Monthly Archives: March 2023

Norwegian Cancer Society Researcher projects: «Questions and answers» for applicants

On Tuesday 25th of April at 9.30–11.00 we’ll be taking a quick look at the parts of the application form we receive the most questions about, as well as answering submitted questions from you, in a digital seminar.

The details of eligibility for «Young Aspiring Cancer Researchers» will be presented. The application guidelines and the application form will become available at the latest on the 14th of April.

Please sign up for the seminar and ask your questions through the form within the 19th of April.

Registration

11th CCBIO Annual Symposium May 8-10

Dear all,

CCBIO has the pleasure of inviting you to the 11th CCBIO Annual Symposium May 8-10 at Hotel Solstrand close to Bergen. The symposium is open for all, so please feel free to circulate this invitation.

The 2022 symposium was a success with more than 240 participants, and we expect the enlarged 2023 symposium to be even better with its generous time frame and two overnight stays. You can choose between attending online for scientific updates, or in-person at Hotel Solstrand in order to also enjoy the company of colleagues and the informal and mutually fertilizing scientific crosstalk in the breaks and the evenings.  We expect the symposium to become fully subscribed, it is already well booked, and we strongly recommend you to register early and within the deadline of March 31 (closes earlier if fully booked earlier). We have secured a range of international speakers, among them Alexander Swabrick, Amy Leblanc, Anniina Färkkilä, Benno Schwikowski, Douglas Lauffenburger, Frederic Amant, Iain McNeish, Ian Mills, Ingrid Hedenfalk, Klaus Pantel, Michael Rogers, Rameen Beroukhim, Robert D’Amato and Stephane Terry. Younger researchers will be offered slots for 3-minute speed-talks as well as extended poster sessions with ample time for interaction between the participants.

The heavily subsidized registration fee is 3000 NOK/300 Euro per person for the three days and two overnight stays with full board. In order to enable us to accommodate 200+ participants in the 138 rooms available, we are dependent upon as many as possible sharing rooms (up to four).  So, please indicate if, and with whom, you are willing to share your room when you register online.

For an overview of speakers, registration and the practical information sheet (obligatory reading before asking questions), please consult the links below:

Symposium website: www.ccbiosymposium.no

Registration: please use this link

Practical information: on this link

Further information about CCBIOwww.ccbio.no

We look forward to seeing you at our symposium!

Best regards,
CCBIO

CCBIO special seminar: learning from tumor to treat stroke

Dear all

We are happy to invite you to a CCBIO Special Seminar, Thursday 30.03.2023, in Aud. B301, Sentralblokken, from 11.30-12.45.

Edward R. Smith will give the talk Learning from tumor to treat stroke – showing how the cross-pollination between benchtop scientists and full-time clinicians led to a unique insight that a shared biological mechanism might be pathologic in one disease process – and helpful in another, seemingly unrelated, disease.
Speaker: Edward R. Smith, Harvard Medical School and the Vascular Biology Program, Boston Children’s Hospital
Time: Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 11:30-12:45.
Where: Auditorium B301, Sentralblokken 3rd floor
Title: “Learning from tumor to treat stroke”
Chair: Agnete Engelsen, CCBIO

Abstract: Is available here

Registration: at this link (deadline is January 24 at 11 AM). A light lunch is included when registered within the deadline.

Best regards,
CCBIO

CCBIO course with talks from Harvard Medical School Faculty

Dear all

In relation to the CCBIO907 course that will be running on Campus March 20th to 31st there will also be a lot of great talks by Harvard Medical School Faculty that are open to all and extra relevant for early-stage career researchers:
Some of the highlights are:

  • Monday March 20th 1pm: How to craft a presentation (Watnick/ Zetter), HUS Aud B301
  • Tuesday March 21st 1pm: Crafting your Pitch (Bielenberg), HUS Aud B301
  • Monday March 27th 1pm: Bridging the Gap between science and medicine by disease Focused research (Smith), HUS Aud B301
  • Tuesday March 28th 1pm: Mentoring (Panigrahy), HUS Birkhaugsalen
  • Wednesday March 29th 1pm: Fundamentals of Proposal Writing (Watnick), HUS Birkhaugsalen

Registration link: https://skjemaker.app.uib.no/view.php?id=14141113  (Now only non-ECTS registration possible, but then you can go to the lectures you please and skip assignments and exam.)
Read more about the course here. Early-afternoon coffee/ tea and pastries will be served!

