News archive for Faculty of Medicine

Students and employees at the KGJN recently met for a scientific symposium at the Hotel Terminus. It was a successful meeting with many participants, interesting science and fun socializing.

Being better able to identify the most seriously ill infants is of great importance in terms of being best able to prioritise health resources, particularly is developing countries where such resources are limited. Two researchers from the Centre for Intervention Science in Maternal and Child Health (CISMAC) were part of a study that has identified predictors of recovery time in infants with... Read more

The study will examine links between adolescent pregnancies and different approaches to empower adolescent girls in Zambia.

Researchers at the University of Bergen (UiB) have discovered that a rare autoimmune disease called APS1 may be more common than previously believed. The disease can lead to diabetes, hair loss, loss of pigments, dental problems and a number of other problems, especially in the internal organs.

No less than 3 new CCBIO research school courses will start up this fall, and the Junior Scientist Symposia also have news to share.

Jim Lorens' research group in Tumor Cell Plasticity was June 18th 2015 awarded with the Best Research Group of the Year 2014 by the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Bergen.

Kjell-Morten Myhr and co-authors associated with Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Centre for MS Research have recently published an article on The Norwegian Multiple Sclerosis Registry and Biobank in Acta Neurologica Scandinavica.

A network seminar series to promote collaboration between Nordic countries in biological and medical imaging. 1st seminar in Turku 13th-14th of August 2015.