Dear PhD students and postdocs,

We are happy to introduce a new course in the CCBIO Research School for Cancer Studies (RSCS): CCBIO906 – Cancer Genomics.

It will take place 1–3 November 2017.

The course will provide broad understanding of aspects of cancer genome biology and its investigation by next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies. Methods for analyzing DNA variation and structure and RNA expression patterns will be covered, as well as nuclear and chromatin structure. Also, ethical, legal aspects, and hereditary predisposition will be taught.

This course is primarily intended for PhD candidates who are affiliated with the Centre for Cancer Biomarkers (CCBIO), but is also open to other students, PhD candidates and students at the Medical Student Research Program.

Registration.
Deadline for registration: 2 October.

More information here.

On behalf of the CCBIO Research School,

Solveig Lund Witsø

The Oncology Forum award each year a prize of NOK 50,000 to a young researcher. The prize is intended to stimulate younger scientists.

The candidate must be a cancer researcher who works with basic, clinical, epidemiological or translation research, and has provided high quality research work. The prize winner shall be less than 40 years old and as a rule have defended a doctoral thesis. The money should be used on research, equipment purchases or academic journey.

An application must contain a summary and assessment of the applicant’s best papers. A reference list, CV and recommendation from the departments leader should be attached (max two pages). The application and any questions may be sent by e-mail to the secretariat of Oncology Forum.

A decision is made by the board and will be published at the Oncology Forum’s annual meeting. This year’s winner is expected to hold a lecture at the conference in Oslo on 16–17 November 2017.

Application deadline: Monday 9 October 2017.

The University of Bergen (UoB), in association with The Norwegian Research Council (NFR) invites all UoB research leaders and researchers to a kick-off and mobilization event towards the last calls of the Horizon2020 program – WP 2018 – 2020.

We will guide you through the do’s and do not’s of Horizon2020, and present research and innovation opportunities for all sectors and all thematic areas. In addition to presenting opportunities in Horizon2020, NFR will also relate the Norwegian research programmes to Horizon2020, and present the synergy between these and other funding mechanisms.

In addition to the thematic information sessions, we will be setting up 1:1 sessions between NCPs (National Contact Points, i.e. NFR experts on the various Horizon2020 work programmes) and researchers that already know which Horizon2020 topic they will apply for.

Please note that this is an open event, i.e., all R&D actors from the Bergen area will be invited.

To secure your NCP slot, please register your interest here, and you will be contacted by a team member from UoB Division of Research Administration (FA).

Time: 31 October at. 09:00–15:15.
Venue: Scandic Ørnen Bergen, Lars Hillesgate 18, Bergen.

More information, programme and registration.

Vibeke Kyrkjebø Irgan,
on behalf of the organizing committee

Eva Gerdts received the Women’s Health Research Award (Kvinnehelseforskningsprisen) of 2016 at a prize ceremony on 1 September 2017. This award was founded by the Norwegian Women’s Sanitation Association (Norske Kvinners Sanitetsforening) in 2016, and Gerdts was the very first awardee to receive this prize of NOK 100,000.

Eva Gerdts is a cardiologist at Haukeland University Hospital and professor at K2. She was awarded this prize for her major research effort on heart disease in women. We at K2 are proud of her many years of continuous effort, and congratulate her on this well-deserved recognition!

Dear Deans, Faculty Directors and Department Directors,

All UoB employees are invited to participate in Digital Day in Grieghallen on 4 October.

The goal for the Digital Day is to present ongoing digitalization projects, tools and methods, and future digital solutions.

Program (in progress):

• 20 stands from UoB groups presenting their digitalization work
• Talks from the stage
• UoB projects displayed on screens
• Try out tools and programs
• Mingle with colleagues

Digital Day also aims to inform, inspire and motivate all employees, and give them the opportunity to develop their digital knowledge and skills together.

Here is the website, which is updated continuously. For planning purposes, we kindly ask you to sign up (link in Norwegian) if you are interested in attending the event.

In addition to the regular Campus bus schedule, extra bus service will be provided between The Faculty of Medicine and Grieghallen.

We are looking forward to seeing as many as possible in Grieghallen on 4 October!

