The Tromsø Research Foundation and the Bergen Research Foundation jointly announce a research program in nuclear medicine. This is an initiative from Bergen and Tromsø Research Foundation, and has a budget of up to NOK 75 million for a period of 3–5 years.

The universities and university hospitals in Tromsø, Trondheim and Bergen are invited to nominate a joint application from each city. Applications are prepared by the relevant academic communities and coordinated by theme:

• Bergen: PET Radiofarmaka
• Trondheim: Clinical studies
• Tromsø: Preclinical studies

Link to the announcement text for the Nuclear Medicine / PET program can be found here.

Haukeland University Hospital and the University of Bergen wish that as many academic environments as possible should have the opportunity to collaborate on the application. They therefore invite to an open meeting:

Time: 31 January, at. 09:00–11:30
Location: Bikuben, Haukeland University Hospital.
No registration required.

For more information, contact Tom Christian Adamsen, Center for Nuclear Medicine / PET.

Bergen and Western Norway will get a new medical incubator. As an admission to this, an open meeting will be held on Thursday 8 March at Haukeland University Hospital, where stakeholders in research, clinics, industry, business development and finance will be gathered. The purpose of the event is to gather a wide range of stakeholders to a medical incubator, to inform about the plans, and to establish a broad ownership of a further process.

The medical incubator will be placed close to a number of academic research environments with a short distance to well-run clinical environment. The activities of an incubator will further strengthen research collaboration across the academic environment, including actors outside the public organizations.

A number of significant research groups have been established within medical and biomedical subjects. We believe there will be a golden opportunity for industry to participate here, including Start-up companies from research activity.

At the meeting, you will hear lectures from local, national and international actors who share their experiences and present wishes for a new, enthusiastic commitment to a professionally exciting area.

Time: 8 March, at. 14:00–18:00.
Location: Bikuben, Haukeland University Hospital.

Helge Ræder                        Bjørn Tore Gjertsen             Jens Reigstad
UiB                                         HUS                                        BTO

Biobank Norway is organizing a new conference on biobanking, and it has now been opened for registration.

Time: 12–13 March.
Location: Felix Conference Center, Bryggetorget 3, Oslo.

Program and registration.

Welcome!

Best regards,
Vegard Marschhäuser
coordinator, Biobank Norway

Your chance to succeed in Horizon2020 doubles if you are a member of a COST network, from the European average of 14 % to 28 %. COST brings together researchers across nations into networks covering specific research areas.

On this page, you can find ongoing COST networks, and it can be worth looking through those ending 2019-2021. If you find an interesting network, there are two ways to join:

• Each country can have two representatives in each network. If the two seats are not taken, you can show interest.
• If Norway already has two representatives, you can contact the network.

Are there no COST networks within your research field? You can submit a proposal to establish a new network. Multi- and interdisciplinary proposals are encouraged. The deadline is 20 April 2018.

Amra

(In Norwegian only.)

I desember 2017 besluttet Barndiabetesfonden i Sverige å tildele 13 millioner svenske kroner til forskning innen diabetes hos barn og unge. Dette er mer enn stiftelsen har delt ut tidligere.

Midlene skal fordeles i henhold til anbefalinger fra Barndiabetesfondens vitenskapelige råd etter fjorårets utlysning og søknadsprosess.

Les mer her.

The faculty has presented a draft of new guidelines for dealing with cases of possible violation of recognized ethical standards of research ethics.

The case is attached here. (Link in Norwegian.)

The faculty requests that department heads and management leaders carefully read the case, forward the guidelines to their own department, and include questions / comments to one of the first institute meetings in the new year, where the guidelines and research ethics will be discussed.