Everyone is warmly welcome to the Student Poster Symposium at Vil Vite May 23rd. This event will be held in English and Norwegian. See updated program and invitation here: https://www.uib.no/en/bio/166393/student-poster-symposium-bio-spring-2024 Students from these courses will present their posters: BIO316 Selected…
Category: BIO News
Greetings from the Department – 9.5.2024
This has been a fantastic week. Spring has arrived in full swing and the temperature has crept above 20 degrees! A lot has happened in the Molecular biology group this week.
New member of staff – Layamara Xavier Sampaio
Laymara is an environmental scientist from Brazil, where she has done research in environmental justice, conservation and urban greenery. Now she is interested in archaeobotany and paleoecology, themes she will explore under the supervision of Alistair Seddon with the PalaeoChem…
New member of staff – Marte Leane Bleken Klemetsdal
Hi! My name is Marte, and I just started my 4-year PhD journey here at BIO, where I will investigate patterns of demand for Nature’s Contributions to People (also known as ecosystem services) across Norwegian Society.
Do you want to join the roof garden team?
Hello! As announced in the last issue, the department has received support to develop a roof garden on top of the A block (TM53A). The garden will of course be open for everyone to enjoy – students as well as…
Tue 7 May. PhD mid-term presentation, Jorge Corrales-Guerrero
Using natural analogues to evaluate the resilience of cold-water coral reefs to changes in environmental conditions 14.00-14.30 Teams: https://tinyurl.com/3ydb8b8h
Tue 14 May. MolBIO seminar, Christine Horne
The photoreceptive and the neuroendocrine pineal organ of Atlantic salmon 9.15-10.00 Room 439C1 (Inkubatoren), 4th floor, Bioblokken, TM55
Wed 15 May. PhD defense, Mari T Raudstein
Application of CRISPR-based gene editing tools in Atlantic salmon 10.15-12.15 Lille auditorium, Høyteknologisenteret Bruk av CRISPR-baserte genredigeringsverktøy i laks (15.05.24) – read Mari’s press release [Norwegian language]
Greetings from the Department – 25.4.2024
Dear all, The applicant numbers for BIO’s study programme are clear. All in all, the numbers are pretty OK; some are very satisfactory and others lower than we are comfortable with.
BIO survey on internal information and communication
Just a kind reminder about the survey on internal information and communication at the department. We have a good number of submissions already, but would still like feedback from even more of you! Click the link below to give your…