The Norwegian Center for Stem Cell Research
The Norwegian Center for Stem Cell Research is a national facility dedicated to basic and translational stem cell research, technical training, and public education.
E-mail for general requests: anne.kibsgaard@medisin.uio.no
Anne Kibsgaard
Phone: +47 22 85 11 35 Fax: +47 22 85 10 58
Media inquiries:
Inquiries from the media should be made to Anne Kibsgaard by email or telephone.
Patient inquiries:
All patient inquiries should be made by email to Anne Kibsgaard. The Center can not administer patient inquiries made through any other channels.
Article about current research at the center published in "Public Service Review science & technology"
An article about current research at the center - entitled "Norwegian expertise in stem cell research"by Joel C. Glover has recently been published in "Public Service Review Science & technology 06".
Link to the journal: click here
The article is found on page 216-217 (use the "Go to page" function)
Presentations from "Principles of Stem Cell Biology" course, May 7 2010
Presentations from the course "Principles of Stem Cell Biology" May 7th are now available as PDF files.
Feature article on stem cells in Aftenposten, January 23 2010
Lovende stamceller (link to Aftenposten)
Combination of stem cell model system from Center group with innovative use of microfluidics to control in vitro stem cell niches, March 29 2010
The Royal Societey of Chemistry (RSC) is the largest organisation in Europe for advancing the chemical sciences. Recently (29 March 2010), in their "Latest news" section, under the heading "Highlights in Cell Biology", they published an article entitled "Stem cells find their polystyrene niche", with the following introduction: "Norwegian scientists have developed a microfluidic device that can cultivate stem cells for a period of three weeks".
The news article is about the following paper: Extensive adipogenic and osteogenic differentiation of patterned human mesenchymal stem cells in a microfluidic device, Ellen Tenstad, Anna Tourovskaia, Albert Folch, Ola Myklebost and Edith Rian,
Lab Chip, 2010
Article on in vivo tracking of stem cells with MRI in Forskning.no February 5
Click here to open article in PDF format!
Article on transplantation of corneal tissue in Ullevål-nytt
Click here to download the article (in Norwegian), entitled "Hornhinnevev ut i verden" (PDF format).
In the media:
Article about Cancer Stem Cell Symposium in Oslo December 2-4
The Norwegian web site "forskning.no" has an article about the symposium "Frontiers in Cancer Stem Cell Research: From Basic Science Towards a Cure" - click here
