This year we participated to the Strategy Meeting of our Department which took place over two days (24-25 February 2022) at Solstrand, a very nice venue with great views, delicious food and good company to discuss future directions related to…
We had the pleasure to co-edit a Research Topic at Frontiers in Genetics and Frontiers in Endocrinology, aiming to provide a sample of current work focused on molecular pathways and cellular processes involved in the development, function, and dysfunction of…
It is my great pleasure to announce that, after 2 years of handling over 50 manuscripts for Communication Biology journal, I will act as Genetics & Development Section Lead in 2022. More details here: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/editorial-board#top In this new role, together…
I will present our iPSC work on modelling pancreatic differentiation at CiRA 2022 International Symposium -Advancing iPS Cell Research Through Collaboration – an event organised by the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University. Except for the keynote…
Eilen Ravnanger, currently student at Master in Biomedical Sciences, started one year internship in our lab from February 2022. She will work with Shayla to be trained in cellular and molecular biology techniques, including genotyping (PCR), immunofluorescence, large-scale imaging (dragonfly)…
I will give a talk at this year’s Diabesity Nordic Meeting on Diabetes reclassification and obesity – whom to treat and how? that will be held at Solstrand Hotel 9th to 11th of March in 2022. The program includes plenary…
Altanchimeg Altankhuyag has joined again our research group as a Researcher. Welcome back, Chimge! Chimge completed her Bachelor studies and her Master studies in Molecular biology at University of Bergen. She will be assisting team members to maintain transgenic mice…
I had recently the great pleasure to contribute to a study led by Dr. Seung Kim (Professor in the Department of Developmental Biology, at Stanford University School of Medicine) aiming for the development of B6 RIP-DTR mice, an immunocompetent line…
Md Kaykobad Hossain , currently student at Master in Biomedical Sciences started one year internship in our lab from January 2022. He will work with Luiza and Thomas to be trained in cellular and molecular biology techniques, including genotyping (PCR), immunofluorescence,…
For the past five years, our collaborator Helge Ræder and us showed that human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSC) provide an excellent tool for disease modelling. However, in vitro differentiation is highly sensitive to culture conditions. By re-creating a spatial…
It is my great pleasure to announce that I was invited to act as editor for Acta Physiologica, on Metabolism and Nutritional Physiology. More details here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/17481716/homepage/editorialboard.html Acta Physiologica is the official journal of the Federation of European Physiological…
Shayla Sharmine has joined our research group as a new PhD candidate. Welcome, Shayla! Shayla completed her Bachelor studies at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, in Bangladesh and her Master studies at University of Bergen. Her Master project was…