The Centre for Global Health (CGH) was well represented at the congress in Antwerp, Belgium, October 16-20, this year. Director of CGH, Professor Andrea Winkler, Professor Britt Nakstad, CGH Postdoctoral Fellow Ernst Kristian Rødland and CGH Doctoral Research Fellow Christine Holst were present all five or some days throughout the week.
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October edition of the newsletter now available
New research is revealing bacteria's internal struggle for power. The result may be better vaccines.
NCMM is pleased to announce that its Director, Professor Kjetil Taskén, has been formally appointed to the IMI Scientific Committee.
The Centre for Global Health, represented by Osama Ahmed Hassan, was a part of global efforts to tackle increasing challenges of emerging infectious diseases at the World Vaccine Congress Europe held in Barcelona, October 10–12, 2017.
Research from the Morth Group shows that Zinc-binding plays an important role in the sensing and regulation of cellular pH in the human brain. Findings published in Nature Group's Scientific Reports
Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017
Event designed to inform Norwegian researchers about the opportunities for studying, training and working at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL).
Sovereign Strategy of global health in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, organised an event in Berlin on Friday 28th April 2017, titled “Research for Impact and the G20: How can global health innovation drive sustainable development?” as part of their initiative to support the prioritisation under the G20 Presidency.
Due to the renovation of the animal facility at UiT, Lorena Arranz, Group Leader at UiT, will be based temporarily at NCMM. She will also be joined by some members of her group.
Hosted by Finnish Nordic EMBL Partner, FIMM (Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland), the 8th annual Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine Meeting 2017 took place from 4-7 September in Helsinki.
New articles in the series "Global Health in the Era of Agenda 2030" are recently published.
The Centre for Global Health of the University of Oslo and the Center for Global Health of the Technical University of Munich were represented by Katharina Klohe at the conference on “Accelerating political support for SDG implementation” that took place in Santiago, Chile, 25th July – 27th July, 2017.
Last week partners from Tanzania, Rwanda, Spain, France, Serbia, Germany and Norway came together to formally kick off the project Non-discriminating access for Digital Inclusion (DigI).
The annual NLS Days conference took place on 12-14 September at the Malmö Convention Centre in Sweden.
Professor Bernt Eric Uhlin, Director of MIMS, will replace Professor Kjetil Taskén, Director of NCMM.
We had a full house when Shinya Yamanaka, 2012 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, visited Oslo on September 6. He gave a lecture about a new era of medicine with induced pluripotent stem cells – iPS cells – and participated in a panel discussion on implications of stem cell therapy for patients and society. Watch the videos and see pictures from the events.
Minister of Education and Research Torbjørn Røe Isaksen visited UiO today with promises of a start-up grant for UiO's new life science building
CINPLA's Kristian Lensjø will defend his thesis "Extracellular matrix molecules in brain plasticity and memory processing" for the degree of PhD.
The Centre for Global Health (CGH) is pleased to announce Ernst Kristian Rødland, the new postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Health and Society (HELSAM), affiliated and supported by the CGH. Rødland will conduct research on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in migrant populations, and will be an important contributor to the Migrant Health and Social Inequalities signatory area.
The Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association (Tidsskriftet) has published a new article in the Norad and the Centre for Global Health article series.
The Centre for Global Health (CGH) is pleased to introduce a new seminar series with Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM).
August edition of the NCMM monthly newsletter is now available
NCMM Associate Investigator Professor Per Lønning is joint lead-author on a recent publication that has caught the media’s attention.