Genetics of Autoimmunity Lab, Benedicte A. Lie

The Norwegian delegation are having fun at the #2ndMOVEsymposium in Serbia! Fantastic science and great people and networking!

Thank you @NOR_EVs for the opportunity to present the work by @anne_rydland, a collaboration with @REMEDY_center, on extracelluar vesicles in rheumatoid arthritis. We are enjoying all the great talks at the annual NOR-EV meeting here in Oslo.

Great Young researcher seminar today @REMEDY_center Thank you for letting Øyvind Bakke and @mk_viken present some of our research activities with #flashtalks

We are so proud of Fatima Heinicke @fatima709h for giving an excellent talk at the REMEDY yearly retreat. Thank you to @REMEDY_center for an excellent seminar and for supporting young researchers.

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2023 REMEDY Young Researcher grants, Marthe Mæhlen, Eirik Ikdahl and Fatima Heinicke! Yesterday the projects were presented at the yearly retreat.

Prof. Sædís Sævarsdóttir provided answers to how understanding human genetics can evolve medical care in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, underlining the importance of minimizing the gap between bench and bedside 🧪🩺💉🩻💊

We are so proud of our new PhD and her excellent defence today🎉 Public Defence: Maria Dehli Vigeland med.uio.no/klinmed/englis…

Congratulations 🌺

We are so proud of Marte Heimli for the excellent public defence today: med.uio.no/klinmed/englis…

Happy about the publication of this collaborative project on T cell receptors in thymic T cells, @victorgreiff and @XahTekK . rdcu.be/doR6M

Proud of our paper on long term changes in gene metylation and gene expression after antibiotic treatment: mdpi.com/2079-6382/12/7… @formi_ous @REMEDY_center @mdehh

@teichlab Congratulations 🌸🌸🌸

Congratulations to the one and only Chenqu Suo on successfully defending her PhD thesis! 🎉🎓 We are honoured to have you as an incredible member of the lab. Wishing you continued success in your clinical & academic journey, looking forward to collaborating with you again soon!

Marte Viken - European ME Research Group First up in Immunology and Autoimmunity session investinme.org/meconferencewe… #brmec12 #mecfs

Great to see our PhD student @donia_jr participating and presenting at the youngEMERG workshop #MECFS #research

No reward - no duties.  75% of respondents have reduced the hours spent on academic duties since 2020 (Nature polls). Mostly due to burnout and unwillingness to work for free. This included attending conferences, peer reviewing manuscripts and grant proposals, committees, mentoring and even teaching. Why? Because scientists are tired of not being able to do #science. - Students are tired of being unappreciated and overloaded - Faculties are tired of “community duties” that become overwhelming (conferences, committees, reviewing, outreach, etc) And everyone is tired of small salaries, zero empathy and little credit. The problem is greatly summarized by Isabel Müller (in the article): “There’s so little acknowledgement that people have difficult, complicated lives outside of work.” A year ago, Nature described how PhD students don’t want to be postdocs and faculties are leaving academia. Now, we see that those who stayed are trying to resist the system from the inside. But the problem is - the system is too rigid, too traditional and too elitist. So, as a community, we can change it only by raising our voices and expressing distaste with the status quo. I applaud Nature for writing about these issues so regularly. The academic world has too many interdependent parts which should be addressed concurrently. This is why we should stay united and strong as a community. Regarding the academic environment we all hope to have, I loved how Isabel Müller put it in the article: - I hope it becomes the new normal to say: “My life matters. My work is an important part, but I decide what my life looks like, not my employer”. #AcademicTwitter #education

Say hello to our wonderful Education Committee who were delighted to launch the ETHIQ Diploma at the #EFI2023 conference. This new course is designed for Technologists working in @EFI_Office accredited labs. Please see our website for info: efi-web.org/e-learning/eth…

Enjoying great discussions and presentations at the #REMEDY2023 seminar. Our PhD student Maria Vigeland @mdehh presented her AIM study that received a Young Researcher Program grant from @REMEDY_center

We are happy to welcome our close collaboration partner @REMEDY_center on Twitter 🎉 Look out for the latest results within research of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases!

A great collaboration with @siljews @mk_brun @KaasenKristin and colleagues on #antidrugantibodies & #HLAassociations, have a look: HLA‐DQ2 is associated with anti‐drug antibody formation to infliximab in patients with immune‐mediated inflammatory diseases onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jo…