Please find our newsletter online by following this link: NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 2024.
You can also find our previous newsletters in this link.
Please also check out UIBDoc’s Christmas dinner December 8th!
Wishing you all a wonderful day and please do not hesitate to contact us for any questions or queries you might have.
All the best from the Euraxess team at the International Centre.
Welcome to the latest edition of the UiB Ferd Newsletter for 2024.
Read the rest of the article here:
https://sway.cloud.microsoft/km3FzNIiX7jTXoYf?ref=email
Helse Vest RHF is announcing up to NOK 18 million for innovation projects. The deadline to apply for innovation funds is January 29 at 13:00.
https://www.helse-vest.no/helsefagleg/innovasjon/utlysing-av-midlar-til-innovasjon/
Breakfast Meeting: Neurotechnology
In 2011, Dutchman Gert-Jan Oskam injured his spinal cord in a traffic accident and became paralyzed. Today, with the help of artificial intelligence and implants in his spine and brain, he can rise from his wheelchair and take a walk in the park. In the USA, a man without mobility has had hair-thin electrodes implanted in his brain, allowing him to control a computer with his thoughts. Neurotechnology is technology that interacts with, monitors, or influences the brain. This technology can help people without the ability to speak to communicate, or help people without mobility in their legs or arms to move. But does the technology also pose a risk of misuse?
In this breakfast lecture, Senior Advisor at the Biotechnology Council, Stine Hufthammer Indrelid, will explain what neurotechnology is and what it can be used for – both the benefits and the risks.
https://www.bioteknologiradet.no/arrangement/frokostmote-nevroteknologi/
Dear all,
The deadline for submitting abstracts for the Annual Research Presentations by the Research School in Clinical Medicine (January 29–31, 2025) has been extended to December 10, 2024.
Registration link: https://skjemaker.app.uib.no/view.php?id=17860219
This is a great opportunity to share your research and connect with peers. Participants also have the chance to win prizes.
Participation is flexible – you’re not required to attend the entire event. Each presentation will be assigned a specific time slot, and you only need to be present during your designated time but you’re very welcome to join other sessions, too.
We encourage you to apply! For more details, please have a look at the information below.
Best wishes,
Stian, Irit, Kira, Lucia, Lucrezia and Mari.
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Who can apply:
Required documents:
Poster Presentations:
Oral Presentations:
Event Days:
Prizes:
PhD candidates:
Postdoctoral Researchers/Scientists:
All participants:
Dear all,
These days, we have many happy recipients of Western Norway Regional Health Authority research funding in the form of grants, multi-year project funding and strategic initiatives. There is an incredible amount of exciting clinically relevant research that is done by great K2ers in collaboration with the hospitals here in Western Norway. Congratulations!
At the Western Norway Regional Health Authority Education Conference in Stavanger, representatives from the educational institutions and hospitals in Western Norway are focusing on how we can have a sustainable health service in our elongated country in the future with a good balance between broad knowledge and cutting-edge expertise. It is a clear yes to both – with a need to ensure that we are all generalists in addition to what we are extra good at, while at the same time interdisciplinary collaboration must be increased. Good professionally updated guidelines that are easy to find and holistic thinking. – We all make mistakes. Sharing experiences about mistakes reduces the risk of the same mistakes happening again and again by continuously increasing competence and improving routines.
The education award went to solid teachers in obstetrics who, through VR glasses and self-developed software, allow students to enter the female body and take the fetus’s perspective. Learning with “aha” experiences and in-depth understanding. Collaboration across educational institutions and hospitals will enable more people to learn more and ensure that our loved ones are well taken care of when there is a need for health care.
Have a nice weekend!
Camilla
SDG Conference Bergen 5–6 February 2025: Save the dates and register now!
We are excited to announce that the eighth SDG Conference in Bergen will be held on 5–6 February 2025. Mark your calendars! This year’s theme is Sustainable Health in Turbulent Times.
Join us through our interactive digital conference platform. Last year, we welcomed 1000 virtual participants from nearly 100 countries worldwide.
Register now at the SDG Conference website.
Wednesday 5 February 2025
Day Zero is packed with events leading up to the SDG Conference Bergen plenary programme. The Day Zero opening session asks In Science, We Trust? – The Role of Science-Based Knowledge in Turbulent Times. It takes place from 9:00-10:30 (in-person and online). Following this, 30 events organized locally around Norway and beyond will cover a wide range of sustainable development topics. Participate online via our conference platform or join us for the hybrid Day Zero opening session at Nygårdsgaten 5 in Bergen.
Thursday 6 February 2025
Join us online for the 2025 conference plenary programme, titled Sustainable Health in Turbulent Times, which will explore the critical interconnections between health, people, and the planet. The conference emphasizes the need for integrated climate and health initiatives, aiming to accelerate cross-sectoral action at the intersections of climate, health, and sustainability. Read the 2025 concept note. Presentations and discussions will be English and Norwegian.
Mark your calendar for these important discussions!
The full programme will be available at uib.no/en/sdgconference.
