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Portrait of Henrica Werner
Oncology award to CCBIO postdoc (19.04.2016)
Henrica Werner received the 2015 Young Researcher Award from Onkologisk Forum. "The hope to give patients the for them correct treatment from the start, avoiding unnecessary side effects and ‘right-treatment delay’ in future through development of both prognostic and predictive biomarkers is what drives me", says the CCBIO postdoc and gynaecologist in an interview.
doctor balancing on a wire which is a stetoscope, high up in the air.
Cancer Research: Ethical, economical and societal aspects (15.04.2016)
Have you ever struggled to cope with the complexity of cancer biology, while also trying to produce results that are relevant for the research community? Or maybe you've thought about the difficult gap between patients' expectations and what your science can actually provide?
Vector showing an ovarian cancer tumor
Striking results in ovarian cancer trial using small peptides (10.03.2016)
CCBIO PI Lars A. Akslen and Postdoc Anna Blois (shared 1st author) are collaborators in a recently published study which shows that small peptides attack ovarian cancer on 2 fronts.
Group photo of the Kreyberg committee and the awardees.
Pathology award to CCBIO postdoc (25.02.2016)
Professor Kreyberg's Prize is awarded every leap year day to the best dissertation in the field of pathology during the last 4 years. An award of NOK 100.000 goes this year to Dr.Med. Elisabeth Wik, Fellow at the Department of Clinical Medicine and CCBIO Postdoc.
Image of young woman scientist in goggles against futuristic looking media screen.
Visit to the Initiative for the Humanistic Study of Innovation at Indiana University (21.01.2016)
14-15 January 2016, Roger Strand (SVT and CCBIO) took part in two events organized by the Initiative for the Humanistic Study of Innovation at Indiana University in Bloomington, US.
New article: Disease-modifying treatments for multiple sclerosis - a review of approved medications. (07.12.2015)
A review of disease-modifying treatments for multiple sclerosis authored by Øivind Torkildsen and colleagues at the Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Centre for MS Research was published in European Journal of Neurology.
New article: Body mass index influence interferon-beta treatment response in multiple sclerosis. (24.11.2015)
Silje Kvistad and co-authors associated with Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Centre for MS Research and The Norwegian Multiple Sclerosis Competence Centre have recently published an article on obseity and interferon-beta treatment in MS in Journal of Neuroimmunology.
Kjersti Power
International Epilepsy congress in Istanbul (17.11.2015)
Several scientists from Bergen Epilepsy Research Group (BERG) presented their research projects at the 31st International Epilepsy Congress in Istanbul.
From left: Herlof Nilssen, Managing Director at Helse Vest, James Lorens, Helga Salvesen og Baard-Christian Schem, Senior Advisor at Helse Vest.
Helse Vest awards to CCBIO researchers (30.10.2015)
Helse Vest's Research Prize was this year awarded to the Gynaecologic Research Group led by CCBIO PI Helga B. Salvesen. The Innovation Award went to James Lorens at BerGenBio and UiB, also CCBIO PI.
the Norwegian flag and a doctor as a background, a scale with money and medicine in the front.
Health Priorities of the Future (27.10.2015)
Perhaps we should issue a time frame on the public health bureaucracy, says CCBIO Director Lars A. Akslen, when considering the time it takes new drugs to be accepted to Norway.
Review article. Exploring the potential of public proteomics data (14.10.2015)
Researchers associated with KGJ Centre for MS Research have recently published a review article on the potential of public proteomics data, in Proteomics.
Collage of educational session in auditorium and logos of CCBIO, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Kennedy School.
INTPART-support for CCBIO-Harvard project (12.10.2015)
CCBIO applied for 4,5 million NOK over 3 years and has now been granted INTPART-funding from the Norwegian Research Council (RCN) and the Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Education (SIU).
Bjørn Tore Gjertsen teaching in the auditorium.
CCBIOs 5th Junior Scientist Symposium (12.10.2015)
At this semester’s first CCBIO Junior Scientist Symposium September 17th, there was again large interest in participating at the seminar. More than 40 registered for the whole seminar and even more participated at selected presentations.
Elisabeth Wik holding a presentation at a pathology conference in 2015.
CCBIO-researcher excelled in oral presentation at the ESP-Congress in Belgrade (23.09.2015)
Dr. Elisabeth Wik was awarded with 2nd best oral presentation at the European Congress of Pathology which took place in Belgrade, Serbia, September 5-9 2015.
Politiceller freistar å stoppe kreftcella Fråtse-Frida
The cancer cell Greedy Frieda thrilled researchers to-be (22.09.2015)
Excited children and adults crowded the Research Fair when researchers at the Center for Cancer Biomarkers (CCBIO) performed a play about the cancer cell Greedy Frieda.
Anka
New article. Quantitative proteomics suggests decrease in the secretogranin-1 cerebrospinal fluid levels during the disease course of multiple sclerosis. (17.09.2015)
An article on quantitative proteomics in MS has recently been published in Proteomics.
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Monday 7th December: Small Seminar with Professor Olivier Devuyst from the University Hospital of Zurich (03.09.2015)
Topic: "Targeting vasopressin action in ADPKD: Rationale and perspectives". Click for seminar program
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Professor Edouard Battegay from the University Hospital Zurich (03.09.2015)
"Fuzzy Logic and Multimorbidity", Thursday, 24th September, 19.00-20.00, Hotel Grand Terminus.

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