Employees at the University of Bergen (UiB) with laboratory work are invited to the HSE courses:

• Chemical Register (ECOonline) Step 1 (for Norwegian speakers), May 20 (registration deadline May 15)
• Chemical Register (ECOonline) Step 2 (for Norwegian speakers), May 27 (registration deadline May 22)
• Førstehjelp på laboratoriet (for Norwegian speakers), May 28
  (registration deadline May 21)
• First Aid at the Laboratory (for English speakers), June 2
  (registration deadline May 26)

For more information (in Norwegian).

The Personnel and Organization Department offers these courses in the spring and fall semester:

• Courses in plain language (22 and 23 May and on 23 and 24 October. Registration deadline Friday, May 16th.)
• Nynorsk (18th and 19th June).
• Evening courses in academic English (starting September 1st)
• Intensive Course (summer) in Norwegian for foreign employees (17 July-9. August)

For more information (in Norwegian).

The Swedish Child Diabetes Foundation is calling for nominations for the Johnny Ludvigsson Prize for excellent research in childhood and adolescent diabetes 2014. Deadline for the nominations is May 15. For more information

The European institute for advanced studies in management (EIASM) arranges “Eden Doctoral Seminar on Doctoral Dissertation Writing and Publishing” in Vilnius, Lithuania, June 30-July 3, 2014. The deadline for application is extended to May 11, 2014. For more information.

To get as high as K2 you have to walk Ulriken 15 times. Every Tuesday from April 29 to September 23 we will walk to the top of Ulriken. Departure at 15:30 from Ulriksbanen. Those who can get 15 trips by September 24 gets a prize. Sign up by sending mail to Lars Mossefinn before April 23.
For more information (in Norwegian).

University of Bergen invites for the first time to Alumni Days Friday 9th and Saturday 10th of May. It will be an eventful weekend with academic replenishment, happy reunion and social activities at the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, and the entire University. For more information (in Norwegian).

NB! New registration deadline is Sunday May 4th. Employees have a different registration form. The program is available here (in Norwegian).

Researchers from the University of Bergen can now apply for funding to cover Open Access Article Processing Charges (APC). In 2014 the amount set aside for this fund is 1,8 million NOK.

Information, guidelines and application forms can be found here.

At times there have been a great deal of uncollected waste in this room. This is due to several reasons:

• inadequately filled out declaration form
• the waste has not been marked with declaration number
• the red boxes have been sealed, thus making it impossible to check the contents

It turns out that we have been given the wrong type of red waste boxes. We should only use the boxes with hinges on one side, not the ones with removable lids. The idea is that the declaration form will lie inside the box, since the lid can be opened. There may be several types of waste with different declaration forms in the same box, but it is important that the declaration number is written on the correct waste. The waste will be removed from the box at the waste centre, and the boxes will be reused. The following documents have thorough descriptions: «Handling of dangerous waste» («Håndtering av farlig avfall») which you can find at Innsiden under Hospitaldrift Transport and «Guidelines for filling out declaration forms» («Veileder for utfylling av deklarasjonsskjema») in Helse-Bergen’s electronic quality handbook (both sites require a log in).

Remember to fill out the declaration forms correctly. Miljøhallen may help you if you have questions. Contact Pål Andersen (section manager) at 7-2583 or Aspjørn Gelin (Unit leader) at 7-2550.

Declaration forms must be ordered from Sentralforsyningen, form number 202 580. Clear waste cans, cones and red boxes may be ordered from the porters in the lab-building (tlf. 7-7892) or Miljøhallen (tlf. 7-6930). Blue plastic waste cans will no longer be used. The clear cans will now be sent for destruction, and will not be reused like before.

UoB signed an agreement with NSD in February 2006 that NSD should be the privacy protection authorities for research projects that deal with personal information under the Personal Data Act. Due to the Health Research Act UoB is now in dialogue with NSD to revise and expand the agreement to include research covered by the Health Research Act. For more information (in Norwegian).

Resistance to chemotherapy is often the cause of a failing cancer treatment. Norwegian researchers are now on the track of a method that can predict if the chemotherapy will work before the treatment has begun.

For more information (in Norwegian)