Monthly Archives: January 2017

This weeks editorial

Ræder_portrettFrom Bench to Business

 How should scientists at the Department of Clinical Science improve innovation of their research? This was the topic of one of the panel debates at the strategy meeting last week with panelists from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), Bergen technology transfer office (BTO) and the Department , and with research group leaders in the audience. Prime Minister Erna Solberg has previously said that our country needs more suppliers to the National budget – not more companies and institutions living on the National budget. She asked for more innovation once again in her New Year speech where she also pointed to BerGenBio as a successful example of research-driven innovation at our faculty.
K2 aims to increase innovation in the present strategy period, and point number one is to establish an innovation strategy for K2 this Spring.
I will head an advisory group for the innovation strategy which subsequently will be discussed at the Department Board in the Spring. I therefore  ask for input from you, both to the group’s composition and to the elements we should include in this strategy. As an example I already received a proposition of speed-dates between researchers at the Department and economists at NHH. The proposed idea was to pair scientists with entrepreneurs to increase the success rate. Prof. Tor Andreassen at NHH pointed to the entrepeneurship challenges at the strategy seminar: The entrepreneur should, in addition to developing increased customer and marketing understanding and investor relations also withstand being poor, work 80-hour weeks, travel up to 200 travel days, make difficult decisions, live with risk, move quickly and adapt continuously. Since researchers also lead or participate actively in a research group, we certainly require good helpers on the team if we also aim for innovation. Perhaps the way to go may be to build a bridge between K2 and the environments in Sandviken – or with other environments in Bergen aimed at innovation, including Innovation Norway and the new Mohn Center for Innovation and Regional Development at the Bergen University College.

I would like to hear from you if you have input.

 Helge

Theme Day Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis clinic at Haukeland University Hospital organizes conference about tuberculosis.

Theme Day is m.a. for doctors in specialist rode almost the municipal health almost, students at the medical school, nurses, nursing educators

Thursday February 9 at 08.30 to 15.30.
Location: Bikuben, Haukeland University Hospital

See the attached program and registration. Deadline for entries 01/20/17

Call for ERA-NET

kreftforeningenThe Norwegian Cancer Society wishes to inform about a new round of ERA-NET for translational cancer research – TRAN SCAN-2.
The theme of the announcement is “Minimally and non-invasive methods for early detection and / or progression of cancer.”

You can read more about the call on the NCS and TRAN SCAN their websites, see
https://kreftforeningen.no/forskning/sok-forskningsmidler/

 http://www.transcanfp7.eu/calls/third-joint-transnational-call-jtc-2016.html

Norwegian researchers are encouraged to participate in the announcement!

Invitation to organise a permanent PhD course at Bergen Summer Research School

We hereby invite you to propose a permanent course for Bergen Summer Research School (BSRS). Taking place at the University of Bergen in June every year, BSRS attracts about 80 PhD candidates and young researchers from all over the world. BSRS is an integrated part of the doctoral education at UiB and offers a series of parallel h
igh quality doctoral courses targeting doctoral candidates and junior researchers.

For more information.

Happy New Year!

Per BakkeI hope everybody have had a peaceful Christmas and used the opportunity to recreate in the Christmas and New Year’s Eve. This editorial will mention three deadline coming up in January. The first is the opportunity to apply for small assets (SMÅFORSK) January 13th. This has been the topic of a recent editorial by Eystein.

Kristof Vlaeminck is the head of the EU office of UoB in Brussels, He will give a half day workshop on “How to write a good proposal?” on January 19th, The workshop is of relevance to those who plan to or are considering writing an EU application. The workshop has room for 20 participants on a first first apply first serve basis. Sign up to Irene here. 

Finally The KG Jebsen call for proposals for translational research should be mentioned. The faculty of Medicine and Odontology wants to promote candidates and hold a prequalification round in which leading research groups are asked to submit a 2-pages draft of a proposal. Requirements for the draft is given here.

The faculty in collaboration with the Haukeland University Hospital will then pick four applicants who will be invited to write a full application. The deadline for submitting the draft is January 24th. The draft should be sent to Julie.

Per

 

HSE corner

uten-navnThe Technician forum need new powers! Are you interested in being a part of  the committee to the Technician forum?
If you think this could be something for you, contact Ingvild Jonsvoll either by mail (Ingvild.Jonsvoll@uib.no) or phone 55973050.

K2 thanks last year’s Committee for a well done job! Thanks to Ersilia Bifulco, Tove H. Skogmoe Folkestad and Jenny Liqin Zhang.

January 10th the first NOKUT breakfast is held

Professor, PhD, professor, lecturer and associate professor. What do the educators think about the quality of education at Norwegian Universities and colleges?

The last four years NOKUT have asked students give their opinion about the quality of the program they have started. Now we turn to them standing in front of students. The educators.

  • How do you assess the students’ efforts?
  • Their learning outcomes?
  • How much time do you spend on the teaching?
  • And what does this actually mean to the students’ level of knowledge?

For breakfast will among others head for UHR Vidar L Haanes leader in NAR Peter Aaslestad, NSO leader Marianne Andenæs and NOKUT director Terje Morland Panel conversation.

We also collect educators to the conversation. Professor Anne C. Elster (Department of Computer and Information Science, NTNU), Professor Petter Kongsgården (Department of Education, University College Southeast Norway) and Associate Anniken Haugelund (Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo).

Time: 08:00-09:30 AM (breakfast is served from 07:30 AM)
Place: Frokostkjelleren, Karl Johans gate 47, Oslo

Can’t attend? You can follow the breakfast Meeting live from here