Hello, This week, NMU (Norwegian Maritime University Consortium) organized a two-day digital conference: Sustainable Blue Futures – Exploiting the Ocean and Protecting the Ocean. It was two days of discussions on ocean sustainability, arctic cooperation, and the balance between utilization…
Drivdal, M., Jonassen, T.M., Imsland, A.K.D., Bloch-Hansen, K., Sparboe, L.O., Halsband, C., Sperre, K.H., Nygaard, T., 2025. Full Scale Testing of a Concept for Salinity Regulation to Mitigate Sea Lice Infestation in Salmon Farming. Fishes 10, 503. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes10100503 Glover, K.A.,…
Associate Professors Aina-Cathrine Øvergård and Anita Rønneseth at the Department of Biological Sciences have recently been awarded grants from the Research Council of Norway. Both study disease and immune responses in farmed fish, and teach in UiB’s fish health programme.…
[Our translation/Google translate] It goes from lemon yellow, green to blood red. Now researchers have found the answer to why. – A somewhat amusing curiosity. Read the story with Gunnar Bratbak on nrk.no
Patrick Alexander Nelson: Advancing a DNA Vaccine for Salmon Lice – Mission (Im)Possible Hasan Arsin: A deep-sea orthocaspase hints at the origins of cellular complexity
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Everybody is warmly welcome to the BIO Student Poster Symposium Fall 2025 Students from the following courses will present their work: PROGRAM BIO Student Poster Symposium Dec 2nd at Vil Vite 11:00 – 15:00 All posters on display in the…
Are you (or do you know) a master- or PhD student with an immediate need for practical help at the lab or in the field? Would you like to share your experience? Then bioSPIRE is for you! bioSPIRE puts you in…
Let’s celebrate the end of the year together with good food, festive cheer, and great company! Deadline for the registration and payment (250 NOK) is 19th November 15:00 (You can pay in the reception by card) 📅 Date: Friday 5th…
The 3nd Bergen Bathysphere Science Symposium was held on 4-5 November 2025 at Marine Biological Station, Espegrend. This time it brought together 36 deep-sea scientists and professionals from various institutes and consultancies for hands-on workshops on QGIS (maps), BIIGLE (underwater…
Dear colleague, We are pleased to invite you to a seminar at the NT Faculty focusing on the use of artificial intelligence (AI). The field is evolving rapidly, and many questions are emerging. In a short time, generative AI has…
[Our translation/Google translate] We would like to inform you that the nomination deadline for the Meltzer Prizes 2025 has been set for December 10, 2025. The L. Meltzer University Foundation will present the following three awards on March 5, 2026:…
Nordplus is a mobility and networking programme for education in the Nordic and Baltic countries, including the autonomous regions of Åland, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Nordplus is the largest education programme of the Nordic Council of Ministers and is…
Belmont Forum Oceans 2 – Call website at Forskningsradet.no Pre-proposals: 5 March 2026 Main deadline: 17 September 2026
Call announcement at Forskningsradet.no Pre-proposals 2 February 2026 Full proposals: 17 June 2026
Call announcement at Forskningsradet.no Pre proposal: 11 February 2026 Full proposal: 8 July 2026
[Our translation/Google translate] The Eggvin Foundation awards scholarships for “education of students or candidates from Northern Norway who wish to train as competent marine scientists.” All fields within marine research will be considered. The scholarship is primarily intended for master’s…
[Our translation/Google translate] The University Museum turns 200 in 2025. This event is part of the anniversary celebration, and part of the collaboration with the Bergen International Film Festival (BIFF). We invite employees and students to watch the film “ Archive…
[Our translation/Google translate] Dear partner, supervisor and others involved or interested in the SEAS and LEAD AI programs at the University of Bergen Open days: November 18–20, 2025Location: Nygårdsgaten 5, University of Bergen We are pleased to invite you to…
On November 19th at 13:00 CET the HFSP secretariat will host a webinar about the HFSP Research grant. The call and guiding documents will be available later this year, but this is your chance to get first-hand information and to…
Accessible Learning in the Field? Using student and teacher experiences to enhance learning and create a more inclusive learning environment Ellen Lien, project manager UiB Universal and Marie van der Kloet, Associate Professor, Department of education Ellen Lien and Marie…
[Our translation/Google translate] The Ministry of Climate and Environment invites you to a seminar on genetic information from nature, also called digital sequence information (DSI), on November 25 at 09:30. Digital sequence information is genetic information from plants and animals,…
