Monthly Archives: October 2018

Introduction course on mainstreaming of gender perspectives in medical research

SKOK offers a three-hour course on gender perspectives in research. The course invites reflection on how analytical gender perspectives can be integrated into both on-going medical research and in future project development.

The inclusion of gender perspectives is gaining increasing importance in the evaluation of research quality – both with regards to project applications and the research itself. For example, both the Research Council of Norway and the European Union aim for projects to not only have gender balance, but also for gender perspectives to be an integral part of their research questions, methodology and analysis. Analytical and multidisciplinary approaches to gender can therefore contribute to strengthen project applications and provide new perspectives that enhance the quality of the research.

This course gives an introduction to the gender politics of external funding agencies, and to how gender perspectives can be integrated into ongoing research and future project applications.  The course emphasises in particular examples from medical research.

Time and venue: 6 November 10.00 – 13.00, board room (styrerommet), 4th floor, Armauer Hansens hus

Registration deadline: 2 November, send your registration to Amra.  

Seminar content:

1.      Welcome and presentations of participants

2.      Get an overview over EU and NFR policy on the integration of gender perspectives  and gender equality in research.

3.      Gain insights on different meanings of gender, and on central concepts. 

4.      Reflect  on your own understandings of gender, and how it is reflected in your research projects.

11.30 – 12.00 Lunch

5.      Gender balance in methodology and knowledge production.

6.      Familiarize with examples of how gender mainstreaming in different areas of research has led to research innovation.

7.      Acquire methodological and analytical tools that can be used to integrate gender perspectives in research.

8.      Summary: why and how to address the requirements for gender balance and gender perspectives in research projects.

Welcome to library courses in English!

The library offers several courses in English in November and December. The courses are mainly for staff and PhD students. Other students are offered courses within their schedule.

The courses are free of charge, but please register for the courses.

  • Introduction to systematic reviews, 28 November
    The course gives an overview about the process of working with a systematic review, with tips about relevant databases and other tools. It also describes the role of the library in this process
  • Introduction to EndNote, 5 December
    EndNote is a tool for managing references. The course covers import of references from a database, editing and organizing of references and using EndNote in writing. EndNote is also a valuable tool for managing data in a systematic review.
  • Literature searching in PubMed and Embase, 12 December
    PubMed and Embase are major biomedical article databases with an overlap in content of about 30-40%. The main topics of the course are searching with text words and subject headings, and various functionality for limiting search results.

You may find more details and registration forms on our web page.

 

(Norwegian) Masteroppgave for ernæringsstudenter

I forbindelse med at studentene på masterprogrammene i klinisk og human ernæring skal skrive en masteroppgave, etterlyser Programutvalget for ernæring nye masteroppgaver i ernæring. Masteroppgaven skal gi 60 studiepoeng og er beregnet til to semester fulltidsstudium. Studentene velger oppgave innen april 2019, og arbeidet med oppgaven blir høsten 19 – våren 20. Studentene skal få oppnevnt maks to veiledere i forbindelse med arbeidet med masteroppgaven. Enten hoved- eller biveileder må være tilsatt ved Universitetet i Bergen.

Programutvalget ber om en kort beskrivelse (max 1 side) av forskergruppe og aktuell(e) masteroppgave(r) innen 2. november.

Ta gjerne kontakt med Guro.Akre@uib.no for spørsmål eller for å få tilsendt prosjektmal.

Oppgavene vil bli presentert for studentene på et møte i desember. De som har sendt inn oppgaver tidligere år, men fortsatt ønsker studenter i tilknytning til prosjektet, bes sende inn oppgavene på nytt.

Programutvalget nedsetter en komite som skal godkjenne alle tema før de presenteres for studentene. Dersom oppgaven er av klinisk karakter bør det være en kliniker som veileder. Det tillates normalt maks to studenter tilknyttet et prosjekt.

Emnebeskrivelsen for masteroppgaven i de to masterprogrammene finnes her:

http://www.uib.no/emne/NUHUM395

http://www.uib.no/emne/NUCLI395

Pasteurlegatet

Pasteurlegatet shall award a grant on the 27th of December this year to Norwegian scientist who intends to study a topic regarding infectious agents, chemistry or fermentation industry.

The allocation is preferably given to young, active and promising researchers, under the doctoral level. Emphasis is placed on documentation of preliminary results and evaluations of their efforts. Priority is given to specific operational and equipment-related needs, rather than traveling, accommodation, general financial support and publication expenses.

It is given rather not support more than twice to the same person. On both counts it is however the possibility of exceptions in special cases.

Applications must include curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages) and a short project description (up to 3 pages).

Any award will ordinarily not exceed kr. 15.000,-.

Applications should be submitted by December 1, 2018 to Pasteurlegatet’s secretary Mari Støen, Department of Microbiology, University of Oslo, Oslo University Hospital to email.

See also Pasteurlegatet’s website (Norwegian only).

