News archive for Department of Clinical Medicine

This years Annual Research Presentations by the Research School in Clinical Medicine.

The regional health authority Helse Vest’s Research Award 2023 goes to Professor Lars Andreas Akslen and CCBIO for ground-breaking research on cancer biomarkers. Akslen has also been subject to another prestigious recognition this fall, as he was recently elected as member of the Academia Europaea.

Emmet McCormack will be part of the new COST Action IMMUNO-model, where a network of scientists involved in the development and implementation of preclinical models evaluating the response and toxicity induced by immunotherapies, is challenged to expand our knowledge in their mechanisms of action and improve the survival and quality of life of cancer patients.

Forsker Grand Prix took place in Bergen September 27, where nine young researchers were competing for Best Presenter, getting only four minutes to convey their research in front of an audience and three judges. Among the nine was CCBIO's and the Department of Clinical Science's PhD Candidate Christiane Helgestad Gjerde.

Research advisors at the Faculty of Medicine have recently launched a new portal for researchers applying for external funding.

Understanding the neural control of movement and how it evolved is critical to better address neurodegenerative diseases. In a recent study, researchers discovered that neuronal networks controlling movement in humans and tunicates have the same building blocks, structure, and function.

This winter/spring, three of CCBIO's students got the opportunity to have research stays at different labs of the Vascular Biology Program in Boston, through CCBIO's INTPART collaboration with Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital. PhD Candidate Camilla Tvedt Ekanger, Medical Student Research Program student Amalie Bark Kvamme and PhD Candidate Ole Vidhammer Bjørnstad are now back... Read more

May 20 was the Clinical Trials Day, which arrives each May 20 as an opportunity for the clinical research community to pause in reflection, recognition, and admiration of all that has been accomplished thanks to clinical trials and the people behind them. The Norwegian Parkinson's Association took the opportunity to launch a short video, where Neuro-SysMed contributes with Professor Tzoulis... Read more