Home
University of Bergen
The Department of Biomedicine

News archive for The Department of Biomedicine

Couple walking in the forest
GADL1, a novel enzyme to improve athletic performance (09.02.2021)
Carnosine plays an important roles as antioxidant, pH buffer, and neuromodulator and recently received increasing attention as biomarker for many disease states such as Alzheimer disease and Parkinson disease. The Neurotargeting group at the Department of Biomedicine discovered a novel enzyme, Glutamate Decarboxylase Like 1 (GADL1) that plays a role in carnosine production.
Drawing of head and brain
Invitation to submit a research article to Cancers (IF 6.13) (03.02.2021)
"Immunological, Molecular and Imaging Biomarkers of Malignant Progression in Brain Cancer: Improving Precision Neuro-Oncology"
Protein structures
Structures of two CMT mutation targets revealed (02.02.2021)
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is the most common inherited neuropathy in humans, linked to mutations in dozens of different genes. Two of these genes encode the proteins GDAP1 and NDRG1. We have solved the crystal structures of these two proteins, in order to better understand their structure, function, and involvement in disease.
TOC graphic
Riboswitches as drug targets for antibiotics (05.01.2021)
Researchers at the Department of Biomedicine focus on large RNA structures in bacteria as a target for new antibiotics. Read the latest review article on riboswitches.
Biorec Xmas Card 2020
Christmas Greetings from Biorecognition! (15.12.2020)
The Biorecognition Unit wants to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! :-)
Professor i et forskningslaboratorium
The connection between salt and blood pressure (14.12.2020)
The Norwegian Health Association supports the research lab around Helge Wiig who investigates if eating too much salt causes high blood pressure. Read a popular scientific article on forskning.no.
Elderly man shopping with facemask
COVID-19 and Vitamin D (14.12.2020)
Gro Vatne Røsland is a researcher at the Department of Biomedicine and has written a popular scientific article summarizing current research regarding Vitamin D-intake and infectious diseases.
Sikresonen
Work environment award for our SAFETY ZONE (11.12.2020)
The SAFETY ZONE is a bright yellow wall featuring equipment you may need in case of an emergency. The wall has raised the level of laboratory safety at the Department and has therefore been awarded this year's work environment award from the Faculty of Medicine.
Ine Kjosås (venstre) og Emilie Seljesth (høyre) under MOL231 posterpresentasjon, våren 2019.
From MOL231 Project to Published Article (23.11.2020)
Ine and Emilie were attending a project course priming them for lab work. They ended up co-developing a method to quality control a cell model which is used by thousands of researchers worldwide.
Ordfører Marte Mjøs Pedersen gir Rolf Reed en koronavennleg albuehilsen etter utdelinga av fortenestemedaljen
Royal award for academic achievement (12.11.2020)
Professor Rolf Reed from the Department of Biomedicine was awarded the King's Medal of Merit.
Halberg lab
The Cancer Society Gives Millions to Nils Halberg (12.11.2020)
Nils Halberg from the Department of Biomedicine will receive almost 8 million kroner from the Norwegian Cancer Society for his research on obesity and pancreatic cancer.
Halberg lab
The Cancer Society Gives Millions to Nils Halberg (12.11.2020)
Nils Halberg from the Department of Biomedicine will receive almost 8 million kroner from the Norwegian Cancer Society for his research on obesity and pancreatic cancer.
Andrea Gras Navarro
Yet another best PhD prize for the Brain Tumour Immunology and Therapy Group! (21.10.2020)
Best PhD prize 2019 – Andrea Gras Navarro - “Towards Natural Killer cellular Immunotherapy for glioblastoma. KIR-HLA ligand interaction and proteasome inhibitors to potentiate efficacy"
frits_thorsen_med_kolleger_i_kina
Received Research Funding in China (06.10.2020)
Professor Frits Thorsen and his research group at the ChiNor Research Laboratory has newly received a significant funding of 550 000 RMB over four years (equivalent to 200 000 NOK per year), from the China´s National Natural Science Foundation, for their ongoing research on exosome-derived miRNAs in brain metastases.
PFN2 co-operates with NAA80 to acetylate actin
The cell motility regulator NAA80 is assisted by Profilin 2 (25.09.2020)
Actin is modified by N-terminal acetylation which regulates its role in steering cellular architecture and cell motility. Now the machinery performing this acetylation is uncovered.
The NAA10 Asn101Lys variant disrupts the NAA10-NAA15 (NatA) complex and thereby the ability of this complex to carry out protein N-terminal acetylation.
Novel gene variants linked to developmental delay and hemihypertrophy (25.09.2020)
Several variants of the NAA10 gene have been found in patients suffering from developmental delay and hemihypertrophy. NAA10 steers the most common protein modification in humans: N-terminal acetylation.
Brain cancer is different from other cancers (25.09.2020)
Rolf Bjerkvig of the group for translational cancer research has given a lecture at the Norwegian science festival "Forskningsdagene" in 2020. You can watch a video at the Norwegian Cancer Union.
bilde_til_sak_om_utstilling_hovedbilde.jpg
Pioneers of molecular biology (16.09.2020)
Few people know the researchers Agnar Nygaard and Kjell Kleppe, but in the 1960s they were part of the world elite that laid the foundation for today's COVID-19 tests. Two permanent exhibitions about the pioneers have now been opened.

Pages