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Hello everyone,
First things first: Congratulations to Nina Langeland, who on May 26 was awarded Officer of the Order of St. Olav, for her Norwegian and international contributions within the medical specialty of infectious diseases. The Order of St. Olav is conferred by His Majesty The King as a reward of distinguished services rendered to Norway and mankind.
You can read more here (unfortunately only available in Norwegian): https://www4.uib.no/om-uib/aktuelt/nina-langeland-utnevnt-til-ridder-av-1-klasse
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I would also like to take the opportunity to introduce myself to those of you I haven’t yet had the chance to meet.
My name is Eirik Rekve Thorsheim, and I have been appointed Acting Head of Administration at the Department of Clinical Science until the end of the year. It has been a great start, and I would like to thank everyone who has given me such a warm welcome.
I come from a position as Senior Adviser and Head of the Study Section at the Department of Informatics at the Faculty of Science and Technology, where I have also previously served as Acting Head of Administration.
Five quick facts about me:
Coffee or tea: Coffee
Favorite Twist chocolate: Chocolate Toffee (least favorite: Banana)
Preferred hike: Lyderhorn
Favorite season: Autumn
Mountain or sea: Mountain
It is clear that the department is currently facing a challenging financial situation, as we heard at yesterday’s all-hands meeting. That said, I would really like to commend the extensive work I see has already been done - and continues to be done every day. This includes both large and small contributions. I have had the pleasure of meeting and hear about highly dedicated colleagues who achieve impressive results.
As a department, we need to work together and support one another. I have no doubt that through strong collaboration, goodwill, and a true team spirit, we will succeed.
I am very much looking forward to being part of the team going forward.
PS! Remember to send input to the economy-working group at innspillk2gruppe@uib.no.
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We invite you to the second CCBIO Junior Scientist Symposium of the semester on June 2. The event brings together researchers from various fields within biomedical and translational research, and facilitates professional exchange, new collaborations and good discussions.
On behalf of the Norwegian Society for Immunology, we are pleased to announce the 51st Annual Meeting of the Scandinavian Society for Immunology (SSI), taking place in Grieghallen, Bergen, from 7–10 September 2026. This year’s conference is organised by Norwegian…
Nasjonalt senter for aldring og helse inviterer til Aldring og helse-dagene 2026, som arrangeres i Oslo 20.–21. oktober på Quality Hotel Hasle Linie. Årets tema er «Aldring i endring – klar for å tenke nytt?», med fokus på hvordan vi…
Elisabeth Ørskov Rotevatn
Date: June 4th
Location: Auditorium, Glasblokkene 1, Haukelandsbakken 1
Dissertation title: "Grasping patients' perspectives: a multimethod innovation-development study of a novel digital device for capturing patients' pain, discomfort, and coping"
Saman Riaz
Date: June 9th
Location: Stort Auditorium, Sentralblokken, Haukeland Universitetssykehus
Dissertation title: «Human humoral and cellular immune responses to non-canonical enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli antigens, with a focus on glycosylated YghJ»
Dear everyone!
I have had every reason to be proud to be the leader of K2 this week: at yesterday's ceremonial honorary doctorate conferment ceremony, the candidate nominated by K2, Anna Louise Gloyn, was appointed honorary doctor. She has had many years of collaboration with Pål Njølstad and his group.
On Tuesday we received the happy news that two of our SFF applications will advance to the final, led by Pål Njølstad/Marc Vaudel (Center for Early-Life Diabetes Mechanisms) and Eystein Husebye/Anette Wolff (Centre for Reciprocal Rhythms in Immunology, Somnology and Endocrinology). Congratulations, it is very nice that both applications from the Faculty of Medicine that advanced to the final are from K2! And to those who did not advance: do not give up, I really appreciate the effort you have made. Maybe there are some opportunities to apply for NFR FRIPRO with parts of the application instead? It is still possible to apply for application support for that via the link that appears when you click on "read more" at the bottom. The deadline is May 24. Funds for applying to NFR FRIPRO (deadline 24.5.26).
Finally, I just want to remind you of the institute meeting on Thursday 28 May at 10-11:30 Auditorium 1 BBB, where we will get to know the finance working group and everyone has the opportunity to provide input.
(NOTE - click on "Read more" for links)
Have a really good weekend!
Silke
