Pål Kristian Selbo
- Head of group, Senior scientist; PhD
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Room: K03 071
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Curriculum vitae
Degree-Granting Education
2001 University of Oslo, Norway, Dr. philos./ PhD, Biochemistry
1994 Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway, Cand. scient./MS, Cell Biology
1993 Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway, BS, Biology
PhD project: Photochemical internalisation: a novel drug delivery system.
Project place: Department of Biophysics, Institute for Cancer Research, The Norwegian Radium Hospital
Postdoc training
| 2001-2002: | Department of Biophysics, Institute for Cancer Research, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway (Grants from The Norwegian Radium Hospital Research Foundation) |
| 2002-2003: | Research Fellow at Wellman Laboratories of Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA (Grants from NIH/NCI) |
| 2004-2007: | Research Fellow at Department of Radiation Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway (Grants from The Norwegian Cancer Society) |
Honors & Awards
2013 Claude Rimington Commemorative Prize
Societies
Norwegian Biochemical Society
Norwegian Society for Photobiology and Photomedicine
European Society for Photobiology
European Society for Medical Oncology
American Society for Photobiology
International Photodynamic Association
Administration and Boards
| 2024 - present | Associated editor of Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences (Springer-Nature) |
| 2023 - present | President-Elect of the European Society for Photobiology (ESP) |
| 2021-present | President of the Norwegian Society for Photobiology and Photomedicine |
| 2021-present | Elected officer of the Executive Committee, ESP |
| 2019-present | Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) member, European Society for Photobiology (ESP) |
| 2019-present | Advisory board member, Department of Comparative Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Mandate from the Cancer Clinic (Deputy advisory board, 2015-2019) |
| 2017-present | Head of Communication work group, ESP |
| 2017-present | Member of the Membership work group, ESP |
| 2015-present | Vice President of the Norwegian Society for Photobiology and Photomedicine |
| 2015-2019 | Elected officer of the Executive Committee, ESP |
| 2015-2017 | Member of ESP Teaching and Education Committee, ESP |
| 2011-2015 | Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) member, ESP |
| 2010-2015 | President of the Norwegian Society for Photobiology and Photomedicine |
Organisation of scientific meetings
| 2021 | Symposium Chair at the 19th Congress of the European Society for Photobiology, August 30. to September 3., 2021, WWW + Salzburg, AT |
| 2020 | Organiser of the scientific and annual meeting of the Norwegian Society for Photobiology and Photomedicine (NOFFOF), Oslo, Norway |
| 2019 | Head organiser of the pop-science symposium “International Day of Light”, Litteraturhuset, Oslo, Norway. |
| 2019 | World congress on Light and Life (Joint ESP and IUPB meeting), Participated in the initial planning as EC member of the ESP. 25-30. Aug., Barcelona, Spain |
| 2017 | Session Chair, 17th Congress of the European Society for Photobiology, 4. – 8. September 2017, Pisa, Italy |
| 2015 | Organiser of the scientific and annual meeting of the Norwegian Society for Photobiology and Photomedicine (NOFFOF), Oslo, Norway |
| 2015 | Head organiser of International year of light (IYL 2015) popular science seminar at Litteraturhuset in Oslo, Norway |
| 2014 | Co-organizer and session chair, 37th Congress of the American Society for Photobiology, 14. – 18. June 2014, San Diego, California, USA |
Publications
86 publications, including 62 PubMed papers, 9 book chapters, 2 books (M.Sc. and Ph.D. thesis), 5 patents/patent applications and 8 meeting abstracts.
Research interests
Photomedicine, Photochemical internalization, Photodynamic therapy, Controlled drug delivery and Cancer stem cells, Therapeutic cancer vaccination and Cancer therapy.
Description of primary research
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