The Molecular Imaging Center (MIC) will arrange a Course in basic microscopy 19.-21. September 2023. This is a compact course aimed at new beginners in the field of microscopy, and at those with some experience in search of a better understanding of the principles. The course introduces mainly techniques that involve samples with fluorescent markers, but also regular bright field imaging will be covered. Microscopy is very technology driven and there is a huge range of technologies/systems that can be used for many different applications that involve both simple and advanced imaging experiments. In this course the focus will be on the most basic (= most common) applications on a selection of different microscopy systems. These systems are all accessible to students/scientists through MIC, and hopefully the course will equip the students with more knowledge on which system to choose over another in future imaging experiments. During the course there will be demos on five different systems. Students will still need additional training on the microscopes they want to start using, but after such a course their basic understanding of these powerful tools will be at a different level, and hopefully help them perform imaging experiments with higher quality from the beginning.
Descriptive images can be useful, but in most cases image processing and analysis will become necessary. It is important to understand which information microscopy images contains and how to handle them. It is a great benefit to start using image analysis software early in an imaging career, so a brief introduction will be given of the two most commonly used, Fiji (ImageJ) and QuPath. Both are developed by and for scientists, and free to download.
For more information and registration: Course in basic microscopy 2023 | Molecular Imaging Center (MIC) | UiB BBB, 3rd floor Histologisal 2, 19.-21. September 2023.
Courses offered at the Medical library, Autumn 2023
The medical library offers courses for students as a part of their study program. We also offer courses open for registration to employees at the Faculty of Medicine and employees at Helse Bergen. In case a group of employees requires instruction beyond our course offer, it is possible to book a customized course or department visit.
Employees can request a guidance session with a librarian for literature search to a specific project. The Medical Library offers consultations at the library and via Teams, Zoom, telephone or email.
The courses are planned as a hybrid solution, with the option of attending either physically or online through Zoom. The courses are mainly for employees and PhD candidates at the Faculty of Medicine and for employees at Helse Bergen. Courses for students are normally given as a part of their study program. If that isn’t the case, they can attend these courses as well. The courses are free of charge, but registration is necessary for our planning.
Dates, registration and more information can be found on the library’s web pages:
Courses in English: https://www.uib.no/en/ub/128609/courses-and-guidance#courses-requiring-registration
Overview of all courses (Norwegian or English): https://www.uib.no/ub/126018/kurs-og-veiledning#kurs-med-p-melding
Short description: Introduction to EndNote: EndNote is a tool for managing references. The course covers how to build your own EndNote library, how to use references from EndNote in the writing process with Word, formatting the text and generating literature lists.. Other functionalities like manually adding references, grouping, removing duplicates, and importing full text will also be covered. Searching in PubMed and Embase: Everyone can use PubMed. However, with some extra knowledge you can search more efficiently. In the course we demonstrate the use of subject headings MeSH, and the use of filters for quick limiting to clinical queries (like diagnostic studies, or intervention studies). Embase is another important medical database which covers a number of different journals than PubMed/Medline. Therefore, Embase is a valuable supplement to PubMed, if you want to get a better overview over the literature within your field. Introduction to systematic reviews: The course gives an introduction to systematic reviews. The library presents several databases for finding systematic reviews, and gives an overview over the process of doing your own systematic review: write a protocol, prepare the search, data management, quality appraisal, and guidelines for reporting. We will also inform about the role of the library in the different phases of the work with a systematic review. Literature studies for Bachelor and Master students (in Norwegian): This course is for students who chose literature study as their bachelor- or master thesis, and have not yet be offered a course as part of their study program. We teach about the process in a literature study. The course covers preparational work before literature searching, how to manage and work with the search results, and how to document the methods used.
Kind regards from the Medical library
Are you a researcher interested in learning how to program?
ELIXIR and the University Library are arranging a short and simple introductory course to R, Python, Git and shell-commands! The intended audiences are for Ph.D-students, Postdocs or higher, who are familiar with data handling and have little to no prior experience with programming. The course is open for ANYONE who is interested! https://www.uib.no/…/software-carpentry-course-research…
If you are interested in either participating or assisting in teaching the course, you can also send me a DM on Teams or an email at illimar.rekand@uib.no. We are looking for people from Bachelor level and higher who could help out with minor issues for the course participants, and can offer merch and a diploma you can add to your CV 25 – 27. September 2023. The Humanities Library, Haakon Sheteligs plass 7 (The Digital Lab, 0. Floor)
The Norwegian Research Council and Horizon Europe require projects to submit a data management plan (DMP). A data management plan describes how data in a research project will be collected, processed and made available. Introduction to Data Management Plans (DMP) | University of Bergen Library | UiB Zoom, 08.09.2023 – 10.15–11.00
JoVE workshop at the University of Bergen
In this Workshop we’ll simply introduce the contents for Research & Education/Laboratory Training and we guide faculties/researchers to a better usage of the platform by explaining to them the functionality and the plasticity of the contents, that can be easily modulated on their needs. All our videos can be integrated in the .ppt presentation and e-learning platform and organized in specific playlists mapping Professors syllabus or lab induction outlines. Webinar Registration – Zoom
See poster here: Workshop Bergen University (002) Zoom, 30.08 – at 2:00 pm.
