Monthly Archives: May 2015

Scams at UiB

username-pwdUiB is constantly being compromised via email. We have experienced that employees have exposed password and user name to outsiders. These are serious violations that could expose UiB’s Computing Resources.

We remind you that passwords and user names never must be disclosed to third parties.

 

 

Standard about information security

Electronic processing of information provides opportunities, but also poses challenges for information security at UiB. Directorate of Health has recently prepared a standard for information security. Last update was made in February 2015.

We think you should know about this norm. The purpose of the standard is to contribute to satisfactory information Security in health care. The standard is also intended to be a help in the  organizations work with information security..

Link.

Communication breakfast; Researchers in social media

WEB ‘I tweet, therefore I am “: Researchers in social media

Is social media more than selfies and cat videos? Can research conveyed in 140 characters?
The Communications Department invites all employees to a communication  breakfast May 13, with social medium on the menu. Hear about other scientists own experience, and get good tips and advice along the way. Free admission!

Time: Wednesday 13 May kl. 08:00 until 10:00
City: Egg, Student Centre
Deadline: Monday May 11

More information and registration form 

 

Meetings/seminars

Meetings/workshops/conferences

1. DIA 27th Annual Euro meetingDevelopment, Innovation, Access and Patient Safety. Issues across the entire drug development value chain. 13-15 April 2015, Paris, France. 

2. Driving forces behind research and innovation. The Focus on Business Seminar 2015: From curiosity to success. Oslo, 21 April

3. BIO-NANO match-making seminar for new joint Call on industry-relevant research in autumn 2015 (NANO2021 and BIONÆR). Oslo, 21 April 

4. Hvordan bli professor i Norge? Information and discussion about the path to professorship. Oslo, 27 April

NY5.10th NRI-Conference: Nordic Cooperation for Future Health and Challanges. Bergen, 4-5 May.

6. Preannouncement: European IPR Helpdesk seminar “From Invention to Innovation” – Strategies for the Successful Exploitation. 12 – 13 May 2015, Bergen. More info comes here.

7. 2nd EATRIS conference: Building Bridges in Translational Medicine.
Amsterdam, 27-28 May 2015

8. Conference EnGendering excellence. Gender is a cross-cutting issue in Horizon 2020. Distinguished international researchers will present why sex/gender analysis is crucial for the quality of their research. RCN, Oslo, 4-5 June 2015

9. EuroNanoForum 2015: the largest European conference on nanotechnologies in the industrial environment offers excellent opportunities to find research and business contacts. Riga, 10-12 June 2015

10. 4th World Congress of Clinical Safety (4WCCS). Clinical Management and Governance for Healthcare Risk and Crisis. Vienna, Austria. 28 – 30 September 2015

Public defence Week 20

MM_D610_7747Solbjørg Markalani Myrtveit will have her public defence on Wednesday May 13, 2015
Trial lecture: Wednesday may 13, 2015, kl.09.15
Topic: ”Chronic whiplash – an update on possible pathophysiological and psychological mechanisms”
Place: Auditorium 1, Bygg for biologiske basalfag, Jonas Lies vei 91
Public defence: Wednesday may  13, 2015, kl.11.15
Place: Auditorium 1, Bygg for biologiske basalfag, Jonas Lies vei 91
Title of dissertation: “Risk factors for development and maintenance of chronic whiplash”
1st opponent  Professor Trudie Chalder, King’s College, London
2nd opponent Seniorforsker Ragnhild Elise Ørstavik, Nasjonalt folkehelseinstitutt

 Press release