On Wednesday 2 April 2025, EMB will host its 9th Forum on ‘Addressing coastal and water resilience on the land-sea interface’. EMB’s open Fora provide an opportunity to bring together the marine science and policy communities to jointly discuss important…
Month: January 2025
Editorial – 17.01.2025
Hello all, After Christmas holidays and a small winter, we are back to normal, from sparkling cold winter weather to plus degrees and rain. But what is normal in the classroom, and how is it experienced by students who need…
Welcome to a spectacular 3D light show at the University Museum
We are celebrating 200 years! To mark our 200th anniversary, you are invited to a spectacular 3D light show that will show our history on the facade of the University Museum. The light show, one of the largest of its…
New member of staff – Jeanne Rezsöhazy
Hello everyone! My name is Jeanne, a new post-doc at BIO involved in the DURIN project as part of the Between the Fjords research group supervised by Pr Vigdis Vandvik.
Nature paper 15 Jan 2025: Small-scale fisheries are essential for global nutrition and livelihoods
[Our translation (google translate)] Small-scale fisheries play a significant but often overlooked role in global fish production and are key to fighting hunger and malnutrition while supporting livelihoods worldwide, according to research published in Nature.
Deep Sea Biology Symposium to Bergen in April 2028
[Our translation (Google translate)] In collaboration, five researchers from several research institutions in Bergen have succeeded in attracting the largest international conference in deep sea biology to Bergen in 2028.
The plastic clean-up campaign headlighted by the UN’s Academic Impact Initiative (UNAI)
Students and staff at UiB, together with good partners, cleared the “plastic island” Lisle Lyngøy during the plastic clean-up action on 12 September 2024, which was organized by the Plastics Network and the Sustainability Pilots at UiB, in collaboration with…
Holiday guidelines at BIO for 2025
We know it may be hard for some of you to use all your available days of holiday before the end of the year. We therefore encourage everyone to start planning your holiday already now. Please note that it will…
Joint working environment survey (FAMU) at UiB
UiB will conduct a joint working environment survey (FAMU) in 2024–2025. At the Faculty of Science and Technology the survey is rolled out January 27th. Deadline for submitting your response will be February 14th.
HSE-info: Sikresiden.no and Speak Up!
UiB has a large collection of tools and guidelines related to health, environment and safety which can be found in the HSE-gateway We would like to draw attention to two of these that may be relevant to all employees –…