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Congratulations to Jan Sigurd Blackstad for successfully defended his Master's thesis on February 10, 2017.

The Best Poster Presentation Award at the 1st Human Brain Projects student conference was given to Solveig Næss of CINPLA.

"Hva har krefter med hjernen vår å gjøre?"

Simen Tennøe tells how we can model the brain on a computer.

The Olav Thon Foundation has awared 1.5 Million NOK over 3 years for "Grand Challenges", an interdisciplinary project engaging students in active research.

A large Norwegian study published by the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Oslo found that sunbed users are at not only at higher risk of developing melanoma, but also tend to develop the cancer at a younger age compared to nonusers.

Emerging evidence suggests a role for perineuronal nets (PNNs) in learning and regulation of plasticity but the underlying mechanisms remain unresolved. Here, we used chronic in vivo extracellular recordings to investigate how removal of PNNs affects plasticity and neural activity over time.

Congratulation to our postdoc Mattis with a substantial paper showing that activity in primary auditory cortex is required at critical memory phases and plasticity enables stimulus discrimination.

Ida E.J. Aasebø, a PhD student at CINPLA, has been awarded 104 000 NOK of additional funding by Blindeforbundet (Norwegian Society for the Blind).

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

Application deadline: 31 January, 2017

Jonas Sundquist at Krono has written a fantastic and insightful profile of one of CINPLA's own - Tovy Dinh.

"Removal of perineuronal nets unlocks juvenile plasticity through network mechanisms of decreased inhibition and increased gamma Activity"

Congratulations to Malin Benum Røe for successfully defended her Masters thesis on October 7th, 2016.

Congratulations to Line Bjerke for successfully defended her Masters thesis on December 16, 2016.

3D-printing of human tissue is no longer Science Fiction, it's a science fact. The Norwegian Center for Stem Cell Research launches The Neuron Factory, a platform that can produce human neurons for research purposes.

Using low sun protection factor may increase the risk of melanoma. Cutaneous melanoma is one of the most rapidly increasing cancers in Norway and is becoming a major public health challenge.

Increasing numbers of younger people are being admitted to hospital with heart attacks. Researchers are now hoping that more people will change their lifestyle if they know their own heart age.

The foundation of good health is laid early in life. Two studies show that dietary habits and body size in Norwegian children remain stable for the first seven years of life.

We just started testing out the Open Ephys hardware and software, and it looks promising, indeed.

Scientists have developed a method for synthesizing liver cells at a fraction of today’s cost.

We all have a gene than can cause lethal blood clots, but also protect us against cell death during a stroke. This raises a dilemma for scientists.

Through the Scientia Fellows program we offer a 3 year post doc position.

Deadline for application, 2nd of February 2015.