Dear all,
Please see below the updated links for external funding:
External funding opportunities: http://www.uib.no/en/med/112772/external-funding-opportunities
Funding opportunities for education: http://www.uib.no/med/113987/funding-opportunities-education
The webpages are updated every second week. New calls are marked as NEW.
Kind regards,
Amra, Ramune and Kaia
FHU/ RUHS (Forskningsenhet for helseundersøkelser/ Research Unit for Health Surveys) www.uib.no/nb/fhu , www.uib.no/en/ruhs is a new core facility at K2 that was officially opened in November 2017. The aim is to undertake clinical health surveys. (Projects that need hospital facilities for the participants are performed at Haukeland University Hospital.) FHU is a collaboration between the University of Bergen and Haukeland University hospital, anchored at K2, and has received funding for establishment from the Bergen Research Foundation. Until now FHU has performed approximately 400 investigations in persons participating in the projects Psorax35 (PI Steinar Kåre Tveit) and the Carbfunc (PI Simon Dankel). We are about to start the large HUSK3 study (PI Eva Gerdts), and we are finalizing the plans for the RHINESSA 4th generation study (PI Cecilie Svanes) that will start after the summer. These projects cover a broad spectrum of research, addressing psoriasis, obesity, cardiology and respiratory health; and different study designs such as intervention and population based studies.
FHU/ RUHS has since the opening November 2017 needed a booking system, in order to allocate dates, personnel and equipment to the participants in the research projects undertaken at the facility. The University of Bergen has since 2015 been trying to provide a booking system for its core facilities. FHU, supported by Per Bruvold at Innkjøpsavdelingen, initiated a bidding process in November 2017. Four different systems applied, two of them were assessed for further consideration, and the system EasyTrial (https://www.easytrial.net ) has been selected. EasyTrial is an online Clinical Trial Management and Electronic Data Capture System for administration of clinical trial tasks (operational and logistical). It includes a calendar and appointment system to manage correspondence with participants and allocate human resources and equipment. The system is based in Denmark, and has been used in Sweden, Germany, Portugal, England and USA. It has also been used by the Norwegian Cancer Registry. EasyTrial is compliant with good clinical practice (GCP), 21 CFR Part 11, EU GDPR and database security legislation. For those who might be interested a representative for EasyTrial will present this system at the FHU localities in Haukelandsbakken 45 June 8th. You may contact study nurse Linda Tveit to participate.
You are welcome to contact me in the case that you want to discuss performing studies at FHU /RUHS.
There will be held an open assembly Wednesday 29th May from 0915-1000 on the evaluation report of the reorganization of the faculty. The assembly will be held in room B302 in Sentralblokken.
During the assembly, the dean will present the recommendations from the report, as well as information on how the faculty will proceed with the recommendations. There will also be time for questions and comments.
Are you interested in mathematical or computational modeling of biological systems, using digital tools to analyze biological data, or in making your research more transdisciplinary?
We are happy to announce that prof. Eivind Hovig (University of Oslo & Oslo University Hospital) will give a talk this time. He will talk about their experiences from the sequencing work in the Norwegian Cancer Genomics Consortium, collaboration with deCODE on analysing the genetic landscape of Norwegians and about the variant frequency data base.
Time: May 30
Place: Lab-building at the Haukeland University Hospital, 6th floor, meeting room at Medical Genetics & Molecular Medicine.
“Digital Frukost” is an open breakfast seminar series focusing on research activities at the interface between the biological sciences and that of mathematics, computer science, physics or engineering. Examples of such research activities could be mathematical or computational modeling of biological systems, application of engineering/control systems theory on biological systems or inspired by biological systems, application of mathematics/statistics/machine learning to analyze big data in health or marine sector; from sensor systems, imaging or omics technologies etc. The seminars are arranged by the Centre for Digital Life Norway (DLN: www.digitallifenorway.org).
We hope to see many of you there!
As food will be served, please register your attendence using this link.
Meet our award winners at the faculty day!
Time: July 14
Place: Large auditorium in sentralblokken 3rd floor
Program for the day can be found here (norwegian only).
UiB-rektor Dag Rune Olsen og UiO professor Dag O Hessen, forfatter av boken «Sannhet til salgs – et forsvar for den frie forskningen», møtes til debatt.
Science advice og science diplomacy er mye omtalt i akademia for tiden, og vektlegges i økende grad av institusjonenes ledere. Er fremtiden for Universitetene, i tider med mindre tiltro til kunnskap, i ferd med å bli premissleverandører for politikken? Kan universitetene bli politikkens redning og politikken bli universitetenes redning?
Sted: Litteraturhuset, Rom: Olav H. Hauge.
