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New Book: Computational and Statistical Methods for Protein Quantification by Mass Spectrometry (15.12.2012)
A new text book about quantitative proteomics by researches at the University of Bergen and Ghent University, Belgium.
On the move (11.12.2012)
The faculty administration moves back to Armauer Hansens House!
Prepregnancy maternal overweight increases the risk of both early and late preterm delivery. (04.12.2012)
In an article in American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, co-authored by Dr. Morken, it is shown that pre-pregnancy body mass index is an important determinant of preterm delivery risk, independent of sociodemographic, health, and lifestyle variables.
One child mothers with pre-eclampsia at higher risk of heart problems (28.11.2012)
In a article published in British Medical Journal Professor Skjærven and his team shows that one child mothers with pre-eclampsia are at higher risk of developing heart problems.
Norwegian Proteomics Society meeting March 4-5 (14.11.2012)
8th National Proteomics Meeting in Oslo.
National Pharmacy Conference 2012 (12.11.2012)
Quite a few of us travelled to Oslo to take part in the National Pharmacy Conference, which is the largest conference in Norway for the pharmaceutical profession. Our students impressed several of the 600 participants visiting the conference.
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NOK 2 billion to new Centres of Excellence (12.11.2012)
The Research Council of Norway has granted 13 research groups status as Norwegian Centres of Excellence (SFF centres), among them the CIH based Centre for Intervention Science in Maternal and Child health.
Research presentations from 2012 (25.10.2012)
Researchers from all three clinical departments (Clinical Medicine, Medicine and Surgical sciences) and The Gade institute are hereby invited to present their work to fellow researchers and the general audience. If you have presented a poster or had an oral presentation at a scientific meeting or a conference in 2012, or will be having one later in 2012, you are welcome to submit your work. It is... Read more
New biomechanical testing system at BioMatLab (17.10.2012)
Characterization of mechanical properties of natural and synthetic biomaterials
Highly accessed article: Attending work or not when sick -- what makes the decision? (08.10.2012)
In a qualitative study 263 car mechanics were interviewed to examine decisions of absence versus attendance when feeling ill.
The predictive validity of the Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Questionnaire (ÖMPQ) and the clinicians prognostic assessment (05.10.2012)
In a new publication based on master theses, the predictive validity of ÖMPQ was compared with the clinicians prognostic assessment of pain and functional outcome after 8 weeks of manual therapy treatment.
Familial factors in the association between pre-eclampsia and later ESRD. (01.10.2012)
Familial aggregation of risk factors does not seem to explain increased ESRD risk after pre-eclampsia. These findings support the hypothesis that pre-eclampsia per se may lead to kidney damage.
William Howlett
Free online textbook on neurology (01.10.2012)
In Africa neurological disorders are a common cause of disability and death. The textbook “Neurology in Africa” is specifically written for Sub-Saharan Africa by Dr. William Howlett, physician and neurologist in Tanzania.
The 5th NorMIC Symposium in Bergen (27.09.2012)
The Molecular Imaging Center (MIC) is this year hosts the fifth national NorMIC microscopy symposium to be held in Bergen on October 25th – 26th 2012. In addition to international and national speakers, suppliers will install whole confocal microscopes for the participants to bring their own samples.
Female health workers in Tanzania.
Health workers prefer public sector (20.09.2012)
In Tanzania, health workers in rural areas prefer to work in the public sector, even though the church-run hospitals mostly provide better patient care and are better equipped. A favourably pension scheme seems to be part of the reason.
Biorecognition on the cover of Proteins (14.09.2012)
Dr. Lars Skjærven and Professor Aurora Martinez got their publication highlighted on the October issue of Proteins.
This project aims to evaluate the combined effect of indoor residual spraying...
New malaria research project in Ethiopia (30.08.2012)
Malaria remains a major public health problem worldwide. Researchers at CIH, the Bjerknes Climate Centre and in Ethiopia are collaborating to strengthen malaria research and now initiates a new project.
Cancer in childhood, adolescence, and young adults: a population-based study of changes in risk of cancer death during four decades in Norway (27.08.2012)
The PhD candidate Sara Ghaderi has recently published an article in Cancer Causes and Control about changes in risk of cancer death among young patients (0-24 years). The results show that the difference in risk of deaths between the cancer patients and the general population has been substantially reduced since 1965.

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