The meeting will take place on Thursday November 27, 2 pm at the Department of Oncology, HUS. Fabricie André is one of the world’s leading researchers on treatment of breast cancer. Click here for more information
Yesterday, Professor Cecilie Svanes (Centre for International Health at Department of Global Health and Primary Care) received the COPD Prize from The National Organization for Heart- and Lung Disease (LHL). Svanes is, among other things, currently researching how the living conditions of grandparents and parents may influence the development of asthma and Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in children. Read more here: (in Norwegian)
On December 3 Centre for Knowledge-based Practice, Bergen University College, together with The Norwegian Knowledge Centre for Health Serviceswill focus on “knowledge-based research”. For more information, and instructions on how to sign up (in Norwegian)
Funds are available for research on new methods for teaching and learning at the University of Bergen (Shipowner Jacob R. Olsen and wife Johanne Georgine Olsen’s foundation).
All PhD-Candidates and students may apply. More information is available
here (in Norwegian).
Application deadline is December 1. Application database
Rector’s Office wishes for scientific employees teaching at Bergen Summer Research School to receive credit for this in the teaching records just as with any other teaching. Click here to read the letter from Rector’s Office (in Norwegian). The Faculty wishes for the institutes to provide input on this matter If you have any input please e-mail to
Synnøve Myhre
On Friday February 6, 2015, the annual Academic-Pedagogical Day for lecturers will be arranged. Here the latest in research from UiB will be presented, and this is a great arena to promote the work we do here at K2! The contributions could be ordinary lecturers of one to two hours duration, but you may also choose to put together a series of lectures or a mini seminar within an academic field or topic. Contributions should be registered via this link or to fp-dag@adm.uib.no Think widely and creatively; (almost) everything is allowed!
“National user manual in medical biochemistry” is an academic resource on laboratory samples which is now available as a free App. This app could be very useful for both students and employees. Click here for more information (in Norwegian)
If life, health and/or safety is at risk, conact:
UiB’s 24 hours security: 55 58 80 81
Head of Department:
Eystein S. Husebye, phone: 94 38 03 47
e-mail: eystein.husebye@k2.uib.no
Synnøve Myhre, phone: 93 48 46 14
e-mail: synnove.myhre@k2.uib.no
Hospital:
Other:
Link til UiB’s emergency plan:
http://regler.app.uib.no/regler/Del-1-Overordnede-rammer/1.6-Beredskapsplan-ved-UiB/Beredskapsplan-for-Universitetet-i-Bergen(in Norwegian)
Many agree that this year’s HSE-seminar was «the best HSE-seminar ever». We enjoyed a diverse programme consisting of group sessions with problem solving, a “feel good” seminar with Marco Elsafadi, and a panel debate on the issue – how can K2 become a better place to work?
The HSE-seminar is somewhat similar to Christmas services, it is nice and pleasant to hear about baby Jesus in the crib and sing Christmas carols, but then we forget about it until next Christmas. This time I want at least some of the lessons and ideas to be remembered and implemented.
Marco Elsafadi talked about his experiences as an athlete and as head of a company, focusing on politeness and generosity. He talked about Daniel who always greeted others by name, made coffee, and created a pleasant working environment around himself; about laughter and generosity. It might sound like fluff for “hard core scientists”, but it is actually important that people are happy – the joy of work will increase, and productivity and creativity will rise. You are all encouraged to greet everyone you meet at K2, and also to learn the name of someone you do not know.
The panel debate was constructive and engaging. An issue raised by several contributors was common meeting areas. The K1/K2 seminars and K2-news are both examples of meeting areas which I believe functions well. Helge Ræder suggested a discussion forum such as Harvard catalyst. As we do not have the possibility to create our own intranet at K2, we have this week launched the group “K2 katalysator” on Facebook as our “intranet”. The idea is that the Facebook forum can work as a “water hole” where K2 people can discuss/ask about collaborations, advice when the PCR-reaction do not work, or put in a request for equipment or chemical badly needed. Further, the page may be used to announce academic and social activities as well as to discuss other scientific or social issues related to K2. You are all hereby invited to participate!
We will also present the summaries of the various group sessions at the HMS-seminar in upcoming issues of K2-news so that this work will not be forgotten either. Thus, HSE is on the agenda throughout the entire year.
I wish you all a productive weekend and week.
Eystein Husebye
Acting Head of Department
This text is in norwegian only.
Vår kjære kollega og venn professor emeritus og overlege Aksel Harald Schreiner døde 6. november 2014 81 år gammel.
Han bisettes i Møllendal Store Kapell tirsdag 18. november kl 13. Alle som ønsker å delta er velkommen til bisettelsen og etterfølgende minnestund i Legenes hus. Les minneord her.
Researchers and PhD-candidates from K1 and K2, as well as from Helse Bergen, are invited to present their work to fellow researchers and the general audience through poster presentation. The event is organized by the Bergen Postgraduate School of Clinical Medical research, and the poster exhibition will take place on January 26-30, 2015. Prizes will be awarded the best posters. Deadline for signing up is December 1, 2014. Click here for more information.
The University of Bergen is inviting anyone interested to the annual one-day conference on equality on December 5. At this year’s conference you will meet researchers, activists and practitioners who, from their different viewpoints, will contribute with illuminating the topic of sexual orientation in regards to discrimination at the work place. Kim Friele and Norman Anderssen are among the exciting speakers invited. The conference will be opened by Rector Dag Rune Olsen and will finish with a panel debate hosted by Linda Eide.
Read more here (in Norwegian)
Sign up here (in Norwegian). Deadline for signing up is November 30.
The World Diabetes Day is approved and recognized by UN as an international day for highlighting diabetes. Through World Diabetes Day, diabetes will receive the attention it deserves as one of our time’s largest epidemics. Read more here (in Norwegian).