With best regards
The organizing committee

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 Wednesday 20 September, in the  Konferanserom of BBB (in front of auditoriums 2 and 4), from 11:30 to 13:00.

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 sign up for “Seminar in clinical and translational medicine” (FSKLI901), please contact Solveig Lund Witsø before 1 October.

 Feel free to contact me with any questions you may have!

Looking forward,

Solveig

Bergen International Film Festival (BIFF) will take place from 26 September to 4 October.

We are happy to announce that UoB employees are invited to a special pre-screening of Bill Nye’s documentary Science Guy on 12 September at. 6 pm.

Employees get two free tickets by presenting their staff ID at the Magnus Barfot or Konsertpaleet cinemas.

We are also happy to announce that employees at UoB can buy discounted tickets for all regular festival screenings. The ticket price for UoB staff is NOK 60, and tickets go on sale on 8 September. Please remember to bring your staff ID.

Read more about the program here.

Our newsletter is published in both Norwegian and English, to ensure that all our employees can read the featured news. We therefore ask all contributors to send our editor the texts both in Norwegian and English, as far as possible.

We also appreciate that the contributions follow the same text template used in previous cases.

And please send the news at latest by the end of Thursday to make sure that they are included in the current week’s newsletter.

Thank you!

International Centre at UoB officially opened in week 35.

More information about offers and services can be found here.

Biobank Haukeland is a collaboration between Haukeland University Hospital and the University of Bergen. The primary goal for Biobank Haukeland is increased research quality for the two institutions.

Biobank Haukeland has procured an automatic storage facility for research samples, with a capacity of storing 2.5 million biobank tubes. Biobank Haukeland will be in operation in February 2018.

All sample material stored in Biobank Haukeland will be registered in LabVantage. LabVantage is a laboratory information management system for research samples procured by Helse Vest.

The users of Biobank Haukeland must pay for deposit and withdrawal of research samples, in addition to yearly rent. The project is not yet closed, and the presented prices are therefore estimated based on the current cost estimate. Price changes may therefore occur.

Price list.

Inquiries can be directed to the head of Biobank Haukeland, Ann Cathrine Kroksveen PhD.

In an editorial in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, V. Craig Jordan highlights important findings from the research of two senior scientists at the institute, Professors Ernst Lien and Per Eystein Lønning.

We recommend reading this editorial and the original research.

Bergen Teknologioverføring (BTO) informs that it is now possible to apply for Proof-of-Concept funding (FORNY2020).

Researchers with current projects must contact BTO as soon as possible and at latest by 10 September for initial project discussions. In other words, time is short.

Proof-of-Concept funding from the Research Council of Norway are a golden opportunity to raise funds for testing, scaling up and continuing research projects, independent of research fields.

More information can be found here.

Centre of International Health (CIH) is now developing suggestions for master thesis projects in Global Health. This is an opportunity to engage in Global Health activities, and we therefore invite scientific staff in your department to contribute with project proposals.

At CIH the distribution of proposed projects to the master students will be done in the following way:

• CIH will present the proposed project proposals to the master students in a meeting.
• Each student will submit a ranked list of three desired projects.
• When a supervisor and a student have agreed on a project, the two will be paired.
• In case two or more students are interested in the same project, the supervisor will select who is the best match.

Template for suggesting thesis projects for master students.
Deadline for proposals: Wednesday 13 September 2017.

The proposals should be forwarded to Hallgeir Kismul.

E.ON Stipendienfonds is a scholarship fund designed to promote and strengthen German-Norwegian academic relations in the field of energy sciences. This is achieved by awarding mobility grants to Master / PhD students and junior researchers. In addition, the aim is to organize workshops, conferences and seminars and further expand the existing alumni network.

Deadline for application: 15 October 2017.

Call for applications for scholarships.
Application form.

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Several universities and institutes in Europe and US have been running a workshop on “Effective visual communication of science” for PhD students and researchers.

In this workshop, participants learn various principles and approaches for visually communicating complex research ideas and results. They talk about research papers, slide presentations, conference posters, and project proposals and work on materials supplied by participants. In a drawing exercise, everybody will prepare a graphical abstract for their next publication and get feedback. Everybody receives a certificate of participation and some institutions also give ECTS points.

More information and booking.