Visiting collaborator at Mount Sinai School of Medicine
The topic of study for the collaboration is microRNAs and their involvement in breast cancer related negative feedforward networks. These networks are common in biological systems and are used to generate sharply defined pulses, exemplified by a transcription factor that promotes expression of an mRNA downstream while promoting expression of an inhibitor of the mRNA (the microRNA) simultanously.
New group member
Thomas Fleischer is a new member of the group. He has just finished his Master degree in biology from NTNU and is now working with us as a vit. ass. with a main focus on methylation.
Espen Enerly goes to the Cancer Registry of Norway
Visit from Ajish George
Ajish George works in Ravi Sachidanandam's lab at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. Ajish George is a bioinformatician who collaborates with Espen Enerly and Eldrid Borgan on analysis of miRNA data.
Trainee Research Awards to research conducted at our group of Cancer Genome Variation
2 of 60 Trainee Research Awards at the 59th Annual Conference of the American Society for Human Genetics go to research conducted at our group of Cancer Genome Variation:
Silje Nordgard, a postdoc in the group became a recipient of the 2009 Trainee Research Award. Her abstract on eQTL analyses of SNP expression associations in breast tumors was reviewed by the Program Committee and then by the Awards Committee and was selected as one of 60 out of over 400 trainee submissions for the award of 400 USD.
Peter van Loo, a visiting postdoc in the group from the University of Leuven became a recipient of the 2009 Trainee Research Award. His abstract on "Allele Specific Copy number Aberrations in Tumors" was reviewed by the Program Committee and then by the Awards Committee and was selected as one of 60 out of over 400 trainee submissions for the award of 400 USD. This work was performed during his stay at our department in collaboration with Silje Nordgard.
Silje Nordgard, a postdoc in the group became a recipient of the 2009 Trainee Research Award. Her abstract on eQTL analyses of SNP expression associations in breast tumors was reviewed by the Program Committee and then by the Awards Committee and was selected as one of 60 out of over 400 trainee submissions for the award of 400 USD.
Peter van Loo, a visiting postdoc in the group from the University of Leuven became a recipient of the 2009 Trainee Research Award. His abstract on "Allele Specific Copy number Aberrations in Tumors" was reviewed by the Program Committee and then by the Awards Committee and was selected as one of 60 out of over 400 trainee submissions for the award of 400 USD. This work was performed during his stay at our department in collaboration with Silje Nordgard.
Grant received from Raagholtstiftelsen
Post Doc. Silje Nordgard has received a grant from Raagholtstiftelsen for stay abroad to continue her ongoing collaboration with Prof. Charles M. Perou at the Department of Genetics, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Chapel Hill, NC.
Grant recieved from Gertrude og Jack Nelson's legat
Grant recieved from Lillemor Grobstok's legat
Grant recieved from "Ella og Kristian Nyerrøds stiftelse for medisinsk forskning ved Universitetet i Oslo”
Publication in Cancer Research first-authored by Jo Anders Rønneberg
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In the July 15th issue of Cancer Research (Impact factor 7.6) Jo Anders Rønneberg (photo) - a PhD fellow in the group of Cancer Genome variation - published a paper entitled "GSTP1 promoter haplotypes affect DNA methylation levels and promoter activity in breast carcinomas".
The authors show that the level of DNA methylation of the GSTP1 promoter is affected by the haplotype structure in the region and may influence survival.
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