Alle employees at the faculty are invited to an informal Christmas celebration. The event will take place on Thursday 18.12 at 13:30 outside the auditoriums in the BB-building. For more information click here. (in Norwegian)
The department has received information regarding deadlines for shipping letters and packages in time for Christmas 2014. For more information click here.
The University Director has just sent the budget allocation letter to MOFA. Unfortunately, it is rather depressive reading. Salary- and price compensation for UiB is set to 3%. However, as the money travels through the system to the institute, the compensation proposed to be cut to 1%.What the final figure will be will be decided in the December Faculty Board Meeting.
The size of the local salary pot was unusually big this year and K2 employees were allocated a large part of it, so much that our salary expenses will increase about 5% in total next year. This combined with a minimal number of retirements the next two years means that we will have to continue to reduce that base funding part of our budget. However, we will still try to shield the operating funds allocated PhD-students and Postdocs, but I cannot promise that we will be able to do so in 2015.
Another main issue for K2 in the budgeting process is how zero-overhead projects are to be handled. K2 is the institute with the highest number of such projects. The Faculty Board will in December also determine principles for how rent and administrative costs for such projects are to be paid. This may affect the financial situation at K2. There are signs that we will see a tightening in transferal in this area. Thus, we might very soon find ourselves in a situation where we will have to say no to certain forms of external funding.
Are there no positive cyphers you may ask? Well, there will be funds earmarked galenic pharmacy. In addition we will be have a larger budget for scientific equipment than in 2014. K2 will also be given a technical position for operating and administering the Unit for Healthy Volunteers which will launch in 2015.
Whether or not we will be able to strengthen the budget is also up to you as a K2-employee. At the top of my wish list is funding of some of our many EU- and NFR-applications. It is great to know that K2 is the UiB institute with the highest number of EU-applications this year; hopefully some will be translated into project funding. These are the projects that can strengthen the financial situation at K2. Let’s just hope our prayers are answered.
Wishing you all a balanced 2015
Eystein
Head of Department
As part of the emergency power test on Wendesday December 3, 2013, Teknisk Avdeling will conduct an extended emergency power test in the Laboratory Building. The reason is the need for test running the aggregates.
The emergency power test will begin at 07.15 and end at 08.00. For more information (in Norwegian)
If life, health and/or safety is at risk, conact:
UiB’s 24 hours security: 55 58 80 81
Head of Department:
Eystein S. Husebye, phone: 94 38 03 47
e-mail: eystein.husebye@k2.uib.no
Synnøve Myhre, phone: 93 48 46 14
e-mail: synnove.myhre@k2.uib.no
Hospital:
Other:
Link til UiB’s emergency plan:
http://regler.app.uib.no/regler/Del-1-Overordnede-rammer/1.6-Beredskapsplan-ved-UiB/Beredskapsplan-for-Universitetet-i-Bergen(in Norwegian)
This text is in norwegian only.
Vår kjære kollega og venn professor emeritus og overlege Aksel Harald Schreiner døde 6. november 2014 81 år gammel.
Han bisettes i Møllendal Store Kapell tirsdag 18. november kl 13. Alle som ønsker å delta er velkommen til bisettelsen og etterfølgende minnestund i Legenes hus. Les minneord her.
Researchers and PhD-candidates from K1 and K2, as well as from Helse Bergen, are invited to present their work to fellow researchers and the general audience through poster presentation. The event is organized by the Bergen Postgraduate School of Clinical Medical research, and the poster exhibition will take place on January 26-30, 2015. Prizes will be awarded the best posters. Deadline for signing up is December 1, 2014. Click here for more information.
Obituary Aksel Harald Schreiner (This text is in norwegian only)
Vår alles kjære kollega og ven Aksel Harald Schreiner døydde fredeleg torsdag 6. november etter kort tids sjukdomsleie. Aksel vart 81 år. Eg vitja han dagen før, og han og Astrid bad meg helsa alle gode vener og kollega. Den dagen minnast vi over 40 gode år saman – frå Harrison og Schlesinger i propedeutikken (1972), til gode år på Medisin B, i Sentralblokka, i Tanzania, og 30 år saman i Radio Medico Norge, inkludert siste strålande «takk for maten» tale 27. august i år under ein internasjonal sjøfartsmedisinsk konferanse i Bergen. Aksel har hatt eit rikt og kreativt arbeidsliv og vist stor arbeidsglede. Dei siste 8 åra kom han tilbake til loftet på Medisin B der han har vore ein viktig pioner i Norsk Senter for Maritim Medisin. Han har vore dagleg på jobb til i haust, og siste prosjektet hans var å laga små videosnuttar for undervisningsformål. Me har mange gode minner etter Aksel. Det same har mange pasientar og tidligare studentar.
Minnerike helsingar,
Alfred
We have received information that many PhD-Candidates working in the open office area on the 8th floor of the Laboratory Building often find it difficult to concentrate on the work due to noise coming from the hallways. Thus we kindly ask everyone to bear this in mind and take care so that not too much noise is generated in the hallways.
The core facility for flow cytometry invites everyone interested to a seminar concerning applications of the CyTOF Mass Cytometer. For more information click here.
When: Thursday 23rd October, at 12-14
Where: Lab building HUS, 9th floor, seminar room
The Norwegian Association of Researchers is inviting to a seminar focusing on research politics. The title of this year’s seminar is “The bigger, the better? Structure and quality in the education- and research sector”. For more information click here (in Norwegian). Form for signing up click here (in Norwegian)
Time: Monday November 3, 9:30 – 15:30
Place: Hotell Bristol, Oslo
Week 41/2014.