Suraj Sharma startet i en stilling som forsker
den 1. november i gruppen til Mathias Ziegler.

Akademisk lunsj:
Hvordan få folk til å gjøre gode finansielle valg?

Det er mange eksempler på at folk tar dårlige finansielle valg, og konsekvensene kan være store for folks personlige økonomi. Mange tar opp lån med altfor høy rente, mens andre kjøper for dyre fond eller overprisete aksjer. Hvorfor gjør folk slike feil? Og er det noe vi som forskere kan gjøre for å hjelpe folk til å ta bedre finansielle valg?

Hvordan få folk til å gjøre gode finansielle valg? | Universitetsbiblioteket | UiB
I dette foredraget skal Ole-Andreas Elvik Næss gå gjennom hva den økonomiske forskningen sier om dette spørsmålet. Næss er forsker ved NHH.
Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek, 30.11.2022 – 12.00–12.45

HMS-dag hos IBM 9. desember

Dette blir en aktivitetsbasert dag hvor vi kan bli bedre kjent. Det vil være både fysiske og kreative oppgaver som skal løses i grupper. Vi starter dagen kl 09.00 med en liten velkomst i auditoriet før vi starter med aktivitetene. Husk fritidstøy på HMS-dagen.

HSE day at IBM December 9th

This will be an activity-based day where we can get to know each other better. There will be both physical and creative tasks to be solved in groups. We start the day at 09.00 with a small welcome in the auditorium before we start with the activities. Remember leisure wear on the HSE day.

EcoOnline – Kjemikalieregister

En anskaffelseavtale til kjemikalieregister er under kjøpsprosessen, og det fører til noen endringer for å bruke EcoOnline i 2023 før et nytt system er i bruk. Hos oss i biomedisin har kun Anne Baumann, Aurea Castilho, Juha Vahokoski skriverett i EcoOnline i 2023. Leserett fungerer som tidligere.

EcoOnline – Chemical registry

Our solution for chemical and exposure registry is renegotiated. The process causes some changes with usage in 2023 before a new system is in use during 2023. At Biomedicine only Anne Baumann, Aurea and Juha have writing access to EcoOnline in 2023.  The reading access works as previously.

Pedagogisk påfyll

Seminarrekke i regi av Enhet for læring ved Det medisinske fakultet. Enhet for læring inviterer alle ansatte ved fakultetet til en dose Pedagogisk påfyll. Alle møtene gjennomføres som webinarer i Zoom! Påmelding: Påmelding til Pedagogisk påfyll HØSTEN 2022 (uib.no).
Nervøs og spent eller glad og begeistret? Om undervisning og følelser. 08. Desember kl. 14:30-15:30

The complexity of kidney disease and diagnosing it – Cystatin C, selective glomerular hypofiltration syndromes and proteome regulation.
Malmgren L, Öberg C, den Bakker E, Leion F, Siódmiak J, Åkesson A, Lindström V, Herou E, Dardashti A, Xhakollari L, Grubb G, Strevens H, Abrahamson M, Helmersson-Karlqvist J, Magnusson M, Björk J, Nyman U, Ärnlöv J, Ridefeldt P, Åkerfeldt T, Hansson M, Sjöström A, Mårtensson J, Itoh Y, Grubb D, Tenstad O, Hansson LO, Olafsson I, Campos AJ, Risch M, Risch L, Larsson A, Nordin G, Pottel H, Christensson A, Bjursten H, Bökenkamp A, Grubb A. J Intern Med. 2022 Nov 17. doi: 10.1111/joim.13589. Online ahead of print.PMID: 36385445 Review.

Musculoskeletal Chronic Graft versus Host Disease-A Rare Complication to Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant: A Case-Based Report and Review of the Literature.
Kvinge AD, Kvammen T, Miletic H, Bindoff LA, Reikvam H. Curr Oncol. 2022 Nov 3;29(11):8415-8430. doi: 10.3390/curroncol29110663.PMID: 36354723 Free article. Review.

BBB seminar 

Markus Miettinen from the University of Bergen will give a talk entitled “High-fidelity biomolecular modelling”. 

Position: Research Group Leader at Computational Biology Unit / Associate Professor at Department of Chemistry.
Research field: Computational structural biology of intrinsically disordered biomolecular systems.
Main achievements: EMBO Long Term Fellow, VolkswagenStiftung Post-doctoral Fellow. Cofounder of the NMRlipids Project.
Seminar focus: How to turn molecular dynamics simulations into a veritable Å-resolution microscope. 

