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Frode Norheim, new Associate Professor at IBMS, identifies genes that could cause serious liver disease. 

The research method enables us to avoid ethical challenges in studies on mothers and children. 

New findings could accelerate "on-demand" production of antibody-based drugs and vaccines.

A new study provides new insights into the curative effects of gluten-free diets in coeliac patients. Results from the proteomics-based research suggests not.

Insight into cancer cells' own first aid could help the development of a new type of treatment. Johanna Olweus and her team at the UiO (University of Oslo) and the OUS (Oslo University Hospital) are important contributors to this study, which has been published in Nature.

The Research Council has announced that the innovation award goes to founder and scientific director Agnete Fredriksen in Vaccibody.

UiO:Life Science funds 14 convergence environments that address major challenges within life sciences related to health, environment and sustainable growth. A new application round has started. Researchers from all units at UiO are welcome to participate.

Forty students have gained work experience from a research project with a scholarship from UiO:Life Science this summer. The summer projects concluded with an exhibition and selection of the best academic and popular science poster.

Professor Charpentier was one of the first young group leaders recruited to NCMM¡¯s Swedish sister centre, the Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS) in 2009. 

After being corona-delayed by six months, it was time to celebrate the first graduates from the innovation program SPARK Norway. The graduation of a total of nine projects was marked with the presentation of diplomas and presentations given by all project managers, also called SPARKees.

Sujan Rijal is studying a Masters Degree in Health Economics, Policy and Management at the University of Oslo. He arrived January 2020, and eight weeks later the lock down started.

We are thrilled to announce Jacinta Victoria S. Muinde, Postdoctoral Research Fellow from the Institute of Health and Society at UiO has been awarded the ASAUK (African Studies Association of the UK) Audrey Richards Prize 2020 for the best PhD dissertation in African Studies. 

Last week it was announced that the new Life Science Building risks considerable budget cuts to stay within budget. Difficult ground conditions and extra engineering costs are the main reasons.

Marieke Kuijjer and Anthony Mathelier awarded funding as part of the ¡®Rosa sl?fe¡¯ (Pink Ribbon) campaign

The Centre for Medical Ethics has recently had successful applications for three new EU projects.

Researchers at the University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital have discovered how destructive changes occur in our genome. This could lead to cancer. Their results have been published in the journal Nature Cell Biology.

Understand and harness the key elements of a succinct research plan while preparing your PhD proposal.  Join our Massive Open Online Course (MOOC).

The Faculty¡¯s management would like to award a digitalis purpurea to the Faculty¡¯s researchers and teachers for their skilful and effective handling of our new teaching situation, as well as for conducting research and writing applications to the best of their abilities during completely different conditions to normal.

The Faculty¡¯s management are awarding all our technical and administrative employees with a digitalis purpurea for their outstanding work during the coronavirus pandemic this spring. 

Rigid treatments of tuberculosis could lead to the emergence of more drug-resistant tuberculosis instead of less, new study shows.

Cambridge Core has published various articles on country responses to the Covid-19 pandemic. Helsam¡¯s Terje P. Hagen and Bj?rn Hofmann give an account of Norway¡¯s response.

Vaccines can be far more targeted and effective than they are today. A new method will allow us to develop new vaccines more cheaply and efficiently and perhaps get one step ahead of bacteria.

Grant applications to the Research Council for spring 2020 are due on May 6. All applicants at Helsam must anchor proposals via department leader, and seek quality assurance of budget via economist.

¨C We have to increase the awareness of what consent is, says Wangamati, senior lecturer at the University of Oslo.

An article entitled ¡°m6A RNA modification as a new player in R-loop regulation¡±, by the Dynamic Gene Regulation research group led by Arne Klungland at IMB, was published in the January edition of Nature Genetics.