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Apply UiO:Life Science for support for internationalization, conferences and other events. The application deadline is 1st of December 2017.

The year 2016 has been one of growth and expansion for the CGH. The strategy of the CGH is to provide a platform for collaboration and a hub for academics and others with activities and interest in Global Health within education and research. 

Here is the new dietary advice on which types of fat, and in which quantities, are best for your child.

Minnesletting (erasing memories) - do you have some memories you wish you could erase?

NRK reports on the use of optogenetics is manipulating the brain and visit the Hafting-Fyhn lab to get insight. 

Original article here (Norwegian only).

Application deadline: extended to 21 August, 2017

3-year Postdoctoral fellow position now available at the Center for Integrative Neuroplasticity (CINPLA) at Department of Biosciences.

Application deadline: extended to 21 August, 2017

3-year PhD Research fellow position now available at the Center for Integrative Neuroplasticity (CINPLA) at Department of Biosciences.

June edition of the NCMM newsletter now available

UiO:Life Science plans the launch of the SPARK innovation programme, developed by Stanford University. The goal is to get more innovation out of basic research. The other two European SPARK programs visit Oslo this summer to share their experiences, and one of UiO's PhD students will test the program's summer school in Japan.

The board of UiO:Life Science has decided to support the newly established School of Health Innovation at UiO, NTNU and Karolinska Institutet. With this UiO:Life Science wants to contribute to establish a new strong player in the UiO ecosystem of innovation.

Shinya Yamanaka, 2012 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, will visit Oslo on September 6. He will give a lecture about a new era of medicine with induced pluripotent stem cells – iPS cells – and participate in a panel discussion about the ethical aspects of stem cell therapy. The events are open to all.

NCMM seeking outstanding candidates for new Associate Investigators and Young Associate Investigators

Irep Gözen is the Lead of the Programmable Cell-like Compartments convergence environment, which was recently awarded funding by UiO: Life Science

Study published in Cell Reports shows that the accessibility of DNA varies from patient to patient, and may act as a fingerprint for prostate cancer progression.

Often used to describe fiscal restraint, austerity implies a form of extreme economic sacrifice. However, in challenging economic environments, this severity is not felt by everyone, as austerity measures are not distributed equally throughout the population and “[their] effects on health are selective, cumulative, intergenerational and unequal.”

The PRIO projects Development Aid, Effectiveness, and Inequalities in Conflict-Affected Societies and Armed Conflict and Maternal Health in sub-Saharan Africa invite submissions for papers to be presented at a workshop at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. The workshop theme is Development aid, effectiveness, maternal health, and inequalities in conflict affected societies.

Two papers have recently been published by NCMM’s Prostate Cancer Research Group. 

NCMM Guest Researcher Professor Per Ottar Seglen presented with the prize by HM King Harald V at a special ceremony

The relations between e-waste and exposure to toxins in Africa has received little research to date. Ruth Prince is part of AnthroTOX, an new interdisciplinary research group combining natural and social sciences to understand and manage global anthropogenic toxicants.

Disasters have devastating effects, especially in countries with low-income and low political capacity, and countries affected by conflict. In the midst of destruction, can disasters be exploited for the purpose of improving diplomacy and leading toward peace-building activities?

May edition of the NCMM Newsletter now available

NCMM is delighted to welcome Professor Hartmut Luecke as the centre’s new Assistant Director. 

Perineuronal nets (PNNs) are proposed as a key regulator of plasticity in the adult brain.

In this paper we show that the expression of PNNs differ between visual cortex, hippocampus and the medial entorhinal cortex (mEC).