Monthly Archives: November 2015

Reminder: Invitation to the Nordic PhD course “Bio-8303: Molecular and Clinical Aspects of Cancer”

UIT logoDear Mr/Ms/Mrs
Attached you will find an invitation to the Nordic PhD course Bio-8303: “Molecular and Clinical Aspects of Cancer”. The course will take place at the University of Tromsø in week 10 and 11 next year (March 7th to 18th, 2016). An international faculty teaches the course (please find the lecture schedule attached). Continue reading

Green chemistry – reduce the environmental footprint.

The HSE section has previously arranged “Glove Safety Course” and “Gas safety Course” where external actors have informed us on useful topics related to HSE.

8 December 2015 we will have a visitor from Sigma Aldrich (Jeffrey Whitford, USA) who will give a presentation on Green Chemistry. Sigma Aldrich has multiple green options that may be appropriate for UiB.

Follow the link for more information and registration.

Please spread this information to your colleagues.

Sincerely
Anne-Kristin M. Johannessen
Occupational hygienist / Senior Engineer
HSE Section, HR Department
University of Bergen, PO Box 7800, 5020 Bergen
Tel: 55 58 87 52 Email: Anne-Kristin.Johannessen@uib.no

The office situation at K2

Per BakkeThe office situation at K2 is a challenge. A large and pleasing increase in BOA activity has contributed to an increased demand for office space. The administration is going to take another round in K2 areas in the lab building to see if it is possible to exploit the areas better and make sure that people do not hold places they are not supposed to. In the allocation of seats, we will follow the already decided ranking for allocation of office spaces: Professor, Associate Professor, researcher, postdoc, PhD student, research line student, master’s student. In addition, we will strive to have people sit near their labs and close to their partners. It is possible that we also need to utilize some lab areas as office spaces.

Finally, it is important that people report their needs for office space to Irene: Irene.Hjelmaas@uib.no

It is in everyone’s interest that these rules are followed. If we all show agility this can easily go well!

Per

Research presentations from 2015

Forskerskolen

Bergen Postfraduate School of Clinical Medical Research invites you all to attend “Researhc Presentations from 2015”. The event will be held from 25-29 January 2016, with poster display in the vestibule of Haukeland University Hospital and oral presentations Thursday 28 January. Registration deadline is 1 December. See attached invitation for more information.

Midwayevaluations week 48

Stein Erik Gullaksen
Thursday 26. november, at 08:00 – 09:00
Place: Conference room 5.1/5.2. 5th Floor Laboratory building
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Tiina Andersen
Thursday 26. november, a 09:00 – 10:00
Place: Conference room 5.1/5.2. 5th Floor Laboratory building
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Bente Silnes Tandberg
Thursday 26. november, at 10:00 – 11:00
Place: Conference room 5.1/5.2. 5th Floor Laboratory building
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Tina Fonnes
Thursday 26. november, at 11:00 – 12:00
Place: Conference room 5.1/5.2. 5th Floor Laboratory building
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Øistein R. Mjelva
Thursday 26. november, at 12:45 – 13:45
Place: Conference room 5.1/5.2. 5th Floor Laboratory building
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Eirik W. Rebnord 
Thursday 26. november, at 13:45 – 14:45
Place: Conference room 5.1/5.2. 5th Floor Laboratory building
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New Publications

Based on last week’s search for “Department of Clinical Science AND Bergen”. If you have publications which are not covered by this search, send the reference to elin.opheim@uib.no.

Pain and pain tolerance in whiplash-associated disorders: A population-based study.
Myrtveit SM, Skogen JC, Sivertsen B, Steingrímsdóttir ÓA, Stubhaug A, Nielsen CS.
Eur J Pain. 2015 Nov 16.

Common Polymorphisms That Affect Folate Transport or Metabolism Modify the Effect of the MTHFR 677C > T Polymorphism on Folate Status.
Bueno O, Molloy AM, Fernandez-Ballart JD, García-Minguillán CJ, Ceruelo S, Ríos L, Ueland PM, Meyer K, Murphy MM.
J Nutr. 2015 Nov 11.

Identification of rare high-risk copy number variants affecting the dopamine transporter gene in mental disorders.
Hoeffding LK, Duong LT, Ingason A, Rosengren A, Sorbanski E, Witt SH, Djurovic S, Andreassen OA, Hansen T, Werge T, Rasmussen HB.
Nord J Psychiatry. 2015 Nov 11:1-4.

Appraisal Interview

Per BakkeAll permanent employees in main position shall anually be offered an appraisal interview. As department head, I have interviews with research group leaders, heads of platforms and permanent academic staff in main positions. Research group leaders must ensure that appraisal interviews are offered to other employees in the research group, including technicians. The head of administration will offer appraisal interviews to the administrative staff.

The appraisal interview is voluntary for the employee. The conversation will be confidential and address expectations both ways, as well as efforts and results. It should be very concrete, as that makes it easier to assess the impact of it. An important point is that both parties in advance think about what should be addressed.

The purpose of the interview is to help create a better working environment, at the same time as we improve, both as individuals and organization. Medical university work is carried out in a tight relationship. This makes the appraisal inerview particularly important.

Per

New names

IMG_3595We present Ehsan Hajjar , PhD student at Department of Clinical Science. Ehsan started with his PhD work in November 2015 under the supervision of Prof. Bjørn Tore Gjertsen. If anyone wants to say hello, you can find him in the 3rd floor in the lab building.

Safety rounds and filling in checklist form

Hi all,
15th and 17th of December HSE rounds will be conducted in the Children’s Clinic, the Women’s Clinic and in the laboratory building. We therefore ask that everyone fills out and returns the enclosed forms (select the form that suits you). If you have nothing to remark with regards to your workplace, we want you to fill out the form and return it anyway.
Deadline for submission of the form is Friday 27 November.
Please contact us if you have questions.

Sincerely
The safety delegates and adm.manager

Julie Stavnes                                                            Attachments:
Head of Administration,                                           Form office
Clinical Institute 2                                                      Form lab-clinic-workshop 
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry                             Form personal-meeting-grouprooms
University of Bergen
http://www.uib.no/klin2
Tel: +47 55 97 29 58

Election Announcement and invitation to submit nominations of group B to the Institute Council

K2 will elect a new representative to the departmental council of group B – Temporary staff in teaching and research positions.

Nominations must be sent or delivered to the administration manager Julie Stavnes within 3 pm on Friday 20 November 2015. Proposals must be signed by at least three voters in the respective constituency (the group). It must be evident from the proposal who have signed. For a proposal to be legally put forward, tit must meet these requirements: Continue reading

Annual inspection of safety benches (LAF benches) in the laboratory building Monday 16 November

Monday 16 November Bryn AS from Oslo will conduct the annual inspection of the LAF benches. Due to the short notice, we have tried to inform all users directly. If you should need to adapt the time of control, contact Ingvild in the reception on the eighth floor of the Lab-building.
Sorry for the short notice and thank you for cooperating during the control on Monday.

Thanks!

Regards
Ingvild Lekven Jonsvoll
Apprentice, Clinical Institute 2
Laboratory building 8. floor
Room 8425
Tel: 55973050

New system for HSE non-conformities

The Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry will start using a digital report system for HSE non-conformities on the 10th of November 2015.
The university wants all HSE non-conformities to be reported, in order to prevent and follow up injuries to people and harm to the environment and property. Knowledge about HSE non-conformities provides a basis for ensuring a fully satisfactory learning and working environment.

Employees and students who discover HSE non-conformities must fill out an electronic notification. The system is user-friendly and employees should be able to use the new system without training.

More information about HSE non-conformities and link to the system