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Team photo of Influenza Centre team in Voss. Photo taken 2024 December 9th – 10th.

From Left to Right, Kristin G-I Mohn, Rebecca Jane Cox, Amit Bansal, Piotr Mydel, Anke-Hilse Maitland-van der Zee, Magnus Paulsson, and Randi J. Bertelsen. Dr Amit Bansal successfully defended his PhD on November 27, 2024. His thesis focused on “SARS-CoV-2 infection in healthcare workers, and biomarkers of long COVID”. Dr Bansal responded to questions from…
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This January from the 19th to 23rd, the International Society for Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses (ISIRV) has organized in collaboration with Qatar University’s Biomedical Research Center a Respiratory Viruses School. Aimed at early career scientists. This event covers topics related to epidemiology, molecular biology, immunology, and control strategies of respiratory viruses, including influenza and…
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Professor Rebecca Cox, head of the Influenza Centre, has joined forces with 18 representatives of key health organizations in a call to action recently published in Aftenposten. Their message is clear: We urgently need a comprehensive vaccination program for adults. Such a program could play a crucial role in tackling a number of challenges, from…
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The Influenza Centre was well represented at Forskningsdagene 2023 with a stand at Forskningstorget and a popular science show into schools about the use of antibiotics and its effect on the microbiome. Those attending Forskningstorget could perform a randomised, double-blind clinical study on each other to test a pill claiming to cure bad mood. Director…
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The Influenza Centre researcher – Nina Urke Ertesvåg successfully defended her PhD on October 23, 2023.Nina, supervised by Professor Rebecca Cox, and co-supervisors – Associate Professor Kristin Greve-Isdahl Mohn and Doctor Mai-Chi Trieu wrote a PhD thesis on “Antibody responses after influenza and SARS-CoV-2 vaccination and infection: Lessons across the ages”.The defence started with a…
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On 4-5 September 2023, members of the research group for infection and microbiology gathered in Solstrand for the National Graduate School in Infection Biology and Antimicrobials (IBA) meeting. Over 35 participants joined the seminar to present and discuss their research with colleagues and learn about activities of the other group members. The influenza group was…
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On Friday, June 23, 2023 our group celebrated the conclusion of the spring semester and beginning of summer with a dinner at the top of the highest mountain in Bergen – Ulriken. We had many reasons to celebrate this time as the last months were very productive for us, with a lot of research and…
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  This year, Influenza Centre has been engaged in several, both scientific and non-research-related activities. On April 29th, a mixed team from the Influenza Centre run in a relay race during Bergen City Marathon 2023 (BCM), covering the half-marathon distance.   We were represented by: Leg 1 – Jenny Liqun Zhang Leg 2 – Lukas…
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On April 19, a Faculty Day at the Faculty of Medicine, UiB took place. The event started with the Dean Per Bakke’s welcome speech with the focus on the faculty’s most recent achievements. Next, several education and research prizes were awarded to researchers with particularly outstanding achievements in 2022. It was a very successful day…
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