K2 is now conducting its annual survey of well-being for all employees.This is an important part of the HSE work at the institute.We ask all employees to send their answers via this link.
Thank you!
Survey of well being – 2018
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Institute Day – December 12th
December 12th is closing in, and we are very much looking forward to what is a all time high participation. Here you will find som more details about the agenda.
Place: Sted: Grand Selskapslokaler, Nedre Ole Bullsplass 1
11:00 – 12:00 Lunch
12:00 Welcome, News from the Faculty, Jubilees
13:25 Etics/REK
14:15 Risikovurderinger/Miljøfyrtårn
15:30 Ethics in publications
16:00 5 Researchgroups presents their research.
17:30 Aperitiff
18:00 Dinner
Welcome!
Institute Day – December 12th
This years Institute Day will be held in Grand Selskapslokaler.
We start with lunsj, and finish with dinner.
Hope to see you all there!
Deadline: November 1st
HSE corner: Smoking at the Laboratory building
Smoking is not allowed outside the entrance of the Lab-building 8th floor!
This area is outside the ventilation of the building and smoke is rapported inside the building.
Please respect that this is a non-smoking area!
New employee – Emil Teigland Zachariassen
Introducing Emil Teigland Zachariassen, who is a laboratory technician apprentice. Emil began in August 2018 at the Department of Clinical Science. If you want to say hello, you can find him at the Core Facility for Metabolomics on the 8th floor in the Laboratory building.
Career day for PhD-candidates – October 4th
The Postgraduate School of Medical Research’s Network Luncheon – September 25th
Dear all,
The Postgradute School of Clinical Medicine is preparing a new Network Luncheon for all PhD fellows and researchers at K1 and K2 departments.
Now is the time to sign up as a presenter, if you would like to present your latest results, engage in discussion with other PhD students and practice your presentation skills.
The upcoming Network Luncheon will take place Tuesday 25th of September, in the Konferanserom of BBB (in front of auditoriums 2 and 4), from 12:00 to 13:30
Register your participation here
Take a break from your daily lab-routine and enjoy a free lunch, socialize and hear talks from fellow PhD students, and on top of all that, earn one ECTS point!
If you would like to earn one ECTS by signing up for “Seminar in clinical and translational medicine” (FSKLI901), please contact Irene Lavik Hjelmaas.
Feel free to contact us with any questions you may have!
Looking forward,
Welcome back from the vacation!
I hope everyone has had a nice holiday returning with the batteries reloaded.
At the time of writing, the students have already begun, and many K2 employees are fully occupied with teaching. It is often busy getting started after the holiday. Switching from a hopefully quiet vacation to a hectic university life takes some time. New students means some more work at the start. Research never rests. Although many have picked up email and delt with the most urgent, most have probably a lot of outstanding tasks that now need to be sorted out.
So most people do not start the autumn term with empty baskets. Nevertheless, there may be reason to look into the next six months with new eyes. The new study plan has meant that many have had to change the organization of teaching, but has the content been changed accordingly? Can it be improved and made easier and more accessible? The fall is time for scientific meetings with professional refills and interaction with other researchers. Can this opportunity be used to define new research questions and research projects so that you are better prepared when the deadlines for applying for research funding come next spring?
Autumn is a nice time with many new opportunities. Grab these. Good luck with a new term.
Pål
Enrollment of the need for office space
To facilitate registration of the need for office space, we have created a separate form to be submitted by the main supervisor / research group leader. You can find the form here. (Link in Norwegian.)
We also refer to a former editorial by Julie Stavnes regarding the office situation at K2.
(Norsk) Ny støtteordning for kostnader knyttet til emner i elektiv periode i medisinstudiet gjeldende fra 2019
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Midwayevaluations week 24
Wednesday June 13th
Laboratoriebygget 8. etg (8.1/8.2)
09:00 Katrin Kleinmanns
10:00 Elisabeth Skaar
Thursday June 14th
Laboratoriebygget 8. etg (8.1/8.2)
10:00 Bahareh Jouleh
11:00 Solveig Tangedal
13:00 Tormod K. Bjånes
Friday June 15th
Laboratoriebygget 8. etg (8.1/8.2)
11:00 Christine Drengenes
(Norsk) Instituttrådvalg gruppe B
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Midway evaluations week 23
Tuesday June 5th
(Lab building 8.1/8.2)
13:00 Hildegunn H. Vetti
14:00 Hilde Renate Engerud
Wednesday June 6th
(Lab building 8.1/8.2)
09:00 Sunniva Sakkestad
11:00 Anandan Shamundeeswari
13:00 Astrid Sandnes
14:00 Zuzana Sichmanova
Thursday June 7th
(Lab building 8.1/8.2)
10:00 Alba Kaci
11:00 Ingeborg Eskerud
13:00 Elise Grytten
HSE corner | Survey of well-being
K2 is now conducting its annual survey of well-being for all employees.
