Dear colleagues,
On Wednesday 27th of November (from 08.30 to 14.00) NBS Bergen in collaboration with BBRS is organizing a minisymposium on the 3rd floor of BBB to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Federation of Biochemical Societies (FEBS).
The event is meant to be informal and fun and will include exciting new science from UiB (session 1), an innovation session (session 2) with visits from Maija Slaidina from Sarsia, Bengt-Erik Haug from KinSea Lead Discovery and Dorinde Kleinegris from Norce, and a keynote lecture held by Jan Terje Andersen from Oslo University Hospital. Jan Terje is a professor of biomedical innovation at the University of Oslo, and a research group leader at Oslo University Hospital. He heads the Laboratory of Adaptive Immunity and Homeostasis, which in addition to its great scientific output, has extensive collaborations with biotech and pharmaceutical companies. He is also the co-founder of the company Authera. Jan Terje is a great speaker and will talk about his research and his interest in innovation and commercialization. See the attached posters for an abstract of his talk.
In addition to the short talks, there will be a “reuse your old poster” – poster session. This session will be a great opportunity for everyone who wants to present and discuss their science. There will be a 1000 NOK poster prize for the best poster, and we will serve pizza (sponsored by the Bergen Biomedical Research School).
If you do not have an old poster, print two A3 sheets and use them, or let us know and we can help you! You already presented your poster at the NBS Symposium in May, you say? NO PROBLEM! Different people will be attending this time, different people will be visiting your poster, and either way, it is a “bring your old poster” poster session, you are MEANT to bring a poster that you (or your colleague) have presented before. Oh! And the Poster Prize Committee is also new – maybe you should join for another ticket to that poster prize, ey?
To make the day as fun as possible, we hope that many of you will sign up with your old posters, or just join as a participant. Everyone is welcome, students, PhDs and professors alike!
P.s. We also have one open spot for a 12 minute short talk in Session 1 if you are interested in presenting your research. Let us know when you register for the event.
Tentative program:
08.45 – 11.00 Minitalks: Science Minitalks (Session 1) and Innovation (Session 2) (Auditorium 4, BBB)
11.00 – 12.30 Poster Session and Pizza (Vrimlearealet, BBB)
12.30 – 13.30 Keynote lecture by Jan Terje Andersen (Auditorium 1, BBB)
Mark your calendars, bring your friends!
Sign up here:
https://skjemaker.app.uib.no/view.php?id=17926680
Best,
Svein Isungset Støve
On Behalf of the NBS Bergen board.