Best regards,

CCBIO

CCBIO Special Seminar, Thursday 23.03.2023 – 14.30–15.45, Aud. 4, BBB, with Michael Rogers

We are happy to invite you to a CCBIO Special Seminar, Thursday 23.03.2023, in Aud. 4 BBB, from 14.30-15.45.

Michael Rogers will give a talk on Neuro-immune communication in endometriosis, a novel therapeutic target?

Join us also for our informal pizza get-together following the talk!

Speaker: Michael Rogers, Harvard Medical School and the Vascular Biology Program, Boston Children’s Hospital
Time: Thursday, 23.03.2023 – 14.30–15.45
Where: Aud. 4, BBB
Title: Neuro-immune communication in endometriosis, a novel therapeutic target?
Chair: Agnete Engelsen, CCBIO
Abstract: Is available here

Onsite event in the auditorium. The CCBIO seminars are open to all, so feel free to forward this invitation.

Hope to see as many as possible there!

Best wishes,

Camilla Tvedt Ekanger
Seminar coordinator/PhD student
Centre for Cancer Biomarkers CCBIO
The University of Bergen
Mobile +47 465 29 280

Getting funded with good grant writing: webinar 21 March

At scientifyRESEARCH, we are on a mission to empower researchers with funding information and enable the best research funding decisions.

To fulfill this mission, we have partnered with PD. Dr. Daniel Mertens from Schiller & Mertens: Scientists Need More! on our latest research funding webinar, where we will cover:

  1. How to find research funding faster – with a focus on grants for Europe-based early-career researchers.
  2. How to write a successful grant application – part 1 – “marketing” your ideas.
  3. How to write a successful grant application – part 2 – how to project manage: budgeting for time and money.

https://www.scientifyresearch.org/event/getting-funded-good-grant-writing-scientifyresearch-scientists-need-more/

Editorial

Dear all!

It is time for the allocation of small research funds (SMÅFORSK). The funds are a joint effort between NFR and UiB. The intention is that the funds should be given to research groups that have not received large grants so that they can start new projects. It can be applied to cover expenses for travel, seminars, courses, materials, technical-administrative assistance and other operating costs.

Requirements for application and criteria for allocation:

– The funds go to researchers who do not have large operating assets already.
– The size of the individual grants is between 15 000-150 000 NOK.
– The funds must be used by 2023 and cannot be transferred to 2024.
– Recipients must be active researchers in a permanent scientific position at K2, Prof. II or 1.am. II.
– Recipients must have applied for external funds in recent years.

All permanent scientific employees (including scientific employees in 10-50% position) at K2 can apply. It is done via this link. Deadline is 27.3.2023.

Then there will also be an infrastructure announcement from NFR this year, the guidelines are still unresolved. However, the faculty wants a survey of the applications with a deadline of 17 April on this form.

Have a nice weekend!

Silke Appel

PINT OF SCIENCE – Call for speakers

The science festival Pint of Science provide the opportunity for local researchers to introduce their research to the public in an engaging, understandable and fun way, usually in the relaxed atmosphere of a bar (over a pint of beer).

This year’s festival will take place on May 22nd-24th at Stereo bar. If you are indeed interested in sharing your research with our audience, please fill out this form.

Don’t miss this chance to spotlight your research! If you would like to find out more, please visit the website https://www.pintofscience.no.