Thursday, December 1, 14:30 

BBB seminar 

 Antonino Cattaneo from Scuola Normale Superior, Pisa, Italy, will give a talk entitled “An intrabody platform for conformational-selective and post-translational-specific interference in neurodegeneration”. 

 Position: Professor of Physiology at Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, and President of the Levi-Montalcini European Brain Research Institute in Roma.
Research field: Neurotrophins, Alzheimers’s disease, recombinant antibodies
Main achievements: Cattaneo pioneered protein interference with antibody genes and by this approach established a new neurodegeneration mechanism, whereby deficits in proNGF/NGF signaling in the adult brain induce a progressive neurodegeneration that phenocopies Alzheimer’s disease, targeting microglia. This underpins innovative therapeutic approaches for AD currently under development towards clinical testing: painless NGF.  His antibody technologies led to the demonstration of conformation-selective interference against intracellular Ab oligomers in Alzheimer’s human neurons and mice, that is being developed as a gene therapy for Alzheimer’s disease.  He established Synactive, a new method for the activity-dependent local expression of reporter and actuator proteins (including chemo-and optogenetic probes) at potentiated synapses in vivo and is using it to study synaptic memory engrams in physiology and pathology. 

Thursday, December 8, 14:30 

Hvordan gjøre forskningsdata åpne og FAIR?

Universitetet i Bergen sin målsetning er at data som framkommer fra forskningsaktivitet skal være tilgjengelig for gjenbruk i tråd med FAIR-prinsippene. Forskere oppfordres til å gjøre dataene sine åpent tilgjengelig så tidlig som mulig i forskningsforløpet.
Informasjon og påmelding her: Hvordan gjøre forskningsdata åpne og FAIR? | Universitetsbiblioteket | UiB. Påmeldingsfrist 08.12.2022 – 10.00.
Deling og gjenbruk av kvalitetssikrede forskningsdata er ansett som god forskningsskikk. De fleste aktører som finansierer forskning, f.eks Norges Forskningsråd og Horizon Europe, samt en rekke forlag, krever nå at forskningsdata fra prosjekter blir tilgjengeliggjort. Dette skal ideelt sett gjøres «så åpnet som mulig, men så lukket som nødvendig». Dette innebærer at forskningsdata gjøres så åpne og tilgjengelig som mulig, balansert opp mot legitime hensyn som sikkerhet, personvern, immaterielle rettigheter eller forretningshemmeligheter.
Dette åpne kurset består av to korte moduler. I modul 1 introduseres FAIR-prinsippene, samt hvordan du kan gjøre dine egne forskningsdata åpne og FAIR. I modul 2 presenteres UiBs eget forskningsdata-arkiv UiB Open Research Data, samt hvordan man går fram for å arkivere forskningsdata her.
Du kan delta på en eller begge av modulene. Kurset holdes på norsk.
Zoom 09.12.2022 – 10.00–11.00

Welcome to the 58^th NBS Contact Meeting 2023

Welcome to the 58th Contact Meeting of the Norwegian Biochemical Society! The organizing committee in Ås is delighted to host the 2023 meeting. The event will take place from January 19-22, 2023, at Storefjell Resort Hotel in Gol.
Information and registration here: Contact Meeting 2023 — NBS (biokjemisk.no)
The contact meetings are well known for showcasing high quality science, with a rather broad coverage across fields of molecular life science. No exception to this, we are proud to present excellent international and national scientists within the fields of infectious disease therapy, RNA vaccines, autophagy, plastic upcycling, machine learning, cultured meat and structural biology. There will be eight plenary sessions given by our excellent invited speakers, while every delegate will have the opportunity to present their own research either in a minisymposium talk or as a poster.
The NBS Contact meeting is an excellent arena for Master and PhD students to communicate their science to a wide national and international audience, perhaps for the first time. The meeting is a place where you encounter new and old collaborators, mentors and friends. It offers an opportunity to lift your gaze and learn about ongoing life science research – a pleasant remedy for the tunnel vision we often experience in our daily scientific routine.

