News 2004
First
Norwegian Transgenic Animal Forum at Lysebu, Oslo, 10-11 February
2005 The first Norwegian Transgenic Animal Forum will be arranged at Lysebu, Oslo, 10-11 February 2005. |
|||
CMBN research on
ion channels published in Nature Neuroscience CMBN research on the importance of certain ion channels for learning, memory and epilepsy has been published in Nature Neuroscience. Peters HC, Hu H, Pongs O, Storm JF, Isbrandt D (2004) Conditional
transgenic suppression of M channels in mouse brain reveals
functions in neuronal excitability, resonance and behavior.
Nature
Neuroscience, 8, 51-60. |
|||
|
We are sad to announce that Erling Seeberg, preeminent scientist, dear colleague and a wonderful human being, passed away today, December 14, 2004. He will be deeply missed.
Erling
Christen Seeberg (1946-2004). Uniforum.
16 December 2004. |
|||
BFYS2005
at Randsvangen, 15-17 April 2005 The Bioinformatics Forum for Young Scientists 2005 (BFYS2005) will be arranged at Randsvangen, 15-17 April 2005. |
|||
Guest
lecture by Jean-Pierre Montmayeur Dr. Jean-Pierre Montmayeur, CNRS researcher in molecular biology/physiology/genetics at the European Centre of Taste Sciences (CESG) in Dijon, France, will give a guest lecture on Wednesday 3 November 2004 at 12:15 in new auditorium 13, Domus Medica, with the title:
|
|||
Guest
lecture by Robert Fuchs Professor Robert Fuchs from Cancérogénèse et Mutagénèse Moléculaire et Structurale, Ecole Supériore de Biotechnologie de Strasbourg (ESBS), France, will give a guest lecture on Monday 1 November 2004 at 13:00 in Auditorium A3.3067 at Rikshospitalet, with the title:
|
|||
Protein repairs
mRNA and tRNA molecules
For the full story, read the publication in Molecular Cell:
For more information, read the following media coverage of the discovery:
|
|||
Jahre award
lectures 2004 The recipients of the Jahre research prize 2004 will give lectures on Thursday 7 October 2004 at 13.00 to 15.40 in the new auditorium 13 in Domus Medica, Sognsvannsveien 9. The prizes will be awarded during a ceremony on Friday 8 October 2004 at 17:20 in Universitetets Aula.
The award for young researchers is shared between Patrik Ernfors, Institutionen för medicinsk biokemi och biofysik and Claes M. Gustafsson, Institutionen för medicinsk näringslära, both at Karolinska institutet, Sverige. About
the Jahre awards Everybody are welcome to the lectures and the ceremony! |
|||
CMBN booklet
available A booklet about CMBN and its research groups is a now available. Download the PDF version or contact the CMBN administration for a printed version. |
|||
Two
CMBN guest lectures CMBN invites to the following two open guest lectures in connection with the research course:
Prof. Lars Lannfelt from the Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences/Geriatrics, Uppsala University, Sweden, will give a guest lecture on Tuesday 5 October 2004 at 13:45 in Store Auditorium at Rikshospitalet, with the title:
|
|||
CMBN researcher speaks
on scientific career-making CMBN researcher Jon Storm-Mathisen spoke on scientific career-making at the NatureJobs conference, EuroScience, Stockholm, 26 August 2004. See: The joy of the lab. Nature. 9 September 2004. |
|||
CMBN
research seminar Monday 4 - Tuesday 5 October 2004, CMBN research seminar (forskerkurs) in Store Audiorium, Rikshospitalet:
Deadline for signing on the course: 24 September 2004 to Den norske lægeforening, email koordinatorkontoret.oslo@legeforeningen.no |
|||
Anders Jahre's
award for medical research 2004 to Krokan and Seeberg Professors Hans E. Krokan and Erling C. Seeberg will be given Anders Jahre's award for medical research 2004 of NOK 500 000 each for their effort in DNA research. The professors are awarded for their research showing how the DNA in the cells are protected and how it is repaired after damage. This is of major significance in the understanding of ageing and development of cancer and chronical diseases. Krokan and Seeberg are associated with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim and the University of Oslo, respectively. See also the articles in Uniforum and Universitetsavisa. Congratulations! |
