Hello, Birds are singing and the crocuses are appearing now – a great sign of spring! I hope everyone who is teaching this semester has had a good start and that everything works according to plan.
In memory of Ingunn Wergeland
Kjære kolleger, det er med stor tristhet at jeg videreformidler informasjon om at Ingunn Wergeland har gått bort. Ingunn jobbet på BIO tidligere, som administrativ koordinator på Lakselussenteret.
New member of staff: Janne Katharina Thomsen
Hei! My name is Janne and I recently started my three-year PhD in Applied Ecology here at BIO.
Our first monthly BIO Early Career Researcher Community get-together/lønningspils!
Last Thursday the 7th of March, we had our first monthly BIO ERC Community get-together with pizza and music! It was amazing and much fun to see so many people from across the department enjoying the great food and drinks.
UiB: intensivmidler, Ugleprisen 2024 og Pilotprosjekter for redesign av studieprogram – digital kunnskap og forståelse
[Norwegian language] Utlysning av insentivmidler og Ugleprisen 2024 Insentivordningen skal tilrettelegge for utviklingstiltak som bidrar til økt studiekvalitet og økt gjennomstrømning. Les utlysningsbrevet her Invitasjon: Pilotprosjekter for redesign av studieprogram for å integrere digital kunnskap og forståelse i utdanningene…
Funds for collaborative projects and professional meeting places within global societal challenges 2024
[Our translation] Global societal challenges (GSU) is one of three priority areas where UiB wants to utilize and develop the broad university’s unique opportunities for professional mobilization, deepening and collaboration across subject boundaries. GSU wants to stimulate professional meeting places…
Call for pre-proposals: Sustainable Development of the Arctic
The Nordic countries have teamed up with Canada and USA to launch a NordForsk call on the sustainable development of the Arctic. The call is two-stage, and the deadline for pre-proposals is 4 June 2024. Read the call here
EMBRC ERIC Advanced Training Course: Marine Invertebrate Live Imaging Course (Blended format: May – August 2024)
We are pleased to inform you that the call for applications for the EMBRC ERIC Advanced Training Course: Marine Invertebrate Live Imaging Course is now available.
Vi startar opp med frivillig skogvern i Eimhjellen i Gloppen kommune
[Norwegian language] Les hele høringsdokumentet Etter dialog med grunneigarane og AT Skog melder vi formell oppstart av skogvernprosess på Eimhjellen i Gloppen kommune i Vestland. Føremålet med dette brevet er å informere om prosessen som no startar opp etter naturmangfaldlova,…
EMBRC-IT 1° Access Call Launch
MolBio seminar, Nora Solheim: A dual binary system for investigating microenvironmental influence on metastasis in vivo
Kunnskapseplet 21. mars kl 14:15: Plantebasert kosthold: hva innebærer det og er det bra for alle?
Greetings from the Department – 8.3.2024
Hei dere, Today is March 8; International Women’s Day. Congratulations to everyone. This is an eventful week. On Wednesday, bioCEED had its 10-year anniversary conference/ closing seminar and celebration. We all know how positively bioCEED has influenced our way of…
New member of staff – Augusto do Nacimento
Hi, I am Augusto. I will be working in the PPF Alpine Project for the next six months as a scientific assistant, where I am assisting with geospatial information and literature review on the Last Glacial Maximum alpine glaciers, in…
Dorinde Kleinegris from NORCE and BIO on tech-top list
Today, Abelia and the ODA network launched the list of Norway’s 50 leading tech women 2024. A list whose overall goal is to increase the proportion of women who work with technology and management. The list of Norway’s 50 leading…
Information to our international staff members: Register your next of kin in the Helse Norge portal.
If you do not have a registered partner, parents or children living in Norway, your relatives will not be automatically informed if you are hospitalized, nor get any information when contacting the hospital.
Between the Fjords in the wuthering heights
Between the Fjords (and friends) spent this week in Finse on a productive writing retreat. We worked on (collaborative) papers, figures and R code. As you can see, the weather conditions were optimal! Best, Dagmar and Vigdis
The Nansen Centre building is renamed “Stationen”
130 years ago, Bergen Museum’s Biological Station moved into an elegant Swiss villa between Nygårdsparken and Puddefjorden. GC Rieber Eiendom brings history to light when the Nansen Center changes its name to Stationen. Read the whole story here [Norwegian language]
The NRC launches the report for the evaluation of life sciences (EVALBIOVIT) March 14th 2024
The Research Council launches the national report for subject evaluation of life sciences (EVALBIOVIT) on 14 March 2024 at 10-11. For more information and registration see link [Norwegian language]: Launch of national report for subject evaluation of life sciences (EVALBIOVIT)…