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Simon Øverland has been appointed as the director of the Centre for International Health (CIH) and will assume the position on September 1, 2023. The Centre for International Health is a centre within the Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care.
Did you miss Gerard A Virgili's presentation on optimizing energy supply of a Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) to reduce the carbon footprint? Watch the presentation here!
Children of fathers who smoked in their early teens have a greater risk of developing asthma, obesity and low lung function, new research from the University of Bergen and the University of Southampton shows.
Individuals with birth defects have an increased cancer risk. Recent research shows an increased risk of childhood cancer among individuals with siblings with birth defects.
Understanding the neural control of movement and how it evolved is critical to better address neurodegenerative diseases. In a recent study, researchers discovered that neuronal networks controlling movement in humans and tunicates have the same building blocks, structure, and function.
A Nordic study that was recently published in the American Journal of Epidemiology shows that conditions related to pregnancy are important for the later development of thyroid cancer in the mother.
Recent research published in the International Journal of Epidemiology shows that there are gender differences in the connection between congenital malformations and childhood cancer.
A Norwegian study that was recently published in BJOG (British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology) shows that women affected by gynecological cancer, especially women with cervical and ovarian cancer, used more medication for pain relief and sex hormones than women without cancer long after they had the diagnosis. Women with uterine cancer used more diabetes medications (antidiabetics) both... Read more
On Tuesday August 15th, Devaki defended her PhD at the University of Oulu. The opponent was Associate Professor Beáta Bugyi from the University of Pécs Medical School, Pécs, Hungary. We all very much enjoyed an insightful discussion on actins, actin depolymerizing factors, and their roles in the malaria parasite. Thanks to everyone involved and huge congratulations to Dr. Devaki Lasiwa!
Professor Preben Aavitsland at the Pandemic Center is head of two international committees appointed by WHO's Director-General to advise WHO on how the covid-19 pandemic and mpox-outbreak should be handled in the coming years.
The discovery of the researchers at the University of Bergen and University of Oslo shed new light on the connection between the brain and our gut.
How can you as a medical student use all the knowledge you have acquired about diseases, injuries, diagnostics, and treatment during the first five years of your studies to meet the specific patient you now have in front of you during a consultation?
On Wednesday, Faculty Day 2023 was held at the Faculty of Medicine. During the event, TVEPS and Lars Thore Fadnes were honored with awards in various categories.
The impact of the most common protein modification, N-terminal acetylation, has remained a conundrum in the field since its very origin. A new UiB article adds a piece to this puzzle.
As part of a consortium lead by the EU-Openscreen head office with the overall goal to improve the services offered by EU-Openscreen, the Brenk group has got funding to work on Ribotacs. Ribotacs are small molecules that selectively bind RNAs and a RNAse and thus lead targeted RNA degradation. We look forward to a succesfull collaboration.
This month, Dr. Stanley Makumire joined our group as a post-doctoral fellow. We look forward to working together in the coming years!
A study on protein intake with limiting meat and dairy consumption was conducted by Theogene Habumgisha and his team. The data show a decrease in protein intake, but there is little evidence that this has had a substantial influence on body composition or anthropometric measurements.

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