Tid: Torsdag 7. juni kl. 19:00.
Åpent arrangement/gratis adgang. Se også uib.no
Møtet er det første i en ny serie møter arrangert av Academia Europaea Bergen Knowledge Hub som setter lys på forholdet mellom akademia og samfunnet. Academia Europaea er det felleseuropeiske vitenskapsakademiet, og Bergen Hub skal være en platform for Akademiets aktiviteter i Norden med fokus på Norden, Nordområdene, marine og maritime forhold.
Vennlig hilsen
Kristin Hansen
Project Manager
Academia Europaea Knowledge Hub Region Bergen
https://aebergen.w.uib.no/
Styret i Forskningsfondet for Astma og Allergi vedtok i sitt møte 26. mai 2016 å opprette Kronprins Haakons forskningspris for astma og allergi.
Prisen er på kroner 50 000,- og skal deles ut årlig til en forsker som har utvist en særskilt innsats innenfor fagfeltet astma og allergi.
Kronprins Haakons forskningspris for astma og allergi 2018
Prisen skal deles ut til en forsker som fortrinnsvis oppfyller følgende kriterier:
Frist for innsending av forslag på kandidater: 15. mai 2018
Forslag på kandidater sendes til forskningsfondet@naaf.no
This autumn, the Faculty of Medicine will launch a new training program designed specifically for postdocs working at The Medical Faculty, UiB and Haukeland University Hospital.
This program is open to postdocs at all career stages who are interested in developing their academic career. The program will run from September 2018 to June 2019 and comprises a portfolio of tailored workshops and development opportunities covering topics including: Academic research in national and EU contexts; How to supervise students; How to make a successful funding application and How to develop a competitive academic CV. A full program of activities will be available during May 2018, a preliminary program is available on the webpage now. The course consists of 6 gatherings including a two-day seminar at Bjørnefjorden in November.
Participating in the MED Postdoc Program will provide you with skills and knowledge to develop a successful academic career as well as the opportunity to connect with other scientists from institutes and departments across the Faculty of Medicine.
The deadline for applications is June 4. All applicants commit to attending all activities throughout the period. It is therefore a condition of application that your contract extends to June 2019. The maximum number of participants is 30.
Participant certificates will be issued after completion of the program.
See: https://www.uib.no/en/med/117696/med-postdoc-training-program
The Centre for Nutrition at UiB invites to a new seminar in the series of lectures on nutrition presented by researchers from home and abroad. The series addresses key challenges in nutrition and health.
Time: Wednesday May 30th at 14:30-15:30
Venue: Auditorium 4, BB Building, Jonas Lies vei
Lise Madsen, Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway, and Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Moderator: Jutta Dierkes
There will be light refreshments.
Welcome!
Berlin School of Integrative Oncology (BSIO) – Applications for PhD and MD positions currently accepted until June 19, 2018
The BSIO offers a structured 3-year doctoral program jointly educating natural scientists and physicians/medical students in the field of integrative oncology and features excellent research conditions, a comprehensive curriculum and a broad supervision and mentoring network. With respect to its scientific scope, the BSIO aims to bring our understanding of malignant growth to new conceptual levels, i.e. to expand the molecular, cell biological, organismic and system-mathematical research focus by utilizing advanced experimental and simulatory models to develop novel diagnostics and innovative therapeutic principles, and to make them rapidly available for clinical testing.
Please refer to https://www.bsio-cancerschool.de/ for all regulations and application details and for more information on the graduate school.
How to apply: Application only is possible via the BSIO online application portal. It is open until June 19.
COST is a European network organization with most European countries as members (including Norway and all EU countries). COST aims to support European research collaboration via facilitating scientific networks, so-called COST actions. More information about COST can be found on their webpage http://www.cost.eu/.
New COST networks have been launched and in this table you can find those relevant for medical and health research. If you need further information or are interesting in joining one of the networks, please contact Amra.
Teamet som rengjør i garderobene i 1 etg. melder om at ansatte kaster smitte-frakker i retur sekkene for håndklær (blanke sekker) som skal i retur til vaskeriet. Dette er feil.
Smitte frakker skal i vannoppløselig sekk og deretter i tøy-sekk.
De skal merkes med navn på lab og dato for deretter å settes på avfallsrommet eller tøylageret i 1. etg. Vannoppløselige sekker finnes på alle avfallsrom i LB.
Here are recent publications with contributions from K2 based on last week’s search on PubMed (and optionally articles that have not been included in previous lists). This time the list includes in total 5 recent publications. The entries appear in the order they were received from NCBI. If you have publications that are not included in this or previous lists, please send the references to Hege F. Berg. Continue reading
Dear all,
Please see below the updated links for external funding:
External funding opportunities: http://www.uib.no/en/med/112772/external-funding-opportunities
Funding opportunities for education: http://www.uib.no/med/113987/funding-opportunities-education
The webpages are updated every second week. New calls are marked as NEW.
