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Do seasonal changes influence the efficacy of vaccination against diabetes?
The development of a drug for type 1 diabetes received a setback after the Phase 3 study did not show any clear effects. One reason may be seasonal variations in the immune system.
Nobel Prize winner visits LiU
Torsten Wiesel, Nobel Laureate in Medicine in 1981, lecturing at LiU on 10 February.
Berzelius School first in Linköping with math coaches
The Berzelius School will now offer its students help from Linköping University math coaches; the first school in Linköping to do so.
The coaches involved are future primary and secondary school math teachers.
Special training schools for student teachers
The government aims to introduce training schools, with specially qualified advisers that will take in a large number of student teachers for traineeships.
Famous gender researcher is guest professor
Anna Wahl is a business economist who gained attention in 1992 when, in her thesis at the Stockholm School of Economics (Handelshögskolan), she critically reviewed organisations and leadership from a gender perspective.
More technology increases demands on family custodians
New technology is radically increasing opportunities to care for and monitor sick people in their own homes. At the same time, there is a risk that relatives will have greater demands placed on them to attend to their sick family and deal with the new technology. Ethics researcher Elin Palm warns of increased stress and social isolation.
Pan-European case study competition at LiU
Between 31 January and 3 February, a European case study competition is being held at Linköping University for Industrial Engineering and Management students.
The world’s first CBT treatment for depression in Kurdish
Internet-based CBT has shown itself to be an effective treatment for depression, but only for those who have a good command of Swedish. As part of a larger research project, psychology students at Linköping University (LiU) are now starting cognitive behaviour therapy in Kurdish.
Increased collaboration in disability research
Jönköping University will be a new collaborator in the Swedish Institute for Disability Research (SIDR), along with Linköping and Örebro Universities.
The CHILD research environment will now be part of the collaboration.
Magnus Börjesson: This year's environmental profile
The Annual Environmental Profile was awarded for the fifth time; in conjunction with an environmental mingle at Linköping University (LiU). This year's winner was both surprised and pleased.
Excellent nano researchers
Daniel Aili, Research Associate at Linköping University, is one of 14 young scientists selected for the Ingvar Carlsson Award. It provides him with nearly SEK 3 million for a project that aims to restore damaged tissues in the human body.
Museums and national identities
Building new national museums is a growing trend, both globally and within Europe. Creating a sense of community and identity is the theme for an event as part of the EuNaMus project.
One in seven doctoral students start a business
Doctoral students at Linköping University are in favor of external collaborations and commercialization, according to Dzamila Bienkowska (pictured) and Magnus Klofsten.
Wanted: Logistical innovations!
Carbon dioxide emissions from truck transports are expected to increase drastically, despite the fact that truck motors are now more frugal with fuel. During this year’s Transport Forum, researchers from Linköping University (LiU) and Lund University showed that there are no simple solutions to the problem. So where are the innovations?
Treatment of psoriasis gets new hope
One plan for the effective treatment for psoriasis is now being launched by associate professor Charlotta Enerbäck and her research team at Linköping University.
Hydrogen advances graphene use
Physicists at Linköping University have shown that a dose of hydrogen or helium can render the "super material" graphene even more useful.
LiU ranked 5th in world rankings
Linköping University ranked as fifth-best environmental university in the world in an international ranking survey.
High praise for LiU ethnicity research
Innovative and successful. REMESO has been afforded significant praise by the Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research (FAS).
Environmental technology targets megacities
Can Swedish environmental technology be useful in a megacity like Mexico City, which is grappling with huge environmental problems? Santiago Mejia Dugand is looking for answers.
New leader at Health Sciences
Johan Dabrosin Söderholm (pictured), professor of surgery, is the new dean of Health Sciences. Other faculties also have appointed new leaders.
Cooperation in Applied Ethics
Uganda: A ravaged country with a bloody history and marked by widespread corruption. Now, Makerere University in Uganda will invest in an ethics course for all students. The course will be developed in conjunction with the Centre for Applied Ethics at Linköping University.
Ovation for Shechtman
Before an enthusiastic audience in a crowded LiU auditorium, Dan Shechtman told the story behind his Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
LiU project saves Nicaraguan children
For almost 30 years Lennart Svensson, Professor of Virology at Linköping University, has collaborated on training and research into diarrhoeal illnesses with health care staff in Nicaragua.
