This week it was announced that Clara Gjesdal will take up the position as vice chair at Haukeland University Hospital. From the point of view of the faculty and K2, this is very good news.

Clara has been head of the Department of Rheumatology for several years and has also held a position as associate professor at K2. She will keep her associate professorship at K2 also after taking up her new position at the hospital. In her previous job at the Department of Rheumatology she has clearly shown that she favors close collaboration between the hospital and the faculty. A good relationship between the two institutions is important for both parts and also to counteract the influence and dominance of Oslo and Trondheim. Even if the collaboration between the hospital and faculty works well, there are several areas at which there is room for improvement. The new vice chair is very well suited and positioned to contribute to this.

Clara, Good luck in your new job!
Per

Fire Safety Training 19 May

All employees at UiB must undergo fire safety training, theoretical and practical. This is enshrined in the fire law and safety regulations. The course runs over 2 hours, 1 hour theory and 1 hour practical extinction.
UiB has engaged Teknisk Industrivern AS to conduct the course.
For registration and more information, see here.

We invite project managers to apply for funding for projects within incurable breast cancer.
The money comes from funds raised through the Pink Ribbon campaign 2015. The Norwegian Cancer Society and the Breast Cancer Society is responsible for the campaign and the announcement of the grant. Each year a theme is selected for the campaign. In 2015 the theme was living with incurable breast cancer. Continue reading →

The Olav Thon Foundation will for 2017 reserve NOK 20 million for grants to Nordic research collaboration in the field of medicine.
Please see the attached announcement for further details, deadline etc.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Gry Kolbjørnsen
Adviser

More information in this attachment (in Norwegian).

More information on the summer school in this attachment.

Attached you will find the announcement of the national professional awards in the field of mathematics and natural sciences and in medicine from the Olav Thon Foundation. The prizes will be awarded on Thursday 2 March 2017.
Please distribute the announcement to scientific staff in mathematics and natural sciences and in medicine, as well as to students / student associations in these disciplines.

Academic communities are encouraged to nominate to the Foundation’s prizes.
Deadline 1 September 2016. Contact information and address for submission is stated in the announcement.

With best regards
On behalf of the Olav Thon Foundation
Gry Kolbjørnsen
Adviser, Division of Public Relations and Events
Mobile: 915 75 622

Are you planning to learn Norwegian during the summer vacation or fall semester this year? Please remember to apply at https://soknadswew.uib.no within 18 May.

We offer courses specially designed for employees at UiB.
Please go to our home page in order to find detailed information about our different language courses and the admission process.

Best regards,
Thomas G. Brendefur
Higher Executive Officer
Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies
Tlf. 55 58 22 55

Dear Mr/Ms/Mrs,
Attached you will find an invitation to the Nordic PhD course Bio-8302: “Molecular and Clinical Aspects of Cancer”. The course will take place at the University of Tromsø in week 34 and 35 this year (August 22nd to September 2nd, 2016). An international faculty teaches the course (please find the preliminary lecture schedule attached).
There is no course fee and for the cost of 3.000 NOK each external PhD student will be offered housing at an Apartment Hotel in the centre of Tromsø. Continue reading →

Dear CCBIO members and associates,

We have the pleasure of announcing the CCBIO Research Schools PhD course: CCBIO 903 Cancer Research – Ethical, Economic and Social Aspects.

Researchers and clinicians in medical research and care face important dilemmas every day, regarding for instance the prioritisation of research questions, or the choice between treatments for a patient. These dilemmas, involving both ethical considerations and health economics, can decide upon life and death for individual patients. Continue reading →

Call from HHMI and Bill and Melinda Gates Grant for Worldwide Scientific Talent on Trialect. For more informations, see attachment.

You are hereby invited to nominate kandidates for The Höffmann Academic Award for Intercultural Competence 2016.
Please send nominations to Per.Bakke@uib.no within June 15.

For information and announcement.

Tone W. Nystad will have her midway evaluation.
Thursday 12 May at. 8:00-9:00
Location: Laboratory building, room 9.1/9.2
Abstract