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Public defence week 18

Lara A. Aqrawi will have her public defence on Wednesday April 30, 2014.
Trial lecture: Tuesday April 29, 2014, 14:15
Topic: «B cells in the immunopathological context of Sjögren’s syndrome»
Public defence: Wednesday April 30, 2014, 10:15
Place: Auditorium 1, BB-building, Jonas Lies vei 91
Title of dissertation: “B cell specificity and pattern in primary Sjögren’s syndrome – studies in humans and a murine model”
1st opponent: Professor Jacques-Olivier Pers, University of Brest, France
2nd opponent: Associate Professor Per Eriksson, University of Linköping, Sweden
Press release

Overview of changes in FRIMEDBIO since 2013

  • Changes for project leaders with FRIPRO-projects over 3 years. They may apply for funding to a new project when it has been underway for 3 years, even if the project is not finished.
  • Changes for Young research talents and postdoctoral fellowships:
    • For Young research talents it is from this year on a demand that there has been at least 2 years since approved dissertation.
    • For postdoctoral fellowship there will now be a demand for a stay abroad of between 3 and 12 months.
  • From this year on, there will be a mobility grant for you young researches in FRIPRO. The grant is for 3 years. The first two years must be at an institution abroad, and the third in Norway. The grants are open for applicants from all fields.

Deadline is May 21st.

More info about FRIPRO here (in Norwegian), det call itself will be active from April 9.
More about Frimedbio (in Norwegian).

Public defence week 11

cecilie_caspersenCecilie Caspersen will have her public defence on Thursday April 10, 2014.
Trial lecture: Thursday April 10, 2014, 10:30
Topic: «Påvisning av inflammasjon i luftveiene – metoder og betydning i klinikk og idrett»
Public defence: Thursday April 10, 2014, 12:15
Place: Auditorium 2, BB-building, Jonas Lies vei 91
Title of dissertation: “Oxygen concentration in inhaled gas and nitric oxide concentration in exhaled gas”
1st opponent: Researcher Jonny Hisdal, University of Oslo
2nd opponent: Chief Physician Anne Kristin Møller Fell, Sykehuset Telemark
Poster andPress release (both in Norwegian).

lolandKjetil Halvorsen Løland will have his public defence on Wednesday April 9, 2014.
Trial lecture: Wednesday April 9, 2014, 09:00
Topic: ”Revaskularisering av hjertsviktspasienter?”
Public defence: Wednesday April 9, 2014, 10:15
Place: Auditorium 1, BB-building, Jonas Lies vei 91
Title of dissertation: ”Folic acid supplementation and biomarkers of progression of sub-clinical coronary atherosclerosis in patients with stable angina pectoris – A WENBIT sub-study based on coronary angiography and intravascular ultrasound”
1. opponent: Professor David Erlinge, Universitetet i Lund, Sverige
2. opponent: MD/Ph.d. Torfi Fjalar Jónasson, Læknasetrid Medical Center, Reykjavik, Island
Poster and Press release (both in Norwegian).

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Public defence Kishan Chudasama

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Kishan Chudasama will have his public defence on Thursday March 6, 2014.
Trial lecture: Thursday March 6, 2014, 09:15
Topic:  “Next generation sequencing (NGS) in clinical testing: Opportunities and challenges”
Public defence: Thursday March 6, 2014, 10:30
Place:      Auditorium 1, BB-building, Jonas Lies vei 91
Title of dissertation: “A genome-wide approach to monogenic diabetes syndromes”
1st opponent:        Professor Michel Polak, Hôpital Necker Enfants-Malades, Paris, Frankrike
2nd opponent:        Professor Eivind Hovig, Universitetet of Oslo
3rd member of the committee:  Professor James Lorens, Universitetet of Bergen
The public defence will be led by professor Per Omvik.
Public defence and prøveforelesning (both in Norwegian).

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