Interdisciplinary collaboration – a seminar

With scientific conferences forced to offer virtual programming and fewer face-to-face meetings, the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly altered opportunities for discussing scientific advances and professional networking. This has consequences for trainees (PhD students and postdoctoral fellows) and young researchers, who are at a particularly impactful career stage. A new initiative from the K.G. Jebsen Center for Genetic Epidemiology seeks to provide a productive virtual experience emphasizing interdisciplinary scientific collaboration and trainee professional development.

Lovende markør for å påvise sykdomsaktivitet ved mikroskopisk kolitt

Mikroskopisk kolitt (MC) er en særegen og mindre kjent variant av inflammatorisk tarmsykdom (IBD) karakterisert av vandig diare uten blod. Sykdommen er svært sosialt invalidiserende. Mange pasienter får feilaktig diagnosen «irritabel tarm syndrom» (IBS) og får dermed ikke tilbudt den riktige behandlingen for MC som er effektiv hos de aller fleste. For å stille diagnosen er man avhengige av å påvise forandringer i vevsprøver fra tykktarm.

Promising marker for detecting disease activity in microscopic colitis

Microscopic colitis (MC) is characterized by chronic and watery diarrhea without blood and can be very socially disabling. Many patients are incorrectly diagnosed with «irritable bowel syndrome» (IBS) and, thus, are not offered the right treatment for MC that for the vast majority is very effective.