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Magnus Börjesson: This year's environmental profile
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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.
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.
LiU lecturer leading European educational project
Janerik Lundquist, from the Department of Management and Engineering, has received SEK 7.5 million from the European Commission to intensify educational cooperation between European and Russian universities.
Meet Nobel laureate at LiU
This year's scientific Nobel laureates have one thing in common. They highlight discoveries that were previously perceived as impossible. Chemistry laureate Dan Shechtman was one of those swimming against the tide. On Friday, December 16th he visited Linköping University.
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%.
Bacteria diversity protects against allergies
Broad diversity and rich variation of intestinal bacteria protects children against allergies, rather than certain individual species of bacterium. This has been shown by a thorough inventory of intestinal flora in children with allergies and healthy children carried out at Linköping University.
New possibilities impede tumour growth
The formation of new blood vessels is necessary for a cancer tumour to grow. Stopping this process is therefore an important goal in cancer research.
Super-thin surface in focus at LiU conference
At the beginning of December, experts are gathering in Linköping from Europe and around the world in sputtering – a method for creating super-thin coatings, of which LiU are leaders. The plenary speaker is one of the doyens of the technology – Peter Sigmund, a professor at Odense, Denmark.
Xmas carols galore!
It’s high time for Christmas concerts! A dozen, to be precise. No fewer than five of LiU’s university choirs will present public performances, from November 30 to December 10.
Systems biology for accurate treatment
Mathematical models can help doctors choose the correct treatment for each individual patient. A three-day workshop at Linköping University addressed a new research field, systems biology, and its significance for person-specific treatment.
Cheaper, purer silicon carbide
Silicon carbide is an attractive material for electronics that tolerates large amounts of power, high frequencies, and high temperatures in, for example, electric cars.
Chinese twitter success for LiU
Linköping University now tweet in Chinese and has created a Chinese microblogging page on Weibo. Several weeks after launch, the site has already 800 "fans".
LiU leader of the year: Annika Rannström
For the fourth year in a row, Linköping University awarded a prize for good leadership on “Bosses’ Day”. This year’s winner was Annika Rannström, adjunct professor and outgoing head of the Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning (IBL).
LiU Med student wins 2011 primary healthcare prize
Cecilia Gustafsson, a medical student at Linköping University, is this year’s winner of the primary health care prize (Stora Primärvårdspriset), an essay contest for future doctors with a first prize of SEK 30,000.
No mergers plans for LiU
The government has expressed a clear desire for fewer higher education institutions (HEIs) and now discussions across the country are on going. However LiU has no plans for any mergers, says Rector Helen Dannetun.
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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In brief
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.
Bergdahl Prize for Eva Lund
This year's Bergdahl Prize for good long-term educational efforts was awarded to LiU’s Eva Lund, Professor of Medical Radiation Physics, primarily because she developed the Faculty of Health Science's educational profile extolling loyalty, dedication and tireless efforts.
