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investigator swabs a person in his mouth.
Smoking can activate a wide range of cancer types (24.08.2015)
CCBIO’s Professor Helga Salvesen has been co-author of a study recently published in the renowned journal JAMA Oncology. The results of the study may indicate that cigarette smoke helps to activate an entire universal "cancer program" which are also present in cancer that are not usually associated with smoking, including breast and gynecological cancers.
Doctor checking a patient's mole for cancer.
Five new susceptibility loci for cutaneous malignant melanoma discovered (07.08.2015)
Researchers have found five new genetic regions that make people more susceptible to malignant melanomas. CCBIO’s Lars Akslen is one of the Norwegian researchers who have been contributing to this international study.
picture of cancer cell
International Conference, “The tumor stroma- friend or foe?” (03.08.2015)
The Marie Curie ITN Network CAFFEIN, caffein.ku.dk, arranges its first international conference in Bergen October 22nd-23rd 2015.
Dyreavdelingen på Twitter
The Animal facility at UiB is now on Twitter (23.07.2015)
The Animal facility at UiB is now on Twitter
collage of the earth with a stetoscope wrapped around.
New EU Expert Report Chaired by CCBIO Ethics Researcher Roger Strand (02.07.2015)
EU recently published an expert report on the design of indicators for promoting and monitoring Responsible Research and Innovation. Roger Strand, CCBIO's principal investigator on ethical and social aspects, was the Chairman of the expert group.
New regulation on the use of animals in experimentation from July 1 2015 (01.07.2015)
New regulation on the use of animals in experimentation was implemented from July 1 2015 The new regulation is called "Regulation on the use of animals in research" (Norw: "Forskrift om bruk av dyr i forsøk")
SGroup of photos from the CCBIO labs
Full CCBIO Research School course activity this fall (19.06.2015)
No less than 3 new CCBIO research school courses will start up this fall, and the Junior Scientist Symposia also have news to share.
Jim Lorens receives the Best Research Group of the Year Award 2014 by Dean Nina Langeland.
Jim Lorens' group wins the faculty award Best Research Group of the Year 2014 (19.06.2015)
Jim Lorens' research group in Tumor Cell Plasticity was June 18th 2015 awarded with the Best Research Group of the Year 2014 by the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Bergen.
Lars Akslen and Marion Solheim speaking at a conference about communication.
Excellent communication at CCBIO (19.06.2015)
Centre Director Lars A. Akslen and Communications Adviser at CCBIO Marion Solheim were invited to the NUAS conference at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm to share how CCBIO communicate their research activities.
Kjell-Morten Myhr
New article: The Norwegian Multiple Sclerosis Registry and Biobank (17.06.2015)
Kjell-Morten Myhr and co-authors associated with Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Centre for MS Research have recently published an article on The Norwegian Multiple Sclerosis Registry and Biobank in Acta Neurologica Scandinavica.
Nina Grytten
Review article: Time trends in the incidence and prevalence of multiple sclerosis in Norway during eight decades (17.06.2015)
Researchers at Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Centre for MS Research have recently published a reviewarticle on studies on incidence and prevalence of MS in Norway, in Acta Neurologica Scandinavica.
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New study. Level of education and the risk of multiple sclerosis after adjustment for known risk factors (04.06.2015)
Kjetil Bjørnevik (picture) and co-authors have recently published a new study on the association between level of education and the risk of multiple sclerosis in Multiple Sclerosis Journal. The objective of the study was to examine whether any of the established risk factors for the disease could explain the association.
Professor Roger Strand i klasserommet
Challenging young researchers on life and death (26.05.2015)
A new course at the Centre for Cancer Biomarkers aims to support young cancer researchers to make good decisions in matters of life and death.
The participants at the Centre for Cancer Biomarker's third annual symposium at Solstrand, south of Bergen, in May 2015.
World leading cancer researchers met at Solstrand (22.05.2015)
Many of the world's top cancer researchers presented the latest in cancer research when the Centre for Cancer Biomarkers invited to a two-day symposium at Solstrand.
Marianna Cortese
New study. Vitamin D exposure and MS risk- timing seems to matter (07.05.2015)
Researchers at The National Multiple Sclerosis Competence Centre published an article about the timing of vitamin D exposure and MS risk in May 2015 in Multiple Sclerosis Journal.
Roadsign Ethics in collage with biotehnology photo
UiB report on bioethics to be presented by the Council of Europe (28.04.2015)
The Council of Europe, with its 47 member states, has for years been involved in international efforts for human rights and bioethics. In particular, it is known for the so-called Oviedo Convention that outlines ethical principles for biomedicine.
Disputation from CCBIO - Katarzyna Wnuk-Lipinska (07.04.2015)
Katarzyna Wnuk-Lipinska defended April 7th her PhD thesis “The role of Axl signaling in phenotypic plasticity in normal and neoplastic epithelial cells” at the University of Bergen.
New study: Reduced duration of breastfeeding is associated with a higher risk of multiple sclerosis (25.03.2015)
Researchers at the Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Cebtre for MS Research have participated in a study on breastfeeding and risk og MS in Italy and Norway, published in Journal of Neurology in March.

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