Professor Hans-Gustaf Ljunggren will hold the 18th Broegelmann Lecture with the title «Insights on the molecular specificity and biological function of NK cells». The lecture will be held on Friday May 16, 13:00-14:00, in the Main Auditorium (Store Auditorium), Haukeland University Hospital.
For more information
Wednesday next week there will be a new seminar in the common seminar series for K1 and K2.
Title: “Searching for novel diabetes treatment modalities with stem cell technology and systems biology”
BFS Career Grant Recipient 2013: Helge Ræder
Time and place: Wednesdag May 7, 14.15-15.00, Store Auditorium, Central Building.
Chair: Eystein Husebye
Will be held at Solstrand hotel May 12-14. Registration before May 8.
For more information.
Bergen Branch of the Norwegian Society for Immunology and Bergen Research School in Inflammation is holding the Immunology Day, Tuesday April 29, 10:00-14:00. The day will be spent in the Store Auditorium in the Central Building at Haukeland University Hospital. For more information and program ( in Norwegian).
BIO is holding a seminar May 15 at VilVite. The Seminar will be closed with a feast in the evening. Registration for the seminar here. Registration for the feast here.
For more information (in Norwegian).
University of Stavanger is hosting the annual national conference on research education, June 2-3 2014. The conference is held by UHR’s forum for research education. The title of this year’s conference is “The
PhD education is changing – perspectives and consequences”. Registration deadline is May 2nd. For more information (in Norwegian).
The program for human biobanks and health data organizes a conference the 27th of May, at the House of Literature in Oslo.
For more information and registration.
The research group Aging, health and welfare will hold the symposium: “What is the best way to conduct a randomised controlled study on clinical patient based research?” The symposium will address guidelines for the implementing of a randomised controlled study and assessment of quality, and the challenges that follow these guidelines to reach a high quality of clinical patient based research. The symposium will be held Tuesday May 13, 09:30-15:00, in Pilestredet 46, PA 308, Oslo. For more information (in Norwegian).
Registration must be sent to Astrid Bergland.
Next week there will be a new seminar in the seminar line “Perspectives in Translational Medicine”. Time and place: Wednesday April 2 at 14:15-15:00, Stort auditorium, Sentralblokken. Presentations will be held by Professor Lars Thomassen (Dep. of Neurology/UoB K1) and PhD-candidate Erlend Eriksen (Intervention cardiologist at the Heart dep.).
How do you give a tip to TV2? What was needed to get cancer research from UoB on the front page of VG? UoB is holding a seminar about researchers in the media, Wednesday April 2 at 08:30-12:00, in auditorium 4, Jussbygget. Registration before Friday March 28. For more information (in Norwegian).
The Research Council of Norway in collaboration with Oslo Cancer Cluster invites to an information meeting about various EU funding for health research and innovation.
Venue: Møterom Abel, Norges Forskningsråd, Stensberggt 26, Oslo
Time: March 21st, 09:00-11:30
Registration deadline March 20th.
Registration can also be done by mail
Folkeuniversitetet will hold a course in national subjects for foreign health workers March 24-26 and June 2-5. The course leader had to cancel, so Folkeuniversitetet is now seeking a replacement. The course leader will only lecture for a few hours (4 hours about the organization of the health services). Most of the lectures will be held with sound/image, or by other local lecturers in the field of law. Even so, they need a course leader who can be there all 3+2 days to organize, answer questions and lead discussions.
If you are interested contact Daniel Kvamme
IT-Forum 2014 will be held April 7-8 at Solstrand Hotel & Bad at Os. IT-Forum is an annual seminar for those who use and deliver IT-services at UoB, and their local and regional collaborators. This year the theme is “What do IT have to do to get UoB to reach their goals? Information technology can give us better research, dissemination and teaching, but how?”
They need people who can hold a presentation about which IT-needs the research community has. In addition, they need panel members for debates about the same issue. They ask for a quick feedback about potential candidates that they can contact.
Program and information (in Norwegian).
MIC is holding a course in fluorescence imaging April 7-9 at the Department of Biomedicine, Jonas Lies vei 91. The course costs 1600 NOK.
Registration before March 21. For more information
The Bergen Postgraduate School of Clinical Medical research invites all interested PhD-candidates to a network luncheon on Tuesday March 11 at 11:30 am in conference room 109f next to the auditoriums at the BB-building. PhD-candidate Bent Aarli will present his project “Tidal-volume flow limitation: A new method for evaluating pulmonary function in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease” and PhD-candidate Vivian Lohmann Veum will present her project “A 12 weeks randomized trial of modest restricted very-high-fat diet and an isocaloric low-fat diet.” After this a free lunch will be served. Sign up for the network luncheon by sending an e-mail to Hildur.skuladottir@gmail.com
The seminar will take place at the University of Oslo on March 8. Click here for more information (In Norwegian)
Do you want to participate in Forsker Grand Prix 2014? The Research Days in Bergen and UoB invites you to an information meeting about Forsker Grand Prix Monday March 31st at 13:00. The meeting will be held at the Communication department at UoB, Nygårdsgaten 5, 2nd floor.
Registration by March 27. For more information (in Norwegian).
AH Diagnostics invites you to a seminar about Flow cytometry on the 7th of March in the Seminar room at the 5th floor in the Lab building. Registration before February 28th. For program (in Norwegian).
Are you planning to apply for EU funds? It is important to prepare early! Dr. Sean McCarthy holds a course on how to prepare and write a good application.
The course is held April 8-10 at UoB. Application deadline is March 1st.
CCBIO (Centre for Cancer Biomarkers) will arrange its yearly symposium at Solstrand on March 25-26, 2014.
The registration deadline is 1 March. Click here for more information.
A network meeting on urology cancer is held on Wednesday March 5th at 15:00-19:00 in the Auditorium, Research Building at the Radium Hospital, Oslo.
For more information
The seminar is mainly for PhD-students and post-docs, and supervisors in the fields of geriatrics and age psychology.
More information and application forms will come later.
The Bergen Postgraduate School of Clinical Medicine research is inviting everyone interested to open debate on February 20 at 19-21. The topic of the debate is «Rus på resept?». After the debate, PhD-candidates are invited to a party at Gamle gades, where pizza and beverages will be offered. Here you may socialize and network. Click here for more information about the debate (in Norwegian). Click here to sign up for the party.
This year’s conference will focus on supervision and career paths after obtaining a PhD. Click here to read more.
The event takes place in Lausanne, Switzerland on April 3-5.
EUSTM Expert Panels keep the global scientific community updated about the latest translational research developments concerning specific areas. 
A brief information meeting will be arranged for interested PhD candidates and postdocs on February 4th, 1 pm – 2:30 pm. The meeting will be held in seminar room on the 7th floor of the Laboratory Building. At the meeting, the administration will present routines for personnel/HR, financial administration, and PhD. There will also be time allocated for questions. The meeting is open for anyone interested, but is particularly recommended for new employees.
Tuesday January 28th from 10:15 to 12:00, at room 118, Christiesgate 12.
For more information.
Bergen Postgraduate School of Clinical Medicine research is arranging the event “Research Presentations from 2013” in week 4.
Program for poster (in Norwegian) and oral (in Norwegian) presentasions.
Overview of the event (in Norwegian).
MIC invites you to a course in confocal microscopy 4th-7th of March.
