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The World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics - 2014 (05.11.2014)
Copenhagen was hosting this years world congress by the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics. Several researchers from our center was attending. Our center leader Jan Haavik had a lecture on functional studies, underscoring the importance of bringing a biological understanding to the underlying genetic factors. Tetyana Zayats presented results from her EU project on epigenetic factors in... Read more
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Network Lunch November 11th (04.11.2014)
Great talks and delicious food! This is an invitation to Forskerskolens Networking Luncheon. Remember to sign up!
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KGJN researchers in PNAS (04.11.2014)
Tom Eichele and Kenneth Hugdahl at the KGJN Center publishes a Neuroeconomics study in the prestigious journal PNAS. The study is a collaboration between the Functional MRI-group at UiB and the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH). The study reveals centers in the brain involved in the computation of fairness.
Gruppebilde av forskerne som fikk milliongaven fra Kreftforeningen 30.10.14, sammen med Anne Lise Ryel og Dag Rune Olsen, rektor ved UiB
'Research of the highest quality' (31.10.2014)
5 of CCBIO's Principal Investigators received recently 9 million NOK in total from the Norwegian Cancer Society.
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CCBIO-samarbeidsprosjekt får EU-finansiering (31.10.2014)
Forskningsprogrammet TRANSCAN (European Research Area Network on Translational Cancer Research) har nettopp offentliggjort sine tildelinger.
EU flag and Norwegian flag together with cancer research microscope photo
CCBIO collaboration project achieved EU funding (31.10.2014)
The TRANSCAN program (European Research Area Network on Translational Cancer Research) has just announced their allocation of funding.
Daniel Datiko receives award on behalf of REACH Ethiopia.
Stop TB Kochon Prize to REACH ETHIOPIA (30.10.2014)
The prestigious Kochon Prize was presented to Dr. Daniel Datiko, the Field Director for the project at the 45th Union World Conference on Lung Health.
Translational ethics
New publication on translational ethics (17.10.2014)
There is an epistemological gap between theoretical and practical approaches to bioethics. A new article from Global Health Priorities researcher Kristine Bærøe aims at helping to bridge this gap.
Interesting imaging related popular science articles (15.10.2014)
Two colleagues have recently published popular science articles in Aftenposten and both of them have imaging as their main approach in their science.
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Bergen Spring Meeting 2015 (14.10.2014)
At Grand Terminus Hotel from 16th to 17th of April 2015
Research presentations from 2014 (13.10.2014)
You are hereby invited to present your work to fellow researchers and the general audience!
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KGJN presenting at the World Congress of Psychiatry (13.10.2014)
The 16th world congress of psychiatry was held this year in Madrid. The world-wide meeting was aimed at bringing together psychiatrists, scientists and clinicians from all countries and continents, focusing on quality, access and humane care. Our KGJN center was represented by Tetyana and Johanne who presented their latest finding within ADHD genetics and epidemiology. Tetyana talked about the... Read more
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Use of blood transfusions may be halved for patients with blood poisoning (09.10.2014)
K1's Anne Berit Guttormsen and Brit Sjøbø from Haukeland University Hospital, published together with Nordic colleagues an article in the leading medical journal The New England Journal of Medicine which shows that blood transfusions can be halved in patients with sepsis.
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Anerkjent kreftforsker fra UCSF besøkte Bergen (07.10.2014)
Den anerkjente kreftforskeren og "vitenskapskjendisen" Zena Werb besøkte Bergen denne uken etter invitasjon fra Marion og Donald Gullberg, og foreleste på det kombinerte BBB & CCBIO-seminaret 2. oktober 2014.
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Professor Zena Werb from UCSF visits Bergen (07.10.2014)
Invited by Marion and Donald Gullberg, the renowned cancer researcher and science celebrity Zena Werb visited Bergen this week and held a combined BBB & CCBIO seminar on October 2, 2014.
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The VIRTUES trial protocol has been published (03.10.2014)
The VIRTUES trial protocol has been published in BMC Neurology: Virtual reality training for upper extremity in subacute stroke (VIRTUES): study protocol for a randomized controlled multicenter trial.
Khartoum Teaching Hospital, Khartoum State, Sudan
Use of healthcare services by injured people in Sudan (01.10.2014)
Injuries are a growing problem worldwide, and almost 6 million people die each year as a result of injuries. This is over 30 percent more than the number of deaths caused by malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS combined.
World disability prevention conference in Toronto
Lederes strategier ved oppfølging av ansatte med muskel-og skjelettplager (27.09.2014)
PhD student Tove Ask presenterer en poster med tittelen: Supervisors' strategies in follow-up of employees with musculoskeletal pain. A focus group study

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