The word “brainwashing” usually triggers negative associations. But our brain health for sure depends on it. Scientists at the University of Oslo have recently made new and important discoveries about how and why this happens when we are sleeping.
Eating nuts and seeds frequently can reduce the risk of heart disease, shows a major new study review.
For the last 3 months I have been a visiting lecturer at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas.
Professor Christoph Koch is a world-reknowned neuroscientist currently working as Chief Scientist of the MindScope Program at the Allen Institute in Seattle. While visiting he will give two open seminars:
The Physical Substrate of Consciousness – Progress and Problems
Building and Operating Brain Observatories – What Have We Learned?
NCMM group leader Nikolina Sekulic is coordinating University of Oslo’s participation in the HALRIC program, a multi-institutional initiative aimed at facilitating the cross-border use of research facilities for advanced life science research.
In February, Camila Esguerra visited Dr. Rima Nabbout's laboratory at the Imagine Institute for Genetic Diseases in Paris, France. The visit was made possible by the EATRIS-plus staff exchange programme.
In the EU project PERMANENS, the aim is to develop software that will help clinicians to prevent suicide when working with patients.
Following a successful evaluation by NCMM’s Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) in February 2023, the Computational Biology and Systems Medicine group led by Marieke Kuijjer has been extended for four years.
I seek to develop a theory of political cooking, particularly in the context of solidarity kitchens operating in Serbia, situating them as a part of a larger movement happening across Europe, explains researcher Vanja Petrovic.
Congratulations to Misra Abdulahi, recent UiO PhD graduate, with appointment as Dean of Public Health at Jimma University in Ethiopia.
Many employees in the offshore sector work night shifts. This may make them more susceptible to aggressive prostate cancer than if they only worked during the day.
Students at the master’s program in International Community Health at the University of Oslo spend a semester doing fieldwork. Learn more about Professor Heidi Fjeld’s fieldwork in South-Asia.
By welcoming visiting high school students to her lab, Nikolina Sekulic hopes to motivate more young aspiring students to follow a career in life science research.
The Faculty’s new knowledge cluster, The Sustainable Health Unit (SUSTAINIT), has hit the ground running, having already laid out careful plans and initiated several activities. The Unit was established in January and has already received NOK 11 million in external support. They are now seeking input from stakeholders on the strategic document currently being drafted.
The visual artist Ellen Karin Mæhlum has been making a collection of prints based on microscopy pictures of brain cells from CINPLA. Images shows neurons surrounded by perineuronal nets.
With a master’s degree in International Community Health from the University of Oslo, students will acquire a global perspective on health, and work towards reaching global goals of universal health coverage.
A master’s degree in International Community Health from the University of Oslo provides students with the skills and knowledge they need to proceed with an international career in global health.
NCMM group leader Anthony Mathelier will be the new Associate Director of the Centre, combined with a part-time Professor II position at the Centre for Bioinformatics.
The Centre for Medical Ethics and the Centre for Global Health at the University of Oslo is pleased to announce an open call for applicants for the “How to Teach (Bio)Ethics? - Training Course for Teachers in Ethics.”
Obesity or excess fat around your waist in mid-life, can have a negative effect on old age: you double your risk of becoming frail.
A billion people worldwide suffer from brain diseases such as dementia, addiction and depression. Scientists carrying out brain research at UiO are now contributing to a more efficient utilisation of research data by developing 3D brain atlases and new analytic tools.
NCMM Associate Investigator Lorena Arranz and colleagues recently published a study demonstrating that a protein involved in balancing inflammation also prevents the development of acute myeloid leukemia. NCMM support played an important part in the execution of the project.
Institutional investment in collaboration with South Africa paved the way for new studies on tuberculosis. Anne Margarita Dyrhol-Riise believes that international research collaboration is important and should be stimulated.
Imagine a horse race, where the winner takes it all and is awarded both food and protection against enemies. In the same way, bacteria compete with one another in the gut of newborn babies.
20 years ago, four out of ten European children ate fruit and vegetables daily. Today, the proportion is the same, in spite of schemes to provide children with fruit at school. Why hasn’t there been more improvement?
