Sandip Kanse, professor of biochemistry and Célia Seillier, postdoctoral fellow at IMB will be carrying out research into what happens when further damage occurs in the brain after a stroke. Their project will receive a grant of 3.2 million kroners spread over two years and is one of 16 projects at UiO that were recently awarded MSCA funding from the EU.
The national infrastructure NORBRAIN has given us new knowledge about spatial awareness, memory and brain cleansing while we sleep. Researchers at NTNU, UiO and UiB, under the leadership of Nobel laureate Edvard Moser, make sure that Norwegian brain scientists can deliver results of internationally excellent calibre.
Valeria Vitelli will be developing statistical learning methods for the integration of complex and structured datasets, to be used in cancer genomics. Harry Thorpe will be studying how plasmids help bacteria develop resistance to antibiotics.
The work on the patient hotel has been delayed, and the pedestrian bridge will be closed for a week.
The work on the new terminus for the tram is delayed. The latest update is that there will be a bus replacement for the tram until April.
From Monday 6 January there will be noise from blasting near Domus Medica, and the patient hotel will be demolished. There will probably be bus replacement for tram until March.
The Norwegian Cancer Society’s Pink Ribbon campaign is donating 8 million krones each to the research groups of Philippe Collas and Jason Matthews at the Institute of Basic Medical Sciences.
Are offshore petroelum workers on night shifts at a higher risk of cardiovascular disease, and does exposure to the chemical benzene affect this risk? Scientists at IMB have received a grant of 2.55 million kroners from the Norwegian Health Association to carry out research on these questions.
While in the post, she oversaw major changes during the pandemic, the restructuring of the laboratory animal unit and an increase in the number of medical students: Lene Frost Andersen’s eight-year tenure as Head of IMB has been very eventful.
In January 2025, Trygve B. Leergaard takes over as the new leader of the Department of Molecular Medicine, following Philippe Collas’ election as Head of Institute. With over 30 years’ seniority at the Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Leergaard brings versatile experience to the role.
At the end of 2024, there will be intermittent noise from the building site, the police will conduct exercises nearby and the patient hotel will be demolished.
You will still need to take a bus replacement for the tram after New Year's to get to Domus Medica. The arrangement is likely to continue until February.
Hege Berg Henriksen and the workshops won best poster awards.
Collas will be responsible for a larger number of medical students and for managing ever-increasing costs. Philippe Collas is looking forward to taking on the job of Head of Institute at IMB.
This year, our Tidy-up Week at the Institute is scheduled from Monday 14th to Friday 18th October.
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There will be drilling and wire sawing near Domus Medica in September and October, and the parking garage at The National Hospital and the tram tracks will be removed.
The tram stop at the National Hospital Rikshospitalet is closed from September 16th. There will be a bus service replacing the tram for a period from John Collet's place.
The construction of the New National Hospital Rikshospitalet affects new areas this autumn. It is no longer possible to get off the bus at the roundabout near Domus Medica, and cyclists and pedestrians can only use one side of Klaus Torg?rdsvei.
Professor Arnoldo Frigessi, leader of Integreat, was surprised and delighted when he was recently awarded the NORA Lifetime Achievement Award for his eminent academic contributions to research and for his supervision of innumerable students.
She has handled everything from the management of the collection of skeletal remains to the promotion of good teaching – Lene Frost Anderson has had quite a journey as Head of IMB.
In September, there will be an election for a new Head of the Institute of Basic Medical Sciences. Submit your nomination.
From 27th May until 8th July, there will be loud noise from drilling on the north side of Domus Medica.
From 22nd April blasting will take place twice a day on the west side of Domus Medica.
The tram stop at the National Hospital will be closed and demolished. This is scheduled to happen in October.
During the months ahead, the positioning of sheet piles will involve excavation and drilling work close to Domus Medica.
