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The aim of the course is to provide participants with knowledge of the principles, theory and practical application of MRI. The theoretical part of the course will cover multimodal imaging and the theoretical aspects of MRI. Participants will receive practical training on the instrument in the practical part and learn about basic image analysis of MRI images. After the course, participants should be able to understand how to plan and perform MRI experiments on small animals.

05.05.2026 | 08.15
06.05.2026 | 17.00

Here is a link to information about the course and registration: https://www.uib.no/en/mic/181933/mics-course-small-animal-mri-2026

Mohn Centre for Regenerative Medicine (MRCRM) invites you to a conference at Solstrand on April 14–15, 2026. The program offers exciting presentations of groundbreaking research and clinical studies in regenerative medicine and wound healing.

We especially encourage young researchers (master's and PhD students) to submit abstracts to The Lightning Talk session, where participants are given five minutes to present their project.

Prices (including accommodation, conference and dinner):

• Researchers: NOK 2800
• Master's/PhD students: NOK 2000

In addition, we are offering 10 free day passes to master's students, with priority given to students participating with Lightning Talk.

Read more about the program and registration here: MRCRM 4th International Meeting on Regenerative Medicine – Helse Bergen HF

Medicine is changing rapidly. New technologies, reforms and increased expectations are putting the health service under pressure – while many health workers describe a working day characterized by fragmentation and limited room for action. What does this do to our understanding of responsibility, and to the professional role we are being trained to perform?

May 11–12, 2026, the Philosophical Policlinic invites you to the seminar "The role of the doctor in motion" at Alrek Health Center. The physician role is used as an introduction, but the topics concern everyone who works in structures where demands for efficiency meet the need for reflection.

The seminar addresses questions such as:

• When is responsibility reduced to delivering quickly – and what is lost?
• When is it legitimate to slow down, ask questions, or challenge direction?
• How do management logics and measurement systems affect our understanding of "good work"?
• What happens to professional responsibility when the room for action is perceived as small?
• How do we ourselves contribute to maintaining structures we experience as problematic?

Through short lectures, workshops and conversations, we examine how responsibility is actually practiced – and how this shapes the role of the profession in the future.

Program
4:45–5:15 PM: Pizza
17.15–20.00: Introductions, workshop and discussions

Read more: 11.–12. mai 2026
Enrollment: Skjemaker Det er mulig å delta én eller begge dager.

The event is open and free, and is supported by the Norwegian Society for the Advancement of Science.

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Next week, K2 and the Mohn Center will be visited by two very strong researchers from the University of Lausanne. Both will be holding seminars on groundbreaking methods in genetics and precision medicine — including a Nature publication in which we are co-authors.

Monday 16 March at 11.15–12.00 – Auditorium 1, Glasblokkene

Zoltán Kutalik: Nature’s randomized trials: genetic perturbations of biomarkers and disease Etter seminaret serveres lett lunsj.

Kutalik vil «show how different approaches to biomarker discovery can pinpoint drug targets» He is a leading statistical geneticist with over 250 publications and broad international experience.

Tuesday 17 March at 10.15–11.00 – BB‑auditorium 4

Robin Hofmeister: Detecting parent-of-origin genetic effects without parental genomes Coffee/tea and biscuits after the seminar.

Hofmeister presents his recent Nature study, in which they «identified over 30 parent-of-origin effects, many of them bipolar» The method makes it possible to detect such effects in biobank data without parental genomes.

The Research Days are an annual, national festival organized by the Research Council of Norway, with the goal of creating excitement and understanding for research. This year's festival period is 16.09. – 27.09. 2026. In Bergen, it is held

The Research Days are a collaboration between the city's central research and educational institutions, with UiB being the largest contributor. The Research Days in Bergen are an important arena for public contact and have events for different target groups – children, youth and adults. The communications department coordinates our contributions to the festival.

Everything about the Research Days is on this landing page: https://www.uib.no/foransatte/17362/bli-med-p%C3%A5-forskningsdagene

An information meeting will also be held for research communities interested in participating on March 25th: https://www.uib.no/foransatte/181820/informasjonsm%C3%B8te-om-forskningsdagene
Those interested in participating can give a shout out to Kristine Gabrielsen by April 10th (but this is not a final deadline).