CCBIO903 – Cancer Research: Ethical, Economic and Social Aspects

CCBIO invites you to this year's edition of the course CCBIO903 – Cancer research: Ethical, economic and social aspects, which focuses on ethical and societal issues in cancer research. The goal is to provide PhD candidates with tools for systematic reflection on their own and others' research, and to strengthen communication with patients, collaborators, ethics committees and application reviewers

Welcome to SSI 2026 – an international immunology festival in Grieghallen

The Norwegian Society of Immunology is pleased to invite you to the 51st annual meeting of the Scandinavian Society for Immunology (SSI), which will be held September 7–10, 2026 in Bergen. The conference brings together leading immunologists, researchers and clinicians from around the world to present new findings, strengthen collaboration and inspire the next generation of immunologists.

Leader of the week - Silke Appel

Dear everyone,

last week, work was done on the permission to exceed budget limits, which we unfortunately have to deliver this year as well, since we have budgeted for a deficit of NOK 3.7 million in 2026. But K2 has had a gradual improvement in the economy in recent years. While the deficit was NOK 11.2 million in 2023, it was NOK 9.7 million in 2024 and NOK 5 million last year. But with savings in, among other things, area costs (rent and operations), wage costs (many of the positions were/will not be filled after retiring), increased income for the core facilities and, not least, increased BOA to appropriation, there is light at the end of the tunnel: The long-term budget shows an expected small surplus of NOK 1.1 million as early as 2027. I am very happy about this. But even if the development is going in the right direction, we must continue the good work before the department has a sustainable financial situation. But if everyone contributes, we will make it!

Finally, I would like to inform you that Eystein Husebye is now ending his role in the management team of K2. I would like to thank him for his efforts and contributions during the long time he has been in the management team of K2. He has been part of important processes with us, and I really appreciate that.

Have a really good weekend!

Silke

MIC's course in small animal MRI 2026

The aim of the course is to provide participants with knowledge of the principles, theory and practical application of MRI. The theoretical part of the course will cover multimodal imaging and the theoretical aspects of MRI. Participants will receive practical training on the instrument in the practical part and learn about basic image analysis of MRI images. After the course, participants should be able to understand how to plan and perform MRI experiments on small animals.

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