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The research administration has ensured social fun, physical activity and unity in the home office. A little push with an app made a difference.

The room around you sways up and down and you feel seasick. While searching for the cause of dizziness, scientists at UiO have developed a new method for spinning things under a microscope and registering the activity in brain cells in movement. 

If the blood supply to your brain decreases, it can trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease. Scientists at UiO wanted to find out whether this leads to more or fewer blood vessels and what role one particular protein plays in such a process.

The total response rate for the Faculty of Medicine ended at 66% in this spring's ARK survey

Dean Ivar Prydz Gladhaug gives thanks to his Vice Dean of Innovation and Internationalisation, Hilde I. Nebb, who is set to take on a new role as the Director of the Greenhouse for Life Sciences. He would also like to congratulate Hans Mossin on his appointment as the new Faculty Director.

Since 2014, 160 emerging research talents have been working as part of the outstanding research communities at the University of Oslo via the Scientia Fellows programme in biomedical research. This has also contributed towards international growth at MED.

Today, the main focus is on lowering high cholesterol levels in adults in order to prevent atherosclerosis. But then it is already too late - we should start focusing on lowering cholesterol in childhood, suggests professor Kirsten Holven.

The genes that influence the risk of developing schizophrenia appear to be the same genes that affect the thickness and size of the surface of the brain.

Women know less about the so-called overdiagnosis of breast cancer compared to other aspects of mammogram screening. Despite this, there are few indications that women drop out of mammogram screening programmes after receiving more information.

The Faculty enters a new era of innovation with the Life Science Growth House Hilde Irene Nebb, Vice-Dean of Innovation and Internationalisation at MED, talks about the launch of the Life Science Growth House and her own new role in the project. Join us for the launch in the Oslo Science Park on 17 February!

Acting Faculty Director Hans Mossin is encouraging everyone to respond to the Working Environment and Working Climate survey (ARK) and to also participate in subsequent follow-up.

A new vaccine against tuberculosis may also be used as treatment. The vaccine is safe to give to people with tuberculosis disease and strengthens the immune system's ability to attack the bacteria that cause the disease, a new study shows.

The immune system stores enormous amounts of health and disease-relevant information. Researchers are attempting to decipher this information with the help of artificial intelligence, with the aim to develop novel diagnostic and therapeutic methods.

EMBO postdoctoral fellowships require international mobility and are for researchers performing basic research in the life sciences. Application deadline: Open-ended

A warm welcome back following a well deserved break over the Christmas and New Year period.  The ARK survey and our latest Scientia Fellows announcement are some of the first tasks and opportunities we are faced with as we head into the New Year.

Too little or too much iodine can have dramatic consequences on human health. Much can be accomplished with small measures, but these must consider local iodine variations, research from Somaliland shows.

Imagine zooming in millions of times into your body until you reach the innermost part of your cells. A group of scientists at UiO is doing just that, to help researchers all over the world prove their theories.

Half of the veterinarians with serious suicidal thoughts reported that their job was the most important contributing factor.

Artificial intelligence and the cell's self-cleansing system are the keys behind the novel medication. The treatment may strengthen other organs as well.