Professor Bodil Holst at the Department of Physics and Technology, UiB, has been awarded the Research Council's Innovation Prize for 2025.
Read the whole story here: – En stor ære å motta Forskningsrådets innovasjonspris | Aktuelt | UiB
Safety equipment integrated into backpacks can help increase survival time in avalanches, a new study shows.
Read the whole story here: Ny forskning kan bidra til at flere kan overleve snøskred | Det medisinske fakultet | UiB
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We are currently looking for research groups interested in hosting master's students from biomedical sciences during the fall semester 2026 and spring semester 2027.
If you would like to offer a project, please complete the form below by October 26, 2025:
👉 Submit your project proposal for supervision of master's students in biomedical sciences: https://skjemaker.app.uib.no/view.php?id=19740943
We are organizing a matchmaking event between student and supervisor on November 26th or 27th, where you can present your project. You can choose between:
A 5-minute oral presentation, a poster presentation, or both
Please share this invitation with colleagues who may be interested!
Tuesday, December 9, 2025 the University Auditorium in Bergen. 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM
The Holberg Prize invites all interested parties to this year's Holberg Debate, which will take place in the University Auditorium in Bergen on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, from 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM.
The topic of the debate is «Is Collective Security Dead?», and the panel will explore the prerequisites for collective security and global stability in a time characterized by geopolitical tensions and changing power relations.
Registration is required for physical attendance. Use the form on the Holberg Prize website and follow the event page on Facebook for updates. The audience is encouraged to ask questions to the panel via a separate form.
The Finance Department informs
The Economics Department offers a training program in the area of economics at UiB with three-hour sessions in the UiB learning arena at Nygårdsgaten 5. We conduct this in spring and autumn. The courses are held in Norwegian.
The economics courses for autumn 2025 have now been posted in the UiB calendar. Follow the link to see dates for the various courses: https://www.uib.no/foransatte/kalender?course_economy
Registration link: https://forms.office.com/e/E54cTnUaCa
The work environment is about how we organize, plan and carry out our work. A good work environment is characterized by good management, employee participation and clear organizational frameworks. Competence, good communication, mastery and recognition provide both security and well-being.
Through the breakfast seminar series Working life in change – what about the working environment?, the safety service at UiB wants to shine a spotlight on the importance of factors that build a good working environment.
We invite you to a breakfast seminar on November 25th from 8:30-10:00
Registration can be found here: Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams
Deadline for registration: November 24 at 2:00 p.m.
FACULTY OF MEDICINE
UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN
PUBLIC DEFENCE – Ph.D. DEGREE
Marte Karen Brattås
The candidate is affiliated with the Department of Clinical Science (Klinisk institutt 2).
Main supervisor:Professor Håkon Reikvam
Co-supervisor: Ph.d. Kimberley Hatfield
Prøveforelesning: Fredag 31. oktober 2025 kl. 10.15
Sted: Auditorium, Armauer Hansens Hus, Haukelandsveien 28
Given topic: "Acute myelogenous leukemia in an aging population - challenges and opportunities"
Defence: Friday 31 October 2025 at 12.15
Sted: Auditorium, Armauer Hansens Hus, Haukelandsveien 28
Dissertation title: “Exploring the spleen tyrosine kinase (SYK) as a possible pharmacological target in human acute myeloid leukemia”
1st opponent: Professor Petter Quist Paulsen, NTNU
2nd opponent: PhD Ellen Elisabeth Brodin, Akershus University Hospital
3rd member of the committee: Professor Camilla Tøndel
The defense will be led by Associate Professor Thomas Knoop.
Open to all interested parties
Driv – Center for Women's Health Research has created a new podcast on the topic of women's health. In the first episode, we learn more about what's happening on the research front in breast cancer. Marion Solheim interviews cancer researcher Stian Knappskog.
Read more here: https://www.uib.no/med/179970/ny-podcastserie-om-kvinnehelse-drivpodden
A recent study from the University of Bergen shows that e-consultations led to more frequent contact with the doctor and increased use of broad-spectrum antibiotics, compared to physical attendance. “We are concerned about the consequences of a possible introduction of municipal online doctors,” says one of the researchers behind the study.
In April, the government presented 13 measures in its announced GP reformOne of these measures is the launch of a municipal online doctor: If you cannot get an appointment with your own GP, or the appointment does not suit you, it will be possible to have a digital consultation with another doctor with whom the municipality has an agreement.
The use of e-consultations increased enormously during the COVID-19 pandemic, from accounting for 1 percent of all consultations in the years before the pandemic, to representing around 40 percent in early 2020. Today, it is estimated that e-consultations account for approximately 25 percent of all annual consultations in Norwegian general practice.
Read the whole story here: https://www.uib.no/med/179769/bruk-av-nettlege-kan-gi-%C3%B8kt-foreskriving-av-antibiotika
