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Centre for Medical Ethics has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which formalizes their ethics collaboration with FERCAP and the ethical review committees of three faculties of medicine in Thailand.

The polls closed on October 16 at 12 noon. After a count of the votes, it is clear that Hagen is new Head of Institute.

The University of Oslo has recruited Dr Janna Saarela, Research Director of Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), the Finnish node of the Nordic EMBL Partnership, as the new Director of Centre for Molecular Medicine Norway (NCMM).

The voting period for the election for new Head of Institute is open from 9-16 October. Remember to use your vote.

EU-OPENSCREEN officially recognised as European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC)

Annual event provides important networking opportunities for EATRIS

NCMM congratulates Professor Jens Petter Berg on his appointment as the new Dean of Research at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo 

The Nordic EMBL Partnership is very pleased to announce that Professor Poul Nissen, Director of DANDRITE (Danish Research Institute of Translational Neuroscience) has been named as the third speaker of the Nordic EMBL Partnership.

The faculty board has elected Ivar Gladhaug as dean at the Faculty of Medicine for 2019–2022.

UiO:Life Science hopes to see Norwegian finalists in the pitch competition at the tech conference SLUSH in Helsinki on 5 December. The winner is granted 30 000 euros. Life science students and researchers in startups or pre-startups are welcome to apply before 1 October at 12:00.

NCMM hosts the 9th annual Nordic EMBL Partnership Meeting in the hills above Oslo. The annual Partnership meetings offer researchers an opportunity to come together for a programme of scientific discussion and networking.

Centre for Molecular Medicine Norway (NCMM) was externally evaluated by the Research Council of Norway in June 2018. The report has now been released, and NCMM is very pleased to announce that the Centre has been rated as ‘very good/excellent’ overall.

The deadline to nominate candidates for the position of Head of Institute is 17^th of September. The election starts 9^th of October.

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 the new two-year SPARK Norway programme at UiO help you!

During the spring of 2018, Nora Lenkey, Kinga Gawel, Eva Cunha and Malte Bieler, our four new individual Marie-Curie fellows, began their work at the MED Faculty.

NCMM congratulates Dr. Espen Melum on receiving the Anders Jahre Prize for Young Scientists

At present UiO:Life Science funds seven convergence environments that address major challenges within life sciences related to health and environment/sustainable growth. A new application round starts now. Researchers from all units at UiO are welcome to participate.

Johannes Hov has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant of EUR 1,5 million to further develop his research on the importance of intestinal bacteria as a cause of disease.

NCMM is delighted to announce that Dr. Marieke Kuijjer has been recruited as Group Leader for Systems Medicine

This year's Arendalsuka ("Week in Arendal") will take place from 13 to 18 August. Four research groups from the Faculty will hold mini-conferences.

Appointment allows Professor Taskén to retain an affiliation with NCMM after his departure from the Centre

Were you aware that the faculty has a career development programme for scientific staff? Now the autumn’s courses on the postdoctoral programme and the School of Health Innovation are open for registration. 

NCMM is delighted to announce that Dr. Emma Haapaniemi has been recruited as Group Leader for Precision Medicine

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