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June 30, 2022 | Maivizhi Thiyagaraja from SoftLab delivers a great presentation and successfully defends her master's thesis entitled "Thermoresponsive Artificial Cell Clusters". Congratulations to Maivizhi for earning her master's degree with the highest grade: A!
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June 29, 2022 | Maivizhi Thiyagaraja from SoftLab is defending her master's thesis "Thermoresponsive Artificial Cell Clusters" tomorrow, June 30th at 10 am GMT. For more info, click here.
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March 30, 2022 | Lin and Irep celebrate the first generation Convergence Environments of the University of Oslo: Life Sciences Initiative with 5 other project consortia
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December 21, 2021 | Large scale interdisciplinary project of SoftLab and its collaborators entitled "BIOPHYSICS OF DOUBLE BILAYER MEMBRANE COMPARTMENTS" receives 25M NOK from the Research Council of Norway
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December 10, 2021 | Karolina Spustová from Softlab delivers her trial lecture and successfully defends her PhD thesis Congratulations Dr. Spustová! |
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November 26, 2021 | Karolina Spustová from SoftLab will be defending her PhD thesis entitled "Membranous Protocell Structures" on December 10th, 1:00 CET. For detailed info about the trial lecture and to the public disputation click here
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October 29-30, 2021 | SoftLab attends the Biomechanics workshop at Tøyen hovedgård organized jointly by the Centre for Molecular Medicine Norway and the Department of Mathematics at the UiO
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October 11, 2021 | Jicheng Li who has a master's degree in Chemistry from Uppsala University joins Softlab as a PhD student
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August 25-27, 2021 | SoftLab is attending the Molecular Origins of Life Conference. Join if you can for great talks and discussions! |
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July 24-28, 2021 | SoftLab participates in the 13th European Biophysics Congress in Vienna with 4 posters by Elif, Karolina, Lin and Inga, and a talk by Irep
Elif's virtually receives one of the 12 BPS poster awards! |
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July 24-28, 2021 | Several members of SoftLab will be participating in the European Biophysics Congress in Vienna!
Posters > Elif: P-365, Inga: P-368, Karolina: P-370, Lin: P-371, Talk > Irep: O-150 Read more about the program here |
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June 24, 2021 | Irep's project application "DID SURFACES ENABLE THE ORIGIN OF LIFE? The role of interfaces in the emergence of primitive cells on the early Earth" gets awarded 12 M NOK from the Research Council of Norway
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June 18, 2021 | Ingrid Schanke from SoftLab delivers a great presentation and successfully defends her master's thesis. Congratulations to Ingrid for earning her master's degree with the highest grade: A!
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June 13, 2021 | Ingrid Jin Schanke from SoftLab is defending her master's thesis "Transport within protocell-nanotube networks and its implications for communication of primitive cells" on June 18th at 10 am GMT. For more info, click here
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June 2-3, 2021 | Elif Köksal from Softlab delivers a great trial lecture and successfully defends her PhD thesis. Congratulations to Dr. Köksal for earning her doctoral degree!
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May 25, 2021 | Elif Köksal from SoftLab is defending her PhD thesis "Surface-assisted formation and development of model protocells" on June 3rd at 03:30 pm GMT. For more info, for the Zoom links to the trial lecture (June 2nd) and to the public disputation click here
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May 11, 2021 | Softlab is looking for an enthusiastic PhD student. The project is funded by the University of Oslo, and will focus on the interaction of primitive cell models with solid interfaces. To apply click here
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February 22-26, 2021 | Elif, Aysu, Inga, Lin and Karolina presented their work at the Biophysical Society's annual meeting, learned about latest research in biophysics and met awesome participants!
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February 18, 2021 | Irep will give a live webiner on March 10th 16:00 CET, organized by Fluicell, Sweden. Register here already today: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/8616135476600/WN_5sa61kr3QhKPi5GEZuyHGQ
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February 22-26, 2021 | Several members of SoftLab will be participating in the Biophysical Society's annual meeting 2021!
