UiB-Service Development Pop-ups 2025: Alrek Health Cluster

In April and May, UiB-Service Development invites you to a series of pop-up workshops on campus.

20.05.2025 – 09.00–11.30 Alrek health cluster

Pop-up workshops are short, practical courses where you learn methodologies that will improve the way you work and collaborate with others. In this series, there are six different workshops offered: About keys to collaboration, about limitations as an innovative driving force, about testing and experimentation, about facilitation and meeting management, about continuous improvement work in practice and an introductory course to service development. The workshops last 45-60 minutes each and are held at three different locations at UiB. The workshops are open to all employees.

More information and registration https://www.uib.no/tjenesteutvikling/177332/pop-ups-2025-alrek-helseklynge-20mai

4 June 2025

09:00 – 15:00

Midgard, Årstadveien 17, Alrek helseklynge

In 2025, we are celebrating the five-year anniversary of the Student Conference! We invite students to submit abstracts to present their bachelor’s and master’s theses related to health in a broad sense.

You can register for the conference here!
Registration deadline: May 28 at 11:59 PM.

Are you a student considering presenting your project plan or findings from your master? The call for abstracts is now open, and you can submit your abstract for the Alrek Student Conference here.
Submission deadline: May 12 at 11:59 PM.

https://alrekhelseklynge.no/arrangementer/alrek-studentkonferanse-2025-2/

Several health innovation events are taking place in Bergen between May 19th and 22nd.

• Monday May 19th to Tuesday May 20th: DigitalHealth25 – Alrek
• Tuesday May 20th – Wednesday May 21st: LSX Nordic Congress is the leading partnering, strategy, and investment event serving the Nordic and Baltic region, with qualified 1:1 partnering at its core.
• Wednesday 21 May – Thursday 23 May: National Meeting of the Medical Technological Association: Medical Technological Association
• Wednesday 22 May: Event for “International Clinical Studies Day” at Haukeland University Hospital organized by NorCRIN – International Day for Clinical Studies 2025 – NorCRIN
• Wednesday 22 May: PROM Conference 2025

https://alrekhelseklynge.no/nyheter/en-uke-fyll-med-helseinnovasjonsarrangementer/

Roadmap for Research Infrastru4 June 2:00–3:00 PM

Before we announce new funding under the National Research Infrastructure Initiative, we are updating the roadmap, which serves as a guide for applicants. The next announcement is planned for November 2025.

We invite you to a feedback meeting for the thematic area of ​​health in part 2 of the roadmap. We would like feedback on whether we have clearly described the need for research infrastructure in this field, or whether there are important gaps that we have not identified.

The meeting starts with a short introduction. Afterwards, participants will have the opportunity to make short, oral contributions (3-5 min) about the roadmap.

If you do not get what you want during the meeting, you can send written contributions in the chat (max. 2 pages). We encourage institutions to coordinate their contributions.

The Portfolio Board for the Research System will adopt the updated roadmap at its meeting on September 17, 2025.

https://www.forskningsradet.no/arrangementer/2025/innspelsmote-vegkartet-forskingsinfrastruktur-helse/

The Pandemic Center at the University of Bergen, in collaboration with NOVA University Lisboa, Bielefeld University, and Erasmus University Rotterdam, is excited to announce an upcoming online course with mobility option titled Preparedness for Health Crises: A Multidisciplinary Approach in fall 2025

This course will draw on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and other current crises to teach preparedness for future health threats. It is accessible to students from all backgrounds, study fields, and cycles (elective, master, and PhD students).

When? September-October 2025, culminating in a one-week session in Bergen from October 27th to 31st

https://www.uib.no/en/pandemic/176371/preparedness-health-crises-multidisciplinary-approach#course-details

May 7, 2025
Location: Litteraturhuset in Bergen – Bergen
Time: 08.30-09.15

With a genetic test, you can get information about hereditary characteristics and disease risks. Such tests are important for diagnosing and treating disease. At the same time, the use of genetic tests raises several questions and difficult issues. How are genetic tests used in Norwegian hospitals today? What genetic information should be shared? And who should have the right to access information about hereditary diseases in their family?

Senior consultant Ida Wiig Sørensen from the Department of Medical Genetics at Haukeland University Hospital and member of the Biotechnology Council, discusses these questions in an exciting lecture at Litteraturhuset in Bergen.

Når familiearven er en sykdom

This year’s Day of Immunology is held simultaneously in Oslo and Bergen, and will also be streamed.
The Day of Immunology will be organized on Saturday April 26. The theme of this year’s day of immunology is “The brain under attack! – When the immune system becomes our own enemy”. The event will be held in Norwegian.
Date and time: April 26, 11:00-13:00
Bergen: Auditorium, Vilvite, Thormøhlens Gate 51 (in Oslo: Wergeland salen, Litteraturhuset, Wergelandsveien 29)
Streaming: https://vimeo.com/event/4965153 

The event is free of charge and open for everybody interested!

DOI 2025 poster (Bergen)

TV screen size (Bergen)

A new donation account has been set up for this purpose at the Cancer Clinic, HUS.

The application deadline for allocations in 2025 is 15 May.

Further information can be found at

Forsking og fagutvikling – Helse Bergen HF

18/06/2025
10:00 – 17:00
Malmö, Sweden

Welcome to the NordForsk anniversary conference, where we aim to strengthen Nordic research co-operation by addressing key scientific and societal challenges.

What are the key benefits of Nordic research co-operation across academic disciplines, and how can we collaborate to enhance its excellence and impact in the future?

Join us for a day full of inspiring and insightful talks and discussions, and networking with Nordic colleagues, to celebrate 20 years of Nordic research co-operation

https://www.nordforsk.org/20-years

The Research Council will strengthen efforts in groundbreaking research through several new measures totaling 500 million NOK:

– 30 million NOK for short-term research projects to test radical research ideas.

– 160 million NOK for top researchers – major research projects aimed at developing world-leading research environments.

– 30 million NOK to apply groundbreaking research in practical use.

– 60 million NOK to stimulate more world-leading research environments and to increase the number of applications to the ERC (European Research Council).

– 100 million NOK to follow up on academic evaluations.

Read more at: https://www.forskningsradet.no/nyheter/2025/stor-satsning-banebrytende-forsking/

Support for Applications for External Funding

A reminder about this webpage which is updated by the faculty’s research advisors. It contains a collection of available grants and funding agencies and  information about how collaboration with Helse-Bergen can be established and the allocation of PhD/postdoc positions for externally funded projects.

https://www.uib.no/en/med/112772/application-support-external-funding

The faculty cleans and closes old gift accounts. There remains a remnant of about NOK 19,000 from Terje Monslaup’s memorial gift that was given to HIV/AIDS research.  Those at K2 who have a project or conference participation related to this send a short application (half page) to silke.appel@uib.no by April 20th.

The next edition will take place on 7 May at 12.00-13.00 CET, featuring Professor Kamal Mustafa, leader of the Center for Translational Oral Research (TOR) and the Tissue Engineering Research Group at the Department of Clinical Dentistry (IKO), Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen, Norway. His talk will be on “Are stem cells the implants of the future? From bench to chairside”.

Kamal’s laboratory and research team integrate chemistry, biology, engineering, and medicine to translate fundamental research findings into clinical applications and commercial innovations. Over the past ten years, his research has increasingly focused on developing a comprehensive toolkit for bone regeneration within the framework of tissue engineering. Read Kamal’s biography here.

The webinar will be moderated by prof Pontus Aspenström (National Director of EATRIS Sweden).

Register for the webinar here.