Ascending Investigator Grant within Endocrinology and Metabolism 2025 – Nordic Region

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.

• Amount: Up to DKK 11.4 million per grant
• Location: Denmark, International recruitment to Denmark, Nordic Countries (excl. Denmark)
• Career stage: Research Leaders (Mid-career/Associate Prof.)
• Research area focus: Bioscience and Basic Biomedicine, Clinical and Translational Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism
• Call closes 21 January 2025 2:00pm (CET)
• https://novonordiskfonden.dk/grant/ascending-investigator-grant-within-endocrinology-and-metabolism-nordic-region/

Distinguished Investigator Grant within Endocrinology and Metabolism 2025 – Nordic Region

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.

• Amount: Up to DKK 11.4 million per grant
• Location: Denmark, International recruitment to Denmark, Nordic Countries (excl. Denmark)
• Career stage: Research Leaders (Established/Prof.)
• Research area focus: Bioscience and Basic Biomedicine, Clinical and Translational Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism
• Call closes 21 January 2025 2:00pm (CET)
• https://novonordiskfonden.dk/grant/distinguished-investigator-grant-within-endocrinology-and-metabolism-nordic-region/

Excellence Emerging Investigator Grant within Endocrinology and Metabolism 2025– Nordic Region

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.

• Amount: Up to DKK 11.4 million per grant
• Location: Denmark, International recruitment to Denmark, Nordic Countries (excl. Denmark)
• Career stage: Research Leaders (junior/non-tenured)
• Research area focus: Bioscience and Basic Biomedicine, Clinical and Translational Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism
• Call closes 21 January 2025 2:00pm (CET)
• https://novonordiskfonden.dk/grant/excellence-emerging-investigator-grant-within-endocrinology-and-metabolism-nordic-region/

Health Innovation Conference

• February 12, 2025, 11:00 AM – February 13, 2025, 2:00 PM
• Førde, Scandic Sunnfjord Hotel & Spa

Suitable for: Public sector, business, academia, entrepreneurs, students, volunteers, support agencies

Registration deadline: Monday, February 3, 1:00 PM

The Health Innovation Conference 2025 is for anyone interested in innovation and value creation in the healthcare sector. This is a meeting place across sectors; public, private, and voluntary actors, entrepreneurs, healthcare professionals, and researchers who want to create new solutions for the healthcare sector.

Link:

• https://www.forskningsradet.no/arrangementer/2025/helseinnovasjonskonferansen-2025/

CCBIO Junior Scientist Symposium
December 5^th, 2024

Glasblokkene, Blokk 8, U1etg, U364, Auditorium

(Møterom, HBE, Glasblokkene, Blokk 8, U1etg, U364, Auditorium)– register for the link (ccbiojuss.no)

https://skjemaker.app.uib.no/view.php?id=17327298

We are delighted to invite you to the upcoming CCBIO Junior Scientist Symposium on December 5^th, 2024. This seminar series offers a fantastic opportunity to connect and engage with fellow young scientists. We look forward to vibrant and insightful discussions, as always.

As the keynote speaker CCBIO researcher Manuel Carrasco Fernandez, will explore the fascinating intersection of music and science in his talk, “From the Keys to the Notes: Music and Science in Harmony.” Åshild Johansen will present her innovative research on developing osteogenic and angiogenic bioinks for 3D bioprinting, focusing on co-culture designs. Marta Kaminska will explore the intricate dynamics of the blood-brain barrier in the context of Alzheimer’s disease utilizing advanced imaging mass cytometry. Inga Kirstine Flaaten Motzfeldt present her findings within preclinical development of novel tyrosine kinase inhibitors targeting mutated FLT3 in acute myeloid leukemia. Otilie Klokk will conclude the presentations with her research on targeting WRN helicase in MMR-deficient endometrial cancer, showcasing potential new treatment strategies.

We hope to see you there for an enriching and inspiring experience!

