[:no]Frokostmøte om Kinas ambisiøse klimatiltak [:en](Norwegian) Frokostmøte om Kinas ambisiøse klimatiltak [:]

Kommende mandag er det duket for nok et Frokostmøte med fokus på Kina.

Sted: Bergen Global (CMI)
Tid: mandag 29.april kl. 08:30.

Her møter man klimaforsker Nils Gunnar Kvamstø og Kina-forsker Ole Johannes Kaland i en samtale om Kina, klimapolitikk og forskningssamarbeid mellom Norge og Kina.

Fint om dere kan hjelpe med å dele denne linken, og invitasjonen (gjerne også til studenter), meget bredt, slik at de fleste som er interessert kan få med seg arrangementet.

Dere finner omtale her.

Lenke til omtale på Facebook her.

De som kommer på Frokostmøtet får servert gratis croissanter, kaffe og te.

[:no](English) Spetses Summer School on Epigenomics, Nuclear Receptors and Disease [:en]Spetses Summer School on Epigenomics, Nuclear Receptors and Disease [:]

We would like to draw your attention to our upcoming Spetses Summer School on Epigenomics, Nuclear Receptors and Disease (FEBS Advanced Lecture Course ALC19-046) at Spetses Island/Greece from August 25 – 30, 2019.

Unlike ordinary larger meetings, the summer school is highly interactive and allows the participants to actually meet and discuss with all lectures for full four days during and beyond the many different program activities.

For information and application see our website.

The deadline for applications is May 6. 

[:no](English) Merck Life Science (Sigma Aldrich) invites you to a free seminar in Bergen[:en]Merck Life Science (Sigma Aldrich) invites you to a free seminar in Bergen[:]

[:no]The seminar is a Cell biology seminar.

Also Josefine Jaxby from Corning will be at Seminar if you have questions about Corning products.

Hopefully you can send it forward to people that might be interested in this Seminar at your department.

Speaker: Marina Wiklander, PhD
Date: 08.05.2019
Time: 08:30 – 12.00

Location: Thormøhlensgt 55 (N-terminalen, romnr. 520B1), 5.etg., Bioblokken 

  1. Cell Identity and Authentication: What’s in your flask?
    Cell line misidentification is one of the greatest threats to the validity of research in the 21st century. With cell culture key to most life science research it is vitally important that any practitioner of cell culture is aware of the magnitude of the problem and be able to employ resources and strategies to ensure valid results.

  2. Trouble Shooting in Cell Culture
    Overview of the global cell culture process, where and why problems could be encountered (poor growth and viability, low adherence, mycoplasma detection, phenotypic drift). A chance for customers to “share their problems”.

  3. Moving from 2D to 3D cell culture?: 3D Neural Stem Cell Models of Alzheimer’s Disease
    Introduction of 3D cell culture technologies provided us with improved model for cellular research for drug discovery and other medical applications. Combination of 3D cell technology with stem cell research helped us to establish a relevant disease model in order to understand the pathology of the dementia and also improve the development of drugs.Based on publication by Kim et. al who created a three-dimensional (3D) human neural stem cell model of Alzheimer’s disease, we would like to introduce this model as a valuable tool to study age-related Alzheimer’s dementia as well as other neurodegenerative disorders.

[:en]The seminar is a Cell biology seminar.

Also Josefine Jaxby from Corning will be at Seminar if you have questions about Corning products.

Hopefully you can send it forward to people that might be interested in this Seminar at your department.

Speaker: Marina Wiklander, PhD
Date: 08.05.2019
Time: 08:30 – 12.00

Location: Thormøhlensgt 55 (N-terminalen, romnr. 520B1), 5.etg., Bioblokken 

  1. Cell Identity and Authentication: What’s in your flask?
    Cell line misidentification is one of the greatest threats to the validity of research in the 21st century. With cell culture key to most life science research it is vitally important that any practitioner of cell culture is aware of the magnitude of the problem and be able to employ resources and strategies to ensure valid results. 
  2. Trouble Shooting in Cell Culture
    Overview of the global cell culture process, where and why problems could be encountered (poor growth and viability, low adherence, mycoplasma detection, phenotypic drift). A chance for customers to “share their problems”. 
  3. Moving from 2D to 3D cell culture?: 3D Neural Stem Cell Models of Alzheimer’s Disease
    Introduction of 3D cell culture technologies provided us with improved model for cellular research for drug discovery and other medical applications. Combination of 3D cell technology with stem cell research helped us to establish a relevant disease model in order to understand the pathology of the dementia and also improve the development of drugs.Based on publication by Kim et. al who created a three-dimensional (3D) human neural stem cell model of Alzheimer’s disease, we would like to introduce this model as a valuable tool to study age-related Alzheimer’s dementia as well as other neurodegenerative disorders.

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[:no]Nye publikasjoner[:en]New publications[:]

[:no]Her er nyere publikasjoner med bidrag fra K2 basert på siste ukes litteratursøk på PubMed (og eventuelt artikler som ikke har vært med i tidligere lister). Denne gangen inkluderer listen totalt 8 nyere publikasjoner. Oppføringene forekommer i den rekkefølgen de er mottatt fra NCBI. Hvis du har publikasjoner som ikke er inkludert i denne eller tidligere lister, sendes referansene til Hege F. Berg.

