NFiF - Norsk forskerskole i farmasi

06/09/2021

Stipendutlysning fra Norsk Farmasøytisk Selskap

Norsk Farmasøytisk Selskap forvalter et stipendfond som hvert år deler ut penger for å fremme norsk farmasøytisk forskning og vitenskap. Dette innebærer arbeid for både små og store prosjekter innen industri, apotek og utdanningsinstitusjoner.

Midlene er overskudd fra drift av Selskapet. I år er det totalt kr 100 000 som skal deles ut.

Stipendmottageren må være medlem av Norsk Farmasøytisk Selskap.
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Søknad om stipend for 2021 sendes inn ved å fylle ut skjemaet som du finner her.

Søknadsfristen er 15. oktober.

På vegne av stipendstyret,
Hege Helm
farmasøyt og daglig leder
Norsk Farmasøytisk Selskap

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27/08/2021

Markus Herberg Hovd and Kine Eide Kvitne got an innovation grant from NFIF. Read their report from the project.

Development of an application for accurate determination of renal function using population pharmacokinetic modelling

Measurements of kidney function is necessary for accurate diagnostics. Iohexol serum clearance has become the new gold standard but proves challenging when glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is low. Previously, 24-hour sampling was required for accurate results. Published research by Åsberg and colleagues has demonstrated that when employing a population pharmacokinetic model, a 4-point sample strategy from the initial 5 hours was sufficient to accurately determine measured GFR, even in patients with GFR < 40 ml/min .
However, there is currently a gap between research and clinical practice, as population pharmacokinetic models may be complex to develop and use. In order to provide physicians, pharmacists and researchers with the necessary tools to optimize patient treatment we sought to develop a free application serving as a simple interface to the developed model.
With funding from the Norwegian PhD School of Pharmacy, we have been able to meet all major milestones in our project. This includes developing load balancing for multiple instances of the application, allowing several concomitant users. Additionally, we have been able to further expose the application programming interface, which allows other developers to implement our application in their software. The server-side software has been greatly optimized, and the user receives the results within 10 seconds, allowing for fast measurements of kidney function. The application has been optimized for smartphones, allowing easy access from anywhere.
We are very grateful to the Norwegian PhD School of Pharmacy for the opportunity to develop an application with the intent to bridge the gap between research and practice, and hope it will be of good use to anyone in need of accurate, measured GFR.

29/04/2021

Don't forget that Hedvig and Leiry will be available this morning from 8:00 to 9:00 for a very informal Q&A session. Come join us if you have questions concerning your career, research plans and funding opportunities.
If we don’t have the answer, we can help you to find it!
All Phd students, postdocs and supervisors are welcome! Zoom link to the meeting has been delivered by e-mail :)

12/03/2021

INVITASJON

Norges Tekniske Vitenskapsakademi og Universitetet i Oslo ønsker velkommen til et webinar hvor vi inviterer akademia, myndigheter og industri til foredrag og samtale om norsk legemiddelproduksjon, i lys av Koronapandemien:

«Legemiddelberedskap i kjølevannet av pandemien: Er det grunnlag for økt legemiddelproduksjon i Norge?» mandag 15. mars kl. 14.00.

PROGRAM:
14.00 Velkommen og innledning ved ordstyrer Solveig Kristensen, dekan og professor i farmasi ved Det matematisk-naturvitenskaplige fakultet, Universitetet i Oslo
14.05 Legemiddelmangel under pandemien: er kortreist legemiddelproduksjon løsningen?
Sayeh Ahrabi, områdedirektør legemiddelforsyning, Statens Legemiddelverk
14.15 Apotekproduksjon – et ledd i fremtidig legemiddelberedskap Kathrin Bjerknes, sykehusapoteker ved Ahus og påtroppende instituttleder ved Farmasøytisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo.
14.25 Legemiddelproduksjon i høykostlandet Norge. Fleksibilitet og muligheter for å konvertere til andre produksjonsformål under beredskap?
Kjell Erik Nordby, adm.dir. Vistin Pharma
14.35 Er det grunnlag for å stimulere norsk legemiddelproduksjon som en del av helsenæringen?
Karita Bekkemellem, adm.dir. Legemiddelindustrien (LMI)
14.45 Panelsamtale
15.15 Avslutning

Nettside:
https://www.ntva.no/arrangement/webinar-legemiddelberedskap-i-kjolevannet-av-pandemien/
Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81598659604

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11/03/2021

NFIF Digital Conference 11 March

Hope you will enjoy today`s program with key speaker Geir Kjetil Sandve (professor, department of informatics, UiO), PhD students and poster presentations.

