Cardiac scientists benefit from understanding and utilizing a wide set of techniques, also outside of their own field of expertise. The popular three-day course Methods in Cardiac Research is arranged by NORHEART in Oslo every spring, and gives you knowledge about:

• Commonly used and cutting edge methods in the field of cardiac research.
• Methods in molecular biology including: real-time qPCR, RNA sequencing
  immunolocalisation, protein-protein interactions, western blotting, flow cytometry, FRET and ELISA.
• Methods in cellular biology including: cell isolation and cell culturing, transfection, GM-mice, cell-stretching, calcium imaging, and quantification of intracellular signalling pathways.
• In vivo and ex vivo testing of cardiac function in research animals, such as echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging, telemetric ECG surveillance, pressure-volume measurements, exercise training and cardiac surgery in laboratory animals.
• Cardiac examination of patients, such as MR, CT, SPECT.

The course gives you the skills to:

• Select the appropriate method to use in your research.
• Gain insight into the benefits and limitations of each method.
• Explain the core principles of the presented methods.

Limited number of participants: 24.

See the full program for the 2025 course

Registration (opens soon):

• PhD candidates admitted to a PhD program at UiO can apply in StudentWeb.
• Applicants who are not admitted to a PhD program at UiO must first apply for a right to study PhD courses in medicine and health sciences in SøknadsWeb before they can apply for this course in StudentWeb.