Free-standing course challenged
The Swedish National Agency for Higher Education (HSV) has reviewed 22 selected undergraduate courses, two of which are held at Linköping University.
Innovations making a difference
Remanufacturing, health care for people with co-morbidity, and high-altitude greenhouses are three LiU projects that received a first round of money from Vinnova’s large investment in challenge-driven innovation.
Gene mutation reduces blood lipids
People who carry a certain gene mutation can break down harmful lipoproteins more easily than others. This is the surprising discovery from researchers in the Netherlands and Linköping now being published in the journal Cell Metabolism.
Record number of graduates
The 2010/11 academic year was a record year for the number of degrees: almost 70,000, which is 9,500 more than the year before. Never before has there been such a large increase between two academic years. The increase at Linköping University was 28%, compared with the average of 14%.
Features
ACADEMIC CLASH OF CULTURES A TOUGH CHALLENGE
Why are so many Chinese masters’ students not ready with their theses? Eva Kätting and Anette Wickström travelled to Beijing as part of a teacher exchange.
Antibiotic crisis a global threat
Broadly speaking, the bacteria in a hospital in Vietnam are the same as those in Sweden. Yet while Swedish doctors can so far eliminate most infections, for the Vietnamese it is a battle against the odds due to the fact that half or more of the bacteria cannot be eradicated because they are resistant to antibiotics.
“I’m setting the bar at the Nobel Prize”
Daniel Aili has grabbed a spot as one of this year’s LiU research associates. His goal is to develop his own internationally competitive group.
Release the power of our young people!
If our children are only expected to know that which school and society wants us to know, then curiosity and creativity will cease and even the instance of innovations and entrepreneurs. This was the message of ‘guru’ Richard Gerver when Week 45 was inaugurated.
Social heritage can influence health
What does social heritage have to do with health? Can grandparents’ lives affect their grandchildren’s health? The research group Twin Cities is studying these and other questions dealing with social affiliation and health.
Students math chat boards a popular homework aid
Students struggling with math can get help from student teachers. Mattecoach.se started at LiU last spring and they have already received nearly 300 calls. Now, during autumn, the coaches are ready and waiting.
The first attempt at giving foster puppies to she wolves
In May, wolf pups were relocated from the litters of six Nordic zoos. So far the experiment appears to be a success, says Inger Scharis, master's student at Linköping University, who is coordinating the experiment.
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LiU teacher wins award
Students at the Human Resource Management and Development Programme have voted Jan-Ake Sandell teacher of the year for 2011. Sandell is a lecturer at the Department of Commercial Law. The reason, among other things, is that he "conducts incredibly good and interesting lectures that are structured in a pedagogical way."
Negative image of online learning
Seven out of ten MPs believe that Swedish higher education generally is of high quality. However only 36% believe that similar programs on the Internet are of high quality, this is according to a survey conducted by the universities of Dalarna, Gotland and Mid Sweden. Every third MP chose to respond to the questionnaire.
New funding for theatre research
The Swedish Research Council has assigned SEK 1.7 million (by 2013) to the project entitled "The research theatre". Therefore it will mean a two-year continuation for the Department of Gender and Department of Child Studies' project in conjunction with Ung scen Öst.
Three agencies become two
According to a new study the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education, the Swedish Agency for Higher Education Services (VHS) and the International Programme Office for Education and Training the International Programme will be replaced by two new agencies. The investigator suggests that one of these new authorities should assume responsibility for quality assurance, monitoring, analysis and statistics.
The other authority will be responsible for higher education services and international cooperation. These areas include access issues, Scholastic Aptitude Test (SweSAT) and the assessment of foreign qualifications.
Two LiU professors acclaimed at international conference
Two LiU professors were exalted at the International Conference on Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (ICNANO 2011) in New Delhi, India, culminating on the Wednesday before Christmas. Anthony Turner, a professor of biosensors and bioelectronics, was awarded the Acharya Vinova award and May Griffith, professor of regenerative medicine, received the International Association of Advanced Materials medal.