Hvordan få ut gullet av helsedata

Arbeider du med juridiske problemstillinger på sykehus eller universiteter, eller er du selv involvert i forskningsprosjekter? Vi vil heve diskusjonen om trygg lagring av tredjepartsdata for forskningsprosjekter gjennom å både se på hva som ikke har fungert – og dele og drøfte konkret kunnskap hvilke løsninger som kan være aktuelle i fremtiden. Vi tar utgangspunkt i konkrete caser.
Det er et stort behov for sikre løsninger for datalagring av tredjeparts data i forskningsprosjekter. Flere store prosjekter med store ambisjoner for sikker datalagring har feilet eller ikke svart til forventningene. Det kan se ut som at tiden for de store digitale systemene som gjør alt, er forbi. Hva blir løsningen?
Målgruppen for seminaret er utviklere av helsedata-apps, dataforvaltere, forskere og juridiske eksperter på sykehus, institutter og universiteter, med behov for og innsikt i problemstillinger rundt trygg, digital lagring av tredjeparts data.
Universitetet i Bergen, Folkehelseinstituttet, NORCE, Eitri og The Life Science Cluster ønsker velkommen til seminar om trygg lagring av tredjeparts-data i forskningsprosjekter.
Eitri Medical Incubator, 8. desember 2022 kl. 10.00.

The Postdoc Development Programme at the Faculty of Medicine

The programme runs from September to June every second year and covers a wide range of professional and technical skills development. Please see the programme for 2022-2023. The Postdoc Development Programme aims to:

• Support postdocs at The Faculty of Medicine or Helse Vest to develop a toolkit of skills to develop successful academic careers.

• Develop a supportive community of early stage researchers at the Faculty of Medicine.

• Make postdoctoral positions at the faculty more attractive to strong candidates.

Upcoming event!
Thursday 1 December 2022
Funding I: Writing successful applications
Venue: Styrerommet MED, AHH

Please contact Marianne Stien at the Faculty of Medicine with any questions: marianne.stien@uib.no / tlf. + 47 55 58 66 69.

UiB Ferd Christmas 2022: Of course, you would never publish in a predatory journal…or would you?

UiB Ferd Career Centre’s first Christmas lecture ever, is about predatory publishing. Henriette Christie Ertsås/ Science to the people humbly asks if scientific discovery can ever be compatible with the reigning publishing model, without science and society falling prey. Information and sign-up here: UiB Ferd Christmas 2022: Of course, you would never publish in a predatory journal…or would you? | UiB Ferd Career Center for Early-Stage Researchers | UiB. Registration deadline 06.12.2022 – 23.59
You receive them all too often: e-mails from supposedly scientific journals praising your work in awkward English, missing only your cancer data to complete their special issue in the fields of urology and anthropology, combined. However, it is too good to be true. No actual editor would ever praise your work in that manner. Your paper will very likely not get peer reviewed.
Other journals similarly offer speedy processing and enthusiasm for your work. However, these are approved by colleagues and your go-to registers (DOAJ, Norwegian centre for research data [NSD]). So why then endure an ever-lasting peer-review process, tiresome revisions topped by a possible rejection, when you can choose a quick and dirty solution for half the cost, approved by funding authorities?
The science that benefits society ought to have been scrutinized by fellow scientists through peer-reviewing, a process that may rob the individual scientist of a much-needed publication point necessary to promote a career. Could it simply be that proper scientific discovery is bad for your career and a poor business model?
Or can you appreciate being peer-reviewed, for the benefit of society and your own scientific integrity?
Seminar room E, Student Centre, Parkveien 1, 08.12.2022 – 14.00–16.00.

The lecture will last approx. one hour. There will be served Christmassy refreshments. After the lecture, we open up for discusions about UiB Ferd Career Centre and what we have done in 2022. You will also have the possibility to add on Santa´s Wish List what activity you want UiB Ferd Career Centre to offer next year. For instance, is there a company you would like us to invite to a career day – please let us know!

The 2022 Holberg Debate: ‘Will Fear Keep Us Safe?

Professor John J. Mearsheimer and Mr. Carl Bildt will discuss global security challenges at the 2022 Holberg.
What do the current geopolitical crises mean for the power of deterrence and the prospects of a new global security order?
The 2022 Holberg Debate: ‘Will Fear Keep Us Safe?’ | University Director´s Office | UiB
At the 2022 Holberg Debate, we will discuss what kind of global security order should be sought in light of the current political crises facing the international community, in particular the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the tension between China and the West. The University Aula, Muséplassen 3, 01.12.2022 – 17.00–19.30

Meltzer – Fondets priser

Alle universitetets professorer og instituttstyrere har forslagsrett.

