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Free film screening on November 13th
The University Museum will celebrate its 200th anniversary in 2025. This event is part of the anniversary celebration, and part of the collaboration with the Bergen International Film Festival (BIFF). We invite employees and students to watch the film "Archive of the Future" – a film about the Natural History Museum in Vienna.
Leader of the week - Silke Appel
Dear everyone,
It is very pleasing that K2 was well represented at the Faculty's Research Day with the theme "New Challenges in Academia" which was held this week. Kurt Hanevik led the first part of the program, where Helga Midtbø, researcher and associate professor affiliated with the Center for Research on Heart Disease in Women, was one of 5 younger researchers who presented her research as a "flash talk". One of the keynote lectures ("From Bench to Backlash: The Vaccine Research Crisis") was given by Rebecca Cox, professor and head of the Influenza Center. Her lecture was both frightening considering the current situation in the United States with a Minister of Health who is anti-vaccine, but also thought-provoking with regard to the responsibility we all have to communicate our research-based results. She emphasized the importance of good research communication - this is something we should all do more of. She also participated in the panel debate that dealt with new challenges in academia towards the end of the day.
Have a great weekend and remember to set your clocks back on Sunday!
Silke
Master's project in pharmacy 2026/2027
The Center for Pharmacy hereby invites academic communities to offer master's projects in pharmacy to be carried out in the period autumn 2026 - spring 2027. If academic communities have ongoing or planned research projects that may be relevant for master's degree students in pharmacy, we would like to…
The brain ages faster in those who sleep poorly, according to new study
More inflammation in the body may be part of the explanation, but Norwegian researchers are critical. Read more here: The brain ages faster in those who sleep poorly, according to new study
Join us in building the Academic Gingerbread City!
On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of UiB and the University Museum, UiB invites all employees and students to take part in the construction of the Academic Gingerbread Town at the museum. The Gingerbread Town will show that independent research always has a home at UiB.
The latest edition of UiB Ferd newsletter is here!
Hello, We are excited to share the latest edition of our newsletter with you! In this edition you will find updates, insights and resources that we hope you will find useful and inspired. Do you know someone who…
Supervisors wanted – Biomedical Sciences
We are currently looking for research groups interested in hosting master's students from biomedical sciences during the fall semester 2026 and spring semester 2027. If you would like to offer a project, please fill out the form below by the 26th…
Breakfast seminar – The good working environment
The work environment is about how we organize, plan and carry out our work. A good work environment is characterized by good management, employee participation and clear organizational frameworks. Competence, good communication, mastery and recognition provide both security and well-being.
New podcast series about women's health: Drivpodden
Driv – Center for Women's Health Research has created a new podcast on the topic of women's health. In the first episode, we learn more about what's happening on the research front in breast cancer. Marion Solheim interviews cancer researcher Stian Knappskog.
Use of online doctors may lead to increased prescribing of antibiotics
A recent study from the University of Bergen shows that e-consultations led to more frequent contact with the doctor and increased use of broad-spectrum antibiotics, compared to physical attendance. “We are concerned about the consequences of a possible introduction of municipal online doctors,” says one of the researchers behind the study.
UiB and BIFF – Bergen International Film Festival
We are collaborating with the Bergen International Film Festival (BIFF) from 15-23 October, with the Gulluglen competition, debates, an exhibition, free film screenings for employees and much more. Many employees and students are involved in the festival, and these groups also receive discounted ticket prices.
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OSKE12 – We need YOU!
Join us and make a difference during OSKE12!
We need YOU – your efforts are crucial to making OSKE12 a success! By contributing, you help create a safe and educational experience for the students – and you gain valuable experience yourself.
Click "Read more" to sign up and become part of the team!
Thank you to everyone who showed up – you are invaluable!
Nobel Prize for research on "innovation-driven economic growth"
Over the past two centuries, for the first time in world history, we have seen sustained economic growth, writes nobelprize.org in a press release. They further write that economic growth has lifted large numbers of people out of poverty and laid the foundation for…
Screen time can also lead to good mental health
Screen time among young people is often cited as a contributing factor to a number of challenges facing young people today, such as increased mental health problems, cyberbullying and poorer school performance. Apps for better mental health On their mobile phones, young people can also…
We know more about the moon than 60% of the Earth's surface
The Deep Sea Environment at the University of Bergen is currently working to establish a national center for deep sea innovation. The center will bring together researchers, technologists and industry to develop knowledge and technology that gives us more insight into the deep sea.
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CCBIO906 Cancer Genomics, 2025
This 3 ECTS course will provide a broad understanding of aspects of cancer genome biology and their 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.
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Fire instructions for the laboratory building, 8th floor!
How do we get employees to choose change – not just tolerate it?
When the organization needs to change, new systems and strategies are not enough – we need to get people to choose to join in. What makes us choose new skills, new ways of working and new ways of collaborating?
Registration can be found by clicking "read more"
Basic understanding of the UiB economy
The course will provide a basic understanding of economic concepts and how government finances and the UiB finances work and interact.
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Open house at UiB!
UiB once again opens the doors to some of our most significant buildings during the architecture festival Open House Bergen. This year the festival takes place on 20 and 21 September, UiB's buildings are open on Sunday.
Million-dollar grant from Norad to Bergen Center for Ethics and Prioritization (BCEPS)
The BCEPS Center for Excellence in Research at UiB has been awarded NOK 129 million from Norad. The support goes to a project that aims to help national health systems in low- and middle-income countries become better equipped to handle the…
In vivo Optical Imaging workshop
This seminar will introduce some of the less well-known features and applications of the IVIS Spectrum, including 3D imaging, spectral unmixing, imaging of in vitro samples, plants, and chick embryo models.
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Research Day | Eitri | 21.10-25
Research day - Eitri on 21.10-25 from 11:00-15:00
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Defence - Ingeborg Nerbø Reiten – 24.10.25
Defence - Ingeborg Nerbø Reiten – 24.10.25
Place: Birkhaugsalen, Sentralblokken, HUS, Jonas Lies vei 65
Time: 24.10-25
Dissertation title: "New Molecules and Repurposed Drugs for Improved Cancer Therapy: Exploring Effects of Drug Combinations and Liposomal Encapsulation"
Leader of the week - Silke Appel
Dear everyone,
This week is Nobel Prize week. As an immunologist, I am particularly pleased that the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology was awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for their discoveries of peripheral tolerance (click "read more" for link)
The consultation deadline for the multi-campus model has passed, and now work is underway to get a good plan in place. Gottfried Greve is the new project manager for Vestlandslegen and comes to the process with extensive experience, which gives us the confidence that we will find a good solution for the study plan going forward. Please follow the newsletters from Vestlandslegen: click on "read more" for the link
For the implementation of OSKE12 on December 4th, we still need more helpers, remember to sign up! Click on "read more" for the link
Also remember that everyone must register any side jobs they may have: click "read more" for link
The agenda for the next faculty board meeting next week (October 16) is available online (click on "read more" for link). I recommend that you read through it, there are several issues on the agenda that concern us at K2 (including evaluation and proposals for organizing the financial services, new curriculum for the integrated master's program in pharmacy, mandate for a review of the core facilities).
And finally: Remember to register for the faculty's research day on Tuesday, October 21st, 11:30-15:00 at Eitri. This year's theme is "New challenges in academia". Click on "read more" for the link
Have a really good weekend!
Silke