Henrica Maria Johanna Werner will have her public defence on Tuesday May 20, 2014.
Trial lecture: Tuesday May 20, 2014, 09:15
Topic: «Endometrial carcinoma: areas of translational research after the TCGA reclassification»
Public defence: Tuesday May 20, 2014, 10:30
Place: Auditorium 4, BB-building, Jonas Lies vei 91
Title of dissertation: «Clinical and molecular markers in endometrial cancer. Studying prognostic and predictive biomarkers that can help to individualise therapeutic decisions»
1st opponent: Professor Jaime Prat, Autonomous University, Barcelona, Spain
2nd opponent: Professor Hans W. Nijman, University Medical Center, Groningen, Netherlands
Poster and Press release (both in Norwegian).

Gro Elizabeth Ann Strøm will have her public defence on Tuesday May 20, 2014.
Trial lecture: Tuesday May 20, 2014, 09:15
Topic: «Is elimination of malaria in Tanzania feasible?»
Public defence: Tuesday May 20, 2014, 11:15
Place: Stort Auditorium, Haukeland University Hospital
Title of dissertation: «Diagnosing pediatric malaria in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Clinical and laboratorial perspectives»
1st opponent: Associate Professor Michael Alifrangis, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
2nd opponent: Professor Jan Kristian Damås, NTNU, Norway
Poster and Press release (both in Norwegian).

Cord Arend Manhenke will have his public defence on Tuesday May 22, 2014.
Trial lecture: Thursday May 22, 2014, 09:15
Topic: «Cardiac extracellular matrix: Constituents and function»
Public defence: Thursday May 22, 2014, 10:30
Place: Aula 2nd floor, Sydbygg, Stavanger University Hospital
Title of dissertation: «Circulating markers of extracellular cardiac matrix turnover in patients following acute myocardial infarction»
1st opponent: Professor Christian Hall, Ringerike Hospital
2nd opponent: Professor Petar M. Seferovic, University of Beograd, Serbia
Poster and Press release (both in Norwegian).

Øystein Helland will have his public defence on Friday May 23, 2014.
Trial lecture: Friday May 23, 2014, 11:15
Topic: «Immune response failure as a predisposing factor for developing cancer»
Public defence: Friday May 23, 2014, 13:15
Place: Auditorium, Kvinneklinikken, Jonas Lies vei 72
Title of dissertation: «Ovarian Cancer: A clinical challenge requiring basic answers. Development of an orthotopic ovarian xenograft model accessible to surgical intervention and exploring the role of Treg in evasion of immune destruction»
1st opponent: Professor A.G.J. van der Zee, University Medical Center, Groningen, Netherlands
2nd opponent: Associate Professor Ben Davidson, University of Oslo, Norway
Poster and Press release (both in Norwegian).

Regarding Horizon2020, feedback is wanted to “Leading and Enabling Industrial Technologies/Biotechnologies” by May 26, 2014, and feedback for Samfunnsutfordring 2 (societal challenges 2) is wanted by June 9. See attachments about Research Infrastructures, Working programs (in Norwegian) and Food, Sea and Bio Economy (in Norwegian).

Feedback should be sent to Pro Dean Lise Øvreås, MatNat.

This years HSE seminar is in the planning. Mark November 5th in your calender already. Program will be published in K2 News as soon as it is ready. See you at the newly opened Hotel Ørnen.

Employees at the University of Bergen (UiB) with laboratory work are invited to the HSE courses:

• Chemical Register (ECOonline) Step 1 (for Norwegian speakers), May 20 (registration deadline May 15)
• Chemical Register (ECOonline) Step 2 (for Norwegian speakers), May 27 (registration deadline May 22)
• Førstehjelp på laboratoriet (for Norwegian speakers), May 28
  (registration deadline May 21)
• First Aid at the Laboratory (for English speakers), June 2
  (registration deadline May 26)

For more information (in Norwegian).

The Personnel and Organization Department offers these courses in the spring and fall semester:

• Courses in plain language (22 and 23 May and on 23 and 24 October. Registration deadline Friday, May 16th.)
• Nynorsk (18th and 19th June).
• Evening courses in academic English (starting September 1st)
• Intensive Course (summer) in Norwegian for foreign employees (17 July-9. August)

For more information (in Norwegian).

The Swedish Child Diabetes Foundation is calling for nominations for the Johnny Ludvigsson Prize for excellent research in childhood and adolescent diabetes 2014. Deadline for the nominations is May 15. For more information

Solbjørg Makalani Myrtveit was featured in NRK Dagsrevyen this week about her new article in the Journal of Adolescent Health. The article is also described on NRK.no.

The European institute for advanced studies in management (EIASM) arranges “Eden Doctoral Seminar on Doctoral Dissertation Writing and Publishing” in Vilnius, Lithuania, June 30-July 3, 2014. The deadline for application is extended to May 11, 2014. For more information.