The early career community (ECC) is organizing a conference for PhDs, Postdocs, early career technicians and research assistants at BIO and affiliated departments. The conference will take place early November 2025 (exact day and venue will be announced shortly). The…
UiB: Welcome to Birthday Celebration and Open house!
This year marks the 200th anniversary of the founding of the University Museum, and we are celebrating the predecessor of the University of Bergen. Join us for the jubilee! Anniversary Party for Students and Staff On 25 April, you, as…
BIO-publications week 15
Barbolini, Natasha, Niels Meijer, Carina Hoorn, Guillaume Dupont-Nivet, Fang Han, Ashley Krüger, Qin Yuan, Alexander Rohrmann, Kristina Bolinder, og Catarina Rydin. «Past Aridity and Dust Drove Biodiversity Crises and Altered Pollination in the Ancient Gymnosperm Ephedra (Gnetales)». Biological Reviews of…
Algae course with Biologisk fagutvalg (BFU) and Finn Christian Foldrup March 2025
Images: Liv K Knappskog, Rakel Rege, Halina Johansen and Audun Aass Roseth The text below is a brief report from this course, which was organized at the end of March on the initiative of the students in Biologisk Fagutvalg (BFU),…
Survey regarding use and need for bicycle parking and wardrobes at Marineholmen
The Estate and Facilities Management division [Eiendomsavdelingen] is currently mapping the usage of the bicycle parking and wardrobe facilities at Marineholmen which are currently offered by GC Rieber Eiendom to assess whether the arrangement with Rieber are to be continued,…
UiB Service Development: POP-UP tour 2025
[Our translation] Durin April and May UiB Service Development invites all staff to a series of POP-UP workshops on comapus. Pop-up workshops are short,practical courses where you learn methods to improve to improve they way you work and cooperate with…
Available seats on several NRC Horizon Europe courses!
Please note that there are available seats on several of the Research Council’s Horizon Europe courses. The courses will run through the entire spring semester, with both courses which require physical attendance as well as digital webinars. Please find links…
UiB: Apply for support to participate at the November Confernece in Brazil 2025
In recent years, Innovation Norway has organized a conference for contact between business and academia in Rio de Janeiro in the first week of November. In 2025, the November conference will be held from 3 to 5 November, also this…
Nature comments on Norwegian research policy: Norway set to scrap mandatory language training for foreign postdocs and PhD students
Researchers jubilant over swift ministerial response to rule they say would hamper international recruitment. This quote is taken from a recent article in Nature commenting the Norwegian governement’s proposal to remove the existing requirement for non-Norwegian PhD’s and Post Doc’s…
New ethical guidelines for Science and Technology
The National Research Ethics Committee for Natural Sciences and Technology (NENT) has through the last years been working on a revision of the ethical guidelines for Science and Technology. The revised guidelines are now published in Norwegian and English: https://www.forskningsetikk.no/retningslinjer/nat-tek/forskningsetiske-retningslinjer-fornaturvitenskap-og-teknologi/…
Michael Sars guest seminar 25 April, Michael Dorrity: Temperature and timing in embryonic development
10.00-11.00 Michael Sars seminar room, 2nd floor, Bioblokken, Høyteknologisenteret
Editorial – 4.4.2025
Hei, alle sammen! On behalf of the Department, I would like to congratulate Margareth Hagen along with Sigrunn Eliassen and the reast of her team, for her re-election as UiB Rector for another 4 years.
New member of staff – Tianyuan Wang
Hello, I am Tianyuan and am quite happy to be in Bergen and join in such a big community. While ever been to Finland for a short exchange program during my undergraduate, I have never been to Norway before, and…
BIO publications week 14
Pärtel, Meelis, Riin Tamme, Carlos P. Carmona, Kersti Riibak, Mari Moora, Jonathan A. Bennett, Alessandro Chiarucci, mfl. «Global Impoverishment of Natural Vegetation Revealed by Dark Diversity». Nature, 2. april 2025. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08814-5. [With: Vigdis Vandvik, Rubert Thormodsæter og Kristine Birkeli] Wang,…
One Ocean Week is rolling!
One Ocean Week started on Saturday and last the whole week – see full program here. University of Bergen (UiB) serves you a range of opportunities to learn and engage with experts on ocean related themes, both in English and…
News from the Sci Tech Faculty: Nature-contribution inspired PhDs
[Our translation] Kristine Birkeli and Ruben Schelbred Thormodsæter embarked on their doctoral studies after they, as master’s students, contributed data collection to an article in Nature – one of the world’s leading research journals. Read more in this news story…
Klimaråd 2025: Recommendations for better climate policy
[Our translation] Klimaråd 2025 provides an interdisciplinary assessment of Norway’s climate efforts on the path towards a low-emission society, and presents specific recommendations to decision-makers in politics, administration and business. Klimaråd 2025, with Vigdis Vandvik as one of the authors…
News from the Sci Tech Faculty: the “Nygårdshøyden sør” project page is updated
The websites for the Nygårdshøyden South land development project have now been updated and will be “live” pages in the future. For now, the primary target group is external partners and decision-makers, but they provide useful information about the project…
Registration and admission of guest students and trainees for fall 2025
[Our translation/Google translate] The application portal for registering applications for guest student stays and traineeships will be available between 1. April and 1. May 2025. See employee pages (“ansattsider”) for info [Norwegian language] Deadline to register applications is 1.May*…
Call: Peder Sather Grant for 2025-2026
The Peder Sather Center for Advanced Study annually announces funding for collaborative projects between Norwegian educational institutions and UC Berkeley (California). The Peder Sather funds are a unique opportunity to establish collaboration at one of the top universities in the…
Travel grant for Early Career Ocean Professional (ECOP) for the 2025 All-Atlantic Alliance Forum in Brussels
JPI Oceans is offering a travel grant for Early Career Ocean Professionals (ECOPs) to participate in the 2025 All-Atlantic Forum in Brussels on 22-26 September.
9 PhD vacancies at The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS)
9 vacant PhD positions at UNIS [ekstern nettside], application deadline 25. april. Candidates who complete their master’s degrees before July 1st may apply
Tue 8 Apr. MolBio seminar, Anine Lura
Investigating the impact of metabolic age on the composition of the yeast oxidative phosphorylation system 9.15-10.00 The Incubator (room439C1), 4th floor, Bioblokken, Høyteknologisenteret Anine Lura is a master’s student in the Evgeny Onichenko lab at the Molecular Biology Group
SIIECS Seminar Series (organized by ICES) 8 April 2025
The Strategic Initiative on Integration of Early Career Scientists (SIIECS) online seminar series provides an informal and supportive forum for especially early career scientists to practise giving oral presentations. During the session, presenters receive constructive feedback while using the opportunity to get rid of…
Tue 8 Apr. Pint of science’s ocean diaries: a glimpse into life at sea (One Ocean Week)
19.00-20.30 Statsraaden Bar & Reception