Bjørn Tore Gjertsen celebration seminar

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Dear all,

We have the pleasure of inviting you all to a special celebration seminar October 20, 2021 at 15:00 to celebrate Bjørn Tore Gjertsen receiving King Olav V’s Prize for Cancer Research 2021. This will take place at Store Auditorium, Sentralblokken, Haukeland University Hospital.

We strongly encourage all of you to attend the talks and the informal gathering with plenty refreshments and light food. The seminar is open to all as long as you register and you are welcome to circulate this invitation.

Time: Wednesday October 20, 2021 at 15:00 – 18:00

Place: Store Auditorium 1, Sentralblokken (Hospital main building 3rd floor), Haukeland University Hospital.

Program:

  • Welcome and Introduction
  • Congratulatory statements
  • Scientific program
  • Closing remarks

Registration: https://skjemaker.app.uib.no/view.php?id=11257510

More information: Calendar event with detailed program
October 18, 13.00-14.00, you can watch the award ceremony online. Alternatively, the Medical Faculty will serve cake and coffee and host an on-screen live stream in the Auditorium in Armauer Hansens Hus,  12.30-14.00.

On behalf of CCBIO, K2, MED & HUS,
Best regards,

Lars A. Akslen
Director
Centre for Cancer Biomarkers CCBIO
University of Bergen

 

 

Registration K2 Junior Retreat 2021

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Time: November 22-23, 2021
Place: Scandic Voss, Voss
Registration deadline: October 8, 2021

The Department of Clinical Science (K2) welcomes you to participate in the 4th K2 Junior Retreat for PhDs and postdocs, an arena for academic and personal development and local networking. This year we will meet at wonderful Scandic Voss at Voss. K2 covers all costs of the event.

This year’s topics will be
• How to get the best out for your PhD
• Open access
• Visualization of data
Invited guest speakers: Paul Simon Svanberg and TBA

At Voss, all participants will present their project in a 2-minute lightening talk. As soon as you have signed up for the retreat, we will email you instructions for an abstract.
We will travel together from Bergen to Voss by train. The registration deadline is October 20 at midnight. We have room for the 30 first who register. After that there will be a waiting list.

We hope to see you at Scandic Voss!
Register here.

Webinar: Contributing to an evidence-based dialogue on women’s careers in academia: Evidence from the life sciences

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Host: Center for research on cardiac disease in women

Lecturer: Speaker: Marc Lerchenmueller, Assistant Professor for Technological Innovation and Management Science at the University of Mannheim, Germany, and Research Fellow at the Yale School of Management, USA.

Date: Monday October 25th, 12:00-13:00

More information here.

NSHG-PM meetings in genomics and COVID-19

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Dear researchers at K2,

I want to draw your attention to a meeting – Nordic Society for Human Genetics and Prevision Medicine. This society aims to gather researchers in the Nordic countries interested in genomics and other omics, and to build infrastructure to perform research in all cohorts and biobanks totaling some 29 million inhabitants.

The meeting is digital and November 8-9 hosted by Mark Daly (Director for FINNGENE, PI at MGH). There is also a workshop on COVID-19 November 4 chaired by Kári Stefánsson (Director for DeCode Genetics) and Camilla Stoltenberg (Director for NIPH).

Submission deadlines for both meetings are October 8.

It’s worth noting that exceptional abstracts will be offered speaking slots and we will give financial prizes to top posters by young investigators.

Best,
Pål R. Njølstad

Editorial

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OSCE and application deadline for status as Excellent Teacher

The White Paper «Quality Culture in Higher Education» emphasized that all Norwegian universities must establish a pedagogical qualification framework. The intention with a pedagogical qualification framework is to inspire and reward teachers and academic communities for systematic work in educational development. At MED, the status as Excellent Teacher leads to a permanent salary raise as well as membership in a “pedagogical academy” of excellent teachers at the faculty. Basic pedagogical qualification is required. There is now a new application deadline for status as Excellent Teacher. It is important to read and address the criteria on which the evaluation of the applications is based. Please do not hesitate to contact me at mette.vesterhus@uib.no if you consider submitting an application or have questions. We hope that some of our skilled and enthusiastic teachers will submit well-written applications which will win this award!

Application deadline: November 1st

OSCE 12 will be arranged on December 8th, and planning is well under way. The responsible persons for subjects that are part of the exam this year are alerted and will recruit sensors. The administration will reach out to administrative and technical staff and request their participation. OSCE is important and require teamwork and team spirit. We expect that everybody responds to requests with a positive attitude. We want to thank all of you who have contributed in previous years – and those of you who are contributing to OSCE 12 this December!

SAVE THE DATE October 20, 15.00: Celebration seminar for Bjørn Tore Gjertsen being awarded King Olav V’s Prize for Cancer Research 2021

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Dear all

We are happy to invite you to a celebration seminar October 20 at 15.00 to celebrate the awarding of King Olav V’s Prize for Cancer Research 2021 to CCBIO PI and Co-Director Bjørn Tore Gjertsen.

Place: Store Auditorium (the large auditorium), Sentralblokken (main building), Haukeland University Hospital.

Time: October 20, 2021 at 15:00

At the end of the seminar, a reception with tapas and refreshments will be held at the back of the auditorium.

