Oslo University Hospital has awarded 6 excellent articles for the second half-year of 2018
In order to stimulate excellent research and draw attention to the hospital's research activity, Oslo University Hospital reward outstanding publications every half-year.
Six research groups were awarded for their excellent papers published during the second half-year of 2018 on June 7th in the large auditorium at Ullevål sykehus. Each group received NOK 50.000 for use in further research. The prize winners gave short presentations.
The six selected articles are of especially high quality, and they present important finding on both-short and long-term scales. The works reflect the good quality and the interdisciplinarity that characterises several research environments at Oslo University Hospital. The research is a fundamental condition for the institution to maintain and strenghten the quality in the patient treatment.
Award-winning articles - second half-year of 2018
Title: The Mitral Annulus Disjunction Arrhythmic Syndrome.
Journal: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Authors: Lars A. Dejgaard, Eystein T. Skjølsvik,Øyvind H. Lie, Margareth Ribe, Mathis K. Stokke, Finn Hegbom, Esther S. Scheirlynck,Erik Gjertsen, Kristoffer Andresen, Thomas M. Helle-Valle, Einar Hopp, Thor Edvardsen, Kristina H. Haugaa
PMID: 30261961 (read abstract from PubMed)
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Cardiac genetic diseases and sudden cardiac death (led by Kristina H. Haugaa)
From the Department of Cardiology at the Division of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Diseases
Journal: Hepatology
Authors: Stian Magnus Staurung Orlien, Irene Sandven, Nega Belay Berhe, Nejib Yusuf Ismael, Tekabe Abdosh Ahmed, Kathrine Stene-Johansen, Svein Gunnar Gundersen, Marsha Yvonne Morgan, og Asgeir Johannessen
PMID: 29369368 (read abstract from PubMed)
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Tropical /Imported Diseases and Reproductive Health
From the Department of Infectious Diseases at the Division of Medicine
Title: A high-throughput pipeline for validation of antibodies
Journal: Nature Methods
Authors: Krzysztof Sikorski, Adi Mehta, Marit Inngjerdingen, Flourina Thakor, Simon Kling, Tomas Kalina, Tuula A. Nyman, Maria Ekman Stensland, Wei Zhou, Gustavo A. de Souza, Lars Holden, Jan Stuchly, Markus Templin og Fridtjof Lund-Johansen
PMID: 30377371 (read abstract from PubMed)
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Protein array group (led by Lund-Johansen)
From the Department of Immunology at the Division of Laboratory Medicine
Journal: Nature Communications
Authors: Emma Lång, Anna Połeć, Anna Lång, Marijke Valk, Pernille Blicher, Alexander D. Rowe, Kim A. Tønseth, Catherine J. Jackson, Tor P. Utheim, Liesbeth M. C. Janssen, Jens Eriksson og Stig Ove Bøe
PMID: 30202009
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Experimental Cancer Therapy (led by Stig Ove Bøe)
From the Department of Medical Biochemistry at the Division of Laboratory Medicine
Title: Multifocal Primary Prostate Cancer Exhibits High Degree of Genomic Heterogeneity.
Journal: European Urology
Authors: Marthe Løvf, Sen Zhao, Ulrika Axcrona, Bjarne Johannessen, Anne Cathrine Bakken, Kristina Totland Carm, Andreas M. Hoff, Ola Myklebost, Leonardo A. Meza-Zepeda, A. Kathrine Lie, Karol Axcrona, Ragnhild A. Lothe, Rolf I. Skotheim
PMID: 30181068
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Genome Biology Group (led by Rolf I. Skotheim)
From the Department of Molecular Oncology at the Institute for Cancer Research at the Division of Cancer Medicine
Title: Brain-wide glymphatic enhancement and clearance in humans assessed with MRI.
Journal: JCI Insight
Authors: Geir Ringstad, Lars M. Valnes, Anders M. Dale, Are H. Pripp, Svein-Are S. Vatnehol,
Kyrre E. Emblem, Kent-Andre Mardal og Per K. Eide
PMID: 29997300
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Neuroimaging Research Group (led by Geir Ringstad)
From the Division of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine