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PFN2 co-operates with NAA80 to acetylate actin
The cell motility regulator NAA80 is assisted by Profilin 2 (25.09.2020)
Actin is modified by N-terminal acetylation which regulates its role in steering cellular architecture and cell motility. Now the machinery performing this acetylation is uncovered.
The NAA10 Asn101Lys variant disrupts the NAA10-NAA15 (NatA) complex and thereby the ability of this complex to carry out protein N-terminal acetylation.
Novel gene variants linked to developmental delay and hemihypertrophy (25.09.2020)
Several variants of the NAA10 gene have been found in patients suffering from developmental delay and hemihypertrophy. NAA10 steers the most common protein modification in humans: N-terminal acetylation.
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EpiReg – a research and quality registry for epilepsy at Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen (22.09.2020)
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Epidemiologic considerations around a case-control study of oxytocin (mis?)use and baby survival. (21.09.2020)
A team of researchers from CISMAC (see side bar) have been involved in a nested, case-control study. The study is a good example of researcher curiosity in action.
Pictures of Monica Hellesvik, Hanne Øye, Henriette Aksnes
Research from home (16.09.2020)
On Thursday 12th of March, the University of Bergen was shut down on short notice. Employees and students left their study and workplaces, worried about the recently declared pandemic situation and how the next weeks and months would be like.
Marc Niere og Mathias Ziegler
Discovered a shuttle that brings the "batteries" into the cell's power houses (15.09.2020)
Researchers at the University of Bergen have made a major contribution to the discovery of a protein that plays a fundamental role in human energy metabolism.
Making your own health system – it is not as easy as it might look! (10.09.2020)
What if it was up to you to restore the health system to a war-ravaged country that has finally achieved peace? How would you prioritise and allocate resources within a limited budget? What infrastructures would you build and where? What programmes would you implement?
Paul Farmer on Zoom
In conversation with Paul Farmer (03.09.2020)
Partners In Health founder Paul Farmer was an inspiring virtual visitor at last week's annual seminar of the Section for Ethics and Health Economics (Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care).
Indian woman and baby
Meaning to do good, but … (01.09.2020)
The Centre for Health Research and Development at the Society for Applied Studies in New Delhi undertook a large randomized controlled trial in India together with CISMAC researchers and the Haryana government to estimate the effect of the Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illnesses strategy (IMNCI).
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An ethical framework for global vaccine allocation (01.09.2020)
BCEPS Director Ole Frithjof Norheim contributes to a paper in Science Magazine proposing an ethical framework for global COVID-19 vaccine allocation.
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First Department Meeting at Alrek 19.8.2020 (21.08.2020)
On the 10th of August, UiB formally took over ownership of Alrek, Årstadveien 17, from the builder. Department Leader, Guri Rørtveit represented IGS and was given a key to the new facilities. Already 19th August, Rørtveit was able to assemble IGS for the first full Department meeting.
Gülen Arslan Lied
The Crown Prince Haakon Research Award for Asthma and Allergy 2020 (17.08.2020)
The Leader of the Centre for Nutrition, Gülen Arslan Lied, is awarded The Crown Prince Haakon Research Award for Asthma and Allergy 2020.
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CISMAC Zambia's COVID-19 Response (10.08.2020)
In Zambia, COVID-19 testing capability was established in February 2020 with US and Japanese assistance. The first two cases of COVID-19 were reported on 18 March 2020.
Physician in PPE at outreach clinic
CISMAC India's COVID-19 Response (03.07.2020)
In India, the first COVID-19 case was reported on January 30, 2020. As of June 21, 2020, ~425 000 COVID-19 cases had been reported with 13 700 deaths across the country.
Figure from the study.
Image guided cytoreduction of ovarian cancer (24.06.2020)
CCBIO Postdoc Katrin Kleinmanns, together with CCBIO PhD Katharina Bischoff and Researcher Vibeke Fosse, recently published 2 articles in EBioMedicine. Their work describing CD24-targeted near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence imaging in patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models of high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma (HGSOC), confirms an improvement of cytoreduction of ovarian cancer in PDX orthotopic... Read more
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Modern cementing techniques in total knee arthroplasty (18.06.2020)
Medical student Michelle Khan started her summer stipend at Biomatlab. It is also the start of her Medical Student Research Programme with a project entitled "Modern cementing techniques in total knee arthroplasty".
girl in home office, giving thumbs up
Enormous interest in web based CCBIO courses (15.06.2020)
The pandemic situation and lockdown of campus has forced CCBIO to think new in order to fulfill the goals for the CCBIO Research School for Cancer Studies. On fairly short notice, the 2 planned spring courses were rescheduled to new dates and organized through digital platforms. Despite of limited time to get the word out, registration for both courses soon had to be closed, due to great interest... Read more
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Feedback in Nor-Openscreen survey (02.06.2020)
BiSS is growing as a core facility, and we are quite happy that our users are satisfied.

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