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Main goals and activities

In accordance with its aims, the RSCS is now well establishedÌýas a scientifically stimulating and inclusive meeting place forÌýjunior researchers within various areas of cancer research andÌýrelatedÌý ELSA fields with a common focus on translationalÌýstudies of cancer biomarkers. PhD candidates and postdocsÌýhave an opportunity to meet each other and deliberate uponÌýtheir research projects across the established research groupsÌýand disciplines. CCBIO has successfully integrated the RSCSÌýinto its strategic activities like the CCBIO Annual Symposium,ÌýCCBIO Junior Scientist Symposia and CCBIO Seminars. InÌýconjunction with lectures and seminars, CCBIO makes sureÌýto use the opportunity for both young and senior researchersÌýto have targeted meetings with the invited speakers whereÌýpotential points of common interest are mapped out. In combinationÌýwith CCBIO’s strategy of inviting external speakers alsoÌýfor the other courses and its recruitment of an internationalÌýnetwork of adjunct positions, this ensures that the center’sÌýyounger researchers have access to renowned national andÌýinternational researchers from outside CCBIO.

Courses currently running

All courses are open according to available capacity, albeit giving CCBIO´s PhD candidates first right of entry in case of capacity problems. The below list CCBIO Research School for Cancer Studies denotes CCBIO’s courses approved by the ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´. Some coursesÌýrun annually, and some on demand, apart from and which run continuously.

Keep an eye on the CCBIO web calendar to find current dates.

• -ÌýCCBIO Junior Scientist Symposium.Ìý PhDs and PDs present their results four times a year. Postdocs are chairing the meeting and discussions after each presentation. Read more here about the CCBIO Junior Scientist Symposia.
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• CCBIO Seminar and Symposium Series. This course combines the monthly CCBIO Seminar series with the CCBIO Annual Symposium to make a 3 point 900-level course.
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• Cancer Research: Ethical, economical and societal aspects. This 5 ECTSÌýcourse focuses on ethical, economical and societal aspects of cancer and cancer research and aims to equip PhD candidates with tools for systematic reflection on their own and related research as well as methods for assessing the cost benefit of health measures and methods of treatment. Such knowledge is not only important on a personal level as a researcher, but also in funding proposals to be able to clarify any ethical issues related to the implementation of projects, and be better equipped to provide an explanation of how such issues will be dealt with.ÌýRead earlierÌýarticle: .
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• ÌýBiomarkers and Tumor Biology in Clinical Practice. This 4 ECTSÌýcourse covers tumor biological aspects important for the understanding of why cancer develops and which mechanisms are important for tumor growth, metastases and morbidity in patients. It focusesÌýespecially on tumor biological changes that may have or already have significance for personalized cancer treatment and clinical trial studies of new diagnostics and treatment. The most recent course was M.
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• Methods in Cancer Biomarker Research. This 5 ECTS course has focus on the full panel of advanced and standard methods with relevance for cancer biomarkers. The intention is a methodological course that also includes components of ethics and economy. This is a strongly needed course with potential national interest. The last timeÌýthisÌýcourse was held was.ÌýNext time is not yet announced.
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• Cancer Genomics.ÌýThis 3 ECTSÌýcourse provides broad understanding of aspects of cancer genome biology and their investigation by next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies. Methods for analysing DNA variation and structure and RNA expression patterns areÌýcovered, as well as nuclear and chromatin structure. Also ethical, legal aspects, and hereditary predisposition are taught. This course started upÌýin 2017, and wasÌýheld the . Last time wasÌý.ÌýNext time is October 21–23, 2025.
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• ÌýCancer-Related Vascular Biology.ÌýThorough understanding of general and cancer-related vascular biology is regarded important to understand processes like cancer growth, sustainability and progression, and is suggested to be a relevant target for therapy in various diseases. Through this new (2018) 2-week 6 ECTS course set up as part of the CCBIO/Harvard INTPART partnership between the Vascular Biology Program at Boston Children's HospitalÌýand CCBIO, the students will meet researchers who have been in the frontline of vascular biology research for decades.ÌýSome of the topics covered: Basics of vascular biology; vascular biology related therapeutic approaches; biomarkers in vascular biology – from discovery to clinical application; lymphangiogenesis and vascular biology in non-cancerous diseases.ÌýThe most recent courses were heldÌýÌýandÌý.ÌýNext time is not yet announced.
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• ÌýScientific Writing and Communication Seminar. The 2 ECTS course aims to provide the students with theoretical knowledge about various elements of scientific writing, practical experience on text editing, and provide the students with tools to improve their scientific texts, and communicate orally research results in a good way. The course is intended to convey understanding of how to organize a scientific manuscript, how to improve on all parts of the text, including clear writing, and how to write an informative and convincing cover letter. The course will also present and discuss what is good research communication. The course first started up inÌý2017 and was repeated in 2019, as a two-day seminar on Scientific Writing in the CCBIO/Harvard INTPART collaboration. From 2020, it has been approved as a PhD course providing 2 ECTS and running annually.
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• Biomedical Research Course: Matrix Biology.Ìý is a 3 ECTS well-established course from the BergenÌýBiomedical Research School (BBRS) that has been includedÌýin CCBIO’s course portfolio. The courseÌýwas arranged jointly with CCBIO’s RSCS for the first time in June 2015.Ìý is a five-day courseÌýthatÌýincludes lectures from local researchers and a number ofÌýinternationally well-known researchers within the field ofÌýmatrix biology, as well as practical laboratory training.ÌýThe course focusesÌýon basic molecular mechanisms pertainingÌýto the biological role of the extracellular matrix. The last Ìýwas heldÌý.ÌýNext time is not yet announced.
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• .ÌýThis 2 ECTSÌýcourse aims to inspire increased user participation in research trials and will present methods on how to involve user representatives. This is highly relevant to all biomedical research fields, and Patient and Public Involvement is documented to positively impact the relevance and efficacy in medical research.ÌýThe main objective of the course is to develop the participants’ capacity to assess and convey the value of patient and public involvement in general, as well as to promote productive user involvement in their own research projects.ÌýThe course spans over 3 days (last time November 3-5,Ìý2021), and combines plenary discussions and group sessions involving user representatives and patient organizations, with presentations from national and international lecturers. The most recentÌýcourse wasÌý.
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• . The completed program qualifies for a Good Clinical Practice (GCP) certificate and covers several aspects of clinical trials – from design planning to execution – with learning examples from cancer research and neurological research alike. This 2 ECTSÌýcourseÌýgo through topics such as study design, the pharmaceutical company perspective, the patient's perspective, ethics,ÌýGCP overiview and concepts, practical running of a clinical trial, formalities and regulations, writing a protocol, applications and funding, contracts, translational research protocols, clinical trials as part of normal clinical operations, success factors and clinical trials in the future. The most recentÌýcourse was in January 2025, with the next planned for January 14–16, 2026.
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• . This 4 ECTSÌýcourse aims to teach PhD candidates and other researchers how to recognize the close connection between research findings and innovation potential. The course will use examples from our own research environments as well as internationally, to showcase the practical route from idea to patent – and beyond.ÌýThe overall aim of this course is to encourage and enable our PhD students and young researchers to identify and evaluate the innovation potential in their own research projects, and provide them with the knowledge needed to be able to do this. The course will provide inspiration and practical knowledge on alternative ways to realize the innovation potential from research projects. The lastÌýwas heldÌý, at campus Haukeland University Hospital.ÌýNext time is not yet announced.