MEDICINE

Cancer research at UiB

On this page, we have collected news and feature articles about the cancer research being conducted at UiB.

Collage showing three forms of cancer cells.

CANCER - A CLOSE-UP: Examples of three forms of cancer cells.

Photo:

Eivind Senneset

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There is a broad and internationally recognised cancer research environment at the University of Bergen (UiB). Here we present some of the research being conducted in this field at UiB. At the bottom of the page you will find news and feature articles about the various research taking place.

Image of cancer cells from the Centre for Cancer Biomarkers at the University of Bergen.

Hunting psychopath cells

By studying the microenvironment where cancers develop, UiB researchers hope to identify and stop the danger cells that cause the disease.

Postdoctoral Fellow Agnete Engelsen, Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen (UiB), who got her PhD at UiB in May 2013 and is now a part of the CELLNET research group at the university.

On a quest to cure cancer

The premature death from cancer of a close friend and colleague, made Agnete Engelsen even more determined to find a way to cure this devastating disease.

Attacking cancer’s command centre

Researchers at the University of Bergen analyse cancer stem cells to find solutions for the disease.

Portrait of Researcher Kristian Smeland Ytre-Hauge, Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen.

Particle physicist receives multimillion funding

Kristian Smeland Ytre-Hauge has been awarded eight million Norwegian kroner from the Bergen Research Foundation for a new research project designed to improve radiotherapy methods.

Scene from the Centre for Cancer Biomarker, senior researcher educating next generation of researchers.

Educating a new generation of cancer researchers

At the Centre for Cancer Biomarkers, future cancer researchers meet internationally renowned researchers as part of the education.

Proteins could hold key to a cure for cancer

How does cancer spread? Cancer researcher Even Birkeland examines thousands of proteins to figure this out, in order to develop a better method for treatment.

Challenging young researchers on life and death

A new course at the Centre for Cancer Biomarkers aims to support young cancer researchers to make good decisions in matters of life and death.

From left: Herlof Nilssen, Managing Director at Helse Vest, James Lorens, Helga Salvesen og Baard-Christian Schem, Senior Advisor at Helse Vest.

Helse Vest awards to CCBIO researchers

Helse Vest's Research Prize was this year awarded to the Gynaecologic Research Group led by CCBIO PI Helga B. Salvesen. The Innovation Award went to James Lorens at BerGenBio and UiB, also CCBIO PI.

Collage of educational session in auditorium and logos of CCBIO, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Kennedy School.

INTPART-support for CCBIO-Harvard project

CCBIO applied for 4,5 million NOK over 3 years and has now been granted INTPART-funding from the Norwegian Research Council (RCN) and the Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Education (SIU).

Politiceller freistar å stoppe kreftcella Fråtse-Frida

The cancer cell Greedy Frieda thrilled researchers to-be

Excited children and adults crowded the Research Fair when researchers at the Center for Cancer Biomarkers (CCBIO) performed a play about the cancer cell Greedy Frieda.

03.02.2016