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New Publications

Based on last week’s search for “Department of Clinical Science AND Bergen”. If you have publications which are not covered by this search, send the reference to elin.opheim@uib.no.

Functional Effects of Schizophrenia-Linked Genetic Variants on Intrinsic Single-Neuron Excitability: A Modeling Study.
Mäki-Marttunen T, Halnes G, Devor A, Witoelar A, Bettella F, Djurovic S, Wang Y, Einevoll GT, Andreassen OA, Dale AM.
Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2016 Jan 1;1(1):49-59.

Mental Health in Children Born Extremely Preterm Without Severe Neurodevelopmental Disabilities.
Fevang SK, Hysing M, Markestad T, Sommerfelt K.
Pediatrics. 2016 Mar 4.

Novel Mad2-targeting miR-493-3p controls mitotic fidelity and cancer cells’ sensitivity to paclitaxel.
Tambe M, Pruikkonen S, Mäki-Jouppila J, Chen P, Elgaaen BV, Straume AH, Huhtinen K, Cárpen O, ‘Lønning PE, Davidson B, Hautaniemi S, Kallio MJ.
Oncotarget. 2016 Mar 2.

VRK2 gene expression in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and healthy controls.
Tesli M, Wirgenes KV, Hughes T, Bettella F, Athanasiu L, Hoseth ES, Nerhus M, Lagerberg TV, Steen NE, Agartz I, Melle I, Dieset I, Djurovic S, Andreassen OA.
Br J Psychiatry. 2016 Mar 3.

Comments on paper: “Quantitative determination of estrone by liquid chromatography – tandem mass spectrometry in subcutaneous adipose tissue from the breast in postmenopausal women” by Vihma et al.
Lønning PE.
J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2016 Feb 26.

Non-fasting triglycerides predict incident acute myocardial infarction among those with favourable HDL-cholesterol: Cohort Norway.
Egeland GM, Igland J, Sulo G, Nygård O, Ebbing M, Tell GS.
Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2015 Jul;22(7):872-81.

Application Deadlines

Here you will find this weeks application deadlines: Continue reading →

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Research applications

Drafts for the Jebsen applications have been assessed by an external committee and four of the applicants have been invited to submit full applications. These are Eva Gerdts, Per Eystein Lønning, Eystein Husebye and Bjørn Tore Gjertsen. Even if this is just the first hurdle to pass and no success is guaranteed I am pleased to note that all of them are researchers at K2.

In a previous editorial Eystein has described the K2-review process for those who have submitted drafts of NFR applications. The review process includes an open meeting at which the applicants will be given feedback on their draft from experienced researchers. I encourage also those of you who have not submitted a draft, to attend the meeting. It is highly possible that that you may pick up valuable advices as to how to write an application. This applies to whether you are a PhD, post doc or sit in a fixed position.

Per

Call for proposals – Cooperation Agreement BKK/UiB

You will find the calls for proposals and the application forms as attatchments at the bottom of this post.

For research projects the announcement states that “The funds are intended to contribute to new knowledge about technological, natural science and social issues related to the development and utilization of renewable energy, energy restructuring and future-oriented infrastructure.” Continue reading →

Errors in the flex schedule: Total in February

Unfortunately there is an error in the flex schedules formulas in that leap day February 29 is not included.
In the formulas on line 83 (total) 81 must be corrected to 82, as follows: Continue reading →

REMINDER – Invitation to the 4th Norwegian Microbiology Meeting (NoMi-16)

REMINDER:

Dear microbiologists, post docs, researchers, master- and PhD students

The registration for the NoMi-16 meeting is closing soon.
There are only a few spaces left at a reduced conference price, so hurry up
and register! Continue reading →

Registration of Holidays 2016

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It’s time to start planning your holidays.
The Department has set the following deadlines for application for holidays for 2016:

Holiday	Deadline for request	Fixed holiday
Easter Holiday (week 12)	11.03.2016	15.03.2016
Winter Holiday (week 13)	11.03.2016	15.03.2016
Summer holiday (at least 3 weeks between (15.05-15.09)	01.04.2016	15.04.2016
Autumn Holiday (week 41)	15.08.2016	01.09.2016
Any leftover Holidays	01.10.2016	15.10.2016

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Still available seats at experience seminar for digital examination 17 March

Hi,
Information and registration for the experience seminar 17 March is available on the wiki pages for digital assessment.

With best regards
Nina Fox
Acting Project Manager Digital Assessment
Student Affairs
University of Bergen
Tel: 55 58 88 53

Presentation of the awarded ORPHEUS Label

In December 2015 the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry submitted an application for an ORPHEUS Label for its PhD programme.
The faculty’s application was processed in January, and 30 January 2016 the news came that the faculty was awarded an ORPHEUS Label.

