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Centre for Interprofessional Workplace Learning receives 12 RCN-millions for research. – This will enable us to perform valuable research and raise knowledge in this field, says Ane Johannessen, head of TVEPS.
Visit the exhibition "Illuminating life" and admire Shuntaro Yamada's pictures of cells and tissue.
An international study conducted by Sanjay Gyawali and co-authors from the University of Bergen, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, and Haukeland University Hospital, recently published in the Journal of Women's Health, has shown an association between asthma and asthma symptoms, and endometriosis and dysmenorrhea.
A new study highlights the need to decolonize research and adapt the WHO agenda to Norway.
During the Meltzer dinner March 6, rector Margareth Hagen at the University of Bergen presented the Meltzer prize for exceptional science communication to professor Eva Gerdts
Paul Kåre Sæle defended his thesis for the PhD-degree at the University of Bergen on January 31 2025. The title of the thesis is: "Oral Health and Quality of Life Among Patients Born with Cleft Lip and/or Palate in Bergen, Norway ".
2024 was yet another exciting and busy year for the Pandemic Centre. Now you can read the annual report with a summary of our activities throughout last year.
New Study Highlights Infodemic Challenges for Indian Migrants in Norway During COVID-19
Monica Patrascu and Valentina Casadei are the new leaders of EMBS branch in Norway.
Martha E. Hjelmeland, Jone Trovik and Camilla Krakstad are three of the researchers at the Women's Clinic at Haukeland University Hospital and the Bergen Research Group for Gynecological Cancer, who have discovered that the loss of vimentin, a protein, in preoperative biopsies can predict poor prognosis and lymph node metastasis in patients with endometrial cancer.
In a recently published study from CCBIO and Helse Bergen HF, Luka Tandaric, Line Bjørge, and her research group have investigated how immunotherapy with two specific drugs – oleclumab (anti-CD73) and durvalumab (anti-PD-L1) – affects immune cells in the blood of patients with ovarian cancer during treatment.
The article was published in NanoToday and is an international collaboration, which highlights the very important and relevant issue of interference of nanomaterials with in vitro studies, which hampers the assessment of nanomaterials’ biological effects.
MD, Ph.d. Marit Sandberg presents at meeting room 9.1-9.2, Laboratory building, Monday 31.03.25 @ 12-13, Coffee and tea will be served and the event is open to all
Dr. Anja Linde defended her thesis on: Cardiovascular organ damage in patients with psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis: associations with hypertension, obesity and disease modifying treatment 14.02.25. Professor Renata Cifkova from Charles I University, Prague, Czech Republic served as first opponent, and professor Tillmann Uhlig, University of Oslo as second opponent. The scientific evaluation... Read more
The ´óÏó´«Ã½ programme at the University of Bergen was recently endorsed as an Ocean Decade Action. It becomes the university’s second Action as part of the United Nations Ocean Decade.
PhD fellow at the Pandemic Center, Pierina Benavente Velando, is the first author of a study published in October.
Physical abuse and sexual assault may be linked to the development of endometriosis, a recent study shows. – Even those with a low genetic risk may be susceptible to developing the disease if they have experienced significant trauma, says lead author Solveig Løkhammer from the University of Bergen.
On February 29th and 30th, the 19th annual research presentations took place for participants in the Research School in Clinical Medicine. Numerous awards were handed out. See the award winners here!

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