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Author: dagingevage

Marie Saitou portraited in The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

  • by dagingevage
  • Posted on April 16, 2021April 16, 2021
  • News

In November last year, Marie Saitou joined our team at CIGENE. In a recent portrait in The Japan Society for the Promotion (JSPS), Marie explains her scientific interests and reflects on what it’s like to […]

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Causative

  • by dagingevage
  • Posted on March 8, 2021January 5, 2026
  • Finalised projects

Full title: Cataloguing and utilizing structural variants in DNA to improve sustainability of Norwegian livestock production
Duration: June 2021– October 2024
Responsible: Matthew Kent

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Aftenposten Viten: Hver vår forvandles laksen fra en gretten einstøing til en ekte gladlaks. Slik setter lyset i gang prosessen.

  • by dagingevage
  • Posted on March 4, 2021March 8, 2021
  • News

Simen Sandve from CIGENE has, together with other colleagues from NMBU, published an article in Aftenposten Viten. 

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CIGENE seminars is up and running again!

  • by dagingevage
  • Posted on January 24, 2021March 8, 2021
  • News

COVID-19 stopped the CIGENE seminar series in 2020. We are therefore very pleased that we finally can kick-off a new semester with exciting talks! Due to the pandemic, this will be a fully digital event. […]

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Three CIGENE colleagues accepted in NMBU’s talent program

  • by dagingevage
  • Posted on January 14, 2021
  • News

“Research Talents for Sustainability” is a two-year scheme for 20 scientific employees at NMBU. The program aims to provide academic staff with increased opportunities to develop as researchers, supervisors and innovators. The program has a […]

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Johanna Wagnerberger defended her master thesis

  • by dagingevage
  • Posted on January 6, 2021January 6, 2021
  • News

Today, January 6th, Johanna Henny Wagnerberger defended her master  thesis. Johanna has been a Master student at CIGENE, under the supervision of Simen Rød Sandve. Her thesis investigated the functional role of the gene abcg2b […]

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CRISPR at NMBU: a tribute to the Nobel prize winners

  • by dagingevage
  • Posted on November 20, 2020November 23, 2020
  • News

Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna have discovered one of gene technology’s sharpest tools: the CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors. Using these, researchers can change the DNA of animals, plants and microorganisms with extremely high precision. This […]

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Recent publication in Nature Communication highlighting the importance of structural variants in Atlantic salmon

  • by dagingevage
  • Posted on October 14, 2020October 14, 2020
  • News

Structural variants (SVs) represent an important class of genetic variants that have the potential to significantly impact the function and regulation of genes, influence phenotypic variation and cause a range of diseases. Unfortunately, SVs remain […]

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Kai Fjær defended her MSc

  • by dagingevage
  • Posted on October 14, 2020October 14, 2020
  • News

Kai Fjær recently defended her thesis entitled “Whole genome sequencing with Oxford Nanopore and de novo genome assemblies of lipid-producing fungi in phylum Mucoromycota”. The focus of this work has been cultivation of 11 different […]

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Simen Sandve holds presentation at EvoEcoSeminars

  • by dagingevage
  • Posted on August 24, 2020September 9, 2020
  • News
  • Link

This Wednesday Simen Sandve, associate professor at CIGENE, (Twitter: @srsandve) will be talking about gene regulation and whole genome duplication! The presentation is available after the live stream! Follow the YouTube link below. Live stream […]

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Genome science – new master study at NMBU

  • by dagingevage
  • Posted on May 19, 2020
  • News

This Autumn, a new master study program in genome science is offered at NMBU.  The students will be part of an international research team that studies genomes in micro-organisms, plants, fish and animals. The program […]

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Red salmon

  • by dagingevage
  • Posted on April 30, 2020February 27, 2024
  • Finalised projects

Full title: Red salmon – genetic effects
Duration: June 2020 – September 2022
Responsible: Dag Inge Våge

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From master’s to PhD studies

  • by dagingevage
  • Posted on February 14, 2020September 8, 2021
  • News

Two CIGENE colleagues, Kristina Stenløkk and Marius Strand, started their scientific career as students at KBM, NMBU. They have provided in-depth interviews on motivation and challenges on their road towards becoming researchers in bioinformatics. Check […]

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Two new projects to CIGENE

  • by dagingevage
  • Posted on February 10, 2020February 14, 2020
  • News

CIGENE recently received funding for two new projects; LiceRESIST and ImprovAFish

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Project start: Syncrosmolt

  • by dagingevage
  • Posted on February 10, 2020February 14, 2020
  • News

The project Synchrosmolt started January 2020. The main objective is to provide new knowledge about how exposure to variation in daylength during smolt production can affect smolt development. The kick-off meeting was arranged in December […]

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  • Øyvind Gulbrandsen defends PhD thesis on meiotic recombination in Atlantic salmon

    June 16, 2026
  • CIGENE’s Célian Diblasi defends PhD thesis

    March 18, 2026
  • CIGENE’s Matthew Kent awarded Professorship

    March 6, 2026
  • CIGENE’s Domniki Manousi defends PhD thesis

    September 25, 2025
  • New popular science article from CIGENE’s Simen Sandve and Helle Baalsrud: jumping genes and evolution in salmon and snowy owls

    September 23, 2025

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