Not registered, but would like to attend? Send an e-mail to Laila.torstveit@farmasi.uio.no before 12:00 today.

Photo from yesterdays` conference: key speakers Espen Molden and Cecilie Johannessen Landmar, and NFIF leader Hedvig Nordeng

22/02/2021

Research Stay at the Pennsylvania State University, US

Report from Christina Bleis, UiT:

I had the opportunity to visit the renowned Center for Disease Dynamics (CIDD) at the Pennsylvania State University, US, from March 11th to December 1st 2020. Penn State is located in State College, a quiet and cozy town located in the heart of Pennsylvania. Penn State is a college town nicknamed Happy Valley. The leaves changing color in the fall was a sight in itself and the nature there was gorgeous.

I was so fortunate as to spend the research stay at Penn state, which is a top 25 research university with over 100,000 students. Penn State campus holds the famous statue of the Nittany Lion which is the official athletic symbol of Penn State.

The purpose of my stay was to investigate the acid tolerance response of enteric bacteria with a focus on the deadly pathogen Vibrio cholerae. I got the opportunity to investigate this working at CIDD at Penn State- a center which is part of the Huck Institutes aimed at interdisciplinary life sciences research. While at Penn State, I got to investigate how V. cholerae behaves in acidic conditions and to perform a global genetic screen. The research stay resulted in increased knowledge of V. cholerae virulence which will be the included in one of the papers for my PhD.

Due to the covid pandemic the number of social and cultural activities was quite scarce, unfortunately. Because of the covid restrictions, I also could not develop collaborations to the desired extent, although I quickly learned to be a pro at online meetings.
I have also received grant support from The National Graduate School in Infection Biology and Antimicrobials (IBA).

I would like to thank everyone at The Center for Disease Dynamics for making me feel welcome, and thank NFIF for making it possible.

04/02/2021

NFIF Digital Conference 10-11 March - First abstract received!

Abstract from Katrine Heger at OsloMet:

22/01/2021

NFIF webinar Wednesday January 27th

Register: https://nettskjema.no/a/171240

Information about the webinar:
https://www.mn.uio.no/farmasi/english/research/norwegian-phd-school/news/2021/nfif-webinar-january-27-.html

15/01/2021

Course report, during times of no travel, from PhD student Jónína Sæunn Guðmundsdóttir, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway.

Course: “Visualize your Science”, 4 ETCS credits.

Place: The course, which is usually held as a mixture of online modules and face-to-face sessions taking place at KTH in Stockholm and SLU in Uppsala, was adjusted to a fully online course this winter due to the ongoing pandemic. Making it possible for me to attend the course from Tromsø without having to make multiple trips to Sweden.

Lecturer: Andreas Dahlin, founder of Visualize Your Science AB.
Period: 03.11.2020 - 13.01.2021.

The “Visualize your Science” course is a very specific visualization course being offered as a PhD course in multiple Swedish universities. The course differs from many other visualization courses out there in the fact the teacher is a former assistant professor in analytical chemistry that has made a career out of assisting other researchers to improve their images and posters. The course was therefore completely focused on scientific illustrations, with projects ranging from drawing your favourite laboratory equipment to making graphical abstract of your PhD project and a conference poster to be presented for your fellow students.

The course includes detailed modules for the most commonly used software used, making it possible for you to work on improving your drawing skills in a software of your own choice. This I found very useful and have personally benefited greatly from it. I had used Adobe Illustrator previously, when working on drawing figures for my manuscript, but have in the course of the weeks the course took gone from making alright figures to making actually professional looking figures I know I will use for my presentations in the future. I have also gained multiple new skills when it comes to making a scientific poster, ranging from making beautiful pictures to us on it to gaining deeper knowledge on what makes an award-winning poster and how to make the most out of a poster presentation.

All in all, I am extremely thankful for the opportunity provided by NFIF to my participation in the course. I see it as a positive thing that the course went fully digital, as traveling back and forth internationally to attend the workshops would not have been a realistic option for me. The quality of the course materials and of the lectures provided far exceeded my expectations and I will be recommending the course to my fellow PhD students.

12/01/2021

Register for NFIF webinar 15 January
https://nettskjema.no/a/179260

Read more: https://www.mn.uio.no/farmasi/english/research/norwegian-phd-school/news/2021/nfif-webinar-january-2021.html

24/11/2020

Register for NFIF webinar 15 December!
https://nettskjema.no/a/173693

02/11/2020

Don`t miss tomorrow`s webinar!

Sign up here: https://nettskjema.no/a/169614 #/page/1