You can now propose a candidate for the new award for outstanding young scientists. Proposals can be sent to the Research Council of Norway before 17 June. Send proposal with a justification to: forskningsprisen@forskningsradet.no
Grant announcements from Gades Legat Bergen 3/31/2016
Gades Legat announces grants for use in research in pathology, microbiology and immunology. Anyone who is academically affiliated research at UiB or Haukeland University Hospital in pathology, immunology or microbiology can apply for funding.
Applications must be concise and contain:
Professors at all the medical faculties in Norden are invited to nominate candidates. For more information, see attachments.
Attachments (in Norwegian and Swedish):
Letter of information from UiB
Letter of information from Fernströmska priskommittén i Lund (3 pages)
Eric K Fernströms Stiftelse 2016 – Dekaner och expeditioner i Norden
Nomination Form
Bergen Clinics Foundation invites to anniversary days in May, see attachment and link.
Invitation: Polish-Norwegian Collaboration. See attachment.
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.
PI3-kinase mutation linked to insulin and growth factor resistance in vivo.
Winnay JN, Solheim MH, Dirice E, Sakaguchi M, Noh HL, Kang HJ, Takahashi H, Chudasama KK, Kim JK, Molven A, Kahn CR, Njølstad PR.
J Clin Invest. 2016 Mar 14.
The influence of acute unloading on left ventricular strain and strain rate by speckle tracking echocardiography in a porcinemodel.
Dahle GO, Stangeland L, Moen CA, Salminen PR, Haaverstad R, Matre K, Grong K.
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2016 Mar 11:ajpheart.00947.2015.
Causes of death in childhood-onset Type 1 diabetes: long-term follow-up.
Gagnum V, Stene LC, Jenssen TG, Berteussen LM, Sandvik L, Joner G, Njølstad PR, Skrivarhaug T.
Diabet Med. 2016 Mar 21.
Impact of KRAS, BRAF, PIK3CA, TP53 status and intra-individual mutation heterogeneity on outcome after liver resection for colorectal cancer metastases.
Løes IM, Immervoll H, Sorbye H, Angelsen JH, Horn A, Knappskog S, Lønning PE.
Int J Cancer. 2016 Mar 16.
Altered gut microbiota profile in common variable immunodeficiency associates with levels of lipopolysaccharide and markers of systemic immune activation.
Jørgensen SF, Trøseid M, Kummen M, Anmarkrud JA, Michelsen AE, Osnes LT, Holm K, Høivik ML, Rashidi A, Dahl CP, Vesterhus M, Halvorsen B, Mollnes TE, Berge RK, Moum B, Lundin KE, Fevang B, Ueland T, Karlsen TH, Aukrust P, Hov JR.
Mucosal Immunol. 2016 Mar 16.
Prospective Associations of Systemic and Urinary Choline Metabolites With Incident Type 2 Diabetes.
Svingen GF, Schartum-Hansen H, Pedersen ER, Ueland PM, Tell GS, Mellgren G, Njølstad PR, Seifert R, Strand E, Karlsson T, Nygård O.
Clin Chem. 2016 Mar 15.
Preeclampsia and Congenital Heart Defects.
Brodwall K, Greve G, Øyen N.
JAMA. 2016 Mar 15;315(11):1167-8.
Nutrition in Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantion–Clinical Guidelines and Immunobiological Aspects.
Tvedt TH, Reikvam H, Bruserud Ø.
Curr Pharm Biotechnol. 2016;17(1):92-104. Review.
The Past, Present and Future Subclassification of Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
Forthun RB, Hinrichs C, Dowling TH, Bruserud Ø, Selheim F.
Curr Pharm Biotechnol. 2016;17(1):6-19. Review.
Circadian hormone profiles and insulin sensitivity in patients with Addison’s disease: a comparison of continuous subcutaneous hydrocortisone infusion with conventional glucocorticoid replacement therapy.
Björnsdottir S, Øksnes M, Isaksson M, Methlie P, Nilsen RM, Hustad S, Kämpe O, Hulting AL, Husebye ES, Løvås K, Nyström T, Bensing S.
Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2015 Jul;83(1):28-35.
