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10th MIC confocal course (15.01.2014)
MIC is happy to announce the 10th course in confocal microscopy 4th -7th of March 2014. Registration is now open and we encourage you to register as soon as possible as it tends to fill up quickly, deadline 10th of February. Max 18 participants.
Grant from the Bergen Medical Research Foundation (13.01.2014)
We congratulate Professor Ingfrid S. Haldorsen with the grant from BMRF of NOK 5.000.000 to the project ”Functional imaging for individualised cancer treatment”.
TV2-story on the use of research time to do paperwork (13.01.2014)
Leader of Research at the Department of Clinical Medicine, professor Odd Helge Gilja, was earlier this autumn interviewed by TV2. The issue was the time Norwegian doctors spend on paperwork, applying for funding.
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The year's best health news in Bergen (13.01.2014)
Bergens Tidende singles out CCBIO as one of the best health news in Bergen in 2013.
Helse Vest's first career grant goes to young researcher at K1 (13.01.2014)
Charalampos (”Haris”) Tzoulis has been awarded Helse Vest's very first career grant of NOK 1.650.000.
Nature Magazine showing article Landscape of genomic alterations in cervical carcinomas
Collaboration project has published article in Nature (13.01.2014)
A team of medical doctors and researchers from Bergen, USA and Mexico has published an article on cervical cancer in the esteemed journal Nature.
Kathrine Skarstein presents March 3rd (10.01.2014)
The title of the talk is "Long-lived plasma cells in Sjögrens syndrome"
Lone Holst's 50th anniversary (19.12.2013)
Associate Professor Lone Holst celebrated her 50th birthday on December 4th 2013. Both colleagues and students wanted to congratulate the “leading lady” on her anniversary.
New Associate Professor (19.12.2013)
From December 1st Reidun Kjome is engaged as Associate Professor in Research Group in Social Pharmacy.
Cranberry safe in pregnancy (19.12.2013)
Use of cranberry during pregnancy is not associated with negative pregnancy outcomes, Ph.D. candidate Kristine Heitmann concludes in her new paper. Simultaneously, she emphasizes the importance of treating detected urinary tract infections (UTIs) with antibiotics, as cranberry has not shown to be effective as treatment for UTIs.
First presentation of 2014 will be held by Reidun Kopperud, January 6 (17.12.2013)
Reidun will present "Phenotype of Epac1-deficient mice"
Carotid intima-media thickness and rupture risk of intracranial aneurysms (16.12.2013)
Øystein Ariansen Haaland is co-author of the article "Carotid intima-media thickness - a potential predictor for rupture risk of intracranial aneurysms" published in International Journal of Stroke. Patients with unruptured aneurysms and patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage due to aneurysm rupture were compared in the study. Carotid intima-media thickness was higher in patients with aneurysm... Read more
Preterm birth and atopic disease (10.12.2013)
Håvard Trønnes and co-authors have published the report ""The association of preterm birth with severe asthma and atopic dermatitis; a national cohort study" i Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. The study reports that preterm birth is associated with an increased risk of asthma, but a decreased risk of atopic dermatitis.
Makerere-UiB: a new frame agreement (10.12.2013)
In late November 2013, the coordinators from Makerere University and UiB met in Bergen to kick-start the process towards a new frame agreement.
Christmas Lunch, December 10 (02.12.2013)
To all PhD students at the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry: Welcome to the yearly christmas lunch, 11.30 in the conference room (BBB).
Tone D Dahl and Olav Tenstad will Present February 3rd (02.12.2013)
Tone and Olav will present exciting data from the PET study.
HIV infection and malnutrition (02.12.2013)
Malnutrition is an underlying cause of more than 2 million global child deaths. HIV infection in infants is one of the reasons for poor growth and development.
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Personality factors predict sleep-related shift work tolerance (02.12.2013)
In a new study Sunniva Storemark takes a closer look at different personality factors that may affect the ability to tolerate shift-work.

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