CanCell - Centre for Cancer Cell Reprogramming

Welcome to our new postdoc Hanna Bjone from the Simonsen group! Here together with her CanCell buddy Arja Løchen from the Simonsen group.

Please give a warm welcome to Hanna!

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NOK 12 million awarded for cancer research - Institute of Clinical Medicine Professor Anne Simonsen has been awarded NOK 12 million in FRIPRO funding from the Research Council of Norway to investigate how the breakdown of mitochondria influences the development of cancer.

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CanCell General Meeting - CanCell - Centre for Cancer Cell Reprogramming CanCell Status & Events 2026

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CanCell CYS workshop - CanCell - Centre for Cancer Cell Reprogramming Scientific Presentation & Visual CommunicationSpeaker Dr. Philipp Dexheimer

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Congratulations to CanCell members Jorrit Enserink and Simona Migliano on receiving funding from The Norwegian Childhood Cancer Society - CanCell - Centre for Cancer Cell Reprogramming Funding supporting innovative studies in DNA damage and precision therapies for pediatric cancer

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Postdoctoral fellow Samuel J. Rodgers at CanCell has received FRIPRO funding from the Research Council of Norway for cancer research. “The project we are embarking on may have implications for patients in the long term,” he says.
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CanCell Equality Forum Potluck Dinner - CanCell - Centre for Cancer Cell Reprogramming Could you follow a short talk in a language other than English? Let´s try!

Join us for CanCell Equality Forum Potluck Dinner on Feb 25 at Radium
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Public Defence: Lauren Sophie Johnson - Institute of Basic Medical Sciences MBio Lauren Sophie Johnson at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Lipid binding proteins in the regulation of autophagy and disease” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae D...

Public Defence: Lauren Sophie Johnson
MBio Lauren Sophie Johnson at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Lipid binding proteins in the regulation of autophagy and disease” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor)
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CanCell seminar: Sascha Martens - CanCell - Centre for Cancer Cell Reprogramming CanCell seminar: Sascha Martens - Mechanisms of selective autophagy

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Congratulations to Anne, Maja and Jorrit!
From the announcement at The Norwegian Cancer Society for the recipients of research funding in the 2025 call. Well deserved — exciting times ahead!

Please welcome our new CanCell member in the Stenmark CanCell group: Emma Rigg, a postdoc in Alicia Llorentes project group.

Here together with her CanCell Buddy Silvana Romero

Welcome to CanCell, Emma!

CanCell seminar: Sascha Martens - CanCell - Centre for Cancer Cell Reprogramming CanCell seminar: Sascha Martens - Mechanisms of selective autophagy

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Disputation: Andrea Moen Brodersen - Department of Biosciences PhD candidate Andrea Moen Brodersen at the Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis 'Patient Stratification in Leukemic Diseases - A computationa...

Announcement of Public defense in CanCell - Andrea Moen Brodersen. Jan 15 at Kristine Bonnevies Hus. Welcome!
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CONGRATULATIONS to our CanCell member Anette Kathinka Dahl from the Simonsen CanCell research group who successfully defended her PhD thesis “BEACH domain containing proteins; structure, function, and localization” at IMB, UiO.

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Mastereksamen: Sarah N. Andersson - Institutt for biovitenskap Autophagy Membrane Remodeling by BAR proteins

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CanCell and PRIMA receive funding from the Norwegian Cancer Society - Institute of Clinical Medicine The researchers are studying the role of mitophagy in cancer development and how NK cells and antibodies can be utilised in cancer treatment.

