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Anne-Lise Børresen-Dale member of ECCO Board of Directors

Anne-Lise Børresen-Dale has been elected as member of the ECCO Board of Directors for the period running from January 2008 to December 2009.
ECCO - The European CanCer Organisation promotes European cancer research through the organisation of international multidisciplinary meetings

Medinnova's Idea Prize to research group working on early markers for tumors in the digestive system

Every year Medinnova distributes its Idea prize to the best idea with commercial potential originating from employees belonging to the Norwegian Health Region South-East (Helse Sør-Øst).
This years prize went to four employees from the Department of Cancer Prevention: Guro E. Lind (photo), Ragnhild A. Lothe, Rolf I. Skotheim and Terje Ahlquist.
They have identified new biological markers for colorectal tumours. These markers may contribute to the development of a test for discovering cancer at an early stage.

Dr. Ragnar Mørk legacy prize to Anne Simonsen

This year's prize from "Dr. Ragnar Mørk legacy" is awarded Anne Simonsen from the Department of Biochemistry at the Norwegian Radium Hospital.
The "Dr. Ragnar Mørk legacy" prize is distributed annually to a scientist who has achieved excellent results throughout years of outstanding research.
The ceremony took place in the seminar room at the Institute for Cancer Research on Friday 22nd of November. Simonsen gave a lecture summarizing her work.

Edgar Rivedal elected member of scientific council of IARC

Edgar Rivedal, senior scientist and group leader at Department of Cancer Prevention, has been elected member of Scientific Council of "International Agency for Research on Cancer" (IARC) in Lyon.

King Olav Vs prize for cancer research 2007 awarded to Ragnhild A. Lothe

King Olav V's annual prize for cancer research 2007 was on June 14th awarded to Professor Ragnhild A. Lothe from the Department of Cancer Prevention at the Institute for Cancer Research, Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet. King Harald V presented Professor Lothe with this prestigious prize, which is funded by Norwegian Cancer Society.

Ragnhild A. Lothe elected member of "The Norwegian Society of Science and Letters"

Ragnhild A. Lothe has been elected as a member of "The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters".

The membership was confirmed by the handover of a diploma on the 150 years anniversary of the Society May 2007 with King Harald present.

Johan Moan elected member of "The Royal Norwegian Society of Science and Letters"

Johan Moan from the Department of Radiation Biology at the Institute for Cancer Research has been elected member of "The Royal Norwegian Society of Science and Letters", Division of Sciences.

The membership was confirmed by the handover of a diploma at the meeting for the society in Trondheim on January 22nd.

The objective of the Academy is to promote the sciences, and its members are divided into two Divisions, Letters and Sciences.

Dr. Ragnar Mørk legacy prize to Bjørn Naume

This year's prize from "Dr. Ragnar Mørk legacy" has been awarded to Bjørn Naume. The award is personal, and amounts to NOK 200.000.

The ceremony took place at Thursday 29th of November in the seminar room (F4) at the Institute for Cancer Research .

The purpose of the prize is to promote and encourage cancer research at the Norwegian Radium Hospital.

Børresen-Dale president elect of the EACR and board member of the Cancer Registry of Norway

During the meeting for the European Association for Cancer Research (EACR) in Budapest this summer Anne-Lise Børresen-Dale was chosen "president elect", implying that she will become president in 2008, after two years in the executive committe.

In addition, Anne-Lise Børresen-Dale has recently been elected member of the board of the Cancer Registry of Norway.

King Olav V's cancer research prize 2006 to Øystein Fodstad

King Olav V's cancer research prize for 2006 was on June 12th given to professor Øystein Fodstad from the Department of Tumor Biology at the Institute for cancer research at the Norwegian Radium Hospital.
The prestigious prize is distributed by the Norwegian Cancer Society.

Ragnhild Lothe new member of the Commision for Forensic Medicine

The Norwegian Department of Justice has appointed new members to the Commision for Forensic Medicine. Professor Ragnhild Lothe from Institute of Cancer Research, RR-HF, has accepted to serve as member of the laboratory technical group that will elucidate the future quality control of forensic DNA analyses.

