Hi all! A few weeks ago, the defibrillator we had on the first floor of Biologen was stolen. We have now received a new one, but to prevent this from happening again, we have made the decision to move it…
Category: HSE
Appointment of safety delegates and substitutes for 2025-2026
Department of Biological Sciences is divided into 5 safety areas. A safety delegate and substitute safety delegate has recently been appointed for each safety are for the period of 2025-2026:
New NT-faculty chief safety delegate (hovedverneombud) and deputy appointed for 2025-2026
A new chief protection officer and deputy chief protection officer have been appointed at the NT faculty for the period 2025 – 2026. The new chief safety delegate will be Tone Stokka, Advisor at BIO. Linda Veka Hjørnevik continues as…
Registration for HSE-meeting and Christmas party November 25th – reminder!
Dear colleagues! Below is a skjemaker to fill out for the HSE-meeting and Christmas party that will be held on the 25th of November. The HSE-meeting will be at VilVite from 12:00 to 16:00. The Christmas party will be at Lanternen from 17:00…
BIO survey on internal information and communication – final report
Internal communication and information was one of 3 prioritized follow-up points after the working environment survey that was carried out in the autumn of 2023. In the spring of 2024, a working group was set up with the task of…
Safety round at BIO between October 21st and November 12th
Next week we are starting the safety rounds at BIO. A survey has been sent out in advance of the safety rounds, covering both work in the offices and in the laboratories. So far, 95 people have responded to the…
Fire drill at Biologen (Thormøhlensgt 53A/B) October 15th – summary
On Tuesday, 15th October, we had a fire drill at the 53A/B building. The aim was to practice evacuation and effective information flow. The evacuation was not as quick as previously (4 minutes, April 10th, 2024, our record, so far)…
Join us to mark the World Mental Health Day Wednesday October 2nd
Join us at BIO on October 2nd to mark World Mental Health Day. There will be a stand from 8:00 to 10:00 AM in BIOLOGEN and Bioblokken, where our safety representatives, HR staff, and Head of Department Ståle Ellingsen will…
Election of main safety delegate at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
[Our translation] After the election of safety representatives at the units, the main safety representative at Mat.Nat. is elected. The current chief protection officer is not re-elected, so it is important to get the names of relevant candidates.
Feedback after completed GMO inspection at BIO
The GMO inspection was carried out by the Norwegian Directorate of Health on Tuesday 10 September at BIO’s premises. They were particularly interested in the live facilities (T55-1.floor), zebrafish lab and fly lab. In addition, the teaching lab in the…