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Photo collage from the Annual CCBIO Symposium 2022.
Full house at long-awaited onsite CCBIO Symposium (2022) (12.05.2022)
The 10th CCBIO Annual Symposium took place at Solstrand Hotel May 10 and 11, 2022, finally as an onsite event, attracting about 200 onsite and 60 online, as the symposium was offered as a hybrid solution.
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People who remained sick long after their Covid-19 infection often had alterations in their intestinal bacteria (25.04.2022)
Professor and leader of the Centre for Nutrition, Gülen Arslan Lied, have contributed in an article at forskning.no about at study of intestinal flora and Covid-19.
DLN research school courses spring 2022 (04.04.2022)
Have a look at our course portfolio for spring 2022!
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Lower birth weight at delivery is linked to neurodevelopmental problems (02.03.2022)
UiB research shows that being born to term with a weight lower than 3,5 kilos is related to a higher risk of developing neurodevelopmental problems such as cerebral palsy and autism.
Studien var ledet av professor og overlege Charalampos Tzoulis (midten), sammen med senior forsker Christian Dölle (venstre) og overlege Brage Brakedal (høyre).
Targeting the brain's energy metabolism may hold the key for treating Parkinson’s disease (02.03.2022)
The results of a new clinical trial, published in the peer-reviewed journal Cell Metabolism, show that oral intake of nicotinamide riboside (NR) enhances NAD-metabolism in the brain of individuals with Parkinson’s disease, and shows promise as a potential therapy.
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Bringing the patient perspective into research (30.11.2021)
During November 3-5, 2021, a brand-new and unique course in Patient and Public Involvement in Medical and Health Research was accommodated at the state-of-the-art premises of Eitri Medical Incubator - a perfect frame for an innovative course involving both Research School students as well as user representatives.
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Strengthening the focus on Health Innovation (30.11.2021)
The PhD level course on Health Innovation, CCBIONEUR912, was kicked off November 8-9, 2021, at the facilities of the new medical incubator EITRI. CCBIONEUR912 is joining the course SDG900 as the second innovation course offering at UiB on the PhD level. It is the first PhD course on health innovation and thus an invaluable offering for medical researchers at the beginning of their research... Read more
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TMS Starting Grant to Carina Strell (30.11.2021)
The Trond Mohn Foundation has now announced that Carina Strell will be one of three candidates at the University of Bergen (UiB) to be awarded with a TMS starting grant, for her project Understanding Early Breast Cancer Evolution in Space and Time (EvoMaps). Strell has a long-term collaboration with the Lars A. Akslen group at CCBIO, and her project will be embedded at CCBIO.
Screenshot from Zoom, with the speaker and a slide from the talk, showing microscopy imaging..
True believer in the magic of science (11.11.2021)
November 9, Professor Robert S. Langer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, presented the Falch Lecture entitled "Creating and implementing breakthrough technologies in biotechnology and nanotechnology". Through a live streaming from MIT, the around 200 people in Store Auditorium enjoyed a truly inspirational talk, motivating them to pursue their ideas and keep asking the fundamental questions.
Portrait of Robert Langer with a background of a nanotechnology illustration.
Falch Lecture by world-leading medical innovation expert Robert S. Langer (29.10.2021)
November 9, Professor Robert S. Langer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will present the Falch Lecture at a live streaming from MIT in Store Auditorium entitled "Creating and implementing breakthrough technologies in biotechnology and nanotechnology". Dr. Langer has been called "The Edison of Medicine", and he has an exceptional track record in science and innovation.
Bjørn Tore Gjertsen på talerstolen.
Bjørn Tore Gjertsen – a true translationist (26.10.2021)
On October 20, CCBIO hosted a Celebration Seminar to celebrate the awarding of the King Olav V’s Prize for Cancer Research 2021 to Professor Bjørn Tore Gjertsen. Leaders from the university and the hospital as well as close colleagues gave highly praising speeches and scientific talks.
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This is for you if you have epilepsy (03.10.2021)
Request to take part in a needs-based epilepsy follow-up with Haukeland University Hospital, Neurological outpatient clinic and inclusion in the EpiReg epilepsy register
Portrettfoto av Bjørn Tore Gjertsen
King Olav V’s Prize for Cancer Research 2021 to Bjørn Tore Gjertsen (01.09.2021)
The Norwegian Cancer Society announced September 2nd that this year’s King Olav V's Prize for Cancer Research will go to Professor Bjørn Tore Gjertsen. The award amounts to 1 million NOK, is considered as a great honor in the Norwegian research communities and goes to the very best in the entire spectrum of Norwegian cancer research.
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The Pindborg Prize 2021 to Dana Costea (25.06.2021)
Dana Costea is this year’s receiver of the Pindborg Prize, an annual award issued by The Scandinavian Fellowship of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine (SFOPOM), in memory of the late Professor Jens J. Pindborg, internationally renowned dentist and pathologist.
Charalamopos Tzoulis i labben. Han står med armene i kors mellom to store sprossekledde vinduer og ser rett inn i kamera. Bak ham kan man se divere utstyr til labben. Utenfor er det grønt og frodig, man kan se hus oppover skråningene.
"Neurodegenerative diseases remain an unsolved mystery" (15.06.2021)
Professor Charalampos Tzoulis stresses that neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and ALS, represent a global health emergency that can only be tackled through extensive research.
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Top scientists at fully digital CCBIO Symposium (2021) (19.05.2021)
A broad range of renowned international cancer scientists gave talks at the 2021 CCBIO Annual Symposium, which for the very first time was held as a fully online event.
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Research school collaboration between centers of excellence (08.03.2021)
CCBIO initiated its research school – CCBIO Research School for Cancer Studies (RSCS) – very early on, and the RSCS has since the startup in 2014 undergone a steady progress and expansion of the course portfolio. Now that CCBIO’s parent department the Department of Clinical Medicine has been assigned an FKB center (Centre for Clinical Treatment Research) – Neuro-SysMed – CCBIO is happy to be able... Read more
Illustrations of the CCBIO905 topics addressed.
Excitement and international participation at the first fully web-based version of CCBIO905 (09.12.2020)
CCBIO’s PhD course CCBIO905 Methods in Cancer Biomarker Research was for the first time run on a digital platform October 27-29, 2020. The course was well attended, 80 participants followed selected lectures for non-ECTS participation, and 34 students completed the course with ECTS credits. The participants signed in from 15 different universities and 8 different countries with the majority of... Read more

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