This is an important part of the HSE work at the institute.
We ask all employees to send their answers via this link.
Thank you!
Maintenance of wooden floors in the Lab. building
Friday at 4 pm the floors in the 7, 8, 9th floor in the Lab. building will be closed for maintainance.
The floors may be used after the barrier belts has been removed.
K2s New Apprentice
We present K2s New Apprentice, Marius Alvheim.
If you would like to say hi to Marius, he will be at the 8th floor in the Laboratory Building.
You can also get in touch with Marius by email: Marius.Alvheim@uib.no
Per Bakke will be the New Dean at Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
Our dear head of department is appointed as a new dean at the Faculty of Medicine.
We congratulate!
Read more here På høyden
Input to the department’s budget for 2018
Priority for investment in research and education (Table 4)
In the preparations of the budget for 2018, the department requests input to priority investments. Use the attached table.
Your proposal can be sent to Siv Eggereide no later than Friday 02 June at. 12:00. Applications that arrive after this time, will not be considered.
After the deadline, a committee will prioritize the proposals that have been received. Contact Siv if you have any questions.
Election of departmental councils – Result
Election of the departemtal councils has now been completed with the following results:
Group A- Permanent Scientific staff:
Members:
1. Silke Appel
2. Audun Nerland
3. Camilla Krakstad
Substitute:
1. Simon Steinar Hustad
2. Stefan Johansson
3. Valeriya Lyssenko
4. Ola Myklebost
5. Bodil Bjørndal
Group B – Temporary Scientific staff
Members:
1. Kimberly Johanne Hatfield
Substitute:
1. Karianne Fjeld
2. Eirik Bratland
3. Piotr Mateusz Mydel
Group C – Permanent technical – administrative staff;
Members:
1. Siv Johnsen Eggereide
Substitute:
1. Janicke Liland Bjørke
2. Karl Albert Brokstad
3. Kjetil Dyrkholbotn
May 12th 2017, Election Board
Election announcement and invitation to submit nominations
Members of the Institute Council at the Department of Clinical Science (K2) group A, B and C
Members of the Institute Council at the Department of Clinical Science (K2) are going to be elected. The election is founded on the University’s election rules. The Institute Council shall be elected by and from these groups:
- Group A: Permanent employees in teaching and research positions (leaders of departments included)
- Group B: Temporary employees in teaching and research positions
- Group C: Technical and administrative staff
- Group D: Students
The deadline for proposing members (group A, B and C) is Tuesday 25 April 2017.
Proposals must be received by the electoral committee’s vicarious secretary, Julie Stavnes, at the department administration, within 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday 25 April 2017.
New K2 News editor – Johnny Laupsa-Borge
Johnny Laupsa-Borge starts next week as the editor of K2 News. He holds a master’s degree in human nutrition from the University of Bergen, and acceded in December to a post as research fellow at K2. He is affiliated to the research groups Ueland / Nygård (G3) and Hormones (G2). His main supervisor is Ottar Nygård.
Johnny has assumed the responsibility for K2 News as part of his mandatory work at K2. We encourage all employees and group leaders to contact Johnny if you have something to share with the rest of us at K2, e.g., new research or presentation of research groups.
Contact: Johnny Laupsa-Borge
We wish Johnny good luck with the work as K2 News editor.
Dissertation before summer?
Planning your dissertation before summer?
Last opportunity will be Week 25 (June 23d)
Deadline for submitting your thesis to the Department will be Tuesday March 28th.