Evidence for Genetic Overlap Between Schizophrenia and Age at First Birth in Women.
Mehta D, Tropf FC, Gratten J, Bakshi A, Zhu Z, Bacanu SA, Hemani G, Magnusson PK, Barban N, Esko T, Metspalu A, Snieder H, Mowry BJ, Kendler KS, Yang J, Visscher PM, McGrath JJ, Mills MC, Wray NR, Lee SH; Schizophrenia Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, LifeLines Cohort Study, and TwinsUK, Andreassen OA, Bramon E, Bruggeman R, Buxbaum JD, Cairns MJ, Cantor RM, Cloninger CR, Cohen D, Crespo-Facorro B, Darvasi A, DeLisi LE, Dinan T, Djurovic S, Donohoe G, Drapeau E, Escott-Price V, Freimer NB, Georgieva L, de Haan L, Henskens FA, Joa I, Julià A, Khrunin A, Lerer B, Limborska S, Loughland CM, Macek M Jr, Magnusson PK, Marsal S, McCarley RW, McIntosh AM, McQuillin A, Melegh B, Michie PT, Morris DW, Murphy KC, Myin-Germeys I, Olincy A, Van Os J, Pantelis C, Posthuma D, Quested D, Schall U, Scott RJ, Seidman LJ, Toncheva D, Tooney PA, Waddington J, Weinberger DR, Weiser M, Wu JQ.
JAMA Psychiatry. 2016 Mar 23.
Colonic Mucosal Epigenome and Microbiome Development in Children and Adolescents.
Harris RA, Shah R, Hollister EB, Tronstad RR, Hovdenak N, Szigeti R, Versalovic J, Kellermayer R.
J Immunol Res. 2016;2016:9170162.
Vitamin Status among Breastfed Infants in Bhaktapur, Nepal.
Ulak M, Chandyo RK, Thorne-Lyman AL, Henjum S, Ueland PM, Midttun Ø, Shrestha PS, Fawzi WW, Graybill L, Strand TA.
Nutrients. 2016 Mar 8;8(3).
Association between Body Mass Index, Asymmetric Dimethylarginine and Risk of Cardiovascular Events and Mortality in Norwegian Patients with Suspected Stable Angina Pectoris.
Borgeraas H, Hertel JK, Svingen GF, Pedersen ER, Seifert R, Nygård O, Hjelmesæth J.
PLoS One. 2016 Mar 22;11(3):e0152029.
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These days we lear
n about Danish and Finnish universities that have to cut their budgets by 5-10% and lay off hundreds of employees. Fortunately this is not the case in Norway. UoB has to reduce its budget by NOK 70-100 mill as part of the efficiency program of the government. This is just a very minor part of the budget. However, it may still be wise to assess the way the university is run. UoB has established a “Steering group for development of efficient and future-oriented administrative and technical services”.
This sounds very boring and bureaucratic, and we may think that this has nothing to do with me. But it does and to a great extent. For instance, recruitment procedures, travel documents and establishing exams are tasks we are all engaged in. More important than making these tasks cheaper, is to improve their quality. This is why the work of this steering group is important to all of us, and I am sure that we will hear more from it.
In the meantime Easter is coming up, and I hope that we can all relax and have a good time.
Happy Easter!
Per
Introducing Rita Vik, PhD in nutrition. Rita started as chief engineer in the research unit for health examinations (FHU) in March 2016 . If you want to say hello, you can find her on the 8th floor in the laboratory building.
Dear all,
We are happy to announce that the first NORBIS Summer School, “An introduction to molecular biology, bioinformatics and biostatistics” will take place in Bergen, 13th – 17th June, 2016.
Please distribute the attached invitation to anyone who may be interested. We aim for a wide variety of backgrounds at the summer school, and we encourage students in fields such as cell- and molecular biology, marine studies, genetics and medicine to register, along with our own NORBIS students. Continue reading
The first aid courses are held by Hardanger Førstehjelpsundervisning, and there are still a few spots available. For more information, see here.
UoB resource web for refugees with information on initiatives, meetings in the name of University of Bergen and attached organizations can be found by following this link.