Main event Oslo Life Science 13 February 2018

  • Feb. 19, 2018

    Rector at UiO, Svein Stølen, welcomes ;inister of Research and Higher Education, Iselin Nybø, to the main event of Oslo Life Science 2018.

  • Feb. 19, 2018

    Knowledge in use – science, collaboration and impact

    Professor Svein Stølen, Rector of the University of Oslo 

    Watch his presentation (the conference intro is shown before his talk).

  • Feb. 19, 2018

    What does the government expect from the life science community in the Oslo?

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  • Feb. 19, 2018

    How novel technologies move from the institute to the market

    Dr., MBA Barbara Nelsen, founder of Nelsen Biomedical.

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  • Feb. 19, 2018

    The SPARK concept to enhance innovation in Europe and worldwide

    Professor Craig Garner, founder and director of SPARK Berlin, the first SPARK site in Europe, and former Standford SPARKee

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  • Feb. 19, 2018

    How can SPARK Norway help take a new influenza vaccine to the market?

    Gunnveig Grødeland, researcher Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UiO and one of the first five Norwegian SPARKees

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  • Feb. 19, 2018

    The convergence environment Epigenetics and bioethics of human embryonic development

    Professor II, Arne Klungland, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, UiO and Clinic for Laboratory Medicine (KLM), Oslo University Hospital (OUS) 

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  • Feb. 19, 2018

    The convergence environment Organ on a chip and nano-devices (CHIP) 

    Associate Professor Steven Ray Wilson, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, UiO

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  • Feb. 19, 2018

    The convergence environment Comparative immunology of fish and humans (COMPARE) 

    Associate Professor Shuo-Wang Qiao, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UiO

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  • Feb. 19, 2018

    The Norwegian Centre of Excellence RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion 

    Professor Anne Danielsen and Associate Professor Alexander Refsum Jensenius, Director and Deputy Director RITMO, Department of Musicology, Faculty of Humanities, UiO and the jazz orchestra Batagraf

    Watch their presentation and Batagraf´s performance

  • Feb. 19, 2018

    Investing in a sustainable future

    Professor Mari Sundli Tveit, Rector of the Norwegian University of Life Science(NMBU)

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  • Feb. 19, 2018

    Meeting the challenge of malaria from biology to geography

    Assistant Professor of Ecology, Evolutionary Biology & Public Affairs, C. Jessica E. Metcalf, Princeton University, US

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  • Feb. 19, 2018

    The convergence environment AnthroTOX – combining natural and social sciences to understand and manage global anthropogenic toxicants

    Professor Katrine Borgå, Department of Biosciences, The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, UiO

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  • Feb. 19, 2018

    The convergence environment Programmable Cell-like Compartments 

    Researcher Irep Gözen (to the right), Centre for Molecular Medicine Norway (NCMM), Faculty of Medicine and Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, UiO and Researcher, Gry Oftedal, Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Arts and Ideas, Faculty of Humanities, UiO

    This talk was not recorded.

  • Feb. 19, 2018

    Strengthening clinical research in Oslo University Hospital

    Bjørn Erikstein, CEO Oslo University Hospital

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  • Feb. 19, 2018

    CAR-T: Bench to bedside to factory

    Tarje Bergdahl, Nordic Medical Affairs, Head Oncology, Novartis

    The recording of this talk is not available.

    CAR-T – Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-Cell Therapy – is a novel form of immunotherapy to fight cancer. 

    Read about his talk on the webpage of the Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry in Norway (LMI)(in Norwegian).

  • Feb. 19, 2018

    A campus strategy for Oslo

    Raymond Johansen, Governing Mayor, the City of Oslo

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  • Feb. 19, 2018

    Closing remarks

    Professor Finn-Eirik Johansen, chairperson of the UiO:Life Science board

    Watch his closing remarks

  • Feb. 19, 2018

    The moderator of the day was Haddy Njie

  • Feb. 20, 2018

    After the main event in the University Aula, the City of Oslo invited all conference attendees to a reception in Oslo City Hall. 

    Vice Mayor for Business Development and Public Ownership, Kjetil Lund, welcomed the audience before rector at UiO, Svein Stølen, thanked the City of Oslo for hosting the reception which has become an important part of the Oslo Life Science conference.