Norwegian Centre for Molecular Biosciences and Medicine (NCMBM)

Janna Saarela succeeds Oliver Billker as new Speaker of the Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine | Nordic Embl Partners

We are delighted to announce that Janna Saarela, Director of @ncmbm.bsky.social, has been appointed as the new Speaker of the @nordicembl.bsky.social!
Read about her priorities and vision here👉https://tinyurl.com/yc3ytvez
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JASPAR recognised as an ELIXIR Core Data Resource - NCMBM - Norwegian Centre for Molecular Biosciences and Medicine ELIXIR has announced the life science data resources selected in its latest evaluation round for ELIXIR Core Data Resources (CDRs) and ELIXIR Deposition Databases. Among the six newly approved Core Da...

@amathelier.bsky.social from NCMBM, says: “ I am very proud to see JASPAR officially recognised as a Core Data Resource by ELIXIR and it is wonderful to see JASPAR join the ranks of other well-established European resources."

Read more about this achievement: tinyurl.com/4r6zntvw

Picture of Anthony Mathelier on a blue background. The logos for JASPAR and for ELIXIR Cor Data Resource have been added. The text title states "JASPAR recognised as an ELIXIR Core Resource".

📣JASPAR has been added to ELIXIR Core Data Resources! hashtag#ELIXIRCDRs are European hashtag#lifescience data resources that are fundamentally important 🙌 to biological and biomedical research and long-term preservation of biological data.

Check @ELIXIREurope ’s news release: tinyurl.com/ypjnfuum

Interested in rare disease clinical trials? Check out the announcement below from @realised-ihi.bsky.social ! They have a great programme in store for you!
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JASPAR goes Deep Learning! - NCMBM - Norwegian Centre for Molecular Biosciences and Medicine A new era for motif resourcesThe team behind JASPAR, led by Anthony Mathelier at NCMBM, has released the 11th update. JASPAR is built and maintained by an international consortium of research groups, ...

Together, these approaches create a uniquely powerful platform for exploring how transcription factors interpret the genome.”

📰 Read the full story: www.med.uio.no/ncmbm/englis...

Congrats to the entire JASPAR community for driving this resource forward to shape the future of regulatory genomics!

💬 Joint first authors @ievarau.bsky.social and @damlaob.bsky.social remark:
“This release marks a major milestone for JASPAR. Deep learning models now sit alongside the classical collections, letting researchers build on two decades of curated knowledge while harnessing modern computational power.”

🔍 What’s new?

For the first time, JASPAR now hosts a Deep Learning Collection running alongside its trusted classical PFM-based motif collections. This marks a transformative step in how researchers can explore transcription factor (TF) binding and gene regulation.

JASPAR 2026: expansion of transcription factor binding profiles and integration of deep learning models Abstract. JASPAR (https://jaspar.elixir.no/) is an open-access database that has provided high-quality, manually curated, and non-redundant DNA binding pro

🚀 JASPAR goes Deep Learning! A major milestone for regulatory genomics.
Excited to share the newest JASPAR 2026 update, led by @amathelier.bsky.social from @ncmbm.bsky.social and supported by an international network of contributors across ten countries!
📄Publication: doi.org/10.1093/nar/...

Picture of Anthony with the purple Clarivate banner stating "Highly Cited Researcher 2025.

🎉 Congratulations to @amathelier.bsky.social for being recognised as being in the top 1% on the world's most highly cited researchers by @clarivate.com!
This highlights the contribution he has made to Biology and Biochemistry over the past 11 years!

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Beehive-like structure with the hexagons being different shades of blue. It states "Newsletter October 2025" in yellow on the right-hand side.

📜 It's @ncmbm.bsky.social Newsletter time! You can now find out what we have been up to this past month; enjoy the read!

🧷 You can read it here 👉https://pub.dialogapi.no/v/c08f518b-1810-4084-848f-a29ba87d6fd0

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POST-DOCTORAL POSITION IN BEHAVIORAL AND SYSTEMS NEUROSCIENCE  (288264) | University of Oslo Job title: POST-DOCTORAL POSITION IN BEHAVIORAL AND SYSTEMS NEUROSCIENCE  (288264), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Thursday, October 30, 2025

📣 On the look out for a postdoctoral position in the Nordics? Fascinated by behavioural and systems neuroscience?

Charlotte Boccara from @ncmbm.bsky.social is recruiting.

Details of the 3-year postdoctoral position can be found 👉 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

NCMBM marking Black History Month as part of its Tuesday Seminar series with Melaku Tadesse.

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Welcome Charlene!

