We would like to remind you that holiday registration in Paga has to be done. For more information about deadlines se this post from week 9.

The IT department wants input and wishes regarding upgrading of classrooms (primary PC, controller, sound system, projector) in connection with budget planning for 2017. There will be emphasis on universal design of audio – and video solutions. Rooms that can be booked via shared rombooking will be prioritized. Needs and wishes should be reported to irene.hjelmaas@uib.no by 2 May.

Attached (in Norwegian) you will find information about the announcement of cooperation funds between CMI and UIB for 2016. Please disseminate to potential applicants.

Regards
Torunn Olsnes
Head of Research Section

Research Managers Workshop – June 2016

We are delighted invite you to the Utrecht Network Research Managers Workshop which is being hosted at the University of Hull, UK. An outline programme for the event which is taking place from Wednesday 15th to Friday 17th June 2016 is attached. Continue reading →

The Norwegian Cancer Society invite proposals for cancer research projects within all research topics under the Norwegian Cancer Society’s aims. See attachment for call text.

Tuesday 19 April, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry was certified as a Miljøfyrtårn. This includes the departments, the dental teaching hospital and the faculty administration.This certification is a part of making the whole University of Bergen (UiB) a Miljøfyrtårn this spring, as the first of the major universities in Norway. Read more in this attachment (in Norwegian).

The weekly newspaper Morgenbladet awards “Fantastiske Fomidlere” and K2 has nominated Head of Department Per Bakke. You can vote for Per by following this link.
(Select UiB and search for Per Sigvald Bakke).
Read more about the award here.

The doctoral course “Medical Imaginaries: Postcoloniality and Gender in the Medical Humanities” offers an interdisciplinary investigation of the centrality of gender, sexuality, race, colonial ideologies, social justice, global inequality and class to the medical humanities.
The medical humanities has focused largely on how the humanities can contribute to the field of medicine. In this context, attention to literature and the arts has sought to develop and nurture skills of observation, analysis, empathy, and self-reflection, specifically in the arena of medical practice. Continue reading →

This post has not been translated, since the course is mainly going to be held in Norwegian.

Det nærmer seg årets Læringsfestival. Læringsfestivalen er konferansen for alle som er interessert i læring og undervisning på universiteter og høyskoler. Konferansen arrangeres av NTNU i samarbeid med Norgesuniversitetet og finner sted på Realfagsbygget i Trondheim 9. – 10.mai. Årets tema er Studentaktiv læring og teknologi. Continue reading →

The University Library has contacted the communications department (and they contacted Bergens Tidende), and we have put in place a seminar on how to write dissertation press releases.

For more information, see this web site and the facebook event for the seminar.
Time: 3 May 1030-1130 am
Venue: Auditorium PI, Johannes Bruns Gate 12, next to the Mathematics and Natural Sciences Library

Dear Partner,
We still have available seats on a newly developed interdisciplinary summer course on healthcare innovation within the themes of healthy living and active aging. Besides teachers from University of Copenhagen, students will be taught by faculty members from Erasmus University Rotterdam; Institute of Health Policy and Management and Copenhagen Business School; as well as practitioners from Novo Nordisk, Steno Diabetes Center and DigiRehab ApS.

The course is supported by the EIT Health and has the title:
“Alive and KICking – innovative solutions to aging-related challenges” Continue reading →

Bergen Branch of Norwegian Society for Immunology (NSI) arranges the annual “Day of Immunology” on April 29, see attachment for programme. Day of Immunology is an international project that is commemorated worldwide.
The headline this year is: “Immunotherapy for Cancer.” The lectures will suit an audience both with and without research experience.

Attachments: Programme

Hans Jørgen Timm Guthe will defend his PhD thesis on Friday, April 29th 2016
Trial lecture: Friday, April 29th 2016, 09:15
Topic: ”Behandling av ekstremt premature. Resultater og etiske dilemmaer”
Place: Aud. 1, Bygg for biologiske basalfag, Jonas Lies vei 91
Public defense: Friday, April 29th 2016, 11:15
Place: Aud. 1, Bygg for biologiske basalfag, Jonas Lies vei 91
Title of dissertation: ”Transcapillary fluid Balance in children: Methodology and new clinical studies”
1st opponent: Professor Pål Øian, Universitetet i Tromsø
2nd opponent: Overlege, dr.med. Egil Seem, Oslo Universitetssykehus

Press release (in Norwegian)

Kjetil Isaksen will defent his PhD thesis on Friday, April 29th 2016
Trial lecture: Friday, April 29th 2016, 09:15
Topic: ”Tarmflora og hjertesykdommer – hva er status praesens?”
Place: Aulaen, 2. etasje Sydbygget, Stavanger Universitetssykehus
Public defense: Friday, April 29th 2016, 10:30
Place: Aulaen, 2. etasje Sydbygget, Stavanger Universitetssykehus
Title of dissertation: “Exercise training in patients with heart failure and an implantable cardioverter defibrillator. Review of existing data, shock anxiety, feasibility and effects of an aerobic interval training intervention”
1st opponent: Professor Eva Prescott, Bispebjerg Universitetshospital, København
2nd opponent: Professor Knut Tore Lappegård, Universitetet i Tromsø

Press release (in Norwegian)