The BBB Seminars covers a broad spectrum of research areas within biomedicine. The speakers consist of local, national and international researchers suggested by colleagues at the Department of Biomedicine and Centre for Cancer Biomarkers (CCBIO).
Location: Auditorium 4, 3rd floor, BBB, Jonas Lies vei 91.
The seminars are open, and all interested researchers, students, and others are welcome!
The seminars are also part of a postgraduate course: BMED382.
Autumn 2026
Thursday, August 20, 14:30.
BBB seminar
Riekelt Houtkooper, Amsterdam UMC, the Netherlands
Metabolic drivers of human aging
Chairperson: Mathias Ziegler, Department of Biomedicine
Thursday, August 27, 14:30
CCBIO seminar
TBD
Chairperson: TBD
Thursday, September 10, 14:30
BBB seminar
Lotje de Witte, Radbout UMC, the Netherlands
Chairperson: Olga Therese Ousdal, Department of Biomedicine
Thursday, September 24, 14:30
CCBIO seminar
Lidia Maria Rebolho Batista Arantes, Hospital de Câncer de Barretos, Brazil
Chairperson: Carina Strell, Department of Clinical Medicine
Thursday, October 15, 14:30
BBB seminar
Maria Rodriguez Colman, UMC Utrecht, the Netherlands
Seeing is believing: Metabolic regulation of stemness and genome stability
Chairperson: Mathias Ziegler, Department of Biomedicine
Thursday, October 29, 14:30
CCBIO seminar
TBD
Chairperson: TBD
Thursday, November 12, 14:30
BBB seminar
Alexander Belyy, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
Chairperson: Inari Kursula, Department of Biomedicine
Thursday, November 26, 14:30
CCBIO seminar
Olivier De Wever, University of Ghent, Belgium
Chairperson: Donald Gullberg, Department of Biomedicine
Thursday, December 3, 14:30
BBB seminar
Richard Parsons, King's College London, UK
Using flies to target neurodegeneration in humans: an unexpected journey
Chairperson: Karl Johan Tronstad, Department of Biomedicine
Thursday, December 10, 14:30
CCBIO seminar
TBD
Chairperson: TBD
Spring 2026
Thursday, January 15, 14:30
BBB seminar
Anette Susanne Bøe Wolff, Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen
Oral health under attack: autoimmune mechanisms
Chairperson: Karl Johan Tronstad, Department of Biomedicine
Thursday, January 29, 14:30
CCBIO seminar
Katrin Kleinmanns, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen
Translational PDX models as a platform to advance therapy in ovarian cancer
Chairperson: Line Bjørge, Department of Clinical Science
Thursday, February 12, 14:30
BBB seminar
Kristina Xiao Liang, Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen
Human iPSC-based models for understanding disease and developing new therapies
Chairperson: Karl Johan Tronstad, Department of Biomedicine
Thursday, February 19, 14:30
CCBIO seminar
Donald Gullberg, Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen
Novel integrin models to study tissue and tumor fibrosis
Chairperson: Carina Strell, Department of Clinical Medicine
Thursday, March 12, 14:30
BBB seminar
Wiebke Möbius, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Germany
Myelin turnover, maintenance and disease: insight from (volume) electron microscopy
Chairperson: Petri Kursula, Department of Biomedicine
Thursday, March 26, 14:30 - Cancelled!
CCBIO seminar
Hussain Abbas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA
Chairperson: Bjørn Tore Gjertsen, Department of Clinical Science
Thursday, April 9, 14:30
BBB seminar
Jutta Dierkes, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen
Malnutrition in hospitalized patients: diagnosis and pathophysiological consequences
Chairperson: Harald Barsnes, Department of Biomedicine
Thursday, April 23, 14:30
CCBIO seminar
Richard Dillon, King's College London, UK
MRD in AML — what, where, when, and does it matter?
Chairperson: Bjørn Tore Gjertsen, Department of Clinical Science
Thursday, May 7, 14:30
BBB seminar
Tomas Pap, University of Münster, Germany
Targeting the joint stroma in autoimmune arthritis: pathways, pitfalls, and prospects
Chairperson: Donald Gullberg, Department of Biomedicine
Thursday, May 28, 14:30
CCBIO seminar
Christer Betsholtz, Uppsala University and Karolinska Institute, Sweden
Vascular biology from Harvey to single-cell RNA sequencing and beyond
Chairperson: Henriette Aksnes, Department of Biomedicine
Chairperson: Lars Muhl, CCBIO
Thursday, June 4, 14:30. NB! Takes place at Armauer Hansens Hus
BBB seminar
Olivier Keunen, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Luxembourg
Expanding the reach of MRI using Generative AI and Foundation Models
Chairperson: Frits Thorsen, Department of Biomedicine
Thursday, June 11, 14:30. NB! Takes place at Armauer Hansens Hus
CCBIO seminar
Ricardo Coletta, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil
Biomarkers in Oral Cancer: From Discovery to Clinical Impact
Chairperson: Daniela Costea, Department of Clinical Medicine
