Category: Editorial

As fairly new Deputy Head with responsibility for research, I have the privilege of taking part in and following many processes which are both exciting and partly new to me. Early on previous Monday, the BIO leadership had a dialogue meeting with the faculty, and over the course of ninety minutes we discussed future ambitions, finances, education, research, infrastructure, area use, work environment, and wellbeing. The time passed quickly, and it was clear that the faculty appreciates the work we all do at BIO.

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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…

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Kjære kollega, ditt arbeidsmiljø er viktig for oss! Dear colleague, your working environment is important to us! And that’s why we go on annual safety rounds, to inspect the physical working environment and ensure a safe and good working environment…

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At BIO, we have gradually become accustomed to operating within tight financial constraints. The 2026 state budget does not signal that this will change anytime soon. As expected, it is a budget characterized by moderation. For the university and college…

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Time flies, and the autumn semester is already halfway through. The master’s students are well underway in the lab and with their assignments, and the first-semester students have just completed their midterm exam in MOL100 (Introduction to Molecular Biology). There…

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Hi everyone,I hope you all had a nice autumn break.We’re already halfway through October, and it certainly feels like the end of the semester is approaching. Towards Christmas, we have many important and exciting events happening at BIO. Two major…

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September 30 was the deadline for submitting course budgets for courses in the spring. Course budgets are an important tool for us to look at how we best use our resources, so I hope everyone who has submitted for the…

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Hi, Two BIO employees received exciting news this week: New NFR RESEARCH projects under the theme “Food and Bioresources.” Associate Professor Aina-Cathrine Øvergård: Nanotechnology to improve mucosal nucleic acid-based vaccine responses against salmon louse (NanoLice). Associate Professor Anita Rønneseth: Renibacterium…

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I’m back as Head of Education at BIO after a year on sabbatical! It was a great year, so thank you, Øyvind, for holding the wheel the past year! My calendar filled up very fast after the return showing that…

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The Researcher Grand Prix takes place this week, and PhD candidate at BIO, Ruben Schelbred Thormodsæter, is one of seven participants from UiB. In his doctoral work, he has focused on test anxiety among students. Many experiences nervousness before exams,…

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