All employees at UiB must register holiday in the UiB portal: Selvbetjeningsportalen | Ansattsider | UiB Press the button ‘Requests for absence’ and ‘Create request’.
Inform your nearest leader about your main holidays and register before May 1, write that the holiday is approved by your leader.
On 24 April 2025 from 15:00 CET to 15:45 CET, the Innovative Health Initiative is organising an online event ‘In conversation with… ITCC-P4’ that will focus on the tools that the project developed to help accelerate childhood cancer research.
IHI’s senior scientific project manager, Nathalie Seigneuret, will moderate the discussion between:
Register here: https://europa.eu/!MNBRkD
About the ITCC-P4 project
Cancer is still the leading cause of death by disease seen in children in Europe. Yet childhood cancers are relatively rare and are different in nature to most cancers found in adults, presenting particular challenges to cancer researchers.
The ITCC-P4 project has delivered a system composed of tools that can help researchers from both the public and private sector to identify promising molecules that could form the basis of new drugs to treat childhood cancer. This will help researchers to prioritise which drug candidates to test in children and accelerate the time it takes for those medicines to reach the clinic.
The toolkit includes validated models, a unique database outlining comprehensive molecular data about childhood cancers, an international consensus on the preclinical data needed to support paediatric drug development, and a new methodology to define the relevance of certain drug targets based on literature analysis. One of the key results was the development of PDX models of many childhood cancers, from the more common forms of cancer to relapses and rare cancers. PDX models are made from a combination of patient-derived tumour tissue and mouse models, and they have proven to be an effective way of studying cancer in adults but are not yet widely used in childhood cancer research.
ITCC-P4 has set up a new non-profit organisation which will continue to provide these vital tools and expertise to cancer researchers going forwards.
Find out more and register here: https://europa.eu/!MNBRkD
Visit the ITCC-P4 website: https://itccp4.com/
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The Novo Nordisk Prize recognizes an active scientist who has provided outstanding international contributions to advance medical science for the benefit of people’s lives. The Prize is intended to award and further support biomedical research in Europe. The Prize is of appr. EUR 672,000.
The nomination call is open until early August for the forthcoming year. The Foundation welcomes nominations by individual researchers and by research institutions
Nominees must demonstrate scientific excellence that has led to a major discovery or breakthrough in understanding of human health and disease, prevention, diagnosis and/or treatment of the disease.
https://novonordiskfonden.dk/en/grant/novo-nordisk-prize-2025/
We are thrilled to announce that the theme for the 31st NOFE conference will be “Transforming epidemiology with AI”. The conference will be held on the 29th-30th of October 2025 at Radisson Blu Royal Hotel in Bergen.
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are increasingly applied in epidemiological studies. AI offers opportunities to advance our understanding of complex patterns and causal inference but is also associated with some key challenges. How can AI and machine learning techniques be leveraged for better public health?
We have invited three eminent keynote speakers, who are all prominent researchers within AI research.
Join us at the NOFE conference for an inspiring conference to learn more, to present your research and to meet new and old colleagues. We welcome all abstracts with topics within epidemiology.
Register for the conference here!
https://nofe.no/nofe-conference-2025/
8 May at 9-12/12.30-15.30
The Research Council of Norway organises “ERC Proposal Reading Days” for researchers who are planning an application to the European Research Council (ERC).
In the spring of 2025, we have 21 new applications mainly from 2023 and 2024, including 4 Synergy Grant applications.
On the Reading Day you get the opportunity to read successful ERC grant proposals and see how a proposal can be structured. More than 70 Norwegian ERC-grantees have kindly given their consent to make their proposal available for the Reading Day.
Morning https://www.forskningsradet.no/en/horizon-europe/erc/erc-proposal-reading-bergen-may/
Afternoon https://www.forskningsradet.no/en/horizon-europe/erc/erc-proposal-reading-bergen-may-afternoon/
April 28, 11:00–12:30
The applicant webinar is suitable for anyone interested in research and innovation for sustainable municipal health and care services. There will be an orientation about the call “Research and innovation to strengthen sustainability in municipal health and care services,” which has an application deadline of September 24, 2025.
Discover how Akoya’s platforms are leading the way in
spatial proteomics, enabling researchers to:
12noon – 12.30 – attendees can arrive for teas/coffees/lunch
12.30 – 1.15pm – presentation on Akoya’s technology and examples
15mins – Q & A
If you would like to join please email Brith.bergum@uib.no
April 2, 2025, 08:30-09:15
Location: Litteraturhuset i Bergen, Olav H. Hauge Hall – Bergen
Once, “Natural Born Killers” was just a movie title. Now, the term is also used in research on genetic causes of antisocial behavior. Today, it is widely believed that aggression results from a complex interplay between genes and environment. At the same time, the idea of “antisocial phenotypes” is gaining more attention. After the discovery that variants of the MAOA gene are linked to various behavioral changes, the term “warrior or crime gene” has been widely discussed in both scientific articles and popular culture. Studies of biological factors behind aggression have long roots. With new and better methods for reading and systematizing DNA, the fields of behavioral genetics and criminology have experienced significant changes. However, genetic research on antisocial behavior and crime raises difficult ethical questions – especially if this research is used to legitimize political ideas.
Listen to Mareile Kaufmann, professor of criminology at the University of Oslo, talk about research on antisocial behavior and genetics at Litteraturhuset i Bergen.
UiB Ferd is organizing career days for young researchers affiliated with UiB. The event will take place from April 8th to 10th, 2025.
The overarching theme for Career Days 2025 is careers after Ph.D. or postdoctoral studies.
There will be coffee and food, so please sign up here:
Career Days 2025 | UiB Ferd Career Center for Early Stage Researchers | UiB
Most academics are good at managing uncertainty and short-term planning. We talk about resilience and coping strategies as we prepare for the next career step. However, it is possible to take action and put yourself in the driver’s seat in your career development. During Career Days, you will have the chance to listen to renowned professors and researchers talk about the skills you possess with a Ph.D. There will also be workshops on career learning where you will learn how to reflect on career anchors and your strengths, and how to build a solid portfolio.