Fauna of Ægir Hydrothermal Vent Field
- 13.15-13.45
- Inkubatoren (rom 439C1), 4et, Bioblokken, Høyteknologisenteret
Fri 24 Jan. PhD trial lecture, Miguel Angel Meca Jimenez
Marine metabarcoding: Applications and challenges
- 10.15-11.00
- Lille auditorium, Datablokken, Høyteknologisenteret
Evaluation committee
Professor Egil E. Karlsbakk, Associate Professor Christiane Eichner (both at BIO) and Associate Professor Aino Hosia (University Museum of Bergen)
Editorial – 10.01.2025
Foto: Eivind Senneset
Happy New Year to you all!
I hope you had a wonderful celebration and are ready for 2025!
New primary contact for HR, Magnus Larsen
Magnus Larsen has taken over as BIO’s primary contact for HR, replacing Therese Myhre Odfjell who has moved to a new position at the Medical faculty.
Magnus will be present at BIO Wednesdays and Thursdays after lunch.
Faculty of Science and Technology: New chief safety delegate [hovedverneombud] and new subsitute chief safety delegate [vara universitetsombud] at UiB
Tone Stokka til venstre og Ann-Elise O. Jordal til høyre. Foto/ill.: Linda Veka Hjørnevik
From 1.1.2025, Tone Stokka is the Faculty’s new chief safety delegate. The function was previously held by Ann-Elise Jordal, who now enters into a new role as substitute chief safety delegate at UiB.
Read more in this news article at www.uib.no/nt [Norwegian language]
User time on research facilities at BIO and within the operating agreement UiB/ILAB during spring semester of 2025. APPLICATION DEADLINE JANUARY 20th
Foto: BIO, Heikki Savolainen, Eivind Senneseth, Marineholmen RASLab
Applications must be submitted to the respective responsible persons by 20 January 2025
Application form [You may need to log in to MittUiB to be able to access the form]:
Reminder: Fremragende underviser (FUND) / Excellent Teaching Practitioner (ETP) – Application deadline JANUARY 15. 2024
Forholdet mellom undervisningskompetanse og pedagogisk kompetanse (Olsson & Roxa, 2013).
[Our translation]
UiB AI – Breakfast meeting 20th January: Artificial intelligens and education
Frokostmøtet foregår i Storsalen i Nygårdsgaten 5, 20, januar. Foto/ill.: Kompetansebehovsutvalget
How do artificial intelligence and digital technology affect what we need to learn – and how do we learn it?
- 8.00-10.00
- Storsalen, Nygårdsgaten 5
Sign-up deadline: 16.01.2025 – 12.00
Program and details here [Norwegian language]
Editorial – 19.12.2024
Foto: Eivind Senneset
Dear colleagues,
As we approach the end of 2024, I would like to take a moment to reflect on the year that has passed.
Kristine (project student) and Tobias (bachelor’s student) with early research careers
Foto: privat
Tobias Trognitz has a Bsc in computer science and is currently a Bsc student in molecular biology. In parallel with his studies, he has engaged in research and continued to work on a project started by Kristine O. Rostad as a project student in BIO299. Kristine did a Msc in Molecular Biology, and currently works as a NCE seafood Trainee at Cargill, where she is enganged in among other things product development in fish feed, closely related to R&D.
In a recently published work: «Accelerated Sarcopenia Phenotype in the DJ-1/Park7-Knockout Zebrafish» they share first authorship.
Editorial – 12.12.2024
There aren’t many days left until we hopefully get to recharge over the Christmas holidays! These days, we at the study section are working a lot to conclude the year with the practicalities of completing exams and planning for the start of the spring semester. The deadline for course registration for students is Wednesday January 8th and classes start the following week.
The dean’s blog
Oppsummering av 2024
[Our translation]
2024 has been another eventful year in our sector, with some major upheavals. Barely three weeks into the new year, the then Research and Higher Education Minister Sandra Borch resigned, and four days later Oddmund Hoel became the third minister for our sector during a three-year period. However, Hoel did not come…Continue reading
BIO establishes UiB’s first double-degree in cooperation with Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würtzburg, Germany
[Our translation]
UiB is creating a new civil engineering program in Geophysics at GFI, and BIO is creating the university’s first double degree together with Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würtzburg, Germany.
Ugleprisen is awarded to BIO’s Poster Symposium
[Our translation]
Institutt for biovitenskap ved Fakultet for naturvitenskap og teknologi vant Ugleprisen 2024. Tildelingen skjedde ved utdanningsutvalgets årlige studiekvalitetsseminar, fredag.
– Fantastic and well deserved! This group has worked hard to give the students the opportunity to present their work. The poster symposium has become a great gathering for the entire department and gives the students an excellent opportunity to discuss their own and fellow students’ work, says head of department Ståle Ellingsen at the Department of Biosciences (BIO).
Read the whole news article at uib.no/nt [Norwegian language]
Testing of fire alarm bells at Thormøhlensgt 55 Tuesday 17. December
[Our translation]
In relation to ongoing service work on the fire alarm system at Bioblokken and Datablokken, there will be a test of the FIRE ALARM BELLS between 7 and 8am Tuesday 17. December.
Event support 2025 – UiB Ocean
To all Ocean-engaged employees and students at UiB:
- Do you have ideas for events during the One Ocean Week 2025 (5-11 April)?
- Do you need financial support to organise an interdisciplinary, ocean related activity in 2025?
If yes, find out how UiB Ocean can support you. Be aware of deadlines!
Regards,
Øyvind Fiksen,
UiB Ocean
Revision of the non-native species list – seeking experts
[Our translation]
Work on a new revised list of non-native species starts now
The species data bank (Artsdatabanken) is preparing the start of a new round of risk assessments and wants to give employees at your institution the opportunity to contribute to this important work.