|||
Dr. David Van Essen from Washington University at St. Louis will give a guest lecture on Tuesday 10 August 2004 at 12:30 in the Lunch room, Department of Anatomy, Domus Medica, with the title:
|
|||
Research prize
and gold medal to CMBN researchers The University of Oslo have decided that Forskningsprisen 2004 (Research Award 2004) is awarded to Professor Jon Storm-Mathisen, and that His Majesty the King's gold medal 2004 for the best doctoral thesis at the Faculty of Medicine is awarded to Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam. Both are researchers at CMBN. Congratulations! |
|||
Publication
in Nature Neuroscience about glutamate release from astrocytes Researchers at the Centre for Molecular Biology and Neuroscience (CMBN), together with researchers at the University of Lausanne have published a study in Nature Neuroscience that shows that glutamate is released by regulated exocytosis from astrocytes, a process previously thought to be occurring only in neurons. Bezzi P, Gundersen V, Galbete JL, Seifert G, Steinhäuser
C, Pilati E, Volterra A (2004) Astrocytes contain
a vesicular compartment that is competent for regulated exocytosis
of glutamate. Nature
Neuroscience. Published online 23 May 2004. See also: UiO-forsker i Nature: Ny forståelse av hjernens signaler. Apollon+ Forskningsnytt på nettet, 26 May 2004. |
|||
Guest lecture
by David W. Ussery Associate professor David W. Ussery at the Centre for Biological Sequence Analysis (CBS), Technical University of Denmark (DTU) will give a guest lecture on Tuesday 22 June 2004 at 13:00 in auditorium A3.3067, Molecular Microbiology, Rikshospitalet, with the title:
Currently there are more than 150 bacterial genomes which have been fully sequenced. Several different methods for comparison of these genomes will be discussed, with emphasis on using our web-based tables for sorting the information (see www.cbs.dtu.dk/services/GenomeAtlas). The event is co-hosted by the Centre for Advanced Microbial Science and Technology (CAMST) and CMBN. |
|||
CMBN team runs
Holmenkollstafetten in 65 mins 50 secs The CMBN team ran Holmenkollstafetten in 65 minutes 50 seconds and secured a fantastic 23rd place out of 163 teams in its class. The participants were very satisfied with the result and celebrated the victory Saturday night. A silver medal was just one minute away, setting the goal for next year's team. The team, having number 2120, was actually the fastest team among the "21xx"-teams that started last in class 23, and arrived surprisingly early at the exchange points. Specially designed blue T-shirts with the CMBN logo had been made for the occasion. The team: Supporters: Camilla Haglerød, Svend Davanger and Jon Storm-Mathisen |
|||
Publication
in Science about the distribution of glutamate transporters
in the brain Researchers at CMBN and co-workers have recently published the following paper in Science: Fremeau Jr RT, Kam K, Qureshi T, Johnson J, Copenhagen DR, Storm-Mathisen J, Chaudhry FA, Nicoll RA, and Edwards RH (2004) Vesicular Glutamate Transporters 1 and 2 Target to Functionally Distinct Synaptic Release Sites. Science. Published online 29 April 2004. Abstract PDF |
|||
Guest lecture
by Caleb E. Finch Dr Caleb E. Finch, distinguished gerontologist from the University of Southern California, will be visiting Norway from 24 to 27 April. On Monday 26 April 2004 at 14:00 in auditorium A3.3067 at Molecular Microbiology, Rikshospitalet, he will give a lecture with the title:
Dr Finch's visit and lecture will be co-hosted by Prof. Erling Seeberg, Centre for Molecular Biology and Neuroscience, Oslo, and Prof. Stig W. Omholt, CIGENE. Inflammatory processes are emerging as fundamental to aging
and Dr Finch is professor of molecular biology and gerontology
at the USC School of Gerontology. His main interest is the
study of genomic controls of mammalian development and aging.
He has authored three books: Longevity, Senescence, and the
Genome (1990); Aging: A Natural History (1995, with R. Ricklefs);
and Chance, Development, and Aging (2000, with TBL Kirkwood).
