Do you carry an idea for a course or a workshop within the fields of bioinformatics, biostatistics or systems biology? Want to invite international experts to give lectures at this event? Once again it is time for NORBIS to ask you to propose a course or a workshop to be organised with financial and administrative…Continue reading Want to organise a course or a workshop with support from NORBIS?
Tag: Biostatistics
A report from our third annual national conference at Sommarøy
Snorre Sulheim has written a nice report from our third conference at Sommarøy, for the Centre for Digital Life Norway here, thank you so much Snorre! For more photos from the conference, please see our Facebook albums here and here.
An autumn with Bayesian approaches in Vienna
Hi, my name is Aliaksandr Hubin and I am a PhD student at the department of Mathematics of the University of Oslo. In this report I would like to share my international exchange experience, which took place in Autumn 2017 and was funded by the NORBIS travel grant. During my exchange I was…Continue reading An autumn with Bayesian approaches in Vienna
Register now for ‘Statistical methods in relatedness and pedigree analysis’
We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the NORBIS course ‘Statistical methods in relatedness and pedigree analysis’, which will take place at University of Oslo 8-12 January 2018. This course introduces statistical methods in genetic relatedness and pedigree analysis, with applications in linkage analysis, relatedness inference and forensic genetics, and…Continue reading Register now for ‘Statistical methods in relatedness and pedigree analysis’
Funding available for international exchange!
Once more, we encourage you as a NORBIS member to spend part of your PhD period (at least 3-6 months) at an institution abroad, to benefit from international expertise and to expand your international network. We have funding available for such an exchange, and we now invite you to apply for financial support for your stay. Read more…Continue reading Funding available for international exchange!
Registration for ‘Modern methods for analysing survival and time-to-event data’ now open
We are excited to announce a new course that will give researchers in biostatistics, bioinformatics, epidemiology and related fields an up-to-date overview of statistical methodology for analysing time-to-event data. The course ‘Modern methods for analysing survival and time-to-event data‘ is organised by Ørnulf Borgan, Odd O. Aalen and Håkon K. Gjessing, and will run in Oslo, 4-8…Continue reading Registration for ‘Modern methods for analysing survival and time-to-event data’ now open
Register now for our course ‘Large genetic studies in biobanks: from registries screening, to interpretation of GWAS and beyond’
We are pleased to announce that registration now is open for our course ‘Large genetic studies in biobanks: from registries screening, to interpretation of GWAS and beyond’, which will run at UiO October 23-27. Read more and register (by September 15) at the course webpage here!
Welcome to the 3rd annual meeting of NORBIS 8-10 November!
You are all invited to join the third annual conference of NORBIS, which will take place November 8-10, at Sommarøy Arctic Hotel outside Tromsø. The conference aims at bringing together students and researchers, fostering collaboration between groups. The participants will learn about each others’ research, discuss science, be inspired by keynotes from leading researchers,…Continue reading Welcome to the 3rd annual meeting of NORBIS 8-10 November!
Workshop on ‘Causal methods relevant for registry-based health research’
Want to learn more about health registry research? The Health Registries for Research (HRR) infrastructure project gives a workshop on ‘Causal inference in health registry research’ in Oslo 30 Nov-1 Dec, and NORBIS will support travel and accommodation for members who want to participate. You may read more and register here (registration is open until the seats…Continue reading Workshop on ‘Causal methods relevant for registry-based health research’