Minister of Education and Research Torbjørn Røe Isaksen visited UiO today with promises of a start-up grant for UiO's new life science building
CINPLA's Kristian Lensjø will defend his thesis "Extracellular matrix molecules in brain plasticity and memory processing" for the degree of PhD.
August edition of the NCMM monthly newsletter is now available
Professor of medicine Michael Bretthauer of the Clinical Effectiveness Research Group at the University of Oslo will be the first European editor of the prestigious journal Annals of Internal Medicine. This journal is considered one of the leading medical journals, and Bretthauer will help strengthen the journal's focus on European research.
NCMM Associate Investigator Professor Per Lønning is joint lead-author on a recent publication that has caught the media’s attention.
Apply UiO:Life Science for support for internationalization, conferences and other events. The application deadline is 1st of December 2017.
Here is the new dietary advice on which types of fat, and in which quantities, are best for your child.
Minnesletting (erasing memories) - do you have some memories you wish you could erase?
NRK reports on the use of optogenetics is manipulating the brain and visit the Hafting-Fyhn lab to get insight.
Original article here (Norwegian only).
Application deadline: extended to 21 August, 2017
3-year Postdoctoral fellow position now available at the Center for Integrative Neuroplasticity (CINPLA) at Department of Biosciences.
Application deadline: extended to 21 August, 2017
3-year PhD Research fellow position now available at the Center for Integrative Neuroplasticity (CINPLA) at Department of Biosciences.
June edition of the NCMM newsletter now available
UiO:Life Science plans the launch of the SPARK innovation programme, developed by Stanford University. The goal is to get more innovation out of basic research. The other two European SPARK programs visit Oslo this summer to share their experiences, and one of UiO's PhD students will test the program's summer school in Japan.
The board of UiO:Life Science has decided to support the newly established School of Health Innovation at UiO, NTNU and Karolinska Institutet. With this UiO:Life Science wants to contribute to establish a new strong player in the UiO ecosystem of innovation.
Shinya Yamanaka, 2012 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, will visit Oslo on September 6. He will give a lecture about a new era of medicine with induced pluripotent stem cells – iPS cells – and participate in a panel discussion about the ethical aspects of stem cell therapy. The events are open to all.
NCMM seeking outstanding candidates for new Associate Investigators and Young Associate Investigators
Irep Gözen is the Lead of the Programmable Cell-like Compartments convergence environment, which was recently awarded funding by UiO: Life Science
Study published in Cell Reports shows that the accessibility of DNA varies from patient to patient, and may act as a fingerprint for prostate cancer progression.
Two papers have recently been published by NCMM’s Prostate Cancer Research Group.
NCMM Guest Researcher Professor Per Ottar Seglen presented with the prize by HM King Harald V at a special ceremony
May edition of the NCMM Newsletter now available
NCMM is delighted to welcome Professor Hartmut Luecke as the centre’s new Assistant Director.
Perineuronal nets (PNNs) are proposed as a key regulator of plasticity in the adult brain.
In this paper we show that the expression of PNNs differ between visual cortex, hippocampus and the medial entorhinal cortex (mEC).