Oslo Bioinformatics Workshop Week 2024 - Bioinformatics in Life Science – BiLS December 9th-13th 2024 will see the third edition of the Oslo Bioinformatics Workshop Week at the University of Oslo, Norway. This event is organised by the Student Committee of the Centre for Bioinfo...

Now accepting workshop proposals for Oslo Bioinformatics Workshop Week 2025, hosted by @uio.no Dec 8–12, 2025. Explore last year's program: www.mn.uio.no/bils/english....
Submit your proposal here: nettskjema.no/a/539526
Supported by @uio.no, UiO: Life Science, @ncmbm.bsky.social, @ocbe.bsky.social

📢Last chance today! We are looking forward to receiving your applications👇!

This week at the RealiseD workshop, we explored how playbooks can drive innovation in #ClinicalTrial design for rare & ultra- #RareDiseases.

EATRIS co-leads WP9 with SANOFI, developing tools, workflows & decision trees for smarter, more efficient trials.

👉 More here: https://loom.ly/fpIZ7uI

Katalin Ferenc presenting how to improve bioinformatics software quality through teamwork.

Great talk by Kata Ferenc on improving bioinformatics software quality through teamwork, sharing how we’ve approached this at @ncmbm.bsky.social

It sparked discussion on taking action within our Bioinformatics in Life Science initiative at @uio.no @biovitenskap.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1093/bioi...

📅 Deadline: 8 September 2025

🔗 Apply here: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

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⏰ One week left to apply!

@ncmbm.bsky.social is recruiting 1–2 early-career EMBL-style Group Leaders!

💡“We need group leaders who can bridge research and innovation to advance Norway’s life science sector – this is a rare opportunity to do just that.” Jens Petter Berg, UiO.

📜 It's @ncmbm.bsky.social Newsletter time! You can now find out what we have been up to since our last edition in June - we are delighted to celebrate our research and the great people that make it happen!

🧷 You can read it here 👉https://pub.dialogapi.no/v/6eaa352c-6740-4a14-bd43-f60166ae2990

New genetic discovery reveals key brake in human immune system - NCMBM - Norwegian Centre for Molecular Biosciences and Medicine Researchers uncover how loss of a gene called MAP4K1 amplifies T cell responses, offering insights into immune disorders and potential therapies.

The findings not only help patients with this rare immune disorder, but may also provide insights relevant to autoimmunity, common inflammatory diseases and cancer immunotherapy.

📜 Read more about the study 👉 tinyurl.com/mrhkm4fu

This @nordicembl.bsky.social collaboration led by Saarela Janna and Meri Kaustio combined genomic analysis, functional immunology and CRISPR-based validation to uncover how HPK1, the gene product of MAP4K1, acts as a brake on T cell activation and function.

📣 Publication alert!

🔬 New genetic discovery from @FIMM and NCMBM: MAP4K1 as a key regulator of immune balance

👩‍🔬 Researchers from the @fimm-uh.bsky.social and @ncmbm.bsky.social have identified MAP4K1 as a novel gene behind immune dysregulation.

📄 Read the full article: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...

⌛Less than 2 weeks left to apply!

We are looking for 1-2 new Group Leaders to launch ambitious, internationally recognised research programmes!

All the info can be found 👉 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

📅Deadline Sept 8th, 2025!

Group Leader (282908) | University of Oslo Job title: Group Leader (282908), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, September 8, 2025

🧬 We offer:
- Up to 9 years of core funding + attractive start-up package
- Access to the @nordicembl.bsky.social network, facilities & expertise

📍 Oslo, Norway
🗓 Deadline: 8 September 2025
👉 Apply here: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

🌍 Lead your own research group in one of the world’s most liveable cities!

We’re recruiting 1–2 early-career Group Leaders to join NCMBM.

💬 Hear from Jan Bjaalie, Chair of the NCMBM Board 👇

Repost appreciated:
Open #PhDposition in structural virology in my group! Join us in Umeå, Sweden to uncover how arboviruses remodel infected cells. In situ #cryoET and #cryoEM combined with #virology, #cellbiology, and #biophysics.
Deadline 7 September. More info: www.carlsonlab.se/join/

Got a PhD in nearly any science? Want to do a postdoc? Are you interested in biology, genomics and computers? Perhaps you are computational/maths-ey and want to get closer to the lab? or experimental and want to get a bit more geeky? Want to work with global leaders in genomics and comp. bio? =>

Group Leader (282908) | University of Oslo Job title: Group Leader (282908), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, September 8, 2025

👉 Apply now and help shape the future of molecular biosciences and medicine in Norway and be part of the @nordicembl.bsky.social!

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💡Interested in our recently advertised @embl.org-style group leader positions but still not sure about it? Maybe this clip will convince you to join us👇!