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Last week, the Mathelier Group published the latest update to the JASPAR database for transcription factor binding profiles.

Young people who eat breakfast and lunch generally eat more healthily during the course of the day. These are the results of a study which was conducted by researchers at the Department.

This week saw the opening of NCMM's annual PhD course in molecular medicine.

Congratulations to the chemical neuroscience research group at NCMM, which has just been renewed for a further four years.

You can now enrol in next year's first round of courses in the postdoctoral programme. The first deadline is already 8 December.

The Kuijjer group at NCMM have published a new article in the open access journal BMC Cancer.

NCMM group leader Irep Gözen recently published a perspectives article in ACS Nano, where she presents a new hypothesis for how cells were first able to divide on the early earth. 

NCMM was pleased to host several representatives from the European Research Infrastructure for Translational Medicine (EATRIS) for the first national EATRIS Norway meeting earlier this week. The meeting was followed by a communications workshop for EATRIS national coordinators, and an open seminar by EATRIS Operations and Finance Director Anton Ussi.

Hosted by EMBL Barcelona, the 3^rd annual EMBL Partnership Conference took place from 25-27 September 2019. A total of 25 NCMM members attended the meeting, including those who delivered talks and presented posters.

A new study published in JAMA Dermatology,  shows a clear association between number of solarium sessions and SCC development.

NCMM was represented by Irep Gözen and her research group at the annual Forskningstorget event at University Square in central Oslo.

NCMM was pleased to welcome Dr Leland Mayne from the University of Pennsylvania for a three-week visit during September. Dr Mayne is an expert in hydrogen-deuterium exchange coupled to mass spectrometry (HDX-MS), and his knowledge and guidance will help to establish excellent standards for HDX-MS at NCMM.

MOOC is a new type of course that has emerged over the past decade. MED’s instructors have come on board, and the experiences are very good.

New work from the group led by Nikolina Sekulic at NCMM has been published in EMBO Reports. 

Successful applicants: Hesso Farhan (IMB) is a coordinator for an ITN consortium and a co-coordinator for another one. Hartmut Luecke (NCMM) and Tom Eirik Mollnes (Klinmed) are partners in their respective consortiums. They all had their applications accepted in 2019. You can now plan your ITN application for 2020.

Harald Stenmark will conclude his service as chair of the Jahre Prize Committee with this year's awards. A celebration of research, the awards ceremony is slightly more laid back than in 2011, but still equally dignified and prestigious.

EATRIS Norway is pleased to announce that the ‘EATRIS-Plus’ proposal has been funded by the European Commission under the INFRADEV-3 call, which concerns the development and long sustainability of new pan-European research infrastructures. 

Are you a scientist working on health-related topics in the life science domain? Do you have an idea for a new solution or technology with innovation potential, but need help to take the next steps? Why not let UiO:Life Science’s two-year innovation programme SPARK Norway help you! Application deadline 14 November 2019.

NCMM is recruiting for a new group leader in Precision Medicine. The role also includes a generous start-up package. Outstanding international candidates are encouraged to apply. Deadline: 15 September

Authors of a paper published in Nature Genetics include several NCMM Associate Investigators, heads of Norwegian EATRIS platforms, and scientists from the Finnish Nordic EMBL Partnership node, FIMM

Under you will find some practical information on opening hours and availability of the different administrative services at the institute during the summer holidays.

A prestigious Horizon 2020-MSCA-ITN European Training Network grant has been awarded to a collaboration between a number of research groups and organisations which include the group of NCMM Assistant Director, Hartmut Luecke.

The 2019 NCMM scientific retreat took place at the Sundvolden Hotel on 12-13 June 2019. 

CIMT was founded in 2002 by physicians and researchers from different fields of clinical and theoretical medicine as an independent non-profit organization.

92 per cent of students are satisfied or very satisfied with the education they have received at the Faculty of Medicine.