In 350 reports and reviews since 1969, Finch has led several
developments in the fields of the neuroendocrinology and pharmacology
of normal aging and Alzheimer disease, and in the biodemography
of aging. |
|||
Cerebellum
and Disease Models - Workshop The Cerebellum and Disease Models Workshop takes place at the Norwegian Academy of Sciences in Oslo on 27 May 2004. A few places are still available. For inqueries about registration, contact: Brita Engebakken by email to brita.engebakken@medisin.uio.no. |
|||
Guest lecture
by Kathleen J. Sweadner Dr. Kathleen J. Sweadner, Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and Associate Neurobiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, will give a guest lecture on Monday 19 April 2004 at 14.15 in the new auditorium 13, Domus Medica, with the title:
|
|||
Guest lectures
by Claudio Franceschi
|
Erling
Seeberg has passed away
Research
at CMBN have, for the first time, shown that damaged mRNA
and tRNA molecules are repaired just like genomic DNA. The
work was published in the journal Molecular Cell on 8 October
2004 by medical student Rune Ougland (pictured to the right),
Pål Falnes, Rune J Forstrøm, Erling Seeberg and
several international collaborators. It has previously been
shown that bacterial and mammalian AlkB proteins are able
to repair damaged DNA as well as RNA molecules, however it
has now been proved that AlkB proteins are able to fully restore
the biological function of damaged mRNA and tRNA molecules.
Anders
Jahre's award for medical research 2004 is shared between
Hans E. Krokan, Department of Cancer Research and Molecular
Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
and Erling C. Seeberg, Centre for Molecular Biology and Neuroscience
(CMBN), Rikshospitalet and the University of Oslo.
Prof.
Leena Peltonen from the National Public Health Institute,
Department of Molecular Medicine and Department of Medical
Genetics, University of Helsinki, Finland, will give a guest
lecture on Monday 4 October 2004 at 14:45
in Store Auditorium at Rikshospitalet, with the title:
Guest
lecture by David van Essen
Prof. Claudio Franceschi, University of Bologna, Italy, will give a guest lecture on Thursday 4 March 2004 at 14:00 in auditorium A3.3067 at Molecular Microbiology, Rikshospitalet, with the title:
Prof. Franceschi will also give a guest lecture on Wednesday 3 March 2004 at 11:15-12:00 in auditorium U338 in "Urbygningen" at the Agricultural University of Norway at Ås, with the title:
|
 |
Guest lectures
by Harold Kimelberg and
Jean-Antoine Girault
[Announced 1 March 2004]
On Wednesday 17 March 2004, Dr. Harold Kimelberg, Neural and Vascular Biology Theme, Ordway Research Institute, will give a guest lecture with the title: Neuroprotection after acute brain injury aimed at inhibition of cellular edema and its consequences.
On Thursday 18 March 2004, Prof. Jean-Antoine Girault, Directur, Transduction du Signal et Plasticité dans le Systéme Nerveux, INSERM, will give a guest lecture with the title: Molecular Development of Nodes of Ranvier.
Updated program
and extended application deadline for the research seminar
on genome instability and neurologic disease
[Announced 27 February 2004]
Guest
lecture by Michel Khrestchatisky
[Announced
15 February 2004]
Monday 16 February 2004 at 14.00, Directeur Michel Khrestchatisky at CNRS, Neurobiologie des Interactions Cellulaires et Neurophysiopathologie will give a guest lecture in new auditorium 13, Domus Medica, with the title:
The Matrix Metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their endogenous inhibitors (TIMPs) in plasticity and pathologies of the central nervous system
Minisymposium:
Oxidative DNA damage and repair: Role in cancer and ageing
[Announced 9 February 2004]
Minisymposium to be held on Thursday 12 February 2004 at 14.00, in auditorium A3.3067, Rikshospitalet.
Two PhD studentships
in bioinformatics available
[Announced 5 February 2004]
CMBN announces the availability of two PhD studentships in bioinformatics. For details, visit the jobs page.
Postdoctoral and PhD
position available
[Announced 28 January 2004]
CMBN announces the availability of a postdoctoral and a PhD position. For details, visit the jobs page.
Guest lectures
[Announced 20 January 2004]
On Tuesday 20 January 2004, Dr. Nicholas Luscombe, Yale University, will give a guest lecture with the title Transcription regulation: a genomic network.
On Wednesday 21 January 2004, Dr Iacob Matthiesen, Inovio AS, will give a guest lecture with the title Enabling gene therapy and DNA vaccine applications with a new method for gene delivery to skeletal muscles.
Research seminar
on genome instability and neurologic disease
[Announced 11 January 2004]
Guest lecture
by Stig Omholt
[Announced 5 January 2004]
Monday 26 January 2004 at 13.00, guest lecture in the new auditorium 13, Domus Medica:
Professor Stig Omholt, Agricultural University of Norway, will give a lecture with the title:
Control of ageing - lessons from bees, flies, worms and mice
Welcome!
PO Box 1105 Blindern, NO-0317 Oslo, Norway. Tel: +47 22851528. Fax: +47 22851488