• Falchs Juniorpris: 100.000 kr i driftsmidler for fremragende forskere under 40 år. Forslag kan fremmes av instituttledere og professorer.
• Falchs Seniorpris. 150.000 kr for fremragende lederskap innen medisinsk forskning. Forslag kan fremmes av instituttledere.
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The deadline for submitting a nomination is March 5, 2026.
Norli vil overta driften av universitetsbokhandelen på Studentsenteret fra Akademia i juni. Bokhandelen skal fortsatt være en sentral del av studentmiljøet og tilby pensumlitteratur, fagbøker og et bredt utvalg akademisk litteratur til konkurransedyktige priser. Planlagt åpning i juni Planlagt åpning…
Welcome to CCBIO's first Junior Scientist Symposium in 2026, on March 10th! Lunch is included, but remember to register first, also in Studentweb with the course code CCBIO901 if we want credits.
The Infection Control Act from 1994 is currently under revision. The Helse- og omsorgsdepartementet has conducted a broad and comprehensive review of the Act to ensure that the necessary legal authority is in place to handle potential crisis situations. Experiences from the COVID 19 pandemic have been central to this work, but the Defence Commission, the Civil Protection Act, and the Health Preparedness Report have also provided grounds for changes. Provisions used every day in the country’s municipalities and hospitals have been assessed.
En ny studie viser at blodet vårt inneholder langt mer informasjon om hjertesykdom enn tidligere antatt. Ved hjelp av avansert dataanalyse har forskere fra blant annet Bergen og Reykjavík kartlagt hvordan hundrevis av blodproteiner samspiller – og hvordan disse mønstrene…
A new study shows that children born with only one artery in their umbilical cord have a slightly increased risk of certain developmental disorders later in life. However, for the vast majority of children, this does not appear to affect development.
The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is an international research communication competition that challenges PhD candidates to present their research in just three minutes, using a single static slide, to a general audience. The competition was originally developed at the University of Queensland in 2008 and has since grown into an international event, with competitions organised by networks such as the Coimbra Group and SANORD. UiB invites PhD candidates from all disciplines to participate in our internal 3MT competition. The winner will represent UiB in the international finals of the Coimbra Group and SANORD.
Publishing at K2
When the UiB Rector visited K2 last week, she asked about our publication strategy. K2’s strategy is quite simple: We publish open access as much as possible, and when we have strong and very interesting data, we try to publish in so called Level 2 journals. These are the top 20% highest-ranked journals within their field, and the list is updated annually by the National Publication Committee (NPU) and HK-dir. In 2024, 18% of K2’s 422 publications were in Level 2 journals. This is also the average for the Faculty of Medicine. For K2, it should be an objective to exceed 20% in Level 2 publications in order to demonstrate the overall quality of our research. Unfortunately, many Level 2 journals are still not fully open access. We can help promote fully open access Level 2 journals by publishing in them and having publication fees covered by UiB’s
Based on the number of publications, levels, and international collaboration, publication points are calculated. Until 2024, these were used to adjust funding for research institutions in Norway. This is no longer done, but the metric may still be a useful indicator to monitor, considering how well we manage under increasingly tight budget constraints. In the health trusts, publication points will continue to influence funding.
For this statistic to be accurate, it is important that affiliations are written correctly in submitted manuscripts from K2. AI tools often mistranslate this. The correct affiliation, where K2 is the employer or has otherwise contributed to participation in a study, is:
Finally, the K2 leadership congratulates Lars Herfindal, Professor of Pharmacology and the new Head of the Centre for Pharmacy, on receiving the prestigious Olav Thon Foundation Award for Outstanding Teaching.
The Education Committee announces funding each year for quality development in education. In 2025, NOK 2,100,000 was announced, which academic units could apply for (referred to as “Incentive Funds for the Development of Educational Quality”).
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Friday waffle with Wafflepitch at Eitri: Calum Leitch and Irini Ktoridou-Valen: "Repurposing Medicines for Blood Cancer: ValQ and the Bjørgvin Therapeutics Group."
Friday, January 30, 2026
13:00 14:00
Location: Eitri, Haukelandsbakken 31, 5021 Bergen
We are fortunate to have a publication fund at UiB that covers article processing charges for fully open access journals. Unfortunately, some individuals have exploited this to mass produce weak articles published in open access journals with poor peer review.
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