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Summer greetings and spring status update. The Anders Jahre Award for Medical Research goes to Harald Stenmark. New Head of Administration at IMB. UiO Campus South.

Dr. Yuichi Mori at the Clinical Effectiveness Research Group will lead a large new research project that aims to find solutions for clinical validation of artificial intelligence. The goal is to improve the diagnosis and therapy of colorectal cancer and polyps.

In Norway, a third of the fish we produce is used for animal feed. This could better be used for human consumption, providing more vitamin B12 and selenium, a new study shows.

Are you impressed when NASA manages to calculate the time and speed of a rocket¡¯s trajectory? A new study shows that your brain has a ¡°nerd centre¡± capable of even more complex calculations.

The research infrastructure roadmap for the University of Oslo (UiO) is being revised. The roadmap contributes to good priorities and hopefully better responses to external announcements of funding for advanced scientific instruments. It is also an important resource with an overview of what is available in terms of heavy scientific equipment at UiO.

MED-nytt presents leaders who go the extra distance. The secret behind good interaction and team building in a research group.

MED-nytt presents leaders who go the extra distance. The secret behind good interaction and team building in a research group.

Vice Dean Eivind Engebretsen gives an update on the university alliance's plans for the spring and how MED staff and students can contribute to and take advantage of the opportunities they bring.

The research administration has ensured social fun, physical activity and unity in the home office. A little push with an app made a difference.

The room around you sways up and down and you feel seasick. While searching for the cause of dizziness, scientists at UiO have developed a new method for spinning things under a microscope and registering the activity in brain cells in movement. 

If the blood supply to your brain decreases, it can trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease. Scientists at UiO wanted to find out whether this leads to more or fewer blood vessels and what role one particular protein plays in such a process.

The total response rate for the Faculty of Medicine ended at 66% in this spring's ARK survey

Dean Ivar Prydz Gladhaug gives thanks to his Vice Dean of Innovation and Internationalisation, Hilde I. Nebb, who is set to take on a new role as the Director of the Greenhouse for Life Sciences. He would also like to congratulate Hans Mossin on his appointment as the new Faculty Director.

Since 2014, 160 emerging research talents have been working as part of the outstanding research communities at the University of Oslo via the Scientia Fellows programme in biomedical research. This has also contributed towards international growth at MED.

Today, the main focus is on lowering high cholesterol levels in adults in order to prevent atherosclerosis. But then it is already too late - we should start focusing on lowering cholesterol in childhood, suggests professor Kirsten Holven.

The genes that influence the risk of developing schizophrenia appear to be the same genes that affect the thickness and size of the surface of the brain.

Women know less about the so-called overdiagnosis of breast cancer compared to other aspects of mammogram screening. Despite this, there are few indications that women drop out of mammogram screening programmes after receiving more information.

The Faculty enters a new era of innovation with the Life Science Growth House Hilde Irene Nebb, Vice-Dean of Innovation and Internationalisation at MED, talks about the launch of the Life Science Growth House and her own new role in the project. Join us for the launch in the Oslo Science Park on 17 February!