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Support Prof. Johansson. URGENT! Petition below! Please assist!
Sweden Created: 11 Oct 2014
Nine days ago news of a second plan to reduce the space allocated to Asst. Prof. Olle Johansson, by the administration at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm.
Two years ago Prof. Johansson was forced to destroy 12 wire cage trolleys of research and equipment when his and his work were down-sized. This second attempt to down-size, yet again is being spearheaded by Åsa Garmager, Head of Administration.
These changes may be related to the appointment of a No. Two pro-business administrator:“Alexander von Gabain’s long-term experience and international reputation in academia, biotech industry and institutions facilitating innovation are prone to bolster the “knowledge triangle” that encompasses research, education and business, with the entrepreneur in the driver’s seat.”
http://ki.se/en/news/karolinska-institutet-recruits-international-top-innovator-and-business-developer
Commenting on the proposed changes at the Karolinska Institute, Dr. George Carlo of the Science and Public Policy Institute in Washington D.C., said, "I have had the illuminating pleasure of collaborating with Professor Johansson over many years. His science is impeccable, his sense of right and wrong extremely keen, and his willingness to stand up publicly for what he believes is far beyond admirable. I can only imagine the value he brings to students and researchers who he has mentored over the years. He has been and continues to be a credit to the Karolinska Institute and to all of us who are fortunate enough to stand beside him in work. I don't know the internal politics of what is going on at the Karolinska Institute, but knowing the man as I do, something is certainly fishy."

Further support for Johansson came from Dr. Dimitris Panagopoulos, at Demokritos, In Greece. His original support from 2012 as well as his recent latest demand to protect Johansson are attached.

The following three individuals are directly responsible for Prof. Johansson’s situation:

Sandra Ceccatelli, Department Chair,
Phone: 08-524 875 76
Fax: 08-33 03 56
E-mail: Sandra.Ceccatelli@ki.se

Åsa Garmager, Head of Administration,
Phone: 08-524 878 55
Organizational unit: Department of Neuroscience (Neuro), C4
E-mail: asa.garmager@ki.se

Christina Ingvarsson, HR administrator,
Phone: 08-524 878 80
Organizational unit: Department of Neuroscience (Neuro), C4
E-mail: Christina.Ingvarsson@ki.se

It is our responsibility to support Prof. Johansson as one of the pioneering voices who continue the struggle to protect humanity in the face of an industry with tremendous resources and power.

Please contact the Karolinska and register your concerns.

Kind regards,

John Weigel
Ireland

From Professor Olle Johansen:
I have recently received quite a few letters, telephone calls, and e-mails about a recent rumour, around my person, on the Internet.
Unfortunately, the rumour is correct. I have been asked by my department to once more downsize the remaining space I have, due to my lack of funding to cover the space rent. It will, of course, hamper me even more.
The loser is, however, not I, but people in need of support and answers; concerned parents worrying about the ever increasing amounts of EMFs in schools and daycare centers; cancer victims; persons with the functional impairment electrohypersensitivity and their relatives; and so forth.

People have already engaged in very generous and kind ways, for which I am deeply indebted. Among the letters sent to my administration and telephone calls made to the very same, I can draw your attention to a recent petition:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Ceccatelli_Ingvardsson_and_Garmager_at_The_Karolinska_Institute_Sweden_Let_Professor_Johansson_continue_his_valuable_res/?nLDpYgb

..as well as give you one example of a letter to my administration (this one written by John Weigel in Ireland):
When I go, promise me to never give up!!
With my very best regards
Yours sincerely
Olle

(Olle Johansson
The Experimental Dermatology Unit
Department of Neuroscience
Karolinska Institute
171 77 Stockholm
Sweden)
Click here to view the source article.
Source: Prof. Olle Johansen/John Weigel/ Agnes Ingvarsdottir

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