Institute for Cancer Research
Institute for Cancer Research has since its foundation in 1954 played a central role within the field of cancer research both in Norway and internationally. The Institute has seven research departments and more than 320 employees, master students included. About 70% of the employees and projects are externally funded.
The Institute has internationally strong research groups within biochemistry, cell and tumor biology, genetics, radiation biology, immunology and cancer prevention. For more than 30 years there has been a close interaction between researchers at the Institute and cancer surgeons, oncologists and pathologists. This emphasis on translational science has resulted in numerous clinical protocols based on in-house research, and the Institute is a key partner in the Comprehensive Cancer Center, organizationally under the Division of Surgery and Cancer Treatment at Oslo University Hospital.
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News article in Nature on Norwegian plans for using tumour-sequencing techniques to help guide cancer care
The February 2nd edition of Nature brings a feature article in their news section about Norway's current plans to use "next-generation" DNA sequencers to trawl for mutations in tumours that might reveal which cancer treatments would be most effective.
Ola Myklebost (photo), senior researcher at the Department of Tumor Biology and leader of The Norwegian Cancer Genomics Consortium, who is spearheading the effort, is interviewed for the article, which is entitled "Norway to bring cancer-gene tests to the clinic".
NBS prizes to PhD students from Institute for Cancer Research
Two PhD students at the Dept. of Biochemistry and CCB at the Institute for Cancer Research, Simona Kavaliauskiene (Sandvig’s group) working with membrane transport, and Angela Oppelt (Wiedlocha’s group) studying cell movement, were honored by a poster-prize and a prize for an excellent lecture, respectively.
Institute seminars spring season 2012
The upcoming seminar on Wednesday January 25th will be held by Pierre Åman from Cancercentrum, Sahlgrenska Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden (invited by Ola Myklebost, Dept. of Tumor Biology).
The institute seminars are held in the new research building at Montebello (photo) on Wednesdays from 12-13.
Christos Samakovlis: The molecular basis of airway maturation in Drosophila
Jan 17, 2012
Latest publications
Inst. for Cancer Research
Application of the Sol-Gel Technique to Develop Synthetic Calcium-Based Sorbents with Excellent Carbon Dioxide Capture Characteristics
ChemSusChem (in press)
PubMed 22298422
Microenvironment-associated lymph node metastasis of human cervical carcinoma xenografts
Acta Oncol (in press)
PubMed 22292610
Reject analysis in direct digital radiography
Acta Radiol (in press)
PubMed 22287147
Selected publications
Journal Impact Factor > 5, first or last author from the Institute for Cancer Research
Application of the Sol-Gel Technique to Develop Synthetic Calcium-Based Sorbents with Excellent Carbon Dioxide Capture Characteristics
ChemSusChem (in press)
PubMed 22298422
The ESCRT machinery mediates polarization of fibroblasts through regulation of myosin light chain
J Cell Sci, 125 (Pt 1), 29-36
PubMed 22266905
ColoGuideEx: a robust gene classifier specific for stage II colorectal cancer prognosis
Gut (in press)
PubMed 22213796