[:no]Søknadsfrister[:en]Deadlines[:]

[:no]Kjære alle sammen.

Vennligst se under de oppdaterte lenkene for ekstern finansiering.

Eksterne finansieringsmuligheter:
http://www.uib.no/en/med/112772/external-funding-opportunities

Finansieringsmuligheter for utdanning:
http://www.uib.no/med/113987/funding-opportunities-education

Nettsidene oppdateres hver annen uke. Nye oppføringer er merket med NEW.

Vennlig hilsen
Amra, Ramune og Kaia[:en]Dear all,

Please see below the updated links for external funding:

External funding opportunities: http://www.uib.no/en/med/112772/external-funding-opportunities

Funding opportunities for education: http://www.uib.no/med/113987/funding-opportunities-education

The webpages are updated every second week. New calls are marked as NEW.

Kind regards,

Amra, Ramune and Kaia[:]

[:no]Kommer julenissen i år?[:en]Will Santa Claus come this year?[:]

[:no]I går var noen av oss samlet til nedtelling mot søknadsfristen til Norges Forskningsråd. 10 – 9 – 8  ned til 0, snipp snapp snute da var tiden ute. Men da hadde K2ere rukket å sende 35 søknader til NFR. Takk til alle søkerne og administrasjonen (Amra, Julie, Kate, Kjetil, Linn, Burhan og Mia) som alle har jobbet mot et felles mål – å sende best mulig søknader til Forskningsrådet. Instituttledelsen er svært fornøyd med innsatsen. Så blir det forhåpentlig mulighet til mer kakespising når det nærmer seg jul.

Samtidig må vi alle være klar over at nåløyet er lite, selv om vi i fjor fikk to FRIPRO, tre BEHANDLING og ett GLOBEVAC-prosjekt, noe som muligens er Norgesrekord for et institutt av vår størrelse. Gledelig er det i hvert fall å se at så mange av de yngre forskerne søker i år. Tolv søknader er skrevet av forskere i midlertidige stilling. Tilsammen 19 søknader er skrevet av kvinner og 16 av menn. Det vitner om evne og vilje til å satse fremover.

De fleste vil ikke få tildeling. Likevel er skriveprosessen og all tiden som er lagt ned viktig, både for å skjerpe tanken og problemstillingene man jobber med, og fordi søknaden kan brukes til andre utlysninger, kanskje først og fremst til søknader om regionale midler til Helse Vest. Andre muligheter er utlysninger fra EU.

Dette er en «sten på sten» prosess som vi vestlendinger som trives i oppoverbakker er gode på.

Så får vi håpe at suksess avler suksess – og at julenissen kommer på besøk tidlig i år.

Eystein Husebye
Nestleder K2[:en]Yesterday some of us were gathered to count down towards the deadline for submitting applications to the Research Council of Norway; 10 – 9 – 8 down to 0. At the deadline K2’ers had send a total of 35 applications to NFR. Thanks to all the applicants and the administration (Amra, Julie, Kate, Kjetil, Linn, Burhan,and Mia) who have all worked towards a common goal – to send the best possible applications to The Research Council. The department leadership is very pleased with the effort. Hopefully we will be inspired to eat another cate as Christmas approaches.

At the same time, we must all be aware that the “eye of the needle” is small, even though we received two FRIPRO, three BEHANDLING and one GLOBEVAC project last year. This might be a national record for a department of our size. It is also gratifying to see that so many of the younger researchers are applying this year. Twelve applications were written by researchers in temporary positions. Altogether 19 applications were written by women and 16 by men. This testifies to the ability and willingness of K2’ers to move forward to be leaders in their fields.

Knowing that only about 1 out of 20 applications are funded, the majority of the 35 will be successful. Nevertheless, the writing process and all the time spent is not at all wasted as it both sharpens the hypotheses and ideas of the scientific project, and because the application can be used for other calls, such as Helse Vest and EU.

Writing applications is a «stone upon stone» process that we, who thrive going uphill, are good at. So let’s hope that success breeds success – and that Santa Claus comes to visit early this year.

Eystein Husebye
Deputy K2[:]

[:no]Viktige endringer angående parkering utenfor lab bygget[:en]Important changes regarding parking outside the lab building[:]

[:no]Fra 1 april tok Q-park over ansvar av vedlikehold på UiB sine parkeringsplasser ute på parkeringsdekket ved lab bygget. Dette betyr en stor viktig endring. Q-park kontrollerer plassene nesten daglig og bøtelegger de som ikke er elektronisk registrert i deres systemer. Det vil si at Skiltnummer, navn, telefonnummer og epost må registreres elektronisk hos Q-park. Dette må gjøres av resepsjonen eller Irene Hjelmaas. Parkering på parkeringsdekket uten bekreftelse på at du er blitt registrert er på eget ansvar uansett når på dagen/uken du vurderer og parkere på parkeringsdekket.[:en]From April 1st, Q-park took over responsibility for control of unauthorized parking at UiB’s parking Spaces at the parking deck outside the lab building. This means a major change. Q-park controls the spaces almost daily and find those who are not electronically registered in their systems. This means that the registration number, name, telephone number and e-mail must be registered electronically at Q-park. This must be done by the reception or Irene Hjelmaas. Parking on the parking deck without confirmation that you have been registered is at your own risk no matter when during the day/week you are considering parking on the parking deck.[:]