using a new Internet service, Care@Distance, developed and tested at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, patients may stay at home and receive better monitoring by and dialogue with health care professionals.

2011-12-19 13:40 "Five Clusters" is a collaboration between Chalmers University of Technology, The City of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, Region Västra Götaland and West Sweden Chamber of Commerce and describes five strong clusters in West Sweden that have been identified jointly by leading representatives from the academia and the public and private sector. Life Science in one of the clusters.

2011-12-05 14:14 The S-CUT emergency cutting tool was developed in response to a request by the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, which wished to replace its existing scissors for removing chemically polluted clothing in situations with many victims. The tool is today used by ambulance personnel, fire services, the police, military, the offshore industry and others the world over. From ES Equipment AB, Sweden.

2011-11-18 11:55 Göteborg based Medfield Diagnostics is winner of National Instruments yearly "NI Graphical Systems Design Awards" in Sweden 2011. Medfield's first product, Strokefinder R10, is an instrument for researchers within stroke and neurological research and can be used both for snapshot measurements to differentiate between ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke as well as to monitor changes over time.

2011-11-03 08:49 Vitrolife´s CEO Magnus Nilsson goes from group responsibility to the transplantation business. Magnus Nilsson will focus on leading Xvivo Perfusion AB, a more independent operating unit within the Vitrolife Group.