Dear all,
I hope you all had a wonderful Easter holiday! The weather in Bergen showed itself from its best side.
Congratulations to Harald Barsnes who has been promoted to full professor.
Friday March 17th there was a joint research day for Helse Bergen and the University of Bergen. The meeting, unfortunately only in Norwegian, was about joint research between Helse Bergen (HUS) and UiB. Topics that were covered: Nina Langeland, about Covid-19 research and health problem caused the infection during the epidemic and how to proceed further. Eystein Husebye, about the circadian rhythm of adrenal hormones and hormone diagnostics using micro-dialysis. Cecilie Bredrup, about clinical features and molecular genetics of patients with corneal dystrophies and the future use of limbal stem cell transplantation. Olga Therese Ousdal, about the use of NMR and advanced analysis tools to examine changes in the brain in patients with anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders and The Bergen 4-Day Treatment – B4DT, a concentrated exposure-based treatment for anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders.
To sum up it was interesting talks with focus on the patient but not much basic research.
Every year, The Medical Faculty is awarding prizes for excellence in research and teaching. New this year is also a separate award for innovation. This year’s Faculty Day is Wednesday April 19th, 9.00-12 in the auditorium in Armauer Hansens hus. I hope many of you can attend this event.
The application portal for The Norwegian Cancer Society is now open for researcher projects with the application deadline, May 26. More info will follow.
The vernal equinox has just passed and it is just to enjoy everything that happens around us as it signals the beginning of spring. The days are getting longer and longer and spring flowers like tulips, daffodils, and crocus are blooming. Enjoy!
