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We are delighted to announce that Researcher Heidrun Vethe has been awarded a prestigious grant from the Norwegian Cancer Society under the call “Researcher Projects 2025”.

We congratulate Julia Axiina Tuominen who received the award for the best article of the year at the NOFE conference in Bergen on October 29-30 in Bergen!

October 29-30, 2025, Solstrand was once again the scenic backdrop for the ScanPath Symposium (Scandinavian Symposium on Translational Pathology), now the 9th, gathering 115 participants from across the Nordic region. The event is hosted by CCBIO and continues its tradition of fostering collaboration and innovation in tissue-based cancer research.

The two new projects will strengthen a global network for sustainable energy storage and Norwegian-Ugandan cooperation on global health. The partnerships will provide new initiatives and opportunities for international collaboration for students and staff at UiB, as well as for the partners.

Neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s disease (PD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and multiple system atrophy (MSA) affect more than 10 million people globally and their prevalence is expected to at least double within over the next two decades. No therapy currently slows or stops disease progression. With support from the Trond Mohn Research Foundation (TMF), the Mohn Research Center... Read more

A large-scale study in Nature, with contributions from Norwegian parents and children identifies genetic mutations whose effects on health depend on which parent passed them on

Congratulations to Kristin and Synnøve for the excellent news about Tannbanken (MoBaTann biobank for baby teeth) on Dagsrevyen - NRK TV!

Andjelka Cvijic defended her thesis for the PhD-degree at the University of Bergen on the 18th of June 2025. The title of the thesis is: "Bridging Knowledge and Practice in Dental Traumatology. An Education Intervention Study in the Norwegian Public Dental Services”.