Burhan began as a substitute in the fall of 2018 as senior executive in the finance department of K2. Now we can finally present him as a permanent employee at the department in the same position.
K2 welcomes him as a permanent adition to the administration team.
If you want to contact Burhan he can be found at the 8th floor in the lab building or by mail: burhan.limdiawala@uib.no
It is time for the allocation of small research funds (SMÅFORSK). The funds are available due to a joint event between RCN and UiB. The intention of these funds is that funds will be awarded research groups that have not been endowed large allocations so that they can start new projects. Applicants can ask for means to cover expenses for travel, seminars, courses, materials, technical-administrative assistance and other operating expenses. It is a requirement that the applicant should hold a permanent position, be an active researcher at K2, and that the applicant can document that he/she has applied for funds from other external sources during the last two years.
Requirements for application and criteria for allocation:
· The research group leader shall be applicant
· The purpose of the use of funds must be justified and should be discussed and prioritized within the research group
· It must be documented that the group in 2017 or 2018 has applied other external sources for research funds covering the present purpose
· The funds must be used this year and can therefore not be transferred to next year
· Benefits go to research groups that do not already have large assets
The deadline is Monday 4 March at. 13:00. Apply here.
Registration HERE!
My name is David Forsse, I started as a PhD candidate in the Bergen Gynecologic Cancer Research Group in September 2017. I’m a Gynecologist and currently on leave from my clinical employment. It’s exciting to learn new research methods and explore different facets of my field.
My name is Einar Marius Hjellestad Martinsen. I started as a ph.d. student at the Clinical Respiratory Research Group at Department of Clinical Science (K2) in September 2018. My ph.d. project aims to characterize the fungal community (mycobiome) in the lungs of healthy people and COPD patients, and to report motives for participation in our project. My office is located at fifth floor in the Lab building (Laboratoriebygget). You are welcome to meet me there for a (scientific) chat, or you can send me an e-mail to einar.martinsen@uib.no.
20 minutes crash course in Tableau, the reporting tool for project leaders, 19th Febrauary.
Do you want better control of your project funds and easy access to your own project accounts? Then Tableau is the tool for you!
Tableau is an online reporting tool which provides easy access and overview of the economy in your externally financed projects.
Do you want to know more? Sign up for a short crash course on 19th February, 1130-1200, in auditorium 4 in the BB-building.
Lunch will be served to all registered participants.
Welcome to lunch and learning!
Sign up here:
https://skjemaker.app.uib.no/view.php?id=6130243
K2 presents Amund Holte Berger.
Amund is a Phd-student at K2 and started 01.09.18.
He has a BSc in Biotechnology from NMBU and a MSc in Biomedicine from UiB where the master-project was performed at K2
In his phd-project Amund will look at the gene expression of APS-1 and Addison’s disease using bulk and single cell RNAseq with his supervisors Stefan Johansson, Eirik Bratland and Per Knappskog.
Amund is a part of the K.G. Jebsen Center for autoimmune diseases and the Genomics Group at the MGM.
He is currently located at the 2nd floor of the lab-building in office 2254.
If you would like to contact him his email is:
Amund.Berger@uib.no
We present Øyvind Byrkjedal-Bendiksen who is our new administrative contact for the 12th semester in medicine. His office is at the seventh floor in the Laboratory Building.
Øyvind tries to have an open-door philosophy. You are welcome to drop by if you have any questions. You can also get in touch with Øyvind by email: Oyvind.Bendiksen@uib.no.
Nina Urke Ertesvåg. I started my PhD-degree in September 2018 at the Influenza Centre, K2. I am working on developing new influenza vaccines by investigation of the immune response after influenza vaccination and infection. E-mail address: nina.ertesvag@uib.no
K2 congratulates FHU, head and Professor Francisco Real and his entire team, with the opening of the new, beautiful premises at Overlege Danielsens Hus. The opening was marked Friday 11th of January. The picture shows Dean Per Bakke and Professor Francisco Real.
When Christmas is approaching, the exams are coming too.
Thank you for all the effort you have contributed in creating MCQs, preparing tasks for short essays, finding anatomic models to be explored, organizing electronic exam databases and finding examination rooms and proper guards. After this we may leave for Christmas holiday with a good conscience (except those of us who have to complete the correcting /censorship before the New Year is emerging..)
Into the New Year: January 17th, the first test-OSKE for the 12th semester will be arranged. We have found assignments for this exam but need people to assemble the stations during the 16th and that those who have prepared the specific tasks have two teachers ready for censoring at each station (two loops). Similar as the MCQ database: We need OSKE-tasks for the next full-scale exam in June 6th. Thank you to those of you who have actually delivered assignments/tasks. For the rest of You: it is important to think about how you want the students to be tested for clinical activity in your field of study. Students will no longer be tested using a patient from “your” department to question/ examine. So for the clinical skills you mean are IMPORTANT that students should be able to master; make an exam assignment. Students practice and learn what they know they are being tested on!
One more thing with MCQ questions: some of us teach in English and we have to make English assignments. For the Norwegian terms the questions are in Norwegian, and since we have two official Norwegian language forms, tasks must be prepared in both (bokmål and nynorsk). It is the responsibility of the one preparing tasks/questions to prepare in both Norwegian languages and add these to the MCQ database. We cannot use any question for an exam without it being available in both language forms. Do you have people affiliated with your group/ students you supervise/ junior doctors in your department that master the other language form (or perhaps English) better than you? They can help in translating and at the same time also be used to ensure that the assignment is relevant and understandable.
Have a nice advent!
December 12th is the date for our annual “Instituttets dag” . Save the date!
Its gonna be followed by a dinner.
More info and registration is coming later.
Nebeyaet Gebreslase has been an apprentice at the Core Facility for metabolomics from August 2016 and graduated in subject of laboratory with best grade July 5th this year. She tells us that she has had a good time here at K2 and in the laboratory. She has been looking forward to go to work every day. She has grown both personally and professionally, and has been involved in method development for several projects. She feels attached to everyone she has collaborated with and will miss the community. Fortunately, she is not far away as she starts working at Bevital on the 9th floor in the Laboratory building in August.