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.

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

Introducing Emil Teigland Zachariassen, who is a laboratory technician apprentice. Emil began in August 2018 at the Department of Clinical Science. If you want to say hello, you can find him at the Core Facility for Metabolomics on the 8th floor in the Laboratory building.

K2 presents Konstantina Dimitrakopoulou.
She started as a PhD fellow May the 14th.
She works in the G17 research group and is located at Kvinne Klinikken. She can be reached by email if you wish and say hi or contact her: Konstantina.Dimitrakopoulou@uib.no

K2 presents Mona Synnøve Nilsen.
She started as a PhD fellow 1st of May.
She works in the G2 research group and is located at the 8th floor in the laboratory building. She can be reached by email if you wish and say hi or contact her:Mona.S.Nilsen@uib.no

K2 Presents Nils Oskar Jogi.
He started as a PhD fellow the 5th of februar and he works at the research group G7.
He can be reached by email if you want to say hi or contact him: nils.jogi@uib.no