News archive for Faculty of Medicine

Bio3D: New bioinformatics tools for evolutionary sequence-structure analysis (29.06.2016)

The Bio3D package includes new methods for the analysis and visualization of protein dynamics both from experimental and simulated data, integrated with tools for comparative analysis of evolutionary related protein structures and systematic retrieval of publicly available sequence and structural data.

Kryoimmunterapi-teamet i gang i operasjonssalen.

FORNY2020 funding to the BTO project CryoIT (29.06.2016)

The BTO project CryoIT has received 10 million NOK from the Research Council of Norway’s FORNY2020 program. The project develops a new form of immunotherapy against prostate cancer, called cryoimmunotherapy, which can also be adapted to treat different types of cancer. The project belongs to Haukeland University Hospital and the University of Bergen.

Death in secular societies (23.06.2016)

Death is a classical topic in philosophy. In a new article, PhD-candidate Carl Tollef Solberg, Research Assistant Preben Sørheim, and Associate Professor Espen Gamlund gives a diagnosis of contemporary philosophers’ views on death – and some prescriptions on how we should treat death in a secular societies.

Research award to young neurologist (16.06.2016)

European Academy of Neurology Investigator award to Marte Helene Bjørk from Bergen Epilepsy Research Group

Master thesis defense (14.06.2016)

Master student Wegdan Hamed Nasser successfully defends her thesis entitled: "Development of 3-D printed scaffolds for bone regeneration".

Research prizes for the Tissue Engineering group (14.06.2016)

Cecilie Gjerde and Salwa Suliman from the Tissue Engineering group received prizes for their research.