The Peder Sather Center for Advanced Study supports projects carried out by researchers at UC Berkeley in collaboration with researchers from eight Norwegian universities. The Center offers grants between $10K and $25K. Funds are made available for two academic years.
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Greetings from the Department – 1.12.2023
Dear all, At the time of writing, many of us are at a teachers’ meeting at Voss. The main themes are guidance and the way forward with the development of teaching quality after bioCEED is no longer an SFU. Both…
PHOTOSYNTECH is looking for new members!
BIO is part of a research school started in the autumn of 2022. It is called PHOTOSYNTECH – Photosynthetic Eukaryotes: From Fundamentals to Applications in Biology, Bioproduction and Biotechnology. It is lead by Kirsten Krause at University of Tromsø, and…
News from Khrono (opinion): the Norwegian research community with silent accept of ethnic discrimination
[Our translation] Norce has decided to shut the doors on researchers from “red countries”. This goes agains our liberal core values, but nobody cares. The statement is taken from Mikko Heino’s opionion in Khrono. Read the whole article in Khrono…
Greetings from the Department – 24.11.2023
Hello everyone The semester has flown by and both students and staff are busy with exam reading and exam preparations. A current topic this semester has been artificial intelligence (AI), and this is something that is widely discussed in the…
News from uib.no. New report: Eat more small fish!
A new report from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization states that small fish are an underestimated source of nutrition and can contribute to solving challenges related to food security globally. The conclusion is that the world must eat more…
Upcoming events related to Horizon Europe – Cluster 6: “Food, bioeconomy, natural resources, agriculture and environment”
December 1. Open digital kafe: Horisont Europa – klyngje 6: Mat, bioøkonomi, naturressursar, landbruk og miljø (forskningsradet.no) December 4. Online training for applicants HOW APPLY THE MULTI ACTOR APPROACH IN CLUSTER 6 PROPOSALS | Cluster 6 | Horizon Europe NCP…
Greetings from the Department – 17.11.2023
Hei alle, The dean will come to us on Monday next week (VilVite, 2pm). One of the issues she will focus on is a new name for the Faculty. It’s exciting and I think it might be good to consider…
Work environment survey at BIO – update
Dear colleagues, Thank you for all responses we received for our work environment survey. We have received a total of 104 responds, distributed as shown in the graph above. We plan to present the results from the survey in the…
New member of staff – Mika Helene Kirkhus
Mika Helene Kirkhus, stipendiat Hi, I am Mika, and I just started my PhD with Vigdis Vandvik (UiB) and Håvard Kauserud (UiO), as part of the DURIN project. I am staying at UiO until the summer of 2024 to learn…