• Æresprisen

• Prisen for yngre forskere

• Prisen for fremragende forskningsformidling

Nominasjonsfrist er: 15. desember 2022. Informasjon her: Sjekkliste for forslagsstiller | Meltzer (uib.no)

Forslagsstiller kan sende signert skriftlig nominasjon som vedlegg på e-post til
rådgiver Kristin Hansen ved Forsknings- og innovasjonsavdelingen (FIA).

Meltzer project Grants for students and PhD

Meltzer project grants are awarded as support for academic projects confirmed by a supervisor and that are linked to study programmes or research fellow positions. Call for grant applications 2023: Project Grants for students and PhD | Meltzer (uib.no)

• The database for this call opens for applications on January 2. 2023. The link to the new application system will be updated here before the call opens.

• The deadline for submitting applications will be later in January 2023.  The new application deadline will be updated here.

• An academic report shall be sent to the Meltzer Research Fund in the electronic application database as soon as the project has concluded and no later than September 30th the year after the grant was awarded. 

• Any questions can be sent by email to: prosjektstipend@meltzerfondet.no 

• Enquiries relating to technical problems with the application system/application can be reported to the fond_oka_fia@uib.no 

Meltzer project grant

The fund’s purpose is to promote the scientific activities at the University of Bergen and to support particularly talented students at the university. Students and fellows can apply for support for project grants. Scholarships can also be awarded to applicants from other Norwegian universities and scientific colleges.

• The application database will open on 2 January 2023. A link to the new application database will be posted here before the database opens. Read here for more information.

• The application deadline will be later in January 2023. Information about the new application deadline will be updated.

Employees can apply to UiB for support for scientific trips and research term. The funds are a gift from L. Meltzer’s College Fund. Information here: Vitenskapelig virksomhet og forskning | Ansattsider | UiB

Søk stipend fra Pasteurlegatet

Unge, aktive og lovende forskere, under doktorgradsnivå oppfordres til å søke. Søknadsfristen er 1. desember.
Pasteurlegatet deles ut årlig til norske vitenskapsmenn og -kvinner som vil studere et emne innen smittestoffene, kjemien eller gjæringsindustrien.

Durham University – Addison Wheeler Fellowships

Apply now for the Addison Wheeler Fellowships. The Fellowship is designed to attract the best early career researchers in the UK, Europe and beyond and across the full spectrum of science, social science, arts and humanities, and to build international networks of scholars with a common passion for today’s most important research challenges.
Three postdoctoral Fellowships are available commencing 01 October 2023.  These Fellowships have no residency restrictions.
The applications deadline is midnight on 10 January 2023.
The normal period of the Fellowship will be 3 years with starting salaries in the range £35,797 – £42,155 p.a.  Full details can be found at: Addison-wheeler-fellowship – Durham University

SPIRE – Såkornsmidler

SPIRE funds will not be advertised for 2023.
See also: SPIRE – Såkornsmidler | Forsknings- og innovasjonsavdelingen | UiB

Stiftelsen Dam utlysning for Forskning 2023

To promote neurological research grants an award every year for outstanding neuroscientific research preferably within clinical neurology. Professors of Neurology at universities in Nordic Region can nominate candidates for the award prize. For further information, please see the foundation’s website. Information here: Monrad-Krohns legat til fremme av neurologisk forskning – Unifor – Forvalter verdier

Deadline: 15. January 2022.

Nyhetsbrev fra Institutt for Biomedisin
Publisert hver andre uke
Ansvarlig redaktør: Frode Berven
Redaktør: Anne Mette Søviknes 

Dear colleagues,

This year’s HSE day at IBM December 9. is approaching fast. This will be an activity-based day where we can get to know each other better. There will be both physical and creative tasks to be solved in groups. We start the day at 08.30 with a small welcome in the auditorium before we start with the activities. Remember leisure wear on the HSE day.