Program

• 09.00-09.15: Introduction
• 09.15-10.00: “From the Keys to the Notes: Music and Science in Harmony” Keynote lecture by Manuel Carrasco Fernandez
• 10.00-10.20: Coffee break
• 10.20-10.45: “Development of osteogenic and angiogenic bioinks for the 3D bioprinting of a co-culture design” by Åshild Johansen
• 10.45-11.10: “Blood-brain barrier in Alzheimer’s disease – applying imaging mass cytometry to spatially profile brain tissue” by Marta Kaminska
• 11.10-12:00 Lunch (free of charge, register within December 2^nd  at 11.00)
• 12:00-12:25: “Preclinical development of novel tyrosine kinase inhibitors targeting mutated FLT3 in acute myeloid leukemia” by Inga Kirstine Flaaten Motzfeldt
• 12:25-12:50: “Targeting WRN helicase in MMR-deficient endometrial cancer ” by Otilie Klokk
• 12:50-13:00: Concluding remarks

University of Bergen
Study Department
P.O. Box 7800
N-5020 BERGEN
Email: post@uib.no
Organization Number: 874 789 542

Case Handler: Helge Bjørlo
Phone: 55589241
Email: Helge.Bjorlo@uib.no

Date: 25.11.2024
Reference: 2024/15296

UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN
Study Department

Faculties:

• Faculty of Social Sciences
• Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology
• Faculty of Medicine
• Faculty of Humanities
• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of Psychology
• Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design

Announcement of NORDPLUS Higher Education 2025-26

The Nordic Council of Ministers has announced NORDPLUS for Higher Education 2025-26. The Nordplus Higher Education program is aimed at universities and colleges in the Nordic and Baltic countries. In project and network cooperation, at least three partners from three different participating countries must participate. Nordplus Higher Education supports network cooperation, intensive courses, development projects, joint study programs, and student and teacher mobility to universities and colleges.

Support is provided for innovative development projects, joint curriculum development, dissemination and use of results from networks and projects, quality assurance, language training, and the establishment of new networks. In 2025, Nordplus focuses on applications related to the theme “Skills and knowledge for a competitive Nordic and Baltic region.”

The application deadline is Monday, February 3, 2025, and applications should be submitted in Espresso. The BOA team at the Study Department is happy to provide application support. Academic environments can contact Helge Bjørlo at Helge.Bjorlo@uib.no for further arrangements. We ask the faculties to make this known to their academic environments.

Best regards,

Christen Soleim
Department Director

Nina Gry Stein
Section Leader

A fantastic opportunity to see the breadth of the excellent work our medical students are doing with their theses!

For the class of 19B, a “Thesis Symposium” will be held in the auditorium of Armauer Hansens House. We invite all interested parties at the faculty to the symposium!

• Location: Auditorium in Armauer Hansens House
• Time: Tuesday, December 3rd, from 13:15 to approximately 15:45

Feel free to drop by during this time and catch a bit of the symposium!

All theses submitted this fall will be presented at this symposium.

Each thesis will be turned into a scientific poster, which will be presented orally. The presentations will proceed continuously as “one-minute madness,” where each student gets 1½ minutes to convey the main message of their thesis.

The posters will also be presented in a digital exhibition online, so anyone whose curiosity is piqued by the presentation can find more details: https://mitt.uib.no/courses/41080

There will also be awards for the best thesis (up to three winners) and the best presentation (one winner).

We remind you of the invitation to present your work at the 19th Annual Research Presentations hosted by the Research School in Clinical Medicine at Haukeland University Hospital from January 29th to January 31st, 2025. This event is open to PhD candidates, Postdoctoral Researchers, Scientists, medical students, and hospital staff affiliated with K1 or K2 at the University of Bergen or Helse-Vest, who have presented posters or oral presentations at conferences in 2024. Register at this link (https://skjemaker.app.uib.no/view.php?id=17860219) and submit your work by December 1, 2024, for a chance to win up to 10,000 NOK!

For more details: https://k2info.w.uib.no/files/2024/11/Invitation_The-19th-Annual-Research-Presentations.pdf

We are looking forward to seeing you and your research!