Posters > Elif: B119, Lin: B138, Inga: B134, Aysu: B139 Platform talk > Karolina: 486-Plat Read more about the program here |
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January 06, 2021 | Irep has been selected as the Ambassador of the Biophysical Society in Norway 2021-2023. The new Ambassadors have been announced in the BPS January Bulletin
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November 27-28, 2020 | Four SoftLab members: Elif, Karolina, Aysu and Lin, will be attending the 22nd EMBL PhD Symposium centering around the theme “The Roaring 20s: A New Decade for Life Sciences” and present their posters
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October 19, 2020 | Thomas Aga Legøy who has a PhD in molecular biology from the University of Bergen, joins SoftLab as a visiting postdoctoral researcher
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August 31, 2020 | Advanced Science News has published a news article entitled Heating up the debate: New findings in protocell evolution about our most recent findings reported in Small
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August 14, 2020 | Maivizhi Thiyagaraja joins SoftLab as a Master's student from the Chemistry Program
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March 20, 2020 | SoftLab has its first online meeting with a great talk by Annie and the appearance of a curious guest participant |
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March 12, 2020 | Yum! SoftLab team makes a delicious cake decorated with protocells emerging from the nanotubes |
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February 15-19, 2020 | SoftLab participates in the 64th annual meeting of the Biophysical Society with 4 posters by Elif, Karolina, Aysu and Inga Elif receives both the Travel Award, and the Student Research Achievement Award from the BPS president David W. Piston |
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February 17, 2020 | Forksning.no, an Oslo-based online newspaper established by the Research Council of Norway, publishes a news article about NanoCosmos by Elise Kjørstad including interviews with Irep and Gry Oftedal |
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February 15-19, 2020 | SoftLab will be participating in the 64th annual meeting of the Biophysical Society with posters B238-B239-B240 on Sunday and B212 on Monday. Elif Köksal will be receiving her Travel Award at the Travel Awardee Reception on Saturday, February 15, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM. |
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February 11, 2020 | Art exhibition NanoCosmos opens at Kunstplass with participation of a large crowd, and speeches by Svein Stølen, the Rector of the University of Oslo, and Carl Henrik Gørbitz, the director of UiO: Life Sciences Initiative |
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January 29, 2020 | Annie Stephenson joins SoftLab as a visiting doctoral fellow from the Manoharan Lab of Harvard University, supported by the Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide program between the National Science Foundation and the Research Council of Norway |
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January 17, 2020 | Art exhibition NanoCosmos consisting of the images from the labs participating in the Programmable Cell-Like Compartments project will take place Feb 11-16, 2020 at the contemporary art gallery Kunstplass |
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January 09, 2020 | Ingrid Jin Schanke joins SoftLab as a Master's student from the Chemistry Program
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November 28-30, 2019 | Karolina and Aysu attend the 21st EMBL PhD Symposium in Heidelberg and successfully present their posters Karolina also gives a flash talk about her project and receives the 'best poster' prize |
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November 27, 2019 | Elif has been selected as one of the recipients of the Travel Awards by the American Biophysical Society to present her abstract in the 64th annual meeting which will take place in San Diego in February 2020. She will be honored at the Travel Awardee Reception on Saturday, February 15, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM. |
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November 19, 2019 | Inga receives Scientia Fellowship, funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions |
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October 31, 2019 | Lin Xue who has a master's degree in Nanotechnology from Chalmers University of Sweden joins SoftLab as a PhD student |
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October 8, 2019 | UiO Department of Medicine publishes a blog post by Irep which is about the discovery of surface-mediated protocell formation and its possible implications |
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September 20-21, 2019 | SoftLab attends Forskningstorget '19! The institute posted a news article about this (Read here) |
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September 18, 2019 | SoftLab is attending Forskningstorget, the national science fair which will take place at Karl Johans gate 47 on September 20-21, with stand 'SoftLab Norge' |
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June 13, 2019 | Softlab members Elif and Gizem present their research at the departmental retreat ▪ The team containing Inga, Elif and Gizem receives gold medals as a result of the team-building activity ▪ Congratulations! |
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May 2, 2019 | Lauri Viitala, PhD, from Aalto University joins SoftLab as a postdoc jointly with his position at Chalmers University |
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May 2, 2019 | Inga Põldsalu, PhD, from University of Tartu joins SoftLab as a postdoc |
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March 20, 2019 | Karolina receives the best poster award of the Geilo School '19! Congratulations to Karolina for making a great poster containing the highlights of her current research project!
