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André Sulen defended 09.12.16 his PhD dissertation "Leukocyte p38 and p53 proteins after environmental exposure; variation, associations and applicability" at the University of Bergen.
This semester’s last CCBIO Junior Scientist Symposium took place December 8th. More than 40 researchers participated at the seminar where Professor Arild Raaheim from the Department of Education, University of Bergen, started the day with the lecture “Supervision. Challenges and possibilities”.
Close to a billion NOK is distributed through Fripro funding this year, among other to young researchers and as mobility grants. Cancer researcher and CCBIO postdoc Agnete Engelsen at the Department of Biomedicine is one of the supported young talents.
Tissue Engineering group member Sushma Bartaula-Brevik successfully defended her PhD thesis "Vascularization and Host Response in Bone Tissue Engineering" on 07.12.16.
In this study we found that more than 70% of students were satisfied with the introductory week and the opportunity it provided for getting to know other students.
Agnete Engelsen is one of seven young researchers at UiB receiving financial support during the 2016 FRIPRO announcement from the Research Council of Norway.
Menopausal women appear to experience a decline in lung function, comparable to smoking 20 cigarettes a day for 10 years.
Today Frida Ngalesoni defended her highly impressive and important dissertation “Economics of non-communicable diseases prevention. Cost-effectiveness and equity impact of primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in Tanzania.” The research group warmly congratulate!
For the first time the potential of small fish to reach the sustainable development goals was discussed across disciplines, with a case focus on Ghana.