Speakers include:
Olav Thon Foundation, award for outstanding teaching in natural sciences,
Read the rest of the case here:
(only available in Norwegian)
There will be an announcement for KG Jebsen centers in December or January 2025 (https://stiftkgj.no/k-g-jebsen-sentre-for-medisinsk-forskning/). It will be almost the same process as last time, i.e. an internal application deadline approx. March 2025, and final application deadline in May 2025.
The internal deadline will be in collaboration with Helse Bergen. For those who wish to apply, it is advisable to start application planning now, as the deadlines will be short when the announcement is out.
Best regards, Kurt
Welcome to the MRCRM Christmas Symposium, 2024!
The Mohn Research Centre for Regenerative Medicine (MRCRM) invites you to our Christmas Symposium on December 10, 2024, featuring excellent researchers and students in the field of regenerative medicine.
Register by December 5 to enjoy lunch from 11.50 and remember to add the event to your calendar.
The symposium is open to all. If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact us at MRCRM@helse-bergen.no.
We look forward to seeing you at this Christmas symposium!
Program:
Dear Researchers of the Department of Clinical Medicine (K1), Department of Clinical Science (K2), and Helse-Vest
On behalf of the Research School in Clinical Medicine it is our pleasure to invite you to present your work at the 19th Annual Research Presentations. This is an excellent opportunity to share your research and a chance to win awards ranging from 3,000 NOK to 10,000 NOK. The event will be held at Haukeland University Hospital from the 29th to 31st of January 2025.
Who can apply:
PhD candidates, Postdoctoral Researchers and Scientists (including medical students and hospital employees engaged in research) affiliated with K1 or K2 at the University of Bergen and/or Helse-Vest.
Authors of posters or oral presentations presented at national or international conferences in 2024.
The candidate may present both poster and oral presentations given that the candidate has presented both during 2024.
Registration and Submission:
Registration link: https://skjemaker.app.uib.no/view.php?id=17860219
Due to time constraints and limited poster board availability, only the first 25 submitted oral presentations and 50 posters will be presented.
Submission opening: November 01, 2024
Deadline for submission: December 01, 2024
Required documents:
Poster Presentations:
The original conference poster as a PDF file (with a minimum of 300 DPI).
Abstract
A short summary, written in plain Norwegian, for the public (patients and caregivers) to understand the main content of your poster. Limited to 5 sentences.
We would appreciate it if those who have already had the poster printed would use these at the event. If not, we will print it for you (size +/- A0).
Oral Presentations:
PowerPoint presentation of the project presented at a conference during the year 2024.
Abstract
Event Days:
January 29: Poster presentations:
Each poster presenter will give a short presentation of their poster to a scientific committee.
The time per poster-presentation is five minutes (three minutes for the presentation itself and two minutes for questions from the scientific committee).
January 30: Oral presentations:
Presenters will have 10 minutes for their presentation, followed by a five-minute discussion.
Oral presentations should be presented in the original, previously presented form. Given the diverse background of the audience, a general introduction to the topic is appreciated.
Presentations should be given in English
If you want to make small adjustments (translations from Norwegian to English are appreciated), the deadline for submitting the final version is January 20, 2025.
January 31: The Award ceremony
Prizes:
There will be awards in the following categories:
PhD candidates:
Best Poster Presentation
First place: 10,000 NOK
Second place: 5,000 NOK
Third place: 3,000 NOK
Best Oral Presentation
First place: 10,000 NOK
Second place: 5,000 NOK
Third place: 3,000 NOK
Postdoctoral Researchers/Scientists:
Best poster – 5,000 NOK
Best oral presentation – 5,000 NOK
All participants:
People’s Choice Award:
The winner will be selected based on audience votes.
For further information, please feel free to respond to this email or contact the following in the organizing committee:
Responsible for posters: Irit.Titlestad@uib.no
Responsible for orals: Lucrezia.Berton@uib.no
Please check out the event from previous years here: https://www.uib.no/en/rs/clinicalmedicine
We are looking forward to seeing you and your research!
Yours sincerely,
Stian, Irit, Kira, Lucia, Lucrezia and Mari.
For more information, please contact your research advisor (K2) / the research advisors.
The purpose of this call is to stimulate the continued development of excellent research leaders, and promote Nordic research at a high international level. The Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF) seeks to support the consolidation of accomplished associate professors with ambitious projects within endocrinology and metabolism to understand the human organism and the mechanisms underlying health and disease at a basic and clinical level. Three grants are available for funding.
To promote Nordic research at the highest international level the Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF) seeks to support outstanding professors with ambitious projects within endocrinology and metabolism to understand the human organism and the mechanisms underlying health and disease at a basic and clinical level. NNF will award up to two grants.
With this call the Novo Nordisk Foundation seeks to support and strengthen the development of young and promising research leaders, and to promote Nordic research at a high international level. The call is targeted starting group leaders with ambitious projects within endocrinology and metabolism that aim to understand the human organism and the mechanisms underlying health and disease at a basic and clinical level. Four grants are available for funding and NNF aims at awarding at least one of these grants to an active clinician researcher.
