A hybrid version of IADR will take place in Belgium in September. Fernanda Petersen and her research group are organizing a symposium called “Let´s talk about microbiomes” during this oral health research congress.
Fernanda Petersen's research group has been granted NOK 10 million for a five year period through the INTPART programme, funded by the Norwegian Research Council.
Just before Easter, Rector Svein Stølen at the University of Oslo (UiO) and Rector Marcelo Knobel at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) signed a new collaboration agreement.
There are primarily two measures used by the employer/higher education institution to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus. These are work restrictions and home quarantine. The faculty stresses that all students and staff are considered healthcare personnel according to the Health Personnel Act. Particular requirements are in place for health professionals, and the threshold for imposing work restrictions is much lower than for other occupational groups and places of study.
Travel advice valid from 09.03.20. Based on the local contingency plan, the Faculty of Dentistry has introduced travel restrictions for staff and students due to the corona outbreak.
Students who are participating in clinical practice and have patients are defined as healthcare professionals due to Norwegian Health Care Law. In this case, administrative staff are also defined as healthcare professionals.
On Monday the 24th February the Faculty of Dentistry will receive 9 incoming students on the 8th semester, Master`s Degree in Dentistry- programme.
The participants at the 5th NYSCO agreed that getting an international network is one of the perks of the workshop.
Elodie Charvet from France has been in Oslo this summer, doing an internship with professor Fernanda Petersens research group. She has looked at samples from patients who have been treated with antibiotics for a whole of three months.
Tuesday 9th April the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Oslo welcomed a guest from their partner in Cape Town, South- Africa.
Days a little out of the ordinary are soon coming to an end for the dental student Leonardo Pagotto. Since the beginning of the year, the 22-year old Brazilian has been an exchange student in the lab of the Faculty of Dentistry in Oslo.
On the 5th of February 2019, NO-Age (The Norwegian Centre on Healthy Aging) held its first symposium discussing ageing where dean of research Linda Hildegaard Bergersen joined forces with other scientists regarding the concept of aging.
Faculty of Dentistry (OD) will receive 11 incoming students on 8th semester in the Master`s Degree in Dentistry- programme on Friday 1st March.
Ph.D student Anna Pawlik is from Jagiellonian University in Kraków. Faculty of Dentistry in Oslo has a cooperation agreement with this university.
Last week around 30 researchers from Brazil, the USA and the University of Oslo kicked off the international collaboration «Resispart» in the US. Lead by Fernanda Petersen from the Institute of Oral Biology, the project group is already seeing partnership, fruitful atmosphere and high expectations.
The purpose of this International Symposium is to demonstrate the three-dimensional x-ray imaging capabilities, bringing a completely new dimension to 3D scans, and enabling a more detailed look into the 3D structure of biological tissues and tissue-material interfaces.
Professor Fernanda Petersen at the Department of Oral Biology (UiO) has been awarded, together with her partners, a large grant from the Olav Thon Foundation. The grant was given the research project: «Born in the twilight of antibiotics: fighting antimicrobial resistance in preterm infants».
Institute of Oral Biology was recently awarded a significant grant to another project managed by Professor Fernanda Petersen.
Roger Junges, Ph.d.-candidate at the Faculty of Dentistry (FOD), University of Oslo, was recognized with the prestigous «LION Dental Research Award for Young Investigators in Oral Health Research» at the International Association for Dental Resarch (IADR) General Session.
Rabia Khan finalized her PhD with a presentation of her thesis at the Department of Oral Biology June 29.
Hanna Tiainen from the Department of Biomaterials at IKO will receive the award for her PhD-work.
In a university ranking the Faculty is ranked number seven in the world and number two in Europe.
This proposal from the Ministry of Health and Care Services, is now being sent out for consultation.
The faculty of Dentistry, University of Oslo has sent a formal request to arrange ADEEs (Association for Dental Education in Europe) annual congress in 2018.
This is one of the main venues in Europe where knowledge and experiences related to dental education in different countries can be shared.