2026

Researchers and students enthusiastically discussed the latest research at both posters and interactive tables during the IMB Science Fair 2026.

Cardiovascular researcher Jan Magnus Aronsen has been appointed as a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Open Research Europe.

Ear infections lead to extensive use of antibiotics, which in turn contributes to antibiotic resistance. Professor Jukka Corander has now been awarded NOK 10 million to research a vaccine against the bacterium H. influenzae.

It is already known that the brain uses the hippocampus to form memories of place. Now, Koen Vervaeke has been awarded NOK 12 million to investigate the role of another brain area that is also involved.

Antibiotic resistance is considered one of the ten greatest global health challenges. Jukka Corander is awarded NOK 28 million to continue investigating how strains of E. coli bacteria compete with one another in the human gut.

Networks linked to UiO’s core facility for human pluripotent stem cells have received an award for their service to stem cell research. Hege Brincker Fjerdingstad and Joel Glover are delighted award recipients.

With 16 million kroner from the Olav Thon Foundation, professors Rune Enger and Koen Vervaeke will investigate ways of preventing or slowing the progress of Alzheimer’s disease.

He researches how healthcare professionals and patients make well informed decisions, and has developed a global system for rapidly updating evidence based treatment recommendations.

In the mechanical workshop at IMB they conjure up everything from tiny vascular clips to machines for lowering body temperature. They repair equipment when replacement parts no longer exist, and on one occasion they had to cut open a meat grinder to free the arm of a two-year-old child.