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We invite the citizens of Oslo to a light event with glimpses of life sciences at UiO and amazing ice sculptures. 

What were the most important biotechnology debates in 2018? What will be important this year?

Cand.med. Nora Johansen at Institute of clinical medicine will be defending the thesis ¡°Late effects in women after risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy to prevent hereditary ovarian cancer: Cardiovascular risk, sexual functioning, and use of hormone replacement therapy¡± for the degree of Philosophiae doctor (PhD).

UiO:Life Science, the Norwegian Biotechnology Advisory Board and Creaza will launch a new digital universe. This is a closed event for secondary schools.

A transdisciplinary workshop hosted by the convergence environment COMPARE.

Climate change and solutions to global problems related to health and environment. The event is fully booked.

Sten Ludvigsen, dekan ved Det utdanningsvitenskapelige fakultet og professor ved Institutt for pedagogikk, Universitetet i Oslo kommer til Forum for vitenskapsteori! Ludvigsen ledet utvalget bak utredningen for Kunnskapsdepartementet, ?Fremtidens skole ¡ª Fornyelse av fag og kompetanser? (NOU 2015: 8) som har l?ftet fram begrepet ?dybdel?ring?. Denne utredningen har v?rt et viktig utgangspunkt for den p?g?ende fagfornyelsen i norsk skole.

Foredraget er ?pent for alle!

Master Suitbert Emil Lyakurwa at the Department of Education  defends his doctoral dissertation for the degree of PhD:

Universal design for learning towards achieving inclusive higher education in Tanzania.

LMI and partners welcome you to join this  day with presentations and discussions from the Norwegian life science ecosystem and industry leaders from Global Pharma.

This breakfast seminar organised by the UiO:Life Science project Personalized Cancer Therapy (PerCaThe) will discuss the future development of Cancer Precision Medicine and specifically how the field can move to implementation in clinical trials and next in clinical practice.

How much will we sacrifice for knowledge? When is it okay, and when is it not ok to use animals in research?

At this seminar PhD students, postdocs and Master?s students in life sciences at UiO and NMBU had the opportunity to create networks outside academia.  Watch videos and see pictures from the event.

Welcome to the annual Darwin Day lectures at the University of Oslo! Lectures by Peter R. Grant, B. Rosemary Grant, Arkhat Abzhanov and Leif Andersson. Since Darwin¡¯s time insights from the fields of genetics, genomics, behavior and ecology have continued to illuminate how and why species evolve. At this event you will hear about the progress that has been made in our understanding of speciation and related topics. 

The symposium will bring together leading Nordic scientists to discuss the latest developments of Organ on a Chip-technology. The event is hosted by the UiO:Life Science convergence environment: Organ on a chip and the Hybrid Technology Hub Center of Excellence.

Refreshments and mingling in Oslo City Hall for all participants of the conference. The Governing Mayor of Oslo, Raymond Johansen, is our host for the evening. You need a ticket to attend the reception. The reception is fully booked.

We highlighted inspiring examples on collaboration between academia and industry that have benefitted patients and society. How can we learn from these examples while building the health industry in Oslo and Norway?

Cand.med. Liv Hesstvedt at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis "Aspects of candidemia in Norway and in the Nordic countries: A contribution to the understanding of epidemiology, clinical aspects and outcome in patients with candidemia" for the degree of PhD

Cand.med. Grunde Wibetoe at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis ¡°Cardiovascular disease risk in inflammatory joint disease: Conventional disease risk factors across inflammatory joint diseases and performance of risk age models in rheumatoid arthritis¡± for the degree of Philosophiae doctor (PhD).

Samuel Mehr, Research Associate in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University, will give a seminar lecture entitled "Origins and Functions of Music in Infancy". 

M.Sc. Ane S?rlie Kv?rner at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis ¡°Nutritional status, type 2 diabetes and colorectal cancer - Biological links and methodological aspects¡± for the degree of Philosophiae doctor (PhD).

Master Tonje Stenseth at the Department of Teacher Education and School Research defends her doctoral dissertation for the degree of PhD:

How and what students read: A study of evaluation and document selection processess in task-oriented reading.

Master Ingrid Nyborg at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis ¡°User participation among older hospitalized people and their relatives; a qualitative case©\oriented study¡± for the degree of PhD.

MSc Georgina Askeland at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis ¡°Improving prospects for Huntington¡¯s disease treatment: a focus on peripheral tissues and a transgenic minipig model¡± for the degree of PhD.