Publications

Here are recent publications with contributions from K2 based on last week’s search on PubMed (and optionally articles that have not been included in previous lists). This time the list includes in total 8 recent publications. The entries appear in the order they were received from NCBI. If you have publications that are not included in this or previous lists, please send the references to Hege F. Berg.

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The good conversation

All employees at K2 shall have the opportunity to conduct a so-called employee interview with their leader once a year. The UiB policy is that the employee interview is a part of targeted management and employee development. The talks should be annual, systematic, reciprocally prepared and linked to the strategic plans of the institute, faculty and university. It is recommended to use the UiB’s employee interview form to systematize the conversation.

At K2 the employee talks are organized so that I, as acting head of department, offer group leaders employee interviews. A time schedule will be sent out in order for you to book a time. Group leaders will provide their group members, both academic, technical and  administrative staff, the same. Implementation will be checked by K2’s administration and the central administration at UiB will also log our performance in this area. Employee interview forms can be retrieved from this link.

Good luck,

Eystein Husebye
Acting Head of Department

HSE-corner: Safety inspection rounds 2018.

Preparations for this year’s safety inspection rounds are underway! The safety representatives and head of administration will go through the physical work environment at BUS, Kvinneklinikken and Laboratoriebygget on Monday 5th and Tuesday 6th of November.

We kindly ask everyone to fill out and send in the forms to Julie (select the form that fits you). Deadline for sending in the forms is Friday 26th October. Please get in touch if you have any questions. More information on the HSE round here.

Forms (Norwegian only):

Kontor: http://intern.filer.uib.no/poa/Hms/HMS-kartlegging/Sjekkliste HMS-runde kontor.xlsx

Lab: http://intern.filer.uib.no/poa/Hms/HMS-kartlegging/Sjekkliste HMS-runde lab%2c klinikk%2c verksted.xlsx

Møterom: http://intern.filer.uib.no/poa/Hms/HMS-kartlegging/Sjekkliste HMS-runde personal-%2cmote-%2cgrupperom.xlsx

 

Reminder: Invitation to a single cell seminar with Genomics

Department of Clinical Science at the University of Bergen and 10x Genomics welcomes researchers with an interest in single cell sequencing. Single cell sequencing has revolutionized life science research leading to a deeper understanding of biological processes in health and disease. Rapid technology advances are enabling large-scale projects for resolving single cell populations from 100s to millions of cells in a given study.

AGENDA

  • Welcome and introduction
  • Single Cell Applications: 3′ Digital Gene Expression and 5′ Digital Gene Expression with combined VDJ analysis and the newly launched CNV solution – 10x Genomics
  • New product launches: ATAC Seq, feature barcoding. – 10x Genomics
  • Summary and discussion – All

Date: October 16th
Time: 13 – 15
Place: Seminar room 5.1/5.2, Laboratory building 5th floor, Haukeland

More information about the seminar here.

New publications

Here are recent publications with contributions from K2 based on last week’s search on PubMed (and optionally articles that have not been included in previous lists). This time the list includes in total 4 recent publications. The entries appear in the order they were received from NCBI. If you have publications that are not included in this or previous lists, please send the references to Hege F. Berg.

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What does the new data privacy regulation mean for research?

After the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) entered into force July 20, 2018, there are some changes on how data on patients’ health have to be treated. It is not enough to just have ethical approval! It is of course still a prerequisite to get REK approal before you start your project. New is that REK approval does not include the permission to handle personal data. In addition, it is required that you are allowed to personal data according to article 6 and article 9 of the personal data protection law. So you still need to get ethical approval prior to starting your research project, but the institution has the additional responsibility that handling of personal data occurs in accordance to the new regulation.

That means that the foundation to get access to personal data has to be evaluated by the project leader, and has to be included in the ethical approval. This foundation is either consent or dispensation of this consent requirement according to the health research laws. The project leader has to show that the treatment of personal data follow the general principles of the personal data protection regulation, for example definition of aims, minimizing the amount of data, limitation of storage and responsibility.

More internal control responsibility is given. We have to assure that treatment of the personal data is according to the regulations, and perform Data Protection Impact Assessments – DPIA when required.

This means that the responsibilities have in collaboration projects have to be well defined and agreed upon, which is of importance when you want to share patient data with your collaborators, and make written agreements. This is not a new requirement, but of more importance now with the new GDPR.

Both the University of Bergen and Haukeland University Hospital have a Personal Data and Privacy commissioner – Janecke Veim and Christer Kleppe. If you are in doubt if you need an agreement with the hospital, contact Janecke or/and Christer (janecke.veim@uib.no, personvernombudet@helse-bergen.no).

 

 

New economy coordinator

Kjetil Dyrkolbotn acts now (started 24th September) as economy coordinator in Siv`s absence. Siv has a temporary position at the faculty, she will be back at K2 in June 2019.

Kjetil has a MBA in business administration, he has experience from bank and audit. He has worked at the department for a long time and knows it well.

In regards to this it will be some changes in the economy section. We have some ongoing work of dividing the research groups between the economists. More information will follow.