Six new teams have been admitted to UiO´s innovation programme SPARK Norway. They will develop their ideas within health-related life sciences for the benefit of patients and society.
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The new study, published this week in the open access journal Cell Communication and Signaling, was led by the autophagy team at NCMM.
An article entitled “m6A RNA modification as a new player in R-loop regulation”, by the Dynamic Gene Regulation research group led by Arne Klungland at IMB, was published in the January edition of Nature Genetics.
NCMM was deeply saddened to receive the news that our friend and former colleague Professor Erlend A. Nagelhus passed away whilst on a skiing trip in Sørkedalen on January 10th 2020.
'Seminar on novel probes and AI technology for brain-machine interfaces'
We are excited to announce two seminars on January 16th and the defense of Alessio Buccino on the 17th, all in Bikuben, Kristine Bonnevies' hus, Blindern.
The Centre for Global Health (CGH) would like to welcome Ernst Kristian Rødland to the Technical Advisory Board leading the One Health Signatory Theme.
In their new study, recently published in the journal Molecular Neurobiology, the Esguerra group establishes a zebrafish model to investigate the function of the CACNA1A gene.
Hanne Scholz is one of the editors for the upcoming Frontiers in Genetics Research issue on the topic: Beta-Cell Fate: From Gene Circuits to Disease Mechanisms.
Doctoral candidate Alessio Paolo Buccino at the Department of Informatics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis“A computationally-assisted approach to neural extracellular electrophysiology with multi-electrode arrays”for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.
If you want to maintain a stabile weight, reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and some types of cancer, then daily consumption of nuts is recommended, not only for Christmas, but all year round.
Congratulations to Dr Emma Haapaniemi, head of the Precision Pediatrics and Gene Editing Group at NCMM, who this week received funding from both the Research Council of Norway and South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority (Helse Sør-Øst).
A new study featuring NCMM group leader Marieke Kuijjer reports that mutations within non-coding DNA (so called 'junk' DNA) are associated with an increased risk of developing cancer.
On November 22, at the Universitetets Aula (University Hall) of the University of Oslo (UiO), a gathering for the future of Global Health was co-organized by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services and supported by the Centre for Global Health, UiO.
Aortic valve calcification is a challenging condition for the health service and for the patients concerned. The only treatment currently available is surgery. Mariia Boganova recently defended her thesis which addresses the options available for future pharmacological treatment.
On November 22, the Centre for Global Health (CGH) and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) co-organized the Oslo launch event showcasing the 2019 Report: Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change with leading experts and specialists in the field.
The King’s Medal of Merit was awarded to Dr. Tore Godal in recognition of a lifetime achievement in immunization and global health on November 23, 2019.
Southern and Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority have awarded Hybrid Technology Hub members Jo Waaler and Stefan a grant of 1 000 000 NOK for theproject "Tankyrase Inhibiton in Cancer Immunotherapy"
Nine PhD students from various NCMM groups attended this year's EMBL PhD Symposium in Heidelberg, Germany. Two students presented flash talks as part of the main program, and Karolina Spustová from the Gözen group was awarded a prize for the best poster.
Position as PhD Research Fellow available at the Department of Biosciences.
Gaute Einevoll has started a new podcast called "Vett og vitenskap".
Last week, the Mathelier Group published the latest update to the JASPAR database for transcription factor binding profiles.
Young people who eat breakfast and lunch generally eat more healthily during the course of the day. These are the results of a study which was conducted by researchers at the Department.
This week saw the opening of NCMM's annual PhD course in molecular medicine.
Congratulations to the chemical neuroscience research group at NCMM, which has just been renewed for a further four years.
The Centre for Global (CGH) at the University of Oslo (UiO) attended Norwegian University of Science and Technology’s (NTNU) 10th Global Health Day.