Holiday info 2017
It’s time to start planning your holidays. The Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry has set the following deadlines for application for holidays for 2017:
| Holiday | Deadline for request | Fixed holiday |
| Winter Holiday (week 9) | 01.02.2017 | 15.02.2017 |
| Easter Holiday (week 15) | 01.03.2017 | 15.03.2017 |
| Summer holiday (at least 3 weeks between (15.05-15.09) | 01.04.2017 | 15.04.2017 |
| Autumn Holiday (week 41) | 15.08.2017 | 01.09.2017 |
| Any leftover Holidays | 01.10.2017 | 15.10.2017 |
Application for Winter Holiday should be sent in PAGA no later than 01.02.2017. Information about holidays and how to register it can be found here: http://pagaweb.w.uib.no/english/5-vacation/
If you have any questions regarding Holidays and registering please contact Personnel Consultant: Linn Christine Meland, Linn.Meland@uib.no, phone. 55 97 29 54.
Call for candidates to Falchs award to young researchers and Falchs lecture award
Call for candidates to Falchs award to young researchers and Falchs lecture award.
Deadline March 1st.
Read more here: Young researchers and Lecture award.
Kristof’s H2020 Workshop at K2
Kristof from UiB’s Brussels office visited K2 Thursday in Week 3. The participants received tips and tricks on writing applications and interpretation of the text of the calls. There were plenty of time for questions and discussion. A big thanks to Kristof for taking the time to visit us, and we hope we can repeat this on another occasion.
Horizon 2020 HelpDesk
Horizon 2020 HelpDesk is a meeting arena where companies and researchers can meet and develop Horizon 2020 (H2020) projects.Horizon 2020 is the biggest EU research and innovation programme, and provides funding over 7 years (2014 – 2020).
Who should attend?
Companies and researchers from the Bergen Region are welcome to book a meeting at the HelpDesk.
What services do we provide?
EU advisors and business developers will answer your questions and help you with:
•Finding the right calls
•Application writing process
•Project organisation
•Finding partners
•Financing the writing process
When?
Horizon 2020 HelpDesk runs every second Wednesday (even weeks) from 9PM to 12PM at BTO (2nd floor, Vitensenteret, Thormøhlensgate 51).
You can register for the HelpDesk here, or contact us if you have any questions. Contact information .
This weeks editorial
From Bench to Business
How should scientists at the Department of Clinical Science improve innovation of their research? This was the topic of one of the panel debates at the strategy meeting last week with panelists from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), Bergen technology transfer office (BTO) and the Department , and with research group leaders in the audience. Prime Minister Erna Solberg has previously said that our country needs more suppliers to the National budget – not more companies and institutions living on the National budget. She asked for more innovation once again in her New Year speech where she also pointed to BerGenBio as a successful example of research-driven innovation at our faculty.
K2 aims to increase innovation in the present strategy period, and point number one is to establish an innovation strategy for K2 this Spring.
I will head an advisory group for the innovation strategy which subsequently will be discussed at the Department Board in the Spring. I therefore ask for input from you, both to the group’s composition and to the elements we should include in this strategy. As an example I already received a proposition of speed-dates between researchers at the Department and economists at NHH. The proposed idea was to pair scientists with entrepreneurs to increase the success rate. Prof. Tor Andreassen at NHH pointed to the entrepeneurship challenges at the strategy seminar: The entrepreneur should, in addition to developing increased customer and marketing understanding and investor relations also withstand being poor, work 80-hour weeks, travel up to 200 travel days, make difficult decisions, live with risk, move quickly and adapt continuously. Since researchers also lead or participate actively in a research group, we certainly require good helpers on the team if we also aim for innovation. Perhaps the way to go may be to build a bridge between K2 and the environments in Sandviken – or with other environments in Bergen aimed at innovation, including Innovation Norway and the new Mohn Center for Innovation and Regional Development at the Bergen University College.
I would like to hear from you if you have input.
Helge
Deadlines
This weeks deadlines
Theme Day Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis clinic at Haukeland University Hospital organizes conference about tuberculosis.
Theme Day is m.a. for doctors in specialist rode almost the municipal health almost, students at the medical school, nurses, nursing educators
Thursday February 9 at 08.30 to 15.30.
Location: Bikuben, Haukeland University Hospital
See the attached program and registration. Deadline for entries 01/20/17
Call for ERA-NET
The Norwegian Cancer Society wishes to inform about a new round of ERA-NET for translational cancer research – TRAN SCAN-2.
The theme of the announcement is “Minimally and non-invasive methods for early detection and / or progression of cancer.”
You can read more about the call on the NCS and TRAN SCAN their websites, see
https://kreftforeningen.no/forskning/sok-forskningsmidler/
http://www.transcanfp7.eu/calls/third-joint-transnational-call-jtc-2016.html
Norwegian researchers are encouraged to participate in the announcement!