The Novo Nordisk Prize recognizes an active scientist who has provided outstanding international contributions to advance medical science for the benefit of people’s lives. The Prize is intended to award and further support biomedical research in Europe. The Prize is of appr. EUR 672,000.

The nomination call is open until early August for the forthcoming year. The Foundation welcomes nominations by individual researchers and by research institutions

Nominees must demonstrate scientific excellence that has led to a major discovery or breakthrough in understanding of human health and disease, prevention, diagnosis and/or treatment of the disease.

https://novonordiskfonden.dk/en/grant/novo-nordisk-prize-2025/

We are thrilled to announce that the theme for the 31^st NOFE conference will be “Transforming epidemiology with AI”. The conference will be held on the 29^th-30^th of October 2025 at Radisson Blu Royal Hotel in Bergen.

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are increasingly applied in epidemiological studies. AI offers opportunities to advance our understanding of complex patterns and causal inference but is also associated with some key challenges. How can AI and machine learning techniques be leveraged for better public health?

We have invited three eminent keynote speakers, who are all prominent researchers within AI research.

Join us at the NOFE conference for an inspiring conference to learn more, to present your research and to meet new and old colleagues. We welcome all abstracts with topics within epidemiology.

Register for the conference here!

https://nofe.no/nofe-conference-2025/

8 May at 9-12/12.30-15.30

The Research Council of Norway organises “ERC Proposal Reading Days” for researchers who are planning an application to the European Research Council (ERC).

In the spring of 2025, we have 21 new applications mainly from 2023 and 2024, including 4 Synergy Grant applications.

On the Reading Day you get the opportunity to read successful ERC grant proposals and see how a proposal can be structured. More than 70 Norwegian ERC-grantees have kindly given their consent to make their proposal available for the Reading Day.

Morning https://www.forskningsradet.no/en/horizon-europe/erc/erc-proposal-reading-bergen-may/

Afternoon https://www.forskningsradet.no/en/horizon-europe/erc/erc-proposal-reading-bergen-may-afternoon/

April 28, 11:00–12:30

The applicant webinar is suitable for anyone interested in research and innovation for sustainable municipal health and care services. There will be an orientation about the call “Research and innovation to strengthen sustainability in municipal health and care services,” which has an application deadline of September 24, 2025.

Link to the event

Discover how Akoya’s platforms are leading the way in

spatial proteomics, enabling researchers to:

• Work with human and mouse tissues + organoids
• Perform single-cell phenotyping in-situ
• Resolve tissue heterogeneity across disease states
• Detect > 50 proteins in a single imaging experiment
• Identify novel, tissue-based biomarkers

12noon – 12.30 – attendees can arrive for teas/coffees/lunch

12.30 – 1.15pm – presentation on Akoya’s technology and examples

15mins – Q & A

If you would like to join please email Brith.bergum@uib.no

Akoya Lunchtime Seminar @ Bergen Weds 9th April

April 2, 2025, 08:30-09:15

Location: Litteraturhuset i Bergen, Olav H. Hauge Hall – Bergen

Once, “Natural Born Killers” was just a movie title. Now, the term is also used in research on genetic causes of antisocial behavior. Today, it is widely believed that aggression results from a complex interplay between genes and environment. At the same time, the idea of “antisocial phenotypes” is gaining more attention. After the discovery that variants of the MAOA gene are linked to various behavioral changes, the term “warrior or crime gene” has been widely discussed in both scientific articles and popular culture. Studies of biological factors behind aggression have long roots. With new and better methods for reading and systematizing DNA, the fields of behavioral genetics and criminology have experienced significant changes. However, genetic research on antisocial behavior and crime raises difficult ethical questions – especially if this research is used to legitimize political ideas.

Listen to Mareile Kaufmann, professor of criminology at the University of Oslo, talk about research on antisocial behavior and genetics at Litteraturhuset i Bergen.