Hi, My name is Thea, and I just started my four-year PhD in fish immunology. Originally from Trøndelag, but I have lived in Bergen for the past 5 years as I have taken both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in…
Thu 6. Feb at 12.15. First bioSEMINAR with Peter Manning and Andreas Borchel!
Peter Manning: Linking Biodiversity and Land Use Changes to Societal Impacts Andreas Borchel: Salmon Skin’s Secrets: Decoding the Transcriptomic Defense Against Salmon Lice 12.15-13.00 Auditoriet, VilVite
Thu 6. Feb. Guest lecture by John McNamara
Genes versus individuals Talk for Department of Biological Sciences Thursday 6 February 13:00 VilVite auditorium. (Right after and in the same room as the bioSEMINAR)
Shut Up and Write at BIO
Struggling to find time to sit down and write on a paper or grant proposal? In need of a focused work session without interruptions like emails, phones, students or colleagues knocking on your door? Welcome to join us for Shut…
Curriculum adjustments for autumn 2025
[Our translation/google translate] The deadline for reporting adjustments of the curriculums to the faculty for autumn 2025 is 1 March.
HSE: Updates on GMO and new authorizations from the Norwegian Directora of Health
BIO has recently received new authorization from the Norwegian Directorate of Health for laboratories and facilities used for the contained use of genetically modified microorganisms on a laboratory scale. BIO now has two authorizations, one for the A/B block and…
Info regarding refurbishment work at Høyteknologisenteret (T55, Bioblokken) during 2025
Where: Høyteknologisenteret (T55), 4. floor When: Week 2 until 41 2025
UiB Open call for the 2025-2026 Momentum Programme
The call for the next round of the Momentum Programme has been published. Application deadline is March 21st 5pm (17:00). The programme is a career development programme for young outstanding researchers at the University of Bergen. The Faculty of Science…
Peer Community In (PCI)
Insanely big money is being made by commercial publishers and this indirectly contributes to maintaining science as an exclusive club that many worldwide cannot afford to join. On the contrary, Peer Community In (PCI) is a non-profit, researcher-led, public-funded publishing system…
Piloting a new tool for writing Data Management Plans – kickoff and workshop February 13th
Join us in a short workshop on writing a DMP with the new tool FAIR Wizard. When: Thursday February 13th, 10:00-11:30 Location: Online – Zoom (you’ll receive a Zoom-link the day before the workshop) Language: The introductory presentations will be in English, but during the…
IRISCC Call for Peer Reviewers
Dear all, As communications contact points for the partners in the IRISCC consortium, we kindly ask for your support in promoting the Call for Expression of Interest to Volunteer as a Peer Reviewer for the IRISCC Transnational Access.
Environmental Toxicology grouop at the NSFT winter meeting
[Our translation] Many of the Environmental Toxicology Group’s members participated at Norsk Selskap for Farmakologi og Toksikologi’s winter meeting at Beitostølen (23.1-25.1). The group was well represented in the program with lectures by Anders Goksøyr, post doc. Maria Miguez, and…
Mon 3. Feb. PhD mid-term presentation, Brenda Vazquez
Connectivity and adaptions of Pseudosetia griegi and Pseudosetia sp. (Gastropoda: Rissoidae) to chemosynthesis-based ecosystems along the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge 14.15-15.00 Rom K1, Biologen, A-blokken
Bioteknologirådet. Frokostmøte i Bergen 5. februar: Jakten på superbakteriene
Tid: kl. 08.30 – 09.15 onsdag 5. februar Sted: Litteraturhuset i Bergen og strømming.
Selskapet til Vitenskapenes Fremme. Plagiat! Juks! Årets første arrangement fredag 7. februar
Foto: SVT – Thomassen, Selnes, Vandvik, Lillebø Kanskje er det både lettare å plagiere og lettare å bli ferska for plagiat i dag enn det var då ordet plagiarus, som tyder kidnappar, første gong blei brukt i første århundre fvt.…
The Michael Sars Symposium 2025 – June 6th
Decoding signals and unveiling architectures, from molecules to organisms Registration for the Michael Sars Symposium 2025 is now open. For program and registration, please see the event homepage.
Editorial – 24.01.2025
Tekna, the trade union for natural scientists, technologists, and students, recently organized, in collaboration with the Fish Health group at BIO, a meeting on the education program in fish health.
Wed 12. Feb. Presentation of the national graduate school PHOTOSYNTEC
13.00-14.00 Tunet (4th floor, A-block, Biologen) On February the 12th we will have a visit from Kirsten Krause and Sunniva K Thode from the University of Tromsø. They are leaders of the Norwegian graduate school on Photosyntethic Eukaryotes PHOTOSYNTHEC (Photosyntech –…
Do you have a good idea? Seek support!
UiB idé gives employees and students the opportunity to apply for support to test and develop good innovation ideas. The maximum funding amount is NOK 500,000 for researcher projects, and NOK 100,000 for student projects. The application deadline is the 14th…