Monthly Archives: June 2017

Thanks

This is the last K2Nytt editorial before the summer vacation and my last as head of the Department of Clinical Science. I will take the opportunity to express my gratitude to all of you. More than four years have passed since K2 was established, and a lot has happened these years. It has been ups and downs, but I have always felt a very strong support and kindness from every corner of K2.

With 320 employees coming from four different departments, it has for sure been conflicts of interests and different opinions of how to cope with various challenges. However, I have always felt that people have taken a strong interest in where to go, and have sincerely wanted a good solution. The occasions when some did not have it their way, the final solution has always been accepted.

There will soon be a call for the position as new head of K2. I hope that many will consider applying. It is a very rewarding job. It is a fantastic bunch of people at K2, be it the administrative, technical or scientific staff. I want the next head of K2 to be met with the same kindness as has been offered me. There are still many tasks to take on at K2.

Thanks a lot, all of you!

Per

HSE corner: Empty the backup freezer in 1M before the holiday

Since we are now entering a period of absence from work and potentially warm weather, the backup freezer must be cleaned and emptied before going on holiday.

There are currently several (forgotten) samples in the freezer that are not on the list of content. We request that everyone take responsibility for a check of samples that have been left behind, and remind you that the use of the freezer must be agreed with Julie Stavnes.

Congratulations, Ingvild!

K2’s apprentice, Ingvild, today passed her professional exam with best grade.

We congratulate!

Delivery of postal mails and parcels during the summer 2017

Due to the summer holiday, the Transport and Park Section (TPS) will deliver internal and external postal mails and parcels only once a week from Monday 26 June to Friday 11 August, and earlier in the day than usual.

Units that are closed during the summer, should report this to TPS as soon as possible.

Any questions can be addressed to the post manager Knut-Egil Larsen:

Tel. office: 55 58 20 71
Mobile: 905 04 899
E-mail: Knut-Egil.Larsen@uib.no

Read more here. (Link in Norwegian.)

Goods receipts in the Laboratory Building during the Cycling World Championships

The goods receipts in the Laboratory Building will be open as usual in week 38 during the UCI Road World Championships, but it will also be staffed with a person at night.

This week, BRING and the other major suppliers will mainly supply goods to HUS after 19:00 and at night.

Therefore, you should avoid ordering supplies for week 38, and instead increase your orders in the weeks before and after the World Championships.

Career day for PhD candidates | Thursday 5 October

Welcome to career day for all PhD candidates at the Faculty of Medicine! It will take place 5 October from 10:00 to 14:00 in auditorium 4, in the BB building at Haukeland. Some of our graduated PhD candidates and institutions from both public and private sector will come and hold presentations.

Detailed programme and information about registration will be sent later, but please save the date.

Parts of the programme might be held in Norwegian. You will get more information about that with the programme and registration mail.

Group leader training autumn 2017

Every semester, The University of Bergen organizes a course in pedagogy over three days for group leaders (colloquia leaders, seminar leaders) who will work on teaching assignments during the semester. The course is organized by the Program for University Pedagogy at the Department of Education at the Faculty of Psychology.

Please register by sending an e-mail to Kåre Helleve.

Read more here. (Link in Norwegian.)

Benefits of EU-funded research

The EU Commission now has a campaign to show the benefits of EU-funded research, and they suggest using #EUinmyregion in discussions and reviews of EU projects during this summer.

In addition, they have a Facebook competition until the end of August, and a blog contest with a deadline of 27 June.

Read more here.

Course in entrepreneurship in healthcare

The School of Health Innovation has now opened their second course – Entrepreneurship in healthcare – to applicants.

The school is an initiative from the University of Oslo, NTNU in Trondheim and Karolinska Institutet (KI) in Stockholm, and is developed in collaboration with Nansen Neuroscience Network (NNN). The course is also open to applicants from the University of Bergen.

This time the target group is those who have taken course 1 and other researchers with expertise in the field.

Deadline for application: 30 June.
Information.

Dementia Research Prize 2018

Nasjonalforeningen for folkehelsen wishes to stimulate research in the field of dementia, and therefore announce a dementia research prize, which will be awarded during a ceremony in Det Norske Teatret February 2018.

Proposals for candidates must be submitted before the deadline of 30 August 2017. A separate form (in Norwegian) must be used for this.

Read more here. (Link in Norwegian.)

Deadlines

Here, you find this week’s deadlines.

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New publications

Here are recent publications with contributions from K2 based on last week’s search on PubMed. If you have publications which are not included in this list, please send the references to Johnny Laupsa-Borge.

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PhD Comics

The Times They are a-changin

Bob Dylan sings that it’s time to wake up for the times have changed; also for UiB and K2. The UiB Board made two decisions on June 1st that will affect us. One seems unimaginable; We are now going to be called “The Faculty of Medicine” – simple and straightforward, but at the same time clear and powerful. The second decision that Per Bakke is offered the position as Dean touches us more. I received the news with mixed feelings. I was very happy on Pers and my own behalf; The Faculty of Medicine receives a new and visionary leader. The backside, however, is that K2 will soon be without a leader.

Per has led the department through a major and extensive reorganization and has managed to get groups from different institutes to work well together with a low conflict level. Under Press Management, the business has had impressive growth. K2 researchers regularly publish in “top tier” journals, receive grants from national (K.G.-Jebsen, NFR, Cancer Society) and international funds and organizations (EU, Novo Nordisk). We have managed to pay off debt and have provided us with an action room that enables strategic measures to further improve the quality of research, teaching and dissemination.

Per, in other words, leaves an institute with good vitality and little obstructivity. When he on July 31st, extends his right arm with the baton, who is ready to grab it and the challenge of leading K2 futher?

The Department Management thinks that it will be possible to conduct own research while leading K2, as Per has shown possible with about 130 articles published since 2010. The new department head gets its own post-doc position, a reliable management and the ability to build up a senior management team – all to facilitate high academic activity.

We hope that «The Times They are a-changin» in a positive way and that many, both internal and external, see the opportunities that lie in the position of head of department and apply.

Eystein

We are changing our name – important notice to all staff members

On 1 June, the University Board voted to change the name of our faculty from “Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry” to “Faculty of Medicine”. Read more about this process here.

The Norwegian version is Det medisinske fakultet, and the new official abbreviation is MED.

The name change has already been implemented, and we now kindly ask all members of staff to:

Change the name of the faculty if it appears in your email signature.
Start using the name “Faculty of Medicine” when mentioning the faculty.

The expedition will be closed next week

The expedition closes Wednesday 21 June, Thursday 22 June and Friday 23 June.
You can then refer yourself further to the administration.

The expedition opens up again Monday 26 June.