The Coimbra Group has established a scholarship programme that enables young researchers from outside the EU to conduct part of their research at a Coimbra Group university. More than 20 universities participated in the programme in 2022. The University of Bergen will join this initiative from 2025.

Participation in the programme is a means to strengthen the University of Bergen’s increased focus on Africa. The University of Bergen will participate in the Coimbra Group scholarship programme by offering two scholarships with a duration of 1 to 3 months.

The application deadline is 31 March 2025,

Scholarship requirements and more information https://www.uib.no/en/globalchallenges/175663/uib-participates-coimbra-group-scholarship-programme

We are very happy to invite you to our first annual KG Jebsen Centre for Myeloid Blood Cancer (c-myc) Single Cell Satellite Seminar at Solstrand Hotel May 12th. The seminar is a satellite to the 13^thCCBIO Annual Symposium the following two days. The venue for both events is Solstrand Hotel near Bergen where you’ll have opportunities to connect with colleagues and engage in scientific for three days of cutting-edge science.

Focusing on single cell biology, we have put together an exciting program featuring renowned national and international speakers. Please see the program here. We will also have an opportunity for attendees to present posters to catalyze scientific discussions. The day will be wrapped up with an informal dinner buffe combined with a poster session and best poster award.

The subsidized registration fee for academic participants is 1500 NOK/150 Euro per person for the seminar and the overnight stay with full board. We have a limited capacity for participation and accommodation, and we strongly recommend everyone to register early. When you register online, please let us know if you would like to share a room and specify your preferred roommate.

Registration deadlines:

Seminar attendance: April 1^st – Register here

Poster abstracts: April 7^th – Register here

– If you have questions about the Single Cell Satellite Seminar please contact Stein-Erik Gullaksen (Stein.Gullaksen@uib.no)

– If you need accommodation May 11-12^th, please reach out to Reidun Kopperud (Reidun.Kristin.Kopperud@uib.no). Note, there is limited rooms available

13^th CCBIO Annual Symposium

For the 2025 symposium we have organized a strong scientific program and secured a range of international speakers, among them Sir David Lane, Eva Hellström-Lindberg, Theodoros Foukakis, Anna Dimberg, Steinar Ø. Thoresen, Gema Moreno-Bueno and Jean Albrengues.

CCBIO Annual Symposium website: www.ccbiosymposium.no

Registration link: Registration form, with deadline April 1

Practical information: Practical information sheet (read before asking questions)

For questions about the CCBIO-symposium (after reading the info sheet) please contact Geir Olav Løken, geir.loken@uib.no .

On behalf of c-myc Bjørn Tore Gjertsen, Simona Chera, and Eivind Valen

Best Regards from the Organization Committee

Stein-Erik Gullaksen, Reidun Kopperud, Sturla Grøndal and Gro Gausdal

In 2024, Norway received new dietary advice. Among other things, they recommend us to eat more fruit and vegetables and less red and processed meat. Eating and producing more fruit and vegetables is good for public health, the degree of self-sufficiency and the climate – yet we lack a policy to succeed with the green food transition.
We invite conversations about how we can get people to eat in line with the dietary guidelines. What should politicians do? What is the responsibility of the food industry? What responsibility do we as consumers have?

14 March 17:45 18:30 at Skifte bar, Det Vestnorske Teater

https://www.varmerevaterevillere.no/programoversikt-2025/helse-klima-og-selvforsyning-kan-kostradene-score-hat-trick

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The Norwegian Cancer Society invites you to a digital information and collaboration meeting for applicants and administrative staff

The Norwegian Cancer Society aims to support quality research nationwide, and therefore, a separate digital meeting is being organized for the research communities we believe has the potential to submit a higher number of applications. We extend an invitation to applicants and administrative/financial staff to attend an information session about the Norwegian Cancer Society’s main call for Researcher Projects. The meeting will be on Teams.

The meeting will take place on Tuesday, 4th March kl. 12:30 – 14:00.

The purpose of this meeting is to provide information about the call and address questions early in the year, allowing sufficient time for preparations before the application deadline on 27th May. The annual information meetings for all applicants and administrative staff will continue to be held (in addition) closer to the application deadline.

Link to registration. The registration deadline is February 28. 

We will hold a one-day digital workshop on How to Write A Competitive Proposal for the ERC Advanced Grant 2025 (call deadline: 28th August 2025).  The workshop will be held on Zoom on Friday 28th March 0900-1500. All scientific and administrative staff are welcome! You can sign up here: https://skjemaker.app.uib.no/view.php?id=18569144

We will hold a 1.5 day digital workshop on How to Write a Competitive Proposal for the ERC Starting and Consolidator Grants 2026 (deadlines not yet confirmed but expected: StG October 2025 / CoG Jan 2026) The workshop will run from 0900-1500 on Tuesday 29th and from 0930-1100 30th on Wednesday 30th April. All scientific and administrative staff are welcome! You can sign up here: https://skjemaker.app.uib.no/view.php?id=18569743

SAVE THE DATE: There will also be an ERC Proposal Reading Day on Thursday 8th May in NG5. You can register on the NFR website – as soon as the link goes live I’ll post it here, but please save the date in the meantime.