Kind regards,
Amra, Ramune and Kaia
Since being asked by Pål to fulfil the position of vice-head for innovation for K2, I have been wondering exactly what it is I should do? And indeed, what is the relevance of “innovation” to our research programs? These might seem very obvious questions with obvious answers, but apart from filling in the sections asking for innovative potential on our grant applications, how many of us truly pay any serious attention to the true innovation of what we do? How important is all this “innovation stuff?”
If I google “innovation”, the first hit I get is a dictionary definition:
Innovation
ɪnəˈveɪʃ(ə)n/
noun
noun: innovation
However, most critically is the example of its use;
“innovation is crucial to the continuing success of any organization”.
All research groups have their research questions they want to get funded and want to explore, but maybe fail to realize the innovative potential of their scientific endeavors. However, truly wanting to make meaning from research is the first step towards innovation. When you decide upon the type of meaning you make, try to find 2 or 3 words that describe why that meaning (innovation) should exist. Do your processes, methodologies or philosophies follow a well-worn path, or are they paradigm shifting? Great innovation and research jumps the curve, thereby creating progress. It certainly requires rolling of the dice, but no risk, no reward. You may not achieve perfection, but jumping the curve in research and creating revolutionary innovation will always result in some bugs. It is safe to continue in current practices, to tick the boxes, dot the i´s and cross the t´s on our research applications. However, not only is there very little fun in that, but more and more you will not be rewarded for it.
Recently, in collaboration with BTO we highlighted the various different funding avenues for innovation. However, even charitable organisations in their application processes are asking “is there any innovative potential?”. Furthermore, with reduced basic funding to university (grunnbevilgningen) from the government in recent years, there is an increased focus on funding our research activities from external sources of finance, particularly BOA (bidrag og oppdragsaktivitet) funding, which demands innovative potential. At the start of the piece I asked the question “how important is innovation”, the answer is clear, its critical. Critical to development of your research, the training of young investigators and their futures, and to the continuing success of K2.
Universitetet ønsker prosjektskisser for to stipendiatstillinger innen det strategiske satsningsområdet Globale samfunnsutfordringer.
Tema for satsningen er «migrasjon, helse og ulikhet». Det er sendt henvendelse til alle fagmiljø ved UiB med henstilling om å levere tverrfaglige prosjektskisser på disse temaene innen 15. juni.
Vi ønsker prosjektforslag fra potensielle hovedveiledere for kandidatene og håper på mange spennende forslag til tverrfaglige vinklinger og tematikker med vid faglig bredde, sier professor Bente Moen, leder ved Senter for internasjonal helse, som har ansvar for satsingen.
Format for prosjektskisse:
Prosjektene vil bli vurdert av den strategiske arbeidsgruppen for globale samfunnsutfordringer, og de to prosjektene som blir vurdert som de beste vil bli tildelt stillingene. Alle fakultetene er representert i den strategiske arbeidsgruppen. Videre utlysning og ansettelsesprosess blir som for andre stipendiatstillinger ved de fakultet/institutt som tildeles stillingene.
Frist for å sende prosjektforslag er 15. juni 2018. Oppstart av stipendiatperioden vil være 1. januar 2019.
Prosjektforslag sendes til leder for satsningen, prodekan Marit Bakke, Det medisinske fakultet eller til leder ved Senter for internasjonal helse, Professor Bente Moen.
Dear researchers,
Section for Research and Innovation at Helse Bergen organises a two-day application writing workshop for potential applicants to Marie Curie Individual Fellowships program (MSCA IF).
MSCA IF is a great opportunity to employ a foreign postdoctoral fellow in your research group for up to 2 years. More information is in the one-pager enclosed. If you are interested in becoming a supervisor, you can send the one-pager to your international collaborators in order to find a relevant candidate.
The workshop’s aim is to train fellowship candidates to successfully apply for MSCA-IF with Helse Bergen as the host institution. During this visit, candidates will get advice on how to write a good application, get to know their potential host research group and start forming the project proposal together with their supervisor. The workshop is free for participants, and Helse Bergen will cover stay and travel expenses for the fellowship candidates.
Date: 12-13 June 2018, 8:00-16:00
Place: Finstue, Bikuben, Haukeland University Hospital
Registration deadline: 1st of June 2018. To register, please follow this link.
Workshop agenda can be found here.
For any questions please contact Lilit Mailyan.
