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Marie Saitou received Maria Sklodowska Curie Award

  • by Lise Fjellsbø
  • Posted on May 23, 2022May 23, 2022
  • News

Marie Saitou from CIGENE recently received the “Maria Sklodowska Curie Award”. The award was established by the Japan Science and Technology Agency and the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Japan, commending young female […]

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An approach to induced pluripotency in Atlantic Salmon

  • by Lise Fjellsbø
  • Posted on February 4, 2022February 7, 2022
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Induced pluripotency is the conversion of a differentiated cell to an undifferentiated state, such as a pluripotent stem cell, which can give rise to every other cell type in the body. Although the most sought-after […]

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Single-cell sequencing equipment

  • by Lise Fjellsbø
  • Posted on January 28, 2022January 28, 2022
  • News

We are pleased to announce that in the coming months we will be investing in a platform for generating single-cell sequencing libraries. Traditional bulk-RNA sequencing of heterogeneous tissues does not allow researchers to differentiate gene […]

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About sex determination in Biology

  • by Lise Fjellsbø
  • Posted on January 25, 2022January 25, 2022
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PhD Candidate, Øystein Monsen, recently published  a debate post in Klassekampen, regarding sex determination in biology. Below you can find the full text of this post (Norwegian only).   I den no pågåande transdebatten vert […]

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Award for best master thesis at NMBU

  • by Lise Fjellsbø
  • Posted on November 5, 2021
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Johanna H. Wagnerberger, former master student at CIGENE, recently received the award for the best master thesis at NMBU in 2020.  She has used CRISPR based gene editing to characterise the function of the  abcg2b […]

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A new Center of Excellence proposal from NMBU focusing on Salmon genomics and biology

  • by Lise Fjellsbø
  • Posted on October 29, 2021October 29, 2021
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Three research groups at NMBU last week submitted a unified proposal to the Research Council of Norway (RCN) to establish the world’s leading Centre for Salmon Genome Biology – SalmoGENE. The Centre seeks to generate […]

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Young research talent: Marie Saitou from CIGENE is assigned prestigious project funding

  • by Lise Fjellsbø
  • Posted on August 3, 2021August 3, 2021
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In June this year, the Research Council Norway assigned funding for several projects at NMBU. Dr. Marie Saitou from CIGENE, received very positive feedback on her young research talent application, with the project Unveiling the […]

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CIGENE celebrates three master students for completing their thesis

  • by Lise Fjellsbø
  • Posted on June 28, 2021
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This semester, three master students at CIGENE have completed their thesis with excellent results. We congratulate Dominiki Manousi, Hanna Magdalena Sahlström and Jostein Arntsen with their great accomplishments and wish you all the best in […]

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New symposium series arranged by CIGENE

  • by Lise Fjellsbø
  • Posted on May 31, 2021June 7, 2021
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Marie Saitou and Guro Sandvik (CIGENE, NMBU) are arranging the Japan-Norway Symposium on Fish Endocrinology and Genomics. The aim of this symposium is to promote collaboration between Norwegian and Japanese research groups within the topics of […]

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

  • by Lise Fjellsbø
  • Posted on April 16, 2021April 16, 2021
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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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Aftenposten Viten: Hver vår forvandles laksen fra en gretten einstøing til en ekte gladlaks. Slik setter lyset i gang prosessen.

  • by Lise Fjellsbø
  • Posted on March 4, 2021March 8, 2021
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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 Lise Fjellsbø
  • Posted on January 24, 2021March 8, 2021
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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 Lise Fjellsbø
  • 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 Lise Fjellsbø
  • Posted on January 6, 2021January 6, 2021
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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 Lise Fjellsbø
  • Posted on November 20, 2020November 23, 2020
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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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Holen, M. M., Kent, M. P., Vaaje-Kolstad, G., and Sandve, S. R. (2022) Gene family expansion and functional diversification of chitinase and chitin synthase genes in Atlantic salmon (PREPRINT). Doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.05.490710

Mérot, C., Stenløkk, K. S. R., Venney, C., Laporte, M., Moser, M., Normandeau, E., Árnyasi, M., Kent, M., Rougeux, C., Flynn, J. M., Lien, S., and Bernatchez, L. Genome assembly, structural variants, and genetic differentiation between lake whitefish young species pairs (Coregonus sp.) with long and short reads. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16468

Watson, K. B., Lehnert, S. J., Bentzen, P., Kess, T., Einfeldt, A., Duffy, S., Perriman, B., Lien, S., Kent, M., and Bradbury, I. R. Environmentally associated chromosomal structural variation influences fine-scale population structure of atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Molecular Ecology. Doi: 1111/mec.16307

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