News archive for Centre for Cancer Biomarkers CCBIO

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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".

Akslen and Wik on the stage at the University Aula in Oslo, receiving the grant by Olav Thon.

Award ceremony at the University Aula in Oslo (07.03.2017)

Thursday, March 2nd 2017, this year's Thon funding was presented to the awardees at the University Aula in Oslo. CCBIO's Lars A. Akslen and Elisabeth Wik attended the prestigious ceremony to receive a grant in the category of national research-based teaching.