Finally, we can invite you to a Christmas party at IBM again (December 9th). The evening starts with a reception and the Head of Department’s speech at the second-floor foyer in BBB by the grand piano at 6.30pm. After the speech, we go to the Sammen cafeteria where we are served Christmas food. The evening continues with entertainment and socializing in the canteen and ends at 2am. The food is free, but you must bring your own beverage. Remember that there is registration for this event, the deadline for registration is 27. November.

2022 Påmeldingsskjema- IBMs julefest 9 desember (uib.no)

To make sure that all purchases will be registered in this fiscal year, and to avoid package deliveries during the Christmas holiday, the final date for purchasing will be 12. December, before 14.00. It is important that you plan which spendings are to be issued before the end of the year, and that you assess what is needed regarding ongoing research activity in December and activities or disputation early next year. Purchases will resume as normal from the first business day of 2023.

The Communications Department at UiB are in the process of creating new page templates for research groups and research projects at www.uib.no, and they want to get input from the academic staff in research groups and research projects at our unit. The survey can be found here: Spørreundersøkelse om forskergrupper og forskningsprosjekter på www.uib.no, deadline Friday November 25.

I wish you all a great week!

Katarina Fritz-Wallace startet i en midlertidig stilling som overingeniør
den 1. november ved Probe hos Frode Selheim.

Lisa Reinmuth startet som stipendiat 7. november i Neurotargeting gruppen hos Jan Haavik.

Frister for sending av julepost 2022

Skal du sende julegaver til utlandet, er det greit å se på fristene. For julepost i Norge anbefales  19. desember, pakker vil i sendingstiden øke med inntil 1 til 2 dager fra 21.12.2022.
For at du skal være sikker på at dine julebrev og pakker kommer frem til mottaker før jul, anbefaler vi å sende innen datoene som er oppgitt for det enkelte land.
Her er fristene når du skal sende brev til utlandet:
Sverige og Danmark – 14. desember, Resten av Norden – 10. desember, Tyskland – 13. desember, Øvrige Europa – 8. desember, USA og Canada – 6. desember, Øvrige land i verden – 1. desember.
Her er fristene for julepakker:
innleveringsfrister-pakker-innland-2022-norsk.pdf (bring.no)
Innleveringsfrister Pakker Utland 2022_Norsk.pdf (bring.no)
Med vennlig hilsen UIB / Transport og Parkseksjonen

Deadlines for sending Christmas mail 2022

If you are going to send Christmas presents abroad, please take a look at the deadlines. For Christmas mail in Norway, 19 December is recommended, the delivery time for parcels will increase by up to 1 to 2 days from 21.12.2022.
To ensure that your Christmas letters and parcels reach the recipient before Christmas, we recommend sending within the dates stated for the individual country.
Here are the deadlines for sending letters abroad:
Sweden and Denmark – December 14, Rest of the Nordics – December 10, Germany – December 13, Rest of Europe – December 8, USA and Canada – December 6, Rest of the world – December 1.
Here are the deadlines for Christmas packages:
innleveringsfrister-pakker-innland-2022-norsk.pdf (bring.no)
Innleveringsfrister Pakker Utland 2022_Norsk.pdf (bring.no)
Sincerely, UIB / Transport and the Parks section

Arbeidsliv i endring – hva med arbeidsmiljøet?

Et godt arbeidsmiljø kjennetegnes av god ledelse, medvirkning fra ansatte og tydelige organisatoriske rammer. Kompetanse, god kommunikasjon, mestring og anerkjennelse gir både trygghet og trivsel.
Tirsdag 22. november arrangerer vi høstens andre og årets siste frokostseminar. Arbeidsmiljølovens formåls paragraf vektlegger at virksomhetene skal legge til rette for et godt ytringsklima. Ved UiB står debatt og meningsbryting sentralt. Dette går igjen både i forskning, undervisning og er en del av formidlings og samfunnsoppdraget.
Seminaret arrangeres digitalt tirsdag 22. november kl. 0830-1000 på Zoom
Informasjon og påmelding her: Arbeidsliv i endring – hva med arbeidsmiljøet? | Ansattsider | UiB
Ytringsfrihet en forutsetning, men hvordan bygger man god ytringskultur? Hvordan er sammenhengen mellom akademisk ytringsfrihet og arbeidsmiljø i en verden med sosiale medier og en stadig mer polarisert politisk debatt? Hvilke utfordringer truer den akademiske ytringsfriheten, og når truer ytringene arbeidsmiljøet? Er akademisk ytringsfrihet en grunnpilar eller en trussel for et godt arbeidsmiljø i akademia?
Gjennom frokostseminarserien Arbeidsliv i endring – hva med arbeidsmiljøet? ønsker vernetjenesten ved UiB å sette søkelys på betydningen av faktorer som bygger et godt arbeidsmiljø.
Vi har invitert førsteamanuensis i jus ved UiO og leder for Kierulfutvalget Anine Kierulf, Margareth Hagen, rektor UiB og professor i økonomi og leder av Forskerforbundet ved UiB Steinar Vagstad som bidragsytere til frokostseminaret.

