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The Pandemic Center to collaborate with the Pandemic & Disaster Preparedness Center of TU Delft (19.01.2023)
Two representatives of PDPC visited the Pandemic Centre in the second week of January to explore possible collaborations
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Cancer breakthrough - a blood sample 24 hours after start of chemotherapy predicts survival (18.01.2023)
Researchers from the University of Bergen, Norway, has found a new method that within hours can predict if certain cancer patients will survive or not after chemotherapy.
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TRACE Seminars spring 2023 (17.01.2023)
The aims of the TRACE seminars are to provide knowledge into the field of translational research in epidemiology and provide a more robust understanding of the causal mechanisms behind non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The seminars are organized as monthly meetings.
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Day Zero webinar 08.02.23 @ 13:30: Sustainable academic career for women (17.01.2023)
Center for research on cardiac disease in women have present a webinar on ‘Sustainable academic career in women in collaboration with Women in Global health Norway at the University of Oslo
Microscopy image of AML cells.
Blood sample 24 hours after start of chemotherapy predicts survival (13.01.2023)
Acute myeloid leukemia is an aggressive blood cancer with poor survival. Younger and otherwise healthy patients undergo severe chemotherapy, often accompanied by stem cell transplant, even though it is difficult to predict who will benefit from the treatment. Now, a simple blood test can measure whether the patient's cancer will respond to chemotherapy. If the chemo has no effect, critical weeks... Read more
Defining substrates of the yeast NatC N-terminal acetyltransferase
Budding yeast and proteomics defined protein N-terminal acetylation (22.12.2022)
Budding yeast is a useful model system in molecular biology. Here, researchers in Bergen and Ghent used it to define one of the most abundant protein modifications in eukaryotes: N-terminal acetylation.
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Chemical Science Reviewer Spotlight (21.12.2022)
Reviewers of the month, Dec 2022
Piotr Sobieraj
First international researcher to visit the Centre (19.12.2022)
Center for research on heart disease in women, is honored to have its first visiting international researcher, Piotr Sobieraj, MD, PhD, from the Medical University of Warsaw.
Anja Linde
Christmas Seminar 2022 (14.12.2022)
Anja Linde presents on Center’s Christmas seminar
Portrait of Carina Strell.
Pioneer project increasing the efficacy of immunotherapy (14.12.2022)
The Norwegian Cancer Society has a new funding program, the Norwegian Cancer Society Pioneer Projects, which supports early-stage exploration of novel and innovative ideas with potential for breaking new grounds in cancer research. CCBIO Associate Investigator Carina Strell just got the news that she is awarded with funding from this program for her project "ImSignal – Mapping active immune... Read more
Arne Östman standing in front of a CCBIO poster.
Potential biomarkers and drugs for common breast cancer (13.12.2022)
Professor Arne Östman in CCBIO's International Faculty receives financial support from the Western Norway regional health authorities Helse Vest in their 2023 allocation. His project "Novel biomarkers and combination treatments for ER+ breast cancer" receives NOK 1.500.000 in the first year.
Oddbjørn Straume sitting in his office.
Support to immunotherapy improving project (13.12.2022)
November 26, the regional health authorities Helse Vest announced their funding for 2023, allocating 182 million NOK to 57 new projects, and renewed support to 160 fellows and projects. Among the new projects, CCBIO PI Oddbjørn Straume receives open project support for his project "Targeting AXL to improve immunotherapy: Deep clinical biomarker analysis for precision medicine." The funding... Read more
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First public PhD defense at Center for research on heart disease in women (13.12.2022)
First public PhD defense at the Center: Ester Anne Kringeland defended her PhD thesis 06.12.2022 at the University of Bergen. Title of the thesis: "Sex differences in blood pressure in midlife: associations with risk factors and acute coronary syndromes in the Hordaland Health Studies".
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Surprising structure of Toxoplasma gondii GAC (11.12.2022)
After years of work, we finally can see what the apicomplexan glideosome-associated connector (GAC) really looks like! Check out our latest preprint presenting the structure in two drastically different conformations. Based on its structure, we suggest a role for GAC as an elastic spring helping parasite motility and invasion.
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Michael J. Fox Foundation funding to Professor Tzoulis (09.12.2022)
Professor Charalampos Tzoulis receives $300,000 (3MNOK) from the prestigious Michael J. Fox Foundation.
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Shift workers have a higher risk of severe COVID-19 (08.12.2022)
Compared to day workers, shift workers have an almost six-fold higher risk of needing hospital care due to COVID-19, according to a recent study from the University of Bergen.
Towards the discovery of new antibiotics in the lab (05.12.2022)
Ruth Brenk has given a brief update of the riboswitch research in our group at the Digital Breakfast organized by the the Center of Digital Life.
Collage of photos from the Scanpath meeting, with people interacting.
Record attendance at this year’s SCANPATH meeting (30.11.2022)
CCBIO hosted the 6th SCANPATH meeting – Scandinavian Seminar on Translational Pathology – on November 14 and 15 at Solstrand Hotel, close to Bergen (Norway). Top Scandinavian tumor pathologist and pre-clinical scientists came to present and discuss tissue-based studies of tumor mechanisms and biomarker mapping. SCANPATH is a well-established annual forum and has been a successful CCBIO initiative... Read more

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