Dr. Ragnar Mørk legacy prize to Gunhild Mælandsmo

This year's prize from "Dr. Ragnar Mørk legacy" is awarded to Gunhild Mælandsmo from Department of Tumor Biology at the Institute for Cancer Research, the Norwegian Radium Hospital.
The award is personal, and amounts to NOK 200.000.
The ceremony took place at the Institute for Cancer Research on Friday 11th of November.

Harald Stenmark new member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.

Harald Stenmark has been elected as a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.

Stenmark has been characterizing how growth factor signalling is modulated by intracellular trafficking. He is especially interested in the connection between this cellular pathway and carcinogenesis. Read more about his science on www.radium.no/stenmark.

In order to become a member of this exclusive academy, one has to nominated by other members and elected through a votation.

Dr. Ragnar Mørk legacy prize to Mouldy Sioud

This year's prize from "Dr. Ragnar Mørk legacy" is awarded to Mouldy Sioud from Department of immunology, the Norwegian Radium Hospital. The award is personal, and amounts to NOK 200.000. The ceremony took place at the Institute for Cancer Research on Friday 26th of November.
The "Dr. Ragnar Mørk legacy" prize is distributed annually to a scientist who has achieved excellent results throughout years of outstanding research. This is the fourth time this mark of honor is distributed. The purpose of the prize is to promote and encourage cancer research at the Norwegian Radium Hospital.

Kirsten Skarstad elected as a EMBO member

Kirsten Skarstad from Department of Cell Biology has been elected as a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO). A membership here is of great merit. EMBO publishes two journals, The EMBO Journal and EMBO Reports, and runs courses, seminars and grant programmes.

Swiss-Bridge Award 2004 to Anne-Lise Børresen-Dale

Anne-Lise Børresen-Dale from the Department of Gentics at the Institute for Cancer Research has won the prestigious Swiss-Bridge Award 2004.

Her proposal "Identification of genotypes influencing the global tumour expression profile leading to elevated breast cancer risk, tumour aggressiveness and therapy resistance" convinced the jury members of the Swiss-Bridge Award.

The project will be supported with CHF 250.000,- (NOK 1.325 mill.)
The ceremony took place in Zurich on the 13th of October 2004.

Young Cancer Researcher Award to Therese Sørlie

The European Association for Cancer Research confers the EACR Young Cancer Researcher Award in recognition of an outstanding contribution in the field of fundamental research in cancer. This award is presented on an annual basis to a young member of the Association. Two Highly Commended Awards have also been made.

On the occasion of EACR-18 the award will be presented to Therese Sørlie.

King Olav V's cancer research prize 2004 to Erlend B. Smeland

King Olav V's cancer research prize for 2004 was on March 5th given to professor dr. med Erlend B. Smeland from Institute for cancer research at the Norwegian Radium Hospital. He received the prestiguous prize from Norwegian Cancer Societies for his research on lymphomas.

Read the article on kreft.no (in Norwegian)

Read the article here (in Norwegian)

Dr. Ragnar Mørks Prize for 2003 to Ragnhild A. Lothe

Ragnhild Lothe receives Dr. Ragnar Mørks Prize for 2003.

Read the article from Dagens Medisin (in Norwegian)

Sandvig selected member in Academia Europea

Professor Kirsten Sandvig, Department of biochemistry, has become a select member og the Academia Europea.

Nordic million prize to Anne Lise Børresen-Dale

Professor Anne Lise Børresen-Dale has received the second largest Nordic medical prize. She gets the prize, which is one million NOK, for her yearlong research work on breast cancer.

EMBO membership to Harald Stenmark

Harald Stenmark, from Department of Biochemistry, has become a member in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO). A membership here is of great merit.
EMBO runs a number of courses, seminars and grant programmes, and evaluate research quality. EMBO runs to journals.

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Johan Moan receives the Birkeland prize

Professor and researcher Johan Moan at the Department of Biophysics has received the "Norsk Hydros Birkelandpris" in physics for the year 2003. The prize is 25.000 NOK, and is attributed to excellent Norwegian science in the field of physics. The prize is atributes every second year by the Norwegian Physics Community (Norsk Fysisk Selskap), and is the most prestigous Norwegian prize in the field of physics.

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