Internasjonalt senter inviterer til seminar i forbindelse med Staff Mobility Week.
Tema omhandler administrativ støtte til utreisende forskere.
Program for uken: https://www.uib.no/en/smw/113462/services-outbound-researchers
Målgruppen er HR medarbeidere, forskningskoordinater, eller andre som møter og bistår utreisende forskere. Det er mulighet å være med på deler av programmet eller hele uken. Deltagelse er gratis.
Sted: Sydneshaugen
Tid: 4-8 juni
Seminaret vil bli på engelsk.
Les mer om SMW 2018 her: https://www.uib.no/en/smw
Dersom du er interessert i å delta på dette, send påmelding til Jill A. Opsahl.
Dear all,
Please see below the updated links for external funding:
External funding opportunities: http://www.uib.no/en/med/112772/external-funding-opportunities
Funding opportunities for education: http://www.uib.no/med/113987/funding-opportunities-education
The webpages are updated every second week. New calls are marked as NEW.
Kind regards,
Amra, Ramune and Kaia
Here are recent publications with contributions from K2 based on last week’s search on PubMed (and optionally articles that have not been included in previous lists). This time the list includes in total 22 recent publications. The entries appear in the order they were received from NCBI. If you have publications that are not included in this or previous lists, please send the references to Hege F. Berg.
As a new head of department, I felt a need to get to know the Department better. The various research groups were challenged to present themselves at our Annual Strategy Seminar in January, where two from the management of each research group are invited. This became an intense but exciting day. Feedback from other research groups was that this was especially useful for them, too. It was very interesting to hear about all the important research projects running at K2 and all the teaching that is being done. It became evident that the size of the research groups varies considerably and that much has happened – both structural and professional – since they were formed. The teaching tasks seem unevenly distributed and the research groups do not seem to be the most optimal organization in relation to teaching.
The next step is to meet representatives from the groups in separate meetings, preferably where the groups are physically located. The groups are challenged to provide a SWOT analysis where one wishes to hear about their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. What can K2 do for the groups? We usually take a tour in the laboratories where appropriate. We are now about half way and feedback on the process is currently very good.
As part of the get to know better process, we just had a seminar on the relationship between the management and the administration at Ullensvang Hotell. The various sections of the administration were also challenged to provide a SWOT analysis. This became an interesting and useful exercise and provides a tool for making necessary changes, small and large, so that we can work more optimally and more efficiently with better research and teaching as the long-term goals. Some key words are that increased specialization and decentralization (between faculty and institute) has given increased quality and efficiency, but that this also gives a more vulnerable situation with regard to absence. Increased focus on digitization and written routines that are readily available for users can relieve a pressed administration. Improved communication between administration and users with increased awareness of expectations both ways can contribute to more efficient service from the administration.
Finally, I would like to remind you of the Teaching Day May 2. Here, it is important to attend!
Senter for Digitalt Liv Norge er et nasjonalt senter for bioteknologisk utdanning, forskning og innovasjon. Senteret ønsker å starte mobilisering av aktuelle miljø mot den kommende fristen under satsingen «digitalt liv». Rammen for kommende utlysning er klar i løpet av mai, med søknadsfrist i september.
Informasjonsmøte arrangeres for å starte mobiliseringen av lokale miljø:
Tid: 4. mai kl. 12.30
Sted: Auditorium 2, BB-bygget
Program for møte finner du her.
Dear all,
Please see below the updated links for external funding:
External funding opportunities:
http://www.uib.no/en/med/112772/external-funding-opportunities
Funding opportunities for education:
http://www.uib.no/med/113987/funding-opportunities-education
The webpages are updated every second week. New calls are marked as NEW.
Kind regards,
Amra, Ramune and Kaia
Here are recent publications with contributions from K2 based on last week’s search on PubMed (and optionally articles that have not been included in previous lists). This time the list includes in total 11 recent publications. The entries appear in the order they were received from NCBI. If you have publications that are not included in this or previous lists, please send the references to Hege F. Berg.
In these times of digitalization, the administration is looking into ways to simplify existing work task, and siomultaneously be more accessible for the users. In addition to working on electronic forms for new employees and e-learning courses, we have changes the method for enquiries for a work place at K2, se previous article in K2-news:
https://k2info.w.uib.no/2018/02/23/innmelding-av-behov-for-kontorplass-leseplass/
In order to make the enquiries easier, we have made an electronic form which is to be filled out by main supervisor or research group leader, link to form here.
Should you have any suggestions to other tasks or forms which can be made easier or digital, we are very grateful for and eager to receive your suggestions.
Best regards,
Julie
The entire administration at K2 will be away on a seminar Wednesday and Thursday 25th – 26th April.