Attachments:
Presentation letter
Evaluation report
Award letter
ORPHEUS Certificate

Appointment of Members to the National identification Group 2016-2019

See attatched announcement (in Norwegian). Application deadline 30 April.

Guidelines for order in the hospital’s public areas

See attatched guidelines (in Norwegian). We will now intensify the efforts to follow up the guidelines, and especially ask that you read the guidelines for poster setup.

Best regards
Askjell Utaaker
Division Director
Operations / technical division
Mobile 932 30 448

New Application Round

New grants from ExtraStiftelsen.

The Research Days 2016

The Research Days 2016 will be arranged 21 September to 2 October.

See attatched letter from the Communication Department, and invitation from MOF (both in Norwegian) to submit contributions.

Doctoral course at Centre for Women’s and Gender Research (SKOK) 1. – 2. June

The doctoral course “Medical Imaginaries: Postcoloniality and Gender in the Medical Humanities” offers an interdisciplinary investigation of the centrality of gender, sexuality, race, colonial ideologies, social justice, global inequality and class to the medical humanities. Continue reading →

Marie Curie Road-show – Mobilization for the Future

Marie Curie Actions LOGO The Marie Curie mobilization (the road show) is now ready for launch and our plan is to reach as many people as we can during the mobilization period.

The plan is to visit all the faculties and possibly some individual groups and centres. This means that we will be dependent on faculty- and institute advisors to arrange contact with the various groups. Continue reading →

New Publications

Based on last week’s search for “Department of Clinical Science AND Bergen”. If you have publications which are not covered by this search, send the reference to elin.opheim@uib.no.

Inflammatory evidence for the psychosis continuum model.
Mørch RH, Dieset I, Færden A, Hope S, Aas M, Nerhus M, Gardsjord ES, Joa I, Morken G, Agartz I, Aukrust P, Djurovic S, Melle I, Ueland T, Andreassen OA.
Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2016 Feb 17;67:189-197.

Sjögren’s syndrome patients with ectopic germinal centers present with a distinct salivary proteome.
Delaleu N, Mydel P, Brun JG, Jonsson MV, Alimonti A, Jonsson R.
Rheumatology (Oxford). 2016 Feb 26.

4D left ventricular resultant wall motion and blood flow assessed by phase-shift velocity mapping at high-field 3T MRI.
Samnøy SF, Cuypers J, Greve G, Larsen TH.
Clin Physiol Funct Imaging. 2016 Feb 27.

Serum trans fatty acids, asymmetric dimethylarginine and risk of acute myocardial infarction and mortality in patients with suspected coronary heart disease: a prospective cohort study.
Borgeraas H, Hertel JK, Seifert R, Berge RK, Bohov P, Ueland PM, Nygård O, Hjelmesæth J.
Lipids Health Dis. 2016 Feb 27;15(1):38.

Cellular immune activity biomarker neopterin is associated hyperlipidemia: results from a large population-based study.
Chuang SC, Boeing H, Vollset SE, Midttun Ø, Ueland PM, Bueno-de-Mesquita B, Lajous M, Fagherazzi G, Boutron-Ruault MC, Kaaks R, Küehn T, Pischon T, Drogan D, Tjønneland A, Overvad K, Quirós JR, Agudo A, Molina-Montes E, Dorronsoro M, Huerta JM, Barricarte A, Khaw KT, Wareham NJ, Travis RC, Trichopoulou A, Lagiou P, Trichopoulos D, Masala G, Agnoli C, Tumino R, Mattiello A, Peeters PH, Weiderpass E, Palmqvist R, Ljuslinder I, Gunter M, Lu Y, Cross AJ, Riboli E, Vineis P, Aleksandrova K.
Immun Ageing. 2016 Feb 25;13:5.

Inhibiting Notch activity in breast cancer stem cells by glucose functionalized nanoparticles carrying γ- secretase inhibitors.
Mamaeva V, Niemi R, Beck M, Özliseli E, Desai D, Landor S, Gronroos T, Kronqvist P, Pettersen IK, McCormack E, Rosenholm JM, Linden M, Sahlgren C.
Mol Ther. 2016 Feb 26.

Low levels of short-and medium-chain acylcarnitines in HIV-infected patients.
Waagsbø B, Svardal A, Ueland T, Landrø L, Øktedalen O, Berge RK, Flo TH, Aukrust P, Damås JK.
Eur J Clin Invest. 2016 Feb 23.