Yours sincerely,

Stian, Irit, Kira, Lucia, Lucrezia and Mari.

Hello all good colleagues at k2!

We invite you to a little pre-Christmas fun on December 13

Mulled wine and gingerbread will be served. Place: Laboratory building, 5th floor at 11:30

We look forward to seeing you!

Best,

Silke, Mia, Irene og Ingri

On Wednesday 27^th of November (from 08.30 to 14.00) NBS Bergen in collaboration with BBRS is organizing a minisymposium on the 3^rd floor of BBB to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Federation of Biochemical Societies (FEBS).

The event is meant to be informal and fun and will include exciting new science from UiB (session 1), an innovation session (session 2) with visits from Maija Slaidina from Sarsia, Bengt-Erik Haug from KinSea Lead Discovery and Dorinde Kleinegris from Norce, and a keynote lecture held by Jan Terje Andersen from Oslo University Hospital. Jan Terje is a professor of biomedical innovation at the University of Oslo, and a research group leader at Oslo University Hospital. He heads the Laboratory of Adaptive Immunity and Homeostasis, which in addition to its great scientific output, has extensive collaborations with biotech and pharmaceutical companies. He is also the co-founder of the company Authera. Jan Terje is a great speaker and will talk about his research and his interest in innovation and commercialization. See the attached posters for an abstract of his talk.

In addition to the short talks, there will be a “reuse your old poster” – poster session. This session will be a great opportunity for everyone who wants to present and discuss their science. There will be a 1000 NOK poster prize for the best poster, and we will serve pizza (sponsored by the Bergen Biomedical Research School).

To make the day as fun as possible, we hope that many of you will sign up with your old posters, or just join as a participant. Everyone is welcome, students, PhDs and professors alike!

No affiliation with NBS, FEBS, or BBRS is required, the symposium is free and open for all!

Tentative program:

08.45 – 11.00 Minitalks: Science Minitalks (Session 1) and Innovation (Session 2) (Auditorium 4, BBB)

11.00 – 12.30 Poster Session and Pizza (Vrimlearealet, BBB)

12.30 – 13.30 Keynote lecture by Jan Terje Andersen (Auditorium 1, BBB)

Mark your calendars, bring your friends!

Sign up here:

https://skjemaker.app.uib.no/view.php?id=17926680

We hope to see you there!

NBS Bergen

The HSE round is part of UiB’s workplace environment surveys. The HSE round is a review of premises, equipment, and work methods to identify hazards that could cause illness and injury to people, objects, and the external environment. It helps to identify challenges related to physical, chemical, and ergonomic conditions at work.

 The dates for this year’s HSE round are:

 Laboratory Building: 02.12 from 12 PM

 Glasblokkene and Overlege Danielssens hus: 04.12 from 12 PM

 Here are the links to this year’s forms, please fill them out no later than one week before the round.

 Office and lab (simpler version): https://forms.office.com/e/e2UZR2cEDx?origin=lprLink

 Office and lab (Norwegian): https://skjemaker.app.uib.no/view.php?id=17971423

Jonas Gahr Støre, who was then the Minister of Health, initiated the HelseOmsorg21 strategy. The goal was to create a targeted and holistic effort for research and innovation in health and care. Now, ten years later, we are taking stock. How has it gone and what have we learned?

What have we done well where we have succeeded? And what will be important going forward with a changing world, an increasing proportion of elderly people, staff shortages in services, and a digital shift? These are some of the questions that will be discussed at this seminar hosted by the HelseOmsorg21 Council.

At the seminar, you will hear success stories from the ten-year period and gain insight into which success stories we need going forward to achieve the vision of Knowledge, innovation, and business development for better public health.

You will meet people who have worked closely with the strategy, and people with international experience who can provide us with inspiration and benchmarking from an international perspective. Does Norway have what it takes to succeed internationally in research, innovation, and business development?

November 25th, 08:30–10:00

https://www.forskningsradet.no/arrangementer/2024/ti-ar-med-helseomsorg21/

(only available in Norwegian)