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March 5, 2019 | SoftLab's recent research findings are highlighted in a two-page article in Aften Posten, the largest printed newspaper of Norway by circulation
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March 2-6, 2019 | Recent research findings from SoftLab were successfully presented at the 63rd annual meeting of the American Biophysical Society (BPS). |
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February 28, 2019 | The American Biophysical Society highlights the recent findings of SoftLab in the Newsroom, which were cited by several news sites in the USA: |
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February 18, 2019 | Aysu Kucukturhan Kubowicz, MSc, joins SoftLab as a PhD student |
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January 31, 2019 | Elif participates in Kjemi Grand Prix '19. Congratulations to Elif for giving a great talk about her research! |
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January 22, 2019 | The first article of the year is published in JOVE: Spontaneous Formation and Rearrangement of Artificial Lipid Nanotube Networks As a Bottom-Up Model for Endoplasmic Reticulum |
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January 2, 2019 | Gizem Karabiyik who has a bachelor's degree in Molecular Biology and Genetics
from Istanbul Technical University of Turkey, joins SoftLab as a scientific assistant
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October 1, 2018 | Karolina Spustova who has a master's degree in Molecular Biology and Genetics from Masaryk University of Czech Republic, joins SoftLab as a PhD student |
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July 25, 2018 | Softlab is looking for an enthusiastic PhD student. The project is funded by the Research Council of Norway and will focus on the interaction of soft materials with nano- & micro- interfaces. To apply click here |
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May 3, 2018 | Softlab welcomes UiO MSc student Mikkel Killingmoe Christensen who will perform a research project in the lab during summer |
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May 3, 2018 | Softlab, Oftedal, Carlson and Stenmark research groups met at Larvik April 30-May 1, to discuss research regarding Programmable-Cell-Like Compartments |
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April 12, 2018 | Softlab member Elif Köksal receives a travel award from the organizers of the International Workshop on Biological Membranes which will take place in Helsinki, Finland, 19-22 August 2018 |
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April 9, 2018 | Softlab will be attending a kick-off meeting April 30 - May 1 in Farris Bad with our Convergence Environment Group collaborators |
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March 16, 2018 | Softlab announces a new PhD position. The project is funded by Norwegian Research Council and will focus on the interaction of soft materials with nano- & micro- interfaces. Apply here Deadline: April 27 |
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February 21, 2018 | Recent research findings from Softlab were successfully presented at the Biophysical Society 62nd Annual Meeting |
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February 16, 2018 | Members of Softlab will be attending and presenting at the Biophysical Society 62nd Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California from February 17-21. SoftLab members will be presenting during the session "Membrane Dynamics (Late)" at posters LB33 and LB32, respectively
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February 13, 2018 | Irep and philosopher of science Gry Oftedal talked about 'cell-like programmable compartments' at the main event of Oslo Life Science 2018
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January 25, 2018 | Irep, together with our collaborator Prof. Aldo Jesorka at Chalmers, receives an Area of Advance (AoA) Grant for developing Organo-Silicon Interfaces
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January 18, 2018 | The Softlab is opening two research positions in the near future. More information to follow...
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January 16, 2018 | Doctoral Research Fellow Elif Köksal presented her research progress at the NCMM Tuesday Seminar series
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December 14, 2017 | Irep receives the prestigious Young Research Talent Grant from the Norwegian Research Council. The NCMM wrote an article on this achievement
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December 6, 2017 | The Softlab participated in a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), which reached out to more than 90 primary schools throughout Turkey. The NCMM wrote an article on this achievement
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September 26, 2017 | Irep presented the Softlab's artificial cell research at the Cutting Edge Festival, Oslo Science Park in the session 'Enhancing Humans'
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September 13, 2017 | Irep opens the Nordic Life Science Days conference at the Academic Catwalk in Malmö, Sweden. The NCMM wrote an article on this achievement
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July 25, 2017 | Our latest paper and research in general, are highlighted in article by Arnfinn Christensen at forskning.no
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June 26, 2017 | NTNU student Ms. Ragni Olsson joins the lab as a summer intern
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June 15, 2017 | Our "Cell-like Programmable Compartments" project is highlighted in Titan, in article by Bjarne Røsyø
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June 12, 2017 | Erasmus Plus fellow Ms. Ilayda Kantarci joins the lab as a summer intern
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May 2, 2017 | "Programmable Cell-like Compartments" project receives 9M NOK from UiO Life Science Initiative
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May 24, 2017 | Our article about artificial ER, is published in Biomaterials Science of RSC
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Dec 29, 2016 | Our new research laboratory is introduced on NCMM webpage with an interview
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