Prior to the seminar on October 20, the award ceremony itself will take place in Oslo on October 18, 13-14.00.  H. M. King Harald will then present the prize to Professor Gjertsen and the whole ceremony will be streamed online as well as showed in real time on screen in the auditorium in Armauer Hansens Hus.

Link to award ceremony

More info about the prize here

Save the dates for now, and more info, including registration, will follow!

New editor of the K2 newsletter

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Hi.

I am the new editor of the K2 newsletter.

My name is Jens Vikse. I am a rheumatology resident, who just started a four year PhD program at UiB.  My PhD project focuses on the newly recognized rheumatic disease “IgG4-related disease”

Besides rheumatology, I also have an interest in immunology and medical education. I am the author of an immunology textbook with accompanying video lectures. More information can be found here.

I look forward to serving as the editor for this newsletter. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out.

 

This weeks edithorial

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Dear all of you!

In recent years, we have had great help from our research advisor Amra. Now she wants more challenges and has moved to the faculty, where for one year from 15/9 she will contribute even more to the research advisor team. Fortunately, this means that she can still be contacted! We thank Amra for her excellent contribution to K2, wish her the best of luck and welcome back!

And then we have been told by the HR section at the faculty that they have reduced staffing and that things will take some extra time in the future. At the same time, we can find some information ourselves on UiB’s website and may not always need to contact human resources:

And then it is often your immediate leader who can answer some of the questions. So feel free to ask your supervisor, research group leader or UGLE for advice.

Have a really good weekend!

(Norsk) Disputas David Erik Forsse

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David Forsse

Trial lectue:    Oktober 1st, at 11:15

Subject:                 “Medical treatment options for endometrial carcinomas”

Dissertation:                  Oktober 1st, at 13.15

Subject:      “Novel preoperative biomarkers and evaluation of altered treatment strategies to improve outcome for endometrial cancer patients”

 

 

  1. opponent: Førsteamanuensis Francesco Fanfani, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
  2. opponent: Professor II Annika Auranen, University of Turku, Finland
  3. medlem av komiteen: Professor Stian Knappskog, Universitetet i Bergen

Disputasen blir ledet av førsteamanuensis Elham Baghestan

Open for all.

Link to digital disputas/prøveforelsning

Pressemelding

Research Day at the Women’s Clinic, Bergen, October 20

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Dear Colleague!

The Women’s Clinic, the University of Bergen and the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences are inviting you to sign up for our ‘Research Day’ October 20th.

Obstetrics and gynecology are broadly engaging subjects, and we would like present our research projects, our results and how we can use new knowledge.

If you are doing research related to obstetrics or gynecology, you are invited to present your project!

The event takes place at Bikuben (Haukeland University Hospital Campus) and will continue with an award ceremony and debate at ‘Litteraturhuset’ downtown 6 to 8 pm.

Use the registration link to sign up, by Sept. 22, 2021 for speakers/posters and Oct. 13, 2021 for audience. Detailed program will be announced!

More info in English: https://www.uib.no/en/ccbio/147983/research-day-womenss-clinic

More info in Norwegian: https://www.uib.no/ccbio/147975/kvinneklinikkens-forskingsdag

Contact person for questions: Mari Kylleså Halle

Congratulations to Bjørn Tore Gjertsen with The King Olav Vs Cancer Research Prize

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Although this was already mentioned in last week’s K2nytt, it is worth repeating: We are very proud and congratulate Bjørn Tore Gjertsen on the King Olav Vs Cancer Research Prize. Well deserved!

Otherwise, many of you are probably busy teaching and writing applications – remember, among other things, the application deadline for Helse Vest research funding 15/9, promotion to professor 15/9 and deadline for applying for a research fellowship from MED 19/9. There have also been some changes to the guidelines: a person cannot be the main supervisor for more than four people in recruitment positions (PhD candidate and postdoc) funded from the faculty (https://www.uib.no/med/65433/ledige-stillinger)

Finally, a few words about the corona situation: many of us are now fully vaccinated, and we want to have as many people back on campus as possible. Employees who are dependent on public transport can work from home office where possible, but this must be agreed upon with your direct leader. We would rather not have more than 2 days of home office per week.

Have a really good weekend!

Go abroad, but come back

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It is now possible to apply for funding for stays abroad, both for senior and younger researchers. The professors have the possibility to go on a sabbatical every 7th year, which is a fantastic opportunity to establish new collaborations, build networks and have time to plan projects and write applications. New collaborations are not only useful for the professor him- or herself, it provides opportunities for others in the research group to go abroad. Several of the groups at the department have utilized this in an exemplary way, for example the endocrine, diabetes and lung research groups.

Now, professors, postdocs and PhD students can apply for such funding both from UiB (deadline 1 October,  and Helse-Vest (deadline 15 September.  Postdoctoral fellows are especially encouraged to apply (Helse-Vest) and UiB provides an extra year of salary if you use it for a stay abroad. Support can also be applied for from the Research Council and other funding bodies *. The application deadline for a sabbatical leave is 1 April to the department each year.

Many do not consider an extended stay abroad due to practical challenges with regard to work and studies for their partner, schooling for children and housing. An alternative could be a shorter stay, perhaps to a country in Europe that requires less practical preparation. Such stays can also be valuable in order to establish the networks that can lift your research.

Read the announcement and apply. Request to visit an institution abroad is rarely turned down when you come with your own salary.

Good weekend!

Eystein Husebye

*Other funding bodies