Oslo Science Fair 2011

Friday 23rd and saturday 24th of september the centre for Cancer Biomedicine(CCB) had a stand at the Oslo Science Fair (Forskningstorget 2011).

The stand aimed to visualize and explain how our research on colorectal cancer impacts diagnosis and treatment today, tomorrow and in the future.

Tarjei S. Hveem and Danial Sheikh represented the Institute for Medical Informatics. People of all ages were able to zoom in and out and test the iPad version of Interpath. Already on friday the CCB-stand experienced a large queue of visitors wanting to look at cancer cells in a microscope, test Interpath and take part in a pipetting competition. While professional doctors, families and adolescents were fascinated about the videos on display, Tarjei and Danial discussed their research activities and Interpath with, among others, chemistry- and biology students.

Tarjei zooming in on Colorectal Cancer cells.

The Oslo Science Fair is part of the National Science Week in Norway (Forskningsdagene), a nationwide event held every year to make science and research available to the public.