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Continued support from RCN and DIKU for the CCBIO-Harvard INTPART project (17.04.2020)
CCBIO applied for and recently received continued support from the Research Council of Norway (RCN) and the Norwegian Agency for International Cooperation and Quality Enhancement in Higher Education (DIKU) for phase 2 of the INTPART project: “Bergen-Harvard Cancer Studies phase 2: Continued Partnership for Responsible Education, Research and Innovation Excellence.”
doctor and text Lets stop the coronavirus together
Corona measures: Impact on CCBIO (12.03.2020)
CCBIO operates within the health services in addition to the Faculty of Medicine at the UiB and is subject to the guidelines issued by both institutions (see below links). As a consequence, we are reducing our activities accordingly. Please check the calendar for details. Notably, the CCBIO Annual Symposium and the Satellite Symposium have been cancelled.
Mohn-seminar på Solstrand
Mohn Nutrition Research Lab seminar 2020 (21.02.2020)
February 13-14, the second Mohn Nutrition Research Lab seminar was held.
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10 facts about the coronavirus (13.02.2020)
The coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) is confirmed as pandemic by WHO, 11. march. To what extent should we fear the coronavirus? We have asked virus expert Professor Rebecca Cox.
Collage, Breaking News illustration plus the discussion panel in the auditorium.
Framing cancer (31.01.2020)
CCBIO recently completed its CCBIO903 course Cancer Research: Ethical, Economic and Social Aspects, including a CCBIO Special Seminar, titled “Cancer in the news”. The course is quite unique on a global basis, and recruited participants with a great variety of backgrounds and of geographical locations, such as Bergen (CCBIO), Oslo (Oslo University Hospital, Institute for Cancer Research), London... Read more
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Significant funding for research in personalized therapy of hypertensive nephropathy (30.01.2020)
The project "Digital technology for personalised management and therapy of hypertensive nephropathy" received 20 million NOK funding from Helse-vest
Poster
Drug treatment of glioma-associated epilepsy and the use of psychiatric medication (19.01.2020)
Kristin Marie Knudsen-Baas presented this poster at the 8th Eilat international course: Pharmacological treatment of epilepsy
Living a good life in older age; neurological insights related to self (19.01.2020)
Reflections on value and the brain in the context of aging and neurological dysfunction. A presentation by Professor Bernt Engelsen.
Portrait photo.
Hani Gabra appointed CMO at BerGenBio (17.12.2019)
Professor Hani Gabra was recently appointed Chief Medical Officer at BerGenBio, based in Oxford UK. Professor Gabra has been part of CCBIO's network of international affiliated researchers since 2016, and considers his affiliation to CCBIO both an advantage and a prerequisite for his role as CMO for BerGenBio. He also finds there are clear opportunities for increased interaction between BerGenBio... Read more
Young researchers in the lab.
Rewarding to have Medical Student Research Program students in the research group (12.12.2019)
Since CCBIO was established five years ago, 17 students in the Medical Student Research Program have been affiliated to the center's research groups, and several have proceeded to a PhD degree. The students in the program are genuinely interested and dedicated, but also lacking research experience and in need of close follow-up and mentoring. Nevertheless, CCBIO has very good experiences in... Read more
The board at the stage, opening the workshop.
Oral pathology & oral cancer collaboration project with Eurasia countries received funding for two more years (13.11.2019)
In 2016 CCBIO’s Associate Investigator Professor Daniela Elena Costea received 3 million NOK in funding from the Norwegian Agency for International Cooperation and Quality Enhancement in Higher Education (https://diku.no/en) for a 3 year collaboration project for education and research in oral pathology and oral cancer between Norway, Moldova, Belarus and Armenia. Due to its achievements, the... Read more
Lars Akslen on stage in front of the audience
Nordic updates and networking in translational pathology (11.11.2019)
CCBIO hosted the 4th Annual Scandinavian Seminar on Translational Pathology at Solstrand Hotel, Os (Bergen), with 78 dedicated participants from Norway, Sweden and Finland.
Fens-conference
Centre for Nutrition at the European Nutrition Conference 2019 (23.10.2019)
PhD-candidates and researchers from the Centre for Nutrition participated at the 13th edition of the European Nutrition Conference in Dublin from 15-18th October 2019.
Gigantic waterfall at Iceland, and people walking into a view plateau in the middle of it.
Stimulating scientific eruptions (23.09.2019)
Iceland’s dramatic landscape served as backdrop for generating ideas and action plans for new collaborations between the University of Bergen/CCBIO and Harvard Medical School/Vascular Biology Program in a meeting August 29th to September 3rd.
Portrait photo of Bruce Zetter
Professor Bruce Zetter to be Honorary Doctor at the University of Bergen (20.09.2019)
The University of Bergen is appointing 10 new Honorary Doctors, one of which is Harvard Professor Bruce Zetter, very well known to the CCBIO family, both as advisor in the CCBIO Scientific Advisory Board, and through the CCBIO-VBP INTPART collaboration.
Olga sitting on a wall with landscape in background.
Mapping oral cancer prevention in Eurasia countries (18.09.2019)
The collaboration project for education and research in oral pathology between Norway, Moldova, Belarus and Armenia is an important internationalization project financed by DIKU through the Eurasia program. Within this project, UiB/CCBIO is currently hosting a master student, Olga Golburean, a graduated dental hygienist who is taking her master degree in global health with Professor Dana Costea... Read more
collage of photos from Boston, and the 3 intern students.
Boston summer interns (18.09.2019)
This summer, CCBIO sent their second batch of students to be Boston summer interns in the CCBIO/Harvard INTPART collaboration. Read the full report from Hanna Dillekås, PhD candidate in Oddbjørn Straume’s group, Ridhima Das, PhD candidate in Dana Costea’s group, and Amalie Fagerli Tegnander, medical student affiliated to Lars A. Akslen's group, in Elisabeth Wik’s project.
Vegard Lysne og Anthea Van Parys på Homosystein-konferanse
Centre for Nutrition at the Homocysteine conference (30.06.2019)
The PhD-candidates Vegard Lysne and Anthea Van Parys, from the Centre for Nutrition, participated at the Homocysteine conference in Virgili, Spain.

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