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
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Report from the 5th Annual Conference of NORBIS
Entrance to the fortress The 5th Annual NORBIS Meeting began with a ferry ride across the fjord to Oscarsborg fortress. The boat looked extremely serious as it approached us with the island and fort in the background, reminding us of the history of Oscarsborg! We then were off to a strong start, with Sushma…Continue reading Report from the 5th Annual Conference of NORBIS
Report from the NORBIS summer school 2019
A great week at the University of Tromsø! We started the week with an in-depth perspective into the importance of metabolomics, courtesy of our guest lecturer Hans Stenlund from the Swedish Metabolomic Centre, university of Umeå. He ensured we gained a detailed understanding of how we can attempt to study and capture the metabolome,…Continue reading Report from the NORBIS summer school 2019
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
Cancer genomics at Stanford
by Chloe Steen, University of Oslo I have always wanted to go abroad for research. I did not know where, or when, I just knew that I wanted to experience a lab in another country, see how they worked, organized their projects, and their everyday life in the lab. Even though I have international…Continue reading Cancer genomics at Stanford
Integration of knowledge and logical modeling at Institut Curie and ENS in Paris
by Vasundra Touré, NTNU I had the chance to do my international exchange in Paris for 6months where I visited two research groups: Pr. Emmanuel Barillot’s group at Institut Curie and Pr. Denis Thieffry’s group at ENS Paris. Both have common domains of interest with my group. With the approval of my supervisor, I did this…Continue reading Integration of knowledge and logical modeling at Institut Curie and ENS in Paris
Developing new ideas at the Institute of Genetic Medicine in Newcastle
Newcastle International Centre for Life, Newcastle University by Miriam Gjerdevik, University of Bergen I visited Heather J. Cordell, Professor of Statistical Genetics, and her research group at Newcastle University, Institute of Genetic Medicine, from September 2017 to December 2017. Heather Cordell is a world-leading researcher within the development and application of statistical methodology to…Continue reading Developing new ideas at the Institute of Genetic Medicine in Newcastle
Learning advanced analysis of gene regulation in Zaragoza
CSIC – Estación Experimental de Aula Dei (EEAD), Zaragoza, Spain by Teshome Mulugeta, NMBU I am so grateful to NORBIS that I was given the opportunity to travel to EEAD-CSIC, Zaragoza, Spain as a visiting PhD student. It was a useful experience to me to work and talk with several outstanding people. My visit…Continue reading Learning advanced analysis of gene regulation in Zaragoza