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Trial lecture and public defence: Arne Raasakka (27.02.2019)
The candidate will give a trial lecture and defend his doctoral thesis with the title: “The Characterization of Disordered Membrane-Binding Proteins of Myelin: A Biophysical Approach"
Plakat Career Development Strategies
Career Development Strategies (22.02.2019)
A lecture on how to implement career development in PhD-training in the future.
Plakat Your Place in the Sun
Your place in the sun (22.02.2019)
A workshop on careers options, strategies & tactics for life scientists
Nils Halberg
Gene and transcriptional regulation (22.02.2019)
Young research talent Nils Halberg gives a trial lecture for a faculty position in biomedicine.
Early Stage Researcher Seminar - Maria Lie Lotsberg (18.02.2019)
"The role of AXL and the tumor microenvironment in cancer cell plasticity and therapy responses"
Hunting down guerilla cancer cells (14.02.2019)
Professor Rolf Bjerkvig at the research group for translational cancer research explains how the researchers make miniature brains and investigate how the cells move in and out of tumor tissue
Far og sønn Lundervold
Medicine and engineering crossover at this course on artificial intelligence (12.02.2019)
In the elective subject ELMED219, father and son Lundervold give an introduction to the secret of artificial intelligence and how it can be used in clinical work.
Monica Hellesvik is awarded for best poster at the Norwegian Biochemical Society Meeting 2019
Fast and furious poster (sur)prize at the NBS contact meeting 2019 (01.02.2019)
Monica Hellesviks winning poster “NAA80 knockout cells: Fast and Furious?” scores with elegant simplicity and effective communication of scientific results.
Trial lecture and public defence: Tor-Arne Hegvik (29.01.2019)
The candidate will give a trial lecture and defend his doctoral thesis with the title: “Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autoimmune diseases: etiological relationships and therapeutic possibilities”
Slide scanner picture
New microscope ready for use (22.01.2019)
Early Stage Researcher Seminar - Tor-Arne Hegvik (21.01.2019)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autoimmune diseases: etiological relationships and therapeutic possibilities
Cancer DNA
Nature: A new tool to classify tumors of the central nervous system (15.01.2019)
There are over 100 tumor types only in the central nervous system. The Translational Cancer Research Group at the Department of Biomedicine provided data and material for a new diagnostic tool that will make it easier for cancer researchers to see the difference.
Szigetvari et al
The Quaternary Structure of Human Tyrosine Hydroxylase (14.01.2019)
The enzyme tyrosine hydroxylase is essential for life. Neurological, psychiatric and cardiovascular disorders occur when its catalytic function is impaired. Researchers at the Department of Biomedicine describe how new insights into the protein might help develop new avenues for treatment.
EPIC XS
EPIC-XS: Ten Million Euro for Access to European Proteomics Facilities (11.01.2019)
Thomas Arnesen and Harald Barsnes from the Department of Biomedicine are part of a new european consortium in the field of mass spectrometry based proteomics research. The European Union has awarded 10 million Euro.
Shoes in garden
Actin Modifications: Finding the Right Shoe for Cinderella (11.01.2019)
Cinderella is a tale of being lifted from obscurity to recognition and significance. A review by young researchers at the Department of Biomedicine highlights the importance of the post-translational modifications of actin.
Mikroskopisk bilde av en nervecelle i netthinnen
Extrasynaptic glutamate receptors in the retina (12.12.2018)
The Retinal Microcircuits Research Group investigates how neurons in the retina communicate to produce vision. In their latest study, they looked outside the conventional neural circuits and found some unexpected receptor molecules in unexpected locations.
Early Stage Researcher Seminar - Md Abdul Latif (11.12.2018)
Suicide gene therapy of glioblastoma induces an immunosuppressive microenvironment.
MAG-DYNLL1 complex
A novel protein interaction in myelin (01.12.2018)
One long-standing question in myelin biochemistry was solved, as a new binding partner specific for the large isoform of MAG was identified.

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