International exchange report from Xiaokang Zhang

With the support of NORBIS, I visited Professor Bernhard Palsson’s group, Systems Biology Research Group, in University of California, San Diego, USA, from September 2019 to February 2020.   The original plan was actually from May to November 2020, but my application of the US visa was pending in the so-called “administrative process” for four…Continue reading International exchange report from Xiaokang Zhang

Towards in Silico-Guided Clinical Trials in Cancer

The workshop Towards in Silico-Guided Clinical Trials in Cancer to be held in Oslo, 15-16 May 2019 at Scandic Holmenkollen Hotel.   We bring together experts in systems medicine, mathematical oncology and bioinformatics to discuss novel concepts for personalise cancer medicine. Check the workshop website for more details and for registration: https://osloinsilico2019.weebly.com/   Confirmed speakers:   Robert A. Gatenby, Moffitt Cancer Center, USA…Continue reading Towards in Silico-Guided Clinical Trials in Cancer

Report from exchange to École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

Report from exchange to École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Thanks to NORBIS I got the unique opportunity to experience a different laboratory in Switzerland for 6 months. First, upon arrival in Switzerland it took some time to organize everything before being able to start experiments. However, as soon as everything was in place the…Continue reading Report from exchange to École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

Zhi Zhao’ research stay at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Developing new Bayesian models in London   I am a PhD student at the Department of Biostatistics of the University of Oslo. I had stayed in London for four months funded by the NORBIS, as a visiting PhD student with the group of Dr. Alex Lewin, who is Associate Professor in Biostatistics at the Department…Continue reading Zhi Zhao’ research stay at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

VISITING FELLOW AT THE DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL STATISTICS AND COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY, CORNELL UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK, USA

By: Anna-Simone Josefine Frank I’m currently a PhD student at the School of Pharmacy (UiO) with a background in mathematics. A travel grant from NORBIS, for which I’m grateful, enabled me to spend six months (January to June 2018) as Visiting Fellow at Cornell University in New York, USA. My main affiliation at Cornell was…Continue reading VISITING FELLOW AT THE DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL STATISTICS AND COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY, CORNELL UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK, USA