Winner of the Researcher Grand Prix national final

Cecilie Gudveig Gjerde is a PhD candidate at the Department of Clinical Dentistry, and is researching how to create new jaw bone using the body's own stem cells. 

Cecilie competed against 7 other candidates from Oslo, Trondheim and Bergen, but was voted the winner by the judges and audience. Cecilie thus won the first prize of a cheque for 20.000kr, in addition to the winning trophy.

Researcher Grand Prix is ​​a competition organized by the National Science Week in Norway.