Developing Competitive Proposals for the ERC Advanced Grant 2025

Two groups at K2 were among the 7 who received a grant from the Children’s Cancer Association this year.

Children’s oncology at HUS received support for study nurses.

Read the rest of the case here:

https://www.barnekreftforeningen.no/nyheter/barnekreftdagen-2025

Webinar 20 March at 12-14

As part of strengthening the Research Council’s focus on groundbreaking research, we are announcing two new calls: Top Researchers and Radical Research Ideas for Early Career Scientists.

In this webinar, we will go through the details of the two calls:

• who can apply
• what you can apply for
• limitations

More information and registration https://www.forskningsradet.no/en/events/2025/fripro-groundbreaking-research-new-calls

The next EATRIS webinar will take place on 12 March at 12.00 CET featuring David Morrow, EATRIS Senior Programme Manager speaking on “The role of EATRIS in developing the next generation of Cell and Gene Therapies”. David is the Platform Manager of the Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMP) and Vaccines, Inflammation and Immune Monitoring (VIIM) Platforms.

https://eatris.eu/events/bridging-nordic-atmps-webinar-series-2/

Join us on 7 March 2025, 12:30-14:00 CET (online) for the third and final event in the MSCA democracy series.

This session will explore how diverse identities and values shape political attitudes on polarising topics like health, climate and migration.

Speakers will share insights from their research, discuss policy implications, and reflect on the role of science in informing public opinion.

🔗 Register by 6 March, 12:00 CET: https://europa.eu/!6JkmJk

May 7, 2025, 11:00 AM – May 9, 2025, 4:00 PM

Eitri Medical Incubator

The course is designed to facilitate user participation in medical and healthcare research, and will, among other things, show methods for involving patient representatives. This is highly relevant for all biomedical research fields. Patient and user involvement has a documented positive effect on the relevance and effectiveness of medical research.

https://www.uib.no/ccbio/173302/ccbioneur910-brukarmedverknad-i-medisinsk-og-helsefagleg-forsking-2025

Work Life in Transition – What About the Work Environment?
Digital Breakfast Seminar Tuesday, March 11, 2025, on TEAMS from 08:30-10:00

Work Environment – Gender Balance – Diversity

The work environment is about how we organize, plan, and carry out our work. A good work environment is characterized by good leadership, employee involvement, and clear organizational frameworks. Competence, good communication, mastery, and recognition provide both security and well-being.

Through the breakfast seminar series Work Life in Transition – What About the Work Environment? the safety service at UiB wants to highlight the importance of factors that build a good work environment. We are pleased to invite you to the first breakfast seminar of the year in the series Work Life in Transition – What About the Work Environment in 2025.

In working with the work environment, diversity and inclusion are key words. In 2024, the Committee for Gender Balance and Diversity in Research (KIF Committee) celebrated its 25th anniversary. Part of the committee’s work is to contribute to awareness related to diversity, inclusion, and harassment at educational and research institutions. At the seminar, we will have a presentation of the work in KIF. The Equality Committee at UiB conducted a survey in 2024 on equality and diversity among both employees and students. The results of the survey will be presented after a short presentation of the Equality Committee at UiB.

Invited to the breakfast seminar are:

• Ragnhild Hennum, professor and dean at the Faculty of Law at UiO, and chair of the KIF Committee
• Mona Grindheim Matre, senior advisor at the HR department and secretary for the Equality Committee at UiB
• Tonje Fyhn, researcher and head of the Welfare, Work, and Health department at NORCE
• Sølvi Løland Tunge and Sayna Etminan, diversity and mentor coordinators at the Study Department at UiB

The seminar will be held digitally on March 11 from 08:30-10:00 on TEAMS, and you can register here.

Registration by the end of the workday on Monday, March 10

Moderators:

• June Vibecke K. Indrevik, university chief safety representative (UHVO) UiB
• Ann-Elise Olderbakk Jordal, deputy UHVO UiB

Safety Service at UiB
Email: UHVO@uib.no
Phone: 55 58 30 60

The Michael Sars Symposium 2025 offers scientists in Bergen a unique chance to hear the very latest work in the evolution of cells and nervous systems and how proteins achieve so much as molecular machines. Moreover, it’s a great chance to mingle with leading lights in research spanning molecules to ecosystems.

Session topics

– Evolution of systems
– Molecular Machines
– Evolution of proteins
– Evolution of receptors

https://www.uib.no/en/michaelsarscentre/174557/michael-sars-symposium-2025