Thomas Fleischer, project leader at Institute for Cancer Research (ICR), Oslo University Hospital, has been awarded the Researcher of the Year 2025 prize by the ICR leadership.
The prize was presented at the Institute seminar on December 17 and includes a personal scholarship of 100,000 NOK funded by the Radium Hospital Foundation to support further research excellence.
Head Engineer Karen-Marie Heintz at the Institute for Cancer Research (ICR) is named the Employee of the Year 2025.
The award was presented on 17 December by Kjetil Taskén on behalf of the ICR leadership team in recognition of Heintz’s exceptional contributions to the institute and its staff.
For the second year in a row, Inven2, in collaboration with Oslo University Hospital (OUS), has conducted an innovation campaign to highlight research-based ideas with commercial potential from OUS. In this year's competition, Beata Grallert from the Institute of Cancer Research came out on top. Her project, which investigates the regulation of cell division, impressed the jury with the groundbreaking new regulatory mechanism she discovered. This opens up completely new possibilities for the treatment of cancer.
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From Oslo University Hospital, in Norwegian:
OUS Innsikt – ny forskning, innovasjon og behandling - channel for science communication
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PRIMA - Precision Immunotherapy Alliance - Norwegian version
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Sigrid S. Skånland, researcher at the Institute for Cancer Research, recently published the photo book “Mennesker med kreft = People with cancer”. The book portrays 50 people with cancer and includes short quotes from each participant, both in Norwegian and English. Skånland got the idea to do the photo project after being awarded the price “Researcher of the year” in 2023. The price money (100,000 NOK) was financed by Radiumhospitalets legater and had to be spent on cancer-related activity.
“I noticed that the stereotype of cancer patients presented to us by the media does not reflect the reality. I wanted to see and show what real people with cancer are like,” Skånland says.
In order to stimulate excellent research and draw attention to the hospital's research activity, Oslo University Hospital rewards outstanding publications twice a year. Six research groups were awarded for their excellent papers published the first half-year of 2025 during a ceremony on December 3rd. Each group received NOK 50.000 earmarked for further research, and the prize winners gave short presentations of their findings.
The awards for outstanding research articles are distributed twice a year based on more than 2,400 scientific articles published annually by OUS. The division's research committees nominate the articles and an external committee evaluates and finally selects the six worthy winners.
