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Professor Roger Strand i klasserommet
Challenging young researchers on life and death (26.05.2015)
A new course at the Centre for Cancer Biomarkers aims to support young cancer researchers to make good decisions in matters of life and death.
The participants at the Centre for Cancer Biomarker's third annual symposium at Solstrand, south of Bergen, in May 2015.
World leading cancer researchers met at Solstrand (22.05.2015)
Many of the world's top cancer researchers presented the latest in cancer research when the Centre for Cancer Biomarkers invited to a two-day symposium at Solstrand.
Marianna Cortese
New study. Vitamin D exposure and MS risk- timing seems to matter (07.05.2015)
Researchers at The National Multiple Sclerosis Competence Centre published an article about the timing of vitamin D exposure and MS risk in May 2015 in Multiple Sclerosis Journal.
Roadsign Ethics in collage with biotehnology photo
UiB report on bioethics to be presented by the Council of Europe (28.04.2015)
The Council of Europe, with its 47 member states, has for years been involved in international efforts for human rights and bioethics. In particular, it is known for the so-called Oviedo Convention that outlines ethical principles for biomedicine.
Disputation from CCBIO - Katarzyna Wnuk-Lipinska (07.04.2015)
Katarzyna Wnuk-Lipinska defended April 7th her PhD thesis “The role of Axl signaling in phenotypic plasticity in normal and neoplastic epithelial cells” at the University of Bergen.
New study: Reduced duration of breastfeeding is associated with a higher risk of multiple sclerosis (25.03.2015)
Researchers at the Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Cebtre for MS Research have participated in a study on breastfeeding and risk og MS in Italy and Norway, published in Journal of Neurology in March.
New study: A 60- year follow up of the incidence and prevalence of multiple sclerosis in Hordaland County (10.03.2015)
Researchers at Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Centre for MS Research have in february 2015 published an article in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.
New study: Conversion from clinically isolated syndrome to multiple sclerosis: A large multicentre study (24.02.2015)
Researchers at the Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Centre for MS Research have contributed to an international multicentre study recently published in Multiple Sclerosis Journal.
Portrait of Professor Arne Östman, combined with illustration of a dna string.
New professor II at CCBIO: Arne Östman (17.02.2015)
Professor Arne Östman from Karolinska Institutet is recruited in a 20% position as Adjunct Professor in Molecular Biology at CCBIO.
Disputation from CCBIO - Ida Wiig Sørensen (11.02.2015)
Ida Wiig Sørensen defended 12.02.15 her PhD thesis «Molecular Characterisation of Integrin a 11 Function» at the University of Bergen.
James Lorens og forskergruppen
Pills against cancer (10.02.2015)
Medication that inhibit AXL effect is developed as pills and now in clinical trials.
Prioriteringer
Lars Akslen at "Filosofisk Poliklinikk" (09.02.2015)
Filosofisk Poliklinikk - "The Philosophical Polyclinic" - a Norwegian think-tank for medical philosophy - featured CCBIO Director Lars Akslen in their public meeting in Bergen on the 4th February. The meeting was one of a series of four on challenges of health prioritization.
Forskergruppe_probe
New study in Nature Biotechnology: Better visualization of protein analyses and new bioinformatics tools contribute to medical research (04.02.2015)
Two ground-breaking articles in medical biotechnology from KGJ Centre for Medical Research and National Competence Centre for MS have recently been published in the well acknowledged journals Nature Biotechnology and Proteomics.
Professor Cairns pointing at the screen during teaching at CCBIO course CCBIO903.
Should medical science alone decide what is good for society? (27.01.2015)
The first week of the PhD course 'CCBIO903: Cancer research: Ethical, economic and social aspects' was held from the 19th to the 22nd January.
Surgery on operation theatre
Use of surgical checklists might lead to increased survival (26.01.2015)
The use of surgical checklists varies across European nations. Use of a checklist is associated with lower mortality shows a study lead by Ib Jammer at the Research group on Quality, Safety and Outcome after Surgery and Critical illness (ROSC).
Sun exposure and multiple sclerosis risk in Norway and Italy: The EnvIMS study. (06.01.2015)
Researchers at The KGJ Centre for MS Research have published data from the EnViMS cooperation in Multiple Sclerosis Journal and results underlines the beneficial effect of sun exposure on MS risk.
Astrid Guldbrandsen
New study: In-depth characterization of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) proteome displayed through the CSF proteome resource (CSF-PR). (06.01.2015)
Researchers at the KGJ Centre for MS Research have published a paper in Mol Cell Proteomics mapping the human cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) proteome and the results are freely available via the new CSF Proteome Resource (http://probe.uib.no/csf-pr).
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New study: Guidelines for uniform reporting of body fluid biomarker studies in neurologic disorders. (06.01.2015)
Kjell-Morten Myhr participated in a study published in September 2014 in Neurology, providing a guidance report to standardize the reporting of CSF biomarker studies in neurologic disorders.

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