News archive for Faculty of Medicine

Pluvia attracts interest from new governmental seed funding (24.03.2017)

Sarsia Seed recently announced their new seed funds in Bergen consisting of 300 million NOK. Initial investment can be in the biotechnology company Pluvia founded by Prof. Aurora Martinez according to Sarsia officials.

Introduction to Sequencing Workshop (17.03.2017)

Ondartet føflekkreft, bilde av selve føflekken.

17 million to CCBIO project (08.03.2017)

The regional health authorities' joint program for clinical therapy research (KLINBEFORSK) has February 27th 2017 allocated in total 124 million NOK to seven large research projects. The projects are closely linked to patient care and the requirements of the specialist health services. One of the supported projects is led by CCBIO PI Oddbjørn Straume, receiving 17,57 million NOK over five years.

doctor balancing on a wire which is a stetoscope, high up in the air.

What is responsible cancer research? (08.03.2017)

Responsible cancer research should combine biomedical research activities with critical analysis of the same research, says CCBIO's Roger Strand and Lars A. Akslen in a recently published "perspectives" piece in the Norwegian medical journal "Tidsskriftet for Den norske legeforening".

Improving feeding practices among mothers with HIV (02.03.2017)

New WHO guideline published with updates on HIV and infant feeding.