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MED-nytt, no. 6 – 2022

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Editorial: New opportunities with Circle UEivind Engebretsen

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. He would like to get in touch with staff and students who are keen to contribute. A particularly exciting aspect is the 15 new courses and the new master’s programme that we can help to shape. You can also get information about three summer schools, and so on.

Read the full editorial.

forskningsadministrasjonen p? seksjonsm?teFriendly competition for a better community spirit and more physical activity

The research administration has arranged fun events, physical activities and community-building for people working from home offices. A little push made a difference. Read more about testing the “Push Pro” app that gave a boost to the section’s working environment. Maybe something for others to follow?
Read the whole story and get inspired.

NCMM is recruiting a new head of group!Bildet kan inneholde: person, ansikt, kinn, hode, smil.

“NCMM is seeking a distinguished candidate to join our innovative academic community and establish a machine learning research programme. This is a golden opportunity for a young researcher to take the decisive next step in their career,” says NCMM’s Director, Professor Janna Saarela. The position is offered a generous start-up package of EUR 1.8 million during the initial five-year period. NCMM emphasises interdisciplinary collaboration. The head of group position can be combined with an additional position (20%) at a national university hospital, to facilitate translation of results and clinical collaboration.  Read more and apply: the deadline is 18 April.

New insight into how to increase innovation from academic research Arnoldo Frigessi

Norway has the ambition to build a strong industry within digital life sciences. Digital Life Norway report:  TO BE: Moving the Digital Life Sciences in Norway towards increased Innovation giving new insight. The report concludes the first phase of the strategic project “A roadmap for academic research-intensive innovation”, which is led by Professor Arnoldo Frigessi (IMB).

Ready for a new innovation meeting place for academia and business

Bildet kan inneholde: gr?nn, virveldyr, st?ende, pattedyr, gest.The growth house for life sciences and business clusters kicks off innovation hangouts where researchers, students and trade and industry can build networks. This is how we facilitate cooperation for the research at UiO to benefit patients and society. Read more.

Studies

Open day at the University of Oslo

Bildet kan inneholde: smil, m?bler, bord, vindusblind, gj?re.Several thousand upper secondary school students stopped by for an open day event last week. The entire Blindern campus was open to upper secondary school students, who were invited to an intensive programme of mini-lectures, stands to visit, speed dates with students and other activities. Stands featuring education in health management and health economics, clinical nutrition and medicine received lots of visitors throughout the day. Read the full article in Norwegian and see the photos.

Information for employees

Management meetings

Leadership forum 15 March: Unit-specific research procedures – Studies-related matters – Research cases – News from the departments

Minutes of the Leadership Forum, 1 March Information on net contributions – Studies-related matters – Research cases – News from the departments – Current prices

Agenda for the Faculty Board Meeting on 8 March.

Deadlines

  • See all the important deadlines for applications for research funding: Funding opportunities.

  • NCMM has announced a new head of group position. This is a golden opportunity for candidates with “machine learning” expertise. Apply now or send a tip to relevant candidates in your network: The application deadline is 18 April.

  • Award announcements: Remember to submit your nominations! Keep abreast of the annual cycle for award announcements
    • King Faisal International Prize for Medicine (31 March)

    • Louis and Artur Lucian Award (1 April)

    • King Salman International Award for Disability Research (30 April)

    • The Inter Circle U. Prize (ICUP) (10 May)

  • Circle U. Prize for Interdisciplinary Research: Circle U call_2022.pdf 
    Deadline: 10 May

  • Apply for conference or other event support from UiO:Life Science. Deadline 1 June.
  • Apply for internationalization support from UiO:Life Science. Deadline 1 June

Courses and events

See UiO’s calendar for an overview of all available courses.
Updated overview: Upcoming public defences

Research news

You can also follow what is happening at the Faculty of Medicine at facebook, twitter, Linkedin og Instagram.

Uniforum op-ed: Crash course in research communication (in Norwegian)

We need a programme for exchange of experience on research communication. In the meantime, perhaps we have something to learn from the pandemic experts? By Kristian Bj?rkdahl, Researcher at the Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo.

Would you like to write for the medicine blog?

Are you keen on writing? Your audience awaits! Do you conduct research into a subject you think more people should know about and would you like to secure dissemination credits? Please contact the blog editor at medisinbloggen@medisin.uio.no and we will come up with a plan.

svimmelhetMedisinbloggenAre you dizzy after a head injury? Then you may have been diagnosed with crystal sickness in Norwegian by Helene Andersson. Student entry: Crystal sickness can be very frightening and can cause a lot of discomfort. Fortunately, it is a harmless disease from which most people recover completely.

 

AlzheimerforskereIMB: Alzheimer's leads to changes in small blood vessels in the brain by Cecilie Bakken H?stmark. If the blood supply to your brain diminishes, this can trigger Alzheimer's disease. Researchers at UiO wanted to find out whether we get more or fewer small blood vessels, and what a particular protein has to do with it.

 

Bildet kan inneholde: briller, synsomsorg, menneskelig, briller, erme.NCMM: Meet Sebastian Waszak: Understanding childhood brain tumours to improve clinical decision-making. NCMM Group Leader Sebastian Waszak and his team are advancing the understanding of childhood brain tumour evolution, exploring new approaches to molecular diagnostics, and utilising knowledge gained from clinical cancer genomics.


Helsam: More nuance in the debate on circumcision of girls and boys in Norwegian by Thea Cecilie Engelsen. A recently published special issue, with postdoctoral fellow Ingvild Bergom Lunde as co-editor, opens up a broader debate on circumcision.

 

ekg澳门葡京手机版app下载.no: Researchers measured the brain activity of a dying man (in Norwegian). Researchers wonder whether the brain activity may be the result of our whole life being reviewed as we die. Johan Fredrik Storm and Bj?rn Erik Juel comment on the findings.

 

澳门葡京手机版app下载.no: Why the mentally ill die from heart problems. Mental illness results in a shorter lifespan. Often, the heart fails. This can be genetically determined, and not just be related to an unhealthy lifestyle. Ole A. Andreassen collaborates with researchers in the other Nordic countries, Estonia and Scotland to find out why the mentally ill risk fatal cardiovascular disease.

 

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Published Mar. 29, 2022 10:16 AM - Last modified Nov. 5, 2023 1:45 PM