Dear members of the Nordic Centre at Fudan University, We would like to remind everyone that the spring 2024 deadline for applications for funding for academic events is on March 20th.
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Greetings from the Department – 9.2.2024
Dear all, On 6 March there is a big celebration of bioCEED’s 10-year anniversary in the University aula (see https://www.uib.no/bio/167456/bioceeds-10-årsjubileum-seminar). bioCEED’s success as a Center for Excellence in Education is largely the result of the efforts of all of us…
Thu 15. Feb. Department council meeting
The next meeting in the department council will take place Thursday 15. February. Items to be decided: accounts 2023 budget 2024
Information channels at BIO
Dear all, We are a large department and depend on a set of information channels to distribute information as effectively and with as little spam/noise as possible: The newsletter – Bionytt Joint e-mail lists Teams-groups
Call for applications: Norwegian scholars for Arctic Initiative, Round 4
Call for Applications from Norwegian scholars for Round IV of the Fulbright Arctic Initiative Application Deadline: March 1, 2024 For more information see: https://fulbright.no/stipend-for-nordmenn/forskere/fulbright-arctic-initiative/
Thu 7. March. “Innspillskonferanse” for the EU’s 10th framework program for research and innovation
When: 07. mar kl 11:00 – 16:00 Where: Norges forskningsråd, Drammensveien 288, Oslo Suited for: Forskningsorganisasjoner, Offentlig sektor, Næringsliv, Departementer Sign up deadline: 6. March kl: 11am Read more and sign up here [Norwegian language]
Greetings from the Department – 26.01.2024
Dear all, A big hurray and congratulations to everyone on the good result we achieved in 2023. We have taken a big chunk out of our deficit, and laid a good foundation for further work.
New member of staff: Peter Groth Farsund
Hi! My name is Peter. I am a PhD candidate at the FUNDER project led by Vigdis Vandvik and the Between the Fjords research group. I’m staying at UiO during the spring semester of 2024 to do initial lab work…
Reported HSE-non-conformity: The door into the chemical room in the first floor (1G01.1) was left open after working hours.
Please make sure to always lock the door (first floor, B-block, TM53B)
The blue whale story is out in NY Times
The story of the blue whale genome, based on samples from Svalbard (provided by NPI) and Norwegian museum specimens, showing interbreeding with fin whales and introgression of fin whale genes, is now out in NY Times:https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/23/science/blue-whale-genome.html?smid=url-share(pdf attached if link doesn’t…