The University of Oslo is a partner in a new ERC project, Past Seabirds, led by Bournemouth University. Professor Sanne Boessenkool will lead the Oslo node, which uses ancient DNA to understand 10,000 years of declining seabird populations and interactions between humans and seabirds.
Advanced microscopy makes it possible to see details in cells and molecules that were previously invisible. Nordic researchers are now strengthening their collaboration to share equipment, knowledge, and expertise. And they aim to position the Nordic region as a leading hub for microscope-based research.
Eivind Valen and Anthony Mathelier are the new joint heads of the ELIXIR Norway node at the University of Oslo, strengthening support for Norwegian life science research.
Within a new European training program, fifteen PhD candidates are focusing on the ‘dark proteome’: a group of proteins whose existence was unknown until recently. These proteins regulate processes in cancer cells and may play an important role in the development of new treatments, such as immunotherapy.
The 15th edition of the NorMIC Workshop has been completed, and with it, a chapter has come to an end: This was the last time the event took place in Kristine Bonnevies Hus at the University of Oslo.
A team of researchers from the University of Oslo has been awarded 40 million NOK from the Research Council of Norway to investigate a fundamental biological question: Can cells remember being starved, and does that memory change how they behave in the future?
Clare Andvik from the University of Oslo has been selected as one of the 2026 Arctic Emerging Leaders. During a week-long programme in Northern Norway and at the Arctic Frontiers conference, she presented her research on killer whales and visions for the future Arctic.
Professor Nils Christian Stenseth from the Department of Biosciences, received the 2026 Mendel Memorial Medal from the Mendelianum Committee of the Moravian Museum on 10 March.
Eivind Valen from the Department of Biosciences has received funding from the Novo Nordisk Foundation under the scheme “Plant Science, Agriculture and Food Biotechnology – Project Grants 2025”.
Katrine Borgå at the Department of Biosciences, UiO, has received support from the Research Council of Norway’s Climate and Environment Programme for the research project SoilStress. The project will investigate how climate change and pollution affect small soil organisms—springtails.
