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Seeking solutions for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's (29.04.2016)

Professor Laurence Bindoff is researching mechanisms that can link age and the diseases Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. This research has brought him to the final round in the competition to become a Norwegian Centre of Excellence (SFF).

Ground-breaking new technology to measure brain activity (26.04.2016)

In his new EU supported project, neuroscientist Kenneth Hugdahl will use and develop new technology to help patients who are hearing voices. This research could represent a paradigm shift in the treatment of patients with schizophrenia.

TESTING PROMISING ALGAE: Hans Kleivdal, Research Director of Uni Research and Associate Professor at the University of Bergen, and Anders Goksøyr, Professor at the University of Bergen, in front of the laboratory facility at the Department of Biology.

UiB builds pilot plant for microalgae cultivation at Mongstad (21.04.2016)

The University of Bergen has started building a pilot plant for microalgae production at Mongstad north of Bergen. The goal is to grow omega-3-rich microalgae for use in fish feed, based on CO2 captured from the test faciltity Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM).

Marine project gets millions in funding from the EU (21.04.2016)

Hans Tore Rapp will head the EU project SponGES. Mapping the North Atlantic sponge grounds could yield environmental as well as medicinal gains.

Videogame addiction linked to ADHD (20.04.2016)

Young and single men are at risk of being addicted to video games. The addiction indicates an escape from ADHD and psychiatric disorder.

Unstable systems due to fire (19.04.2016)

A fire in a computer room in Nygårdsgaten 5 earlier today causes the university IT systems to be unstable.

Fire at Stein Rokkans hus (19.04.2016)

There has been a fire in a computer room at the University of Bergen´s IT-Division in Nygårdsgaten 5. The fire is now extinguished, but the IT-systems are still unstable.

Portrait of Kjell Jørgen Hole and Øyvind Ytrehus

A joint effort to boost information security (14.04.2016)

The Department of Informatics cooperates with Simula Research Laboratory to increase data security in Norway. The partnership will materialize in a new company called Simula@UiB.

More knowledge will reduce teenage pregnancies (12.04.2016)

Ingvild Sandøy has been given NOK 25 million from the Research Council of Norway to prevent teenage pregnancies in Zambia.

The Norwegian branch of ICOS opened (12.04.2016)

ICOS Norway and the Ocean Thematic Centre are officially opened, as part of the large European network for greenhouse gas monitoring.

Laurence Bindoff (picture) and Janniche Torsvik have studied the connection between the protein (PITRM1) and neurodegeneration in order to create new medicines to fight Alzheimer’s disease.

Gene defect may point to solution for Alzheimer’s (07.04.2016)

University of Bergen researchers have found a protein that could hold the key to understanding how Alzheimer’s disease develops.

Studying gene disorders to cure diabetes (05.04.2016)

The young developmental biologist Simona Chera has received grants for a total of 17 million NOK (1.8 million Euros) for her cutting-edge research in the field of diabetes.