Changing working life – what about the working environment?

A good working environment is characterized by good management, participation from employees and clear organizational frameworks. Competence, good communication, mastery and recognition provide both security and well-being.
On Tuesday 22 November, we are organizing the second and last breakfast seminar of the autumn. The objectives section of the Working Environment Act emphasizes that businesses must facilitate a good climate for expression. At UiB, debate and opinions are central. This is repeated both in research and teaching and is part of the dissemination and social mission.
The seminar will be held digitally on Tuesday 22 November at 0830-1000 on Zoom.
Information and sign-up here: Arbeidsliv i endring – hva med arbeidsmiljøet? | Ansattsider | UiB
Freedom of expression is a prerequisite, but how do you build a culture of good expression? What is the connection between academic freedom of expression and the working environment in a world with social media and an increasingly polarized political debate? What challenges threaten academic freedom of expression, and when does the expression threaten the working environment? Is academic freedom of speech a cornerstone or a threat to a good working environment in academia?
Through the breakfast seminar series Working life in change – what about the working environment? wants the protection service at UiB to shine a spotlight on the importance of factors that build a good working environment.
We have invited associate professor of law at UiO and head of the Kierulf Committee Anine Kierulf, Margareth Hagen, rector UiB and professor of economics and head of the Research Association at UiB Steinar Vagstad as contributors to the breakfast seminar.

Sorry, links in Norwegian!

International Master´s Degree Programme in Biomedical Imaging – Call for applications for studies starting in September 2023 is opening soon!

Do you want to study in a stimulating research environment in a country with beautiful nature and high-tech innovations?Are you interested in studying Biomedical Imaging in the laboratories where Stefan Hell did his Nobel prize-awarded research with super-resolution? If your answer is YES, please read this email carefully!
International Master´s programme in Biomedical Imaging is a two-year (120 ECTS) programme jointly administrated by the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland, and the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Turku (Masters programme in Biomedical Sciences).  Close cooperators are the national Turku PET Centre, Turku Center for Disease Modeling, Turku Centre for Biotechnology, and the Turku University Hospital.
Application period:  4-18 January 2023. Read more here:
Master’s Degree Programme in Biomedical Sciences: Biomedical Imaging | University of Turku (utu.fi)
Programme is aimed at students with a B.Sc. degree in the Life Sciences or applicable areas of biomedical sciences, physics, chemistry, or engineering. The interdisciplinary curriculum provides the graduates with a broad spectrum of the most recent knowledge in biomedical imaging related to many application areas in cell biology, medicine, and nanotechnology. One of the great examples of our diverse success is the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry shared by Prof. Stefan W. Hell, who has made his original publications on STED microscopy in Turku.
The programme is tuition free for European students and non-EU/EEA students the tuition fee is 12 000€ / year. Scholarships are available!
The language of instruction is English. Book and take the language test well in advance before the application period!
Please find more info in: http://www.bioimaging.fi/programme/ and Biomedical Imaging | Åbo Akademi University (abo.fi)
Studying in Finland: http://www.studyinfinland.fi/ and http://www.turku.fi/en/study-turku
We are more than happy to answer if you have any questions about the Master´s Degree programme in Biomedical Imaging! Please contact us: bima-office@bioimaging.fi. Best wishes from the BIMA Office

Den 1. desember blir timeplanene for vårens emner offentlige og tilgjengelige for studenter og andre.

Derfor ber vi deg om å ta en sjekk nå slik at vi er sikker på at alt er rett før det blir desember.
For å se dine aktiviteter?
Gå til TP: Timeplanleggingssystem (educloud.no) + Velg «Fagperson» under «Timeplaner» nederst til venstre på siden. Om du ikke allerede er logget inn, gjør du det på siden. Du får