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We’re excited to welcome you to the Norwegian Cancer Symposium 2026 - Targeting Cancer Cell Programs

27–29 April 2026 at Holmen Fjordhotell, Asker

Visit our website for Online Registration & secure your spot today:
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Registration deadline: 18 December at 12:00 PM

Congratulations to CanCell members Maja Radulovic, Anne Simonsen and Jorrit Enserink on receiving research funding from the Norwegian Cancer Society! - CanCell - Centre for Cancer Cell Reprogra... Vi drysser millioner over toppforskerehttps://kreftforeningen.no/aktuelt/vi-drysser-millioner-over-toppforskere/

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Congratulations to CanCell members Jorrit Enserink and Nikolina Sekulic on receiving Innovation Funding with up to NOK 400,000 each from the University of Oslo - CanCell - Centre for Cancer Ce... Project: Development of drugs that overcome antifungal drug resistance by Jorrit Enserink, MN, Department of Biosciences.Project: New anticancer drugs by Nikolina Sekulic, MED, Institute of Basic Medi...

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CanCell Equality forum & CYS Seminar - CanCell - Centre for Cancer Cell Reprogramming Mindfulness – a path to a better quality of life without strivingMorten FinckenhagenInvited: CanCell members

Join the CanCell Equality forum & CYS Seminar on stress handling with physician Morten Finckenhagen from Norwegian Medical Products Agency.

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Cellene gjør husarbeid for at vi skal slippe kreft og aldersrelaterte sykdommer - Det medisinske fakultet Skal vi holde oss friske må cellene våre holde orden i eget hjem. Deler som ikke virker må vekk, selv de som har den ytterst viktige jobben med å produsere kroppens energi.

Check out blog post by CanCell member Arja Løchen from the Simonsen research group, shared on the UiO Medicine Blog: "Cells do housework to protect us from cancer and age-related diseases."
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Cellene gjør husarbeid for at vi skal slippe kreft og aldersrelaterte sykdommer - Det medisinske fakultet Skal vi holde oss friske må cellene våre holde orden i eget hjem. Deler som ikke virker må vekk, selv de som har den ytterst viktige jobben med å produsere kroppens energi.

Check out blog post by CanCell member Arja Løchen from the Simonsen research group, shared on the UiO Medicine Blog: "Cells do housework to protect us from cancer and age-related diseases."
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CanCell Equality forum & CYS Seminar - CanCell - Centre for Cancer Cell Reprogramming Mindfulness – a path to a better quality of life without strivingMorten FinckenhagenInvited: CanCell members

Join CanCell Equality forum & CYS Seminar with physician Morten Finckenhagen (Norwegian Medical Products Agency) on stress handling
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CONGRATULATIONS to our CanCell member Jeanne G. Corrales from the Enserink CanCell research group who successfully defended her PhD. thesis “A Multi-pronged Approach to Combating Antifungal Resistance: From Compound Discovery and Combination Therapy to Target Identification through Genetic Networks”

Thanks to all participants and our guest speakers Nick Gilbert (Uni of Edinburgh) and Omid Mirmotahari (UiO) for making the CanCell 8th Retreat a fantastic success! Great atmosphere, presentations, posters, teambuilding games. Congrats to the winners of CanCell Paper Awards, Poster Prizes,MinorGrant

CanCell Annual Retreat 2025 – 8th annual meeting - CanCell - Centre for Cancer Cell Reprogramming Date: October 9-10, 2025 Venue: Quality Hotel™ Strand - Gjøvik

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Interactive CanCell retreat at Gjøvik including CanCell «on the ice», a highly competitive group activity to make a parachute for an egg (how many PhDs do you need to…) and great discussions at the poster session!

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On 4 September, @uio.no (through @cancelluio.bsky.social) hosted an EMBO Forum on Responsible Research, with discussions on #ScientificIntegrity and best practices in the #LifeSciences. Many thanks to EMBO Members Anne Gjøen Simonsen and Harald Stenmark, Nagham Theres Asp and to all participants!

Research integrity – EMBO Fora on Responsible Research – EMBO The EMBO Fora on Responsible Research (previously called Research Integrity Workshops) are organised at institutes in EMBC Member States, in close

Learn more about EMBO’s commitment to fostering responsible research and the EMBO Fora on Responsible Research here: www.embo.org/policy/resea...