The Department of Clinical Science now aims to improve the webpages. We focus on how the research groups are going to be presented. A main goal is that the website should be updated and as far as possible also standardized to ensure availability of a minimum of relevant information for all research groups. Elements of this standardization include key information about group members (name, image, title and short research profile), research objectives and methods applied in the research group, the collaborators of the research group, and advanced special equipment possessed by the research group.

To reach this goal we have appointed web editors recruited from the graduate students. The editors will provide editorial support to all research groups and follow up with the update and standardization of the webpages in collaboration with the Department, but the research groups will continue to have the responsibility for the actual content of the webpages.

In the future we aim to make the information about the research groups searchable so that the web pages become a catalyst for research at the Department of Clinical Science.

Helge Ræder

We present Andreas Venizelos, PhD student at Mohn Cancer Research Laboratory, Department of Clinical Science.
Andreas started with his PhD work in March 2016 under the supervision of Stian Knappskog. If you want to say hello, you can find him in the 1M floor in the lab building.

Photo: Private

Digital UiB – reach out to the whole world!

Welcome to Communication Breakfast Wednesday 27 April at 8:30 to 9:45 am (doors open for breakfast from 8 am), Auditorium A, Sydneshaugen school.
MOOC course, My UiB and Podcasts are some of the possibilities to reach a larger audience today. Learn more in this year’s second Communication Breakfast.
Scientists at UoB actively use digital tools and channels, but UoB as an institution is also working on this. In the upcoming Communication Breakfast we share experiences from this work and talk about the researchers’ possibilities of digital dissemination through new surfaces. We also serve coffee, tea and a light breakfast. The complete program and registration form can be found here (in Norwegian).

As part of this fellowship programme four new postdoctoral research fellowships for 2016 are now offered. The deadline for applications is Sunday 8th May 2016. For more information, follow this link.

National seminar for researchers within geriatrics and geriatric psychiatry.
Bekkjarvik, May 30-31st, 2016.
See programme (in Norwegian).
Sign up: ida.kristine.sangnes@haraldsplass.no

Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry asks that those planning to send an application to SIU inform the faculty. For more information, see the attached letter (in Norwegian).

The Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry will this year also award the Publication of the Year, the Research Group of the Year, the PhD work of the Year, and Prize for Outstanding Research Communication.  Suggestions must be sent to Irene Hjelmaas by no later than 25 April 2016. For more informations, see attached announcement (in Norwegian).

The faculty wishes to remind everyone that 1 May is deadline for applying for research sabbatical for 2017. For more information, see attached letter (in Norwegian).

Links:
Guidelines
Application Form

See attached information about the summer school in Hull, arranged through the Utrecht Network.

Attachments:
Information letter (in Norwegian)
Information brochure

This course is for those who have Norwegian as their second language and who write formal texts at work. In this course you will learn how get your message across.
For whom: Public sector employees who have Norwegian as a second language
Lecturer: Ragnar Eriksen
Location: Bergen, 1 June 2016
Registration Deadline: 2 May 2016

Attachment:
Invitation (in Norwegian)

Links:
More information
Registration

Bjørn Cristiansens memorial lecture 2016 will be held by Edvard Moser.
For more informations, see attached invitation.

Takes Place  June 6-8, 2016  in Tartu, Estonia.

Important dates:

Early registration: February 1 – April 18, 2016
Late regisration: April 19 – June 1, 2016
Abstract submission: February 1 – April 16, 2016 (extended)

Webpage

MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY BOARD – GROUP B
The deadline for proposing candidates is Monday 25 April.

Please see  attached election notice for additional information and electoral register control.

Attachements:
Election Notice
Election rules (in Norwegian)

Introducing the New HSE coordinator here at Department of Clinical Science; Tove H. Skogmo Folkestad. If you have any questions or just want to stop by to say hello, you can find her in the 5th floor .

Maria Vollsæter will defend her PhD thesis on Friday, April 22th, 2016
Trial lecture: Friday, April 22th, 2016, 09:30
Topic: “How to prevent and manage long term effects of bronchopulmonary dysplasia?”
Place: Auditoriet, Barneklinikken, Jonas Lies vei 65
Public defense: Friday, April 22th, 2016, 11:15
Place:Auditoriet, Barneklinikken, Jonas Lies vei 65
Title of dissertation: “Long-term Respiratory Outcomes of Extreme Preterm Birth. A Population-based Cohort Study”
1st opponent: Professor Sailesh Kotecha, Cardiff University, School of Medicine, U.K
2nd opponent: Dr.med.sci. Kim G. Nielsen, Rigshospitalet, København, Danmark

Press release (in Norwegian)

Introducing Misbah Sabir, M.Sc in Medical Biology. Misbah started as staff Engineer in the Translational Hemato-Oncology research group  in April 2016 . If you want to say hello, you can find her on the 3rd floor in the laboratory building

Timetable

• Monday 29 February: Deadline for submission of 1-2 page sketches to the Head of Department
• Monday 14 March at 1 pm: First joint meeting with a short presentation of the scientific goal of the project, and briefly about the budget (with list of positions and operating expenses). Participants: extended management team and other senior researchers; research adviser; administration
• Monday April 18: Creating online application in NRC’s systems, and provide access for the project economist.
• Wednesday, 20 April at 1 pm: Joint meeting. The project leaders present the applications for each other and department management (5 to 10 min per presentation).
• Thursday 21 April – Friday 22 April: Contact Meetings between management and researchers, budget planning. Siv will make a time table for meetings these two days.
• Ultimo April: Internal peer review.
• Monday May 23: Deadline for approval by Head of Department.
• Wednesday May 25: At 1 pm Final deadline to NFR.

Roland is engaged as Vice-dean, Doctoral Education (PhD) at MOF from April 1st. He is definitely the right man for the job. K2 wishes him good luck!

See attached invitation letter (in Norwegian). For further information and registration follow this link.