Hypothalamic CaMKKβ mediates glucagon anorectic effect and its diet-induced resistance.
Quiñones M, Al-Massadi O, Gallego R, Fernø J, Diéguez C, López M, Nogueiras R.
Mol Metab. 2015 Oct 22;4(12):961-70.

Continued decline in hip fracture incidence in Norway: a NOREPOS study.
Søgaard AJ, Holvik K, Meyer HE, Tell GS, Gjesdal CG, Emaus N, Grimnes G, Schei B, Forsmo S, Omsland TK.
Osteoporos Int. 2016 Feb 22.

Application Deadlines

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K2 Strategy for 2016-18

The new K2-strategy for 2016-18 is under development. The strategy plan is based on the suggestions brought forward at the K2 strategy seminar in January. At the seminar the leaders of the research groups and the platforms, as well as the members of the institute council participated. Afterwards, the department management has developed the plan further. The architect behind the plan is Vidar Steen. The plan is divided into sections on research, teaching, recruitment, infrastructure and competence, as well as HSE. Vidar has argued that the various aims in the strategy plan should be Specific, Measurable, Ambitious, Realistic and Time specific (SMART). The plan covers slightly more than one-1- page. This is so short that we will hopefully remember it and make use of it.

The strategy plan attached to this editorial is the current version of the plan. It should be stressed that it is not final. I want everybody, you included, to read it and comment on it. All comments are welcomed. Send you comments to Irene within Friday, March 4th. The department management will then revise the plan and discuss it with the extended management team of the department. The final version of the plan will be approved by the Institute Council.

Per

Research collaboration between Norway and Brazil

In the last issue of News from SiU there is an article about the research project at K2 on the Leishmania parasite, which is a collaboration between Norway and Brazil. See here.

Locking of Elevator Doors 5th floor

From 26 February 2016 the elevators into the 5th floor will be closed from 4 pm to 8 am.
Access by I.D. card only.

Announcement of Research Grants for stays abroad for PhD Candidates and Postdocs

See the announcement and find the application form at the Faculty’s webpage.

See also (both in Norwegian)
this attachement (PhD Candidates) and
this attatchment (Postdocs)
NB! Application deadline 1 March!

Research Prize: International Prize for Biology

The Research Council of Norway has received information on a research prize. See attachment.

Best regards
Ragnhild Urbye
The Research Council of Norway
Tlf: 22 03 70 93

Internal announcement of UNESCO Professorship

As you known, UiB has signed an agreement with UNESCO about a UNESCO Chair at the University of Bergen, which will be organizationally affiliatied with the Centre for the Studies of the Sciences and the Humanities (SVT) at the Faculty of Humanities. Only permanent employees are eligible to apply, and the position is therefore advertised internally.
See SVT’s website using this link.

Best regards
Susanne Ostendorf
Section Manager HR and Service
Faculty of Humanities
University of Bergen
Tel: (+47) 55 58 80 95

The Major Societal Challenges – Meeting on health and immigration

In the series “The Major Societal Challenges” UiB and Bergens Tidende take a look at what the refugee crisis means for the Norwegian health care system. This topic will be discussed on an open meeting Saturday 5 March at 3 pm in the University Aula. Continue reading →

UiB increases the number of apprentices

Ingvild Lekven Jonsvoll , lærling i kontor- og administrasjonsfaget på Klinisk institutt 2, som ligger under Det medisinsk-odontologiske fakultet. Today there are 9 apprentices at UiB, but the plan is to increase this number in the future. Accepting apprentices is an important part of our responsibility to the society – especially in times with difficult conditions in the job market, like now, says Lise Gundersen, senior advisor at the HR department at UiB. Read more here (in Norwegian).

Ingvild Lekven Jonsvoll, apprentice at the Department of Clinical Science

Applications for Peder Sather 2016 – Deadline 1 March

There dosen’t seem to be many applications from UiB for Peder Sather Grants this year (deadline 1 March). With fewer UiB applications this year, there will be less competition for funds, with logic consequences, so you should at least consider applying. 🙂

Welcome to the Dual Diagnosis Conference – ROP

Oslo, 10-11 May 2016
Which direction do we take and what does research tell us?
Secure your place at the annual meeting place for professional updates on ROP disorders, substance abuse and psychiatry.
This year’s conference is packed with relevant lectures, leading experts, prominent resources and strong user voices. Continue reading →

Invitation to Study Administrative Experience Seminar for Digital Assessment

How can we become even better?

The Digital Assessment Project and “Studieseksjonen” at the Faculty of Law invites to an experience seminar on digital assessment. Continue reading →