Nyhetsbrev – Institutt for biovitenskap

Dear colleagues,

With this, my first working week after the summer holidays is complete, and it is a pleasure to experience that we are back at it again. It’s been so nice to see you all again! On Monday morning I encounterned a large group of students outside Høytek, and I also heard Støre point out the importance of both grades AND characters at Muséplass on Monday morning (lost in translation!). A very nice way to start to the semester!

And now the wheels are getting in motion again, and the administration is ready to help you with bits and bobs. I therefore wish to remind you of our website on “who does what”, where you will find useful contact information:

Contact us – who does what? | Department of Biological Sciences (BIO) | UiB

I would also like to welcome some new faces to the administration:

Therese Myhre Odfjell has started in HR at MATNAT, and will be Mathilde’s substitute when she goes on leave in October.

And Maja Brix is ​​our new institute contact at the Research and Innovation Department (FIA).

In addition, on Monday we will welcome Vetle, who will start as an apprentice in service and administration with us. We are happy to welcome a new apprentice, which is an arrangement where Vetle will have a workplace and affiliation with BIO, while HR covers the wages. I hope you will all make sure that Vetle gets a good start with us at BIO. He will have his office space in the reception, together with Jarle.

 

Wishing you all a lovely weekend,

Best,

Julie

Welcome back from holiday to those of you who are already in place and to those who will arrive later. I hope you have rested and relaxed, at least mentally, and that you are now full of energy and motivation to start a new semester. I myself have had the great pleasure of finally meeting good colleagues again, both in the administration and otherwise.

Next week is the start of teaching. It is always great to welcome new students who have chosen BIO for their future dreams and of course also welcome back all our existing students. At the start of the semester, I always think about the great responsibility we have, both for building knowledge that develops each individual student and their further career, but not least the collective knowledge within our fields which is so important for society to develop in the right direction. As I have said before: biology and molecular biology are absolutely crucial for people’s living conditions and the people we educate now will have a decisive impact on what the world looks like in the future. It is a big responsibility.

Arild Folkvord has been head of the Fisheries and marine biology group (FMB) since its inception and will now be replaced. I have always experienced Arild as a very good, insightful and strategically strong representative for his field. It has been very important; The FMB group is hit particularly hard by the job freeze at BIO. Nevertheless, I perceive that the scientific community within fisheries and marine biology looks ahead in a constructive way and that there is a strong will to roll up the sleeves and move on. This is much to Arild’s merit. He has been skilled at keeping his group continuously up to date. Arild has not hesitated to challenge me when he has found it necessary and I have always found it constructive. You have been an invaluable sparring partner for a terrestrial mountain ecologist who has needed your clear input in many marine-related matters. Many thanks Arild, for a great effort as FMB group leader.

Katja Enberg takes over as group leader after Arild. I am very much looking forward to her becoming part of the management team. The way I know her, it’s going to work out really well. Katja has experience from the faculty board, which will come in handy in the future. Thank you very much, Katja, for taking on a great deal of work and responsibility.

I wish you a nice weekend and I look forward to next week.

Hilsen Orjan