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Leader of the week

Dear everyone,

I want to use today’s editorial to brag a little about all of you at K2 and highlight what we are good at. I also would like to acknowledge the incredible effort and dedication you all show!

K2 is the department with the highest BOA activity at the faculty, and just last week we celebrated the allocation of funds for 2 new projects from the Norwegian Cancer Society to K2 (Oleksii Nikolaienko and Bjørn Tore Gjertsen). We have a lot of talented students, PhD candidates, postdocs and researchers who show a fantastic effort. Through the technician mapping that is underway, I also see how many dedicated technicians we have who keep the wheels turning and ensure that we carry out and maintain the research (and partly also the teaching) at the level we do. With the help of our core facilities and the expertise of technicians associated with them, many master’s and doctoral degrees, publications and, not least, new research results have been produced with great benefit to patients. And speaking of the wheels that must keep turning: without our employees in the administration, we would not have been able to do it. There are so many invisible tasks that we get good help with.

When it comes to teaching, we have many enthusiastic teachers who have the student’s learning in focus. OSKE12 is just around the corner with contributions from many from K2, not least the administration, who make sure we make it happen!

Let’s continue to have a positive attitude and support each other, smile at each other and give a little extra praise every now and then. I am incredibly proud to be part of this fantastic institute.

Have a great weekend!

Silke

Thesis Symposium in Medicine, Tuesday, December 3, 2024

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).

Invitation to the 19th Annual Research Presentation at Haukeland University Hospital

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.

 

 

Dear colleagues,

On Wednesday 27th of November (from 08.30 to 14.00) NBS Bergen in collaboration with BBRS is organizing a minisymposium on the 3rd 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

Defense | 29/11/24 | Lise Marie Dale Grymyr

THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE

UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN

DEFENSE – PH.D. DEGREE

Lisa Marie Dale Grymyr

The candidate is from the Department of Clinical Science 2

Main supervisor: Associate Professor Dana Cramariuc

Co-supervisor: Professor Eva Gerdts

Trial Lecture: Friday, November 29, 2024, at 10:15 AM

Location: Auditorium B-301, Central Block, Haukeland University Hospital, Jonas Lies vei 65

Assigned topic: “Use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in cardiovascular prevention”

Defense: Friday, November 29, 2024, at 12:15 PM

Location: Auditorium B-301, Central Block, Haukeland University Hospital, Jonas Lies vei 65

Thesis title: “Left ventricular mechanics and oxygen demand in patients with severe obesity undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery”

  1. Opponent: Professor Maryam Kavousi, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Netherlands
  2. Opponent: Associate Professor Tatiana Kuznetsova, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
  3. Committee member: Professor Eystein Sverre Husebye, University of Bergen

The defense will be chaired by Professor Emerita Birgitta Aasjø.

Open to all interested parties

Tiny reminder of HSE Round 2024

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