Dear all, As reported in the previous edition, the Faculty has introduced a temporary stop (2-3 weeks) in all hirings at all it’s departments. The background is that cuts in funding for research and higher education in next year’s national…
Category: BIO News
BIO in Pepperkakebyen!
This year’s contribution to Pepperkakebyen has been delivered. This time the motif is Thormølensgate 53 a+b, better known as Biologen.
7. Nov. PhD defense, Lars Jansen Sverkeli: Mechanistic insights into NAD depletion and cell death mediated by the cytotoxin Vacor
9.00 – 12.00 The auditorium at VilVite The defense is also available via Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/59x8u4dx Press release (Norwegian language)
9. Nov. Master’s presentation Anne Hareide Lund: Establishing fin whale fibroblast culture conditions for toxicological studies
10.15–10.45 K1, 1. floor. A-blokken, Biologen
10. Nov. PhD defense, Tharmini Kalananthan: Basic mechanisms for control of appetite and feed intake in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
10.15 – 12.30 The auditorium at VilVite Press release (Norwegian language)
Greetings from the Department – 28.10.2022
These are busy times! “Biofag”-evaluation, 5-year evaluation of the master’s programs and relocation of laboratories and offices, at the same time that we must keep operations and teaching going and think about the next round of applications for NFR and…
Economy update 28.10.2022
A central government budget which reduces the funding for the sector, combined with internal cut-backs and increased running costs at UiB due to a large increase in energy cost, means that next year’s budget will be very tight.
New member of staff – Anita Rønneseth
My name is Anita Rønneseth and I started in the position as Associate Professor in the Fish Immunology group, part of the fish health group, late spring 2022.
Greetings from the Department – 19.10.2022
To relieve the situation at BIO in relation to the ongoing processes of rectifying the department’s finances, Anne Marit Blokhus will be allocated to work 30% with our department from now on, and 80% at BIO from January 1st. Anne…
Economy update
Financial pronosis Our latest pronosis predicts an accumulated deficit of 52 million NOK, which is slightly better than last month’s estimate.