Naturkrise mot klimakrise? Avveininger innen bærekraft Understanding the big picture of sustainability is a challenging task. While solutions to many problems seem obvious when examined in isolation, upon closer examination we realize that there are tensions between different sustainability goals.…
UiB Ferd Newsletter for early stage researchers
Welcome to the March edition of our monthly Newsletter! As the days lengthen and the first hints of spring appear, we’re excited to bring you a fresh batch of career development courses and activities. Whether you’re a new Ph.D., postdoc…
Call: NORPART – deadline June 3rd 2024
[Our translation] HK-Dir has re-announced the NORPART program for the period 2024-2028. For this period, NOK 35 million will be available for partnership projects per year. The NORPART program provides support for educational cooperation in 40 countries for a period…
Information meeting about the KI center announcement on 9 April
[Our translation] The Research Council invites you to an information meeting about the upcoming AI center call for proposals.
Interested in innovation? Get up to NOK 500 000 and help to develop your idea *** APPLICATION DEADLINE April 19 ***
Good ideas spring out everywhere at the University of Bergen, and with UiB idé students and researchers can test and develop their innovation ideas. Students can get up to NOK 100 000, and researchers NOK 500 000. You will also get…
Industrial PhD Scheme – Doctoral Projects in Industry 2024
Application type: Innovation Project Application deadline: 5 June 2024, 13:00 CEST Relevant thematic areas for this call: Innovation Target groups: Industry Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals: NOK 100 000 000 Project duration: 36-48 months Contact…
Pre-announcement of JPI Oceans Joint Call: Consequences of Changing Marine Lightscapes
JPI Oceans has pre-announced an upcoming Joint Call on Consequences of Changing Marine Lightscapes aiming to close critical gaps in our understanding of the drivers and ecological impacts of changing marine lightscapes resulting from both Coastal Darkening and Artificial Light…
Voluntary forest protection – Bermål in Lærdal
[Our translation. Letter is in Norwegian language] The purpose of this letter is to inform about the process which is now starting up under the Natural Diversity Act, and to invite participation and input from relevant parties. The deadline for…
Pint of Science 2024
#Pint24 worldwide is just around the corner! The Pint of Science Bergen Team is working on the organization of this year’s local festival that will take place on 13-15 May 2024, at Stereo Bar, Bergen Pint of Science aims to involve…
The promenade streets of the super-rich – a walk in the oil fund’s London with Caroline Knowles.
Kjære venner, Mandag 8. april kl. 18:00 får vi storfint besøk av professor Caroline Knowles fra Goldsmiths, London. De super-rikes promenadegater – en vandring i oljefondets London med Caroline Knowles. Tid og sted: “Alver”, Litteraturhuset i Bergen , mandag 8.…
Bioteknologirådet, frokostmøte: Magefølelsen og mikrobene i kroppen din
STED: LITTERATURHUSET, SAL OLAV H. HAUGE – BERGEN – BERGEN Dato: 9. april 2024 Tidspunkt: 08.30 – 09.15
Greetings from the Department – 29.03.2024
It was with great sorrow that we at BIO received the news that Ingunn Wergeland passed away last week. Ingunn was the administrative leader at the Sea Lice centre for excellence in innovation and truly left a lasting impression as…
The HSE handbook in new format
The HSE handbook has been updated and is now available in a new format on BIO’s website. HSE-handbook for Department of Biological Sciences | Department of Biological Sciences (BIO) | UiB
BIO216 Toxicology-students visited Equinor
On Tuesday this week, the students in BIO216 went on a company visit to Equinor at Sandsli. The students learned more about Equinor’s extensive use and handling of chemicals, risk assessments, toxicity testing, environmental impact and HSE. A shift to…
Preannouncement of EuroMarine 2024 Calls for Funding
The 2024 EuroMarine Calls for Funding will be published soon. The terms of EuroMarine’s 2024 calls were outlined by the General Assembly and the Steering Committee (SC) during their 2024 meeting in February. These terms are summarised below in advance…
ExcelAQUA Summer School 2024 – Fish Physiology and Sustainable Aquaculture
The summer school is a great opportunity for you to travel and experience Japan while at the same time learning about fish physiology and aquaculture. Six students from UiB together with course instructors from BIO will spend a couple days…
2024 NBS Symposium in Bergen April 10th
Dear colleagues, The local board of the Norwegian Bioscience Society (NBS) will arrange a symposium at the BBB (‘vrimleareal’, 3rd floor) on Wednesday, April 10th from 09.00 to 13.00. The event is meant to be informal and fun. There will…
Norwegian Biodiversity and Genomics Conference 2024
Welcome to the annual Earth Biogenome Project-Norway conference. During this conference, you can participate in workshops and learn how to use bioinformatics tools to efficiently analyze and interpret genome sequencing data, in addition to hearing from renowned researchers who will…
Help out with student survey on research and commercialisation
The interns Ingrid and Sandra from Michael Sars Centre are participating in the 2nd Mission Arena in Riga this April. They are gathering data on the researcher’s perspective about opportunities and resources available in order to take research findings into industry. To…