Anita Sveen (39) – senior researcher and project group leader at Institute for Cancer Research – was on December 16th awarded the prize Researcher-of-the-Year from the leadership at ICR for her outstanding scientific contributions. The award of 100 000 NOK is financed by the Radium Hospital Foundation (Radiumhospitalets legater) and is a personal scholarship for stimulating further excellence in research.
In June, Tuva Høst Brunsell (MD) digitally defended her PhD “ Heterogeneity of prognostic biomarkers in colorectal liver metastases”, Institute for Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo. The thesis includes three papers (Brunsell et al., Clin Colorectal Cancer 2020; Brunsell et al., Eur J Surg Oncol 2019; Berg*, Brunsell* et al., submitted).
On September the 4th, Christer Anker Andreassen, digitally defended his MSc, Institute of Biosciences, University of Oslo. “The functional and clinical impact of the E3 Ubiquitin ligase NEDD4 in colorectal cancer and its role in regulating PTEN and P53”.
On September the 11th, Mikael Ravndal, defended his MSc, Department of Informatics, University of Oslo. "Algorithms for exploring heterogeneity in prostate cancer patients from RNA-seq data".
By examining vulnerabilities in colorectal cancer, Jørgen Smeby, Kushtrim Kryeziu, and colleagues demonstrated the efficacy of PARP inhibitors for a subgroup of colorectal cancer cell lines in a recent paper in EBioMedicine (The Lancet’s open access).
The cancer patient’s own drug sensitivity model: researchers from the Lothe lab and collaborators recently published a paper in Clinical Cancer Research describing ex vivo patient-derived organoids from colorectal liver metastases in a heterogeneity context.
Drs. Jarle Bruun, Kushtrim Kryeziu and Peter W. Eide (photo) were shared 1st authors , and have established the PDO lineages and drug screen analyses.
The first digital PhD defence at the Institute for Cancer Research was held on the 20th of April 2020.
Dr. Jørgen Smeby defended his thesis "Molecular subtype-dependent impact of driver mutations in colorectal cancer" submitted to the Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo.
The work was performed in the Lothe lab at the Institute for Cancer Research.
As we enter a new year, we can look back on our scientific achievements in 2019. Dept Mol Oncol is one of six research departments at the Institute for Cancer Research, and we account for about 10% of the total staff (full-time equivalent). Harvesting from a positive working environment and active collaborations among our three research groups, we can document an upward trajectory in the volume, citation numbers, and impact of our research publications.
She has performed her work in the Lothe lab., and has been a PhD student at the Institute for Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, U of Oslo.
The thesis “Integrated genomics of colorectal cancer” included three papers of which she is the 1st author (Molecular Cancer 2017, Oncogene 2019, submitted manuscript).
The candidate held an excellent trial lecture “The gut microbiome as an emerging target for cancer therapy”, and she had a good discussion with her two opponents professors Karin Jirstrøm and Eirik Frengen (photo, candidate to the right).
Researchers Anita Sveen and Ragnhild A. Lothe at the Department of Molecular Oncology describe in collaboration with gastrointestinal oncologist Scott Kopetz at MD Anderson Cancer Centre (US) the complexity of biomarker-driven precision oncology in colorectal cancer.
Three scientists received awards for their outstanding research at a ceremony taking place at Oslo University Hospital August 23rd.
The major prize - the "Excellent Researcher Award" - went to Ole A. Andreassen. Mette Kalager and Anita Sveen both received the "Early Career Award".