Hello, This week, NMU (Norwegian Maritime University Consortium) organized a two-day digital conference: Sustainable Blue Futures – Exploiting the Ocean and Protecting the Ocean. It was two days of discussions on ocean sustainability, arctic cooperation, and the balance between utilization…
BIO publications week 45 2025
Drivdal, M., Jonassen, T.M., Imsland, A.K.D., Bloch-Hansen, K., Sparboe, L.O., Halsband, C., Sperre, K.H., Nygaard, T., 2025. Full Scale Testing of a Concept for Salinity Regulation to Mitigate Sea Lice Infestation in Salmon Farming. Fishes 10, 503. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes10100503 Glover, K.A.,…
UiB news article: Millions in Research Funding for Fish Health at UiB
Associate Professors Aina-Cathrine Øvergård and Anita Rønneseth at the Department of Biological Sciences have recently been awarded grants from the Research Council of Norway. Both study disease and immune responses in farmed fish, and teach in UiB’s fish health programme.…
New article from NRK.no: has found the explanation for why the pond changes colour
[Our translation/Google translate] It goes from lemon yellow, green to blood red. Now researchers have found the answer to why. – A somewhat amusing curiosity. Read the story with Gunnar Bratbak on nrk.no
bioLUNCH with Patrick A. Nelson and Hasan Arsin Thursday 13. November
Patrick Alexander Nelson: Advancing a DNA Vaccine for Salmon Lice – Mission (Im)Possible Hasan Arsin: A deep-sea orthocaspase hints at the origins of cellular complexity
Evaluation of the Seminar Series at the Department of Biological Sciences
We would like to hear your experiences and suggestions to improve the series. The survey takes about 5 minutes, and responses are anonymous.
bioSPIRE: : «Help! I need (practical) help!»
Are you (or do you know) a master- or PhD student with an immediate need for practical help at the lab or in the field? Would you like to share your experience? Then bioSPIRE is for you! bioSPIRE puts you in…
Bergen Bathysphere Science Symposium 4-5 November 2025
The 3nd Bergen Bathysphere Science Symposium was held on 4-5 November 2025 at Marine Biological Station, Espegrend. This time it brought together 36 deep-sea scientists and professionals from various institutes and consultancies for hands-on workshops on QGIS (maps), BIIGLE (underwater…
AI-seminar for teachers at the Faculty of Science and Technology 8. Dec 2025
Dear colleague, We are pleased to invite you to a seminar at the NT Faculty focusing on the use of artificial intelligence (AI). The field is evolving rapidly, and many questions are emerging. In a short time, generative AI has…
L. Meltzer University Foundation – The nomination deadline for the Meltzer Awards is December 10, 2025.
[Our translation/Google translate] We would like to inform you that the nomination deadline for the Meltzer Prizes 2025 has been set for December 10, 2025. The L. Meltzer University Foundation will present the following three awards on March 5, 2026:…
Nordplus 2026: New application round
Nordplus is a mobility and networking programme for education in the Nordic and Baltic countries, including the autonomous regions of Åland, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Nordplus is the largest education programme of the Nordic Council of Ministers and is…
Belmont Forum Ocean 2 CRA – Towards the Ocean We Want: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Sustainability for Nature and Human Well-being
Belmont Forum Oceans 2 – Call website at Forskningsradet.no Pre-proposals: 5 March 2026 Main deadline: 17 September 2026
European Partnership on One Health Antimicrobial Resistance (EUP OHAMR) joint transnational call – Research & Innovation call 2025
Call announcement at Forskningsradet.no Pre-proposals 2 February 2026 Full proposals: 17 June 2026
Preanouncement – 3rd call in the AGROECOLOGY Partnership
Call announcement at Forskningsradet.no Pre proposal: 11 February 2026 Full proposal: 8 July 2026
Eggvin’s foundations – stipends for students with an affiliation to Northern-Norway
[Our translation/Google translate] The Eggvin Foundation awards scholarships for “education of students or candidates from Northern Norway who wish to train as competent marine scientists.” All fields within marine research will be considered. The scholarship is primarily intended for master’s…
Free film screening November 13th: “Archive of the future”
[Our translation/Google translate] The University Museum turns 200 in 2025. This event is part of the anniversary celebration, and part of the collaboration with the Bergen International Film Festival (BIFF). We invite employees and students to watch the film “ Archive…