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The Throne Holst paper- and twitter awards will be arranged October 15th at 2.00-4.00 PM.
October 10 is the World Mental Health Day! In relation to that, UiODoc will host two online events on Zoom in the same week focuing on mental health for PhDs and Postdocs.
First, on October 14, we'll have a talk by the senior adviser Kristine Mollø-Christensen at UiO'S Occupational Health Service. Next up, on October 16, is an interactive event with psychologist Maria Abrahamsen Østhassel, known from her social media accounts @PsyktDeg.
The Nansen Neuroscience Lectures (NNL) honour Nansen’s ground-breaking contribution to neuroscience, and since 10.10.10 the event is part of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters annual Nansen-celebration.
Keeping the brain in shape is a prerequisite for good life, and particularly at old age, when age-associated diseases encroach upon us. Here we get updated on the current advances.
Msc Zhi Zhao at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Multivariate structured penalized and Bayesian regressions for pharmacogenomic screens” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Msc Zhi Zhao at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will give a trial lecture on the given topic: Model selection for time-to-event response variables in high-dimensional settings.
M.Sc Prudence Atukunda at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Improved child development outcomes in rural Uganda: long-term follow-up of a randomized maternal education trial” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
M.Sc Prudence Atukunda at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will give a trial lecture on the given topic: Unlocking the Potential for Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals for Nutrition in Africa: Targets, Strategies, Synergies, and Challenges.
Master Miaomiao Li at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Novel Roles of the N6-methyladenosine Reader YTHDF2 in Genome Stability and Neuronal Development” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Master Miaomiao Li at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will give a trial lecture on the given topic: Role of RNA modifications in innate immunity and immune response.
MSc Ane Charlotte Christensen at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Balancing stability and plasticity-perturbations of extracellularmatrix and inhibitory activity in themature grid cell network” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
MSc Ane Charlotte Christensen at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will give a trial lecture on the given topic: The role of inhibition in neurodevelopmental disorders.
Imposter syndrome probably affects most of us, and can seriously affect our mental health, confidence, and happiness. This talk by Hugo de Boer aims to analyse and relativise imposter syndrome, as well as provide insights to mitigate its effects.
M.Sc Laure Isabelle Piechaczyk at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Identifying new avenues for leukemia treatment using genomewide CRISPR/Cas9 and ex vivo drug sensitivity screens” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
M.Sc Laure Isabelle Piechaczyk at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will give a trial lecture on the given topic: Mechanisms of drug resistance in cancer.
MSc. Daniel Lawer Egbenya at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Changes in plasticity-related proteins in hippocampal synapses in a rat model of chronic temporal lobe epilepsy” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
MSc. Daniel Lawer Egbenya at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will give a trial lecture on the given topic: Glutamate receptors in brain development.
Glad to announce we are starting up again via virtual zoom for breakfast club! Thinking about applications and jobs over the summer? Get started here!
This edition of the PhD and Postdoc Breakfast Club can help you in job applications, projects and collaborations within and beyond academia.
Cand.med Tayyaba Qureshi at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Elements of glutamate and GABA recycling at the synapse” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.med Tayyaba Qureshi at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will give a trial lecture on the given topic: The role of EAAT2 dysfunction in diseases of the nervous system.
Need some expert tips and motivation for writing?
This lecture is part of the June edition of UiODOC Virtual Writing Seminar 2020.
It is open to everyone. Please register to later receive the link on Zoom. Those who register for the full week's workshop will receive the link to this as part of that registration.
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Master of Clinical Medicine Yuchuan Li at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Perilipins: Protectors of lipid reservoirs - Regulation of lipid droplets and lipid flux by Plin2 and Plin5” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Master Clinical Medicine Yuchuan Li at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will give a trial lecture on the given topic: Disrupted cholesterol homeostasis in metabolic diseases.
In June, UiODOC will repeat the success of the Virtual Writing Seminar earlier this Spring. From Monday 22nd June, UiODOC will host a 5-day online writing seminar in collaboration with Mathew Stiller-Reeve (PhD) and Åsmund H. Eikenses (PhD). The seminar will provide a virtual space for PhDs and postdocs to meet up, learn and discuss writing. This virtual space will be packed with useful activities like:
-Lectures on writing skills
-Brain warm-up exercises
-Shut-up-and-write sessions
-Small discussion group meetings
All activities will take place on Zoom so please make sure you’ve signed up to the free version (at least).
M.Sc Mari Mohn Paulsen at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Development and evaluation of a decision support system to prevent and treat disease-related malnutrition” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).