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
Editorial – 28.03.2025
In January when Ståle made me an offer that I could not resist, I did not quite know what I was committing myself into. Already now I can say that leading the Fisheries and Marine Biology Group has been an…
New member of staff – Sjur Barndon
Hello, I’m Sjur and very excited to be here! I’m mainly here to do glacier modelling as a research assistant with the PPF-Alpine project lead by Suzette Flantua. I am from Bergen and I did my master’s on ice sheet…
New member of staff – Yu-Chen Ding
Hello everyone! My name is Yu-Chen, but you can call me Wayne. I’m from Taiwan and started my PhD on March 24. This is my first time living in the beautiful city of Bergen, and its rainy weather reminds me…
New member of staff – Petra Hribovšek
Hi everyone, my name is Petra Hribovšek and I’ve started my Postdoc position last year (I’m a bit late with my BIOnytt message) in Deep Sea Biology Research Group, led by Ida Helene Steen, associated with Centre for Deep Sea…
News from the Sci Tech Faculty: Investigates the importance of fungi for climate change
[Our translation/Google translate] PhD student Mika Helene Kirkhus (BIO) explores how fungi collaborate with heather plants to reduce damage from climate change. Her work provides valuable insight into nature’s complex interactions. Read the story and watch a video about the…