Daily Archives: Thursday February 18th, 2016

Invitation to seminar and demonstration with Meso Scale Discovery

MSDMSD will present and demonstrate their multiplex immunoassay instrument at the Department of Clinical Science (K2), and all research groups are hereby invited to participate. This technology could be of interest to all who analyze biomarkers with platforms such as ELISA and Luminex.

The seminar will be held Wednesday March 2nd at 13:00-14:00, in Auditorium B301 on the 3rd Floor of the Main Hospital Building.
The demonstration of the instrument will take place on the 5th Floor of the lab building, Tuesday March 15th. Continue reading

Contributions to Debate in Studvest

We are very interested in getting more professors and researchers to write articles and reader’s letters in Studvest. Many of you are already active in this kind of writing in both BA and BT, but I think it may be advantageous to use Studvest too, as a direct portal to students. With over 13,000 weekly readers you can reach many students through our channels.

Debate Guidelines Studvest:
Reader’s letter – 2500 characters
Article – 4500 characters
Send contributions to debatt@studvest.no
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Norwegian Flow Cytometry meeting at Solstrand

Norsk FlowCytometriForening LogoThe Norwegian Flow Cytometry Association organizes its VIII national meeting and a flow cytometry course in Bergen, 18-20 May 2016!
See attached invitation.
The course in flow cytometry (ExCyte: http://expertcytometry.com/) will be held prior to the meeting (18 and 19 May).
The meeting will be held at Solstrand Hotel & Bad 19-20 May 2016.

For information and registration for the course and the meeting click here.

Bergen Summer Research School 2016

Water, Climate and Society is the overarching theme for next summer’s Bergen Summer Research School, with Professor Terje Tvedt as scientific leader.

From June 13-24, 2016, some of the top international experts on water will gather in Bergen to create a multidisciplinary venue for exploring water as a global challenge.

Seven parallel three-day courses will span disciplines within within natural sciences, health disciplines, social sciences and the humanities: Continue reading

FORNY2020 – Proof-of-Concept funding – Deadline 1 March

 

BTOBergen Technology Transfer (BTO) would like to inform you that you now have the opportunity to apply for FORNY Proof-of-Concept funding.
We ask researchers with relevant projects to contact BTO as soon as possible and before 1 March for initial project discussions. In other words, time is scarce.
More info here.

Sincerely
Kjetil Myhren-Berge
Communications Manager
Bergen Technology Transfer (BTO)
Phone: +47 452 06 896
www.bergento.no

New Publications

Based on last week’s search for “Department of Clinical Science AND Bergen”. If you have publications which are not covered by this search, send the reference to elin.opheim@uib.no.

The molecular structure of thio-ether fatty acids influences PPAR-dependent regulation of lipid metabolism.
Lund J, Stensrud C, Rajender, Bohov P, Thoresen GH, Berge RK, Wright M, Kamal A, Rustan AC, Miller AD, Skorve J.
Bioorg Med Chem. 2016 Jan 23.

The Carnitine-butyrobetaine-trimethylamine-N-oxide pathway and its association with cardiovascular mortality in patients with carotid atherosclerosis.
Skagen K, Trøseid M, Ueland T, Holm S, Abbas A, Gregersen I, Kummen M, Bjerkeli V, Reier-Nilsen F, Russell D, Svardal A, Karlsen TH, Aukrust P, Berge RK, Hov JE, Halvorsen B, Skjelland M.
Atherosclerosis. 2016 Feb 5;247:64-69.

The MDM4 SNP34091 (rs4245739) C-allele is associated with increased risk of ovarian-but not endometrial cancer.
Gansmo LB, Bjørnslett M, Halle MK, Salvesen HB, Dørum A, Birkeland E, Hveem K, Romundstad P, Vatten L, Lønning PE, Knappskog S.
Tumour Biol. 2016 Feb 11.

Novel SLC19A3 Promoter Deletion and Allelic Silencing in Biotin-Thiamine-Responsive Basal Ganglia Encephalopathy.
Flønes I, Sztromwasser P, Haugarvoll K, Dölle C, Lykouri M, Schwarzlmüller T, Jonassen I, Miletic H, Johansson S, Knappskog PM, Bindoff LA, Tzoulis C.
PLoS One. 2016 Feb 10;11(2):e0149055.

BMI and BMI SDS in childhood: annual increments and conditional change.
Brannsether B, Eide GE, Roelants M, Bjerknes R, Júlíusson PB.
Ann Hum Biol. 2016 Feb 10:1-17.

Maternal plasma folate impacts differential DNA methylation in an epigenome-wide meta-analysis of newborns.
Joubert BR, den Dekker HT, Felix JF, Bohlin J, Ligthart S, Beckett E, Tiemeier H, van Meurs JB, Uitterlinden AG, Hofman A, Håberg SE, Reese SE, Peters MJ, Kulle Andreassen B, Steegers EA, Nilsen RM, Vollset SE, Midttun Ø, Ueland PM, Franco OH, Dehghan A, de Jongste JC, Wu MC, Wang T, Peddada SD, Jaddoe VW, Nystad W, Duijts L, London SJ.
Nat Commun. 2016 Feb 10;7:10577.