Deadline for registration to the spring term CCBIO courses just around the corner

Notice that the following CCBIO courses has deadline February 1 for registration in Studentweb/Søknadsweb for those who wish to be credited with the ECTS/study points:

CCBIO907, course in cancer-related vascular biology 2023

A unique course: Meet and learn from Harvard researchers who have been in the frontline of vascular biology research for decades, in addition to local experts. Confirmed lecturers are Bruce Zetter, Diane R. Bielenberg, Michael S. Rogers, Steven Swendeman, Randolph Watnick, Ed Smith, and Dipak Panigrahy. Lectures on a wide variety of topics, including: Introduction to cancer and angiogenesis, history of angiogenesis research, tumor biology with a focus on tumor initiation and tumor metastasis, basic physiology of blood and lymphatic vessels, lymphatic vessel development and remodeling, tumor microenvironment including angiocrine signaling, molecular signaling in vascular biology: tyrosine kinases and GPCRs, tumor perfusion, measuring angiogenesis and vessel function, bridging the gap between science and medicine by disease-focused research, inflammation, axon guidance factors and nerve invasion, immune-angiogenic interaction, anti-angiogenic treatment in clinical practice. In addition you will have the opportunity to attend two seminars: ‘Metastasis without a tumor’ by Michael S. Rogers, and ‘Learning from tumor to treat stroke’ by Ed Smith.

You will also have the unique opportunity to learn essential extra-curricular skills from the Harvard faculty. Diane Bielenberg ‘How to Craft Your Science Pitch, and Dipak Panigraphy will lead a session on the importance of mentoring in science-how to be a good mentor and mentee and how to make sure that expectations are met. You will also learn about the Fundamentals of Proposal Writing by Randolph Watnick. You will also get to participate on ‘proposal workshopping’ with the Harvard faculty.

When: March 20–31, 2023.

Where: Auditorium at the campus Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen. In person attendance.

Program: See preliminary program here.

ECTS: This is a 6 ECTS course at the University of Bergen

Registration, 3 links: With ECTS, already UiB student: Students who are already registered at the UiB and need the ECTS, register for this course at StudentWeb. With ECTS, not a UiB student: If you need the ECTS, you need to register as a guest student in Søknadsweb at the University of Bergen (UiB). Deadline for this is February 1, 2023. No ECTS: Use this separate registration link if you are only interested in the lectures and want to hop in and out as you please (will not get ECTS, and no need to join the group assignments or the exam).

More info: on this page


CCBIO908 Scientific Writing and Communication Seminar 2023

We are repeating the success from earlier years, a seminar in Scientific Writing May 22-23, 2023, in the CCBIO/Harvard INTPART collaboration. Learn how to:

  • Organize ideas, results and messages in a scientific paper
  • Improve titles and abstracts
  • Present a clear problem statement
  • Use punctuation, grammar and numbering in a text
  • Write an informative and convincing cover letter

The course will also present and discuss what is good research communication. Lecturers are Christine Møller, an experienced lecturer in medical and scientific writing with many years of experience as assistant editor of APMIS (Acta Pathologica Microbiologica et Immunologica Scandinavica), and

Randy Watnick, assistant professor at the Vascular Biology Program, Harvard Medical School.

When: May 22–23, 2023.

Where: Auditorium at the campus Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen. In person attendance.

Program:  Not yet available, but similar to last year’s program.

ECTS: This is a 2 ECTS course at the University of Bergen

Registration, 3 links: With ECTS, already UiB student: Students who are already registered at the UiB and need the ECTS, register for this course at StudentWeb. With ECTS, not a UiB student: If you need the ECTS, you need to register as a guest student in Søknadsweb at the University of Bergen (UiB). Deadline for this is February 1, 2023. No ECTS: Use this separate registration link if you are only interested in the lectures and want to hop in and out as you please (will not get ECTS, and no need to join the group assignments or the exam).

More info: on this page


The Junior Scientist Symposia, the seminars and the annual symposium

CCBIO901, the CCBIO Junior Scientist Symposia and CCBIO902, the CCBIO seminars and symposium, are also ECTS providing when registered for and participating as a student. Make sure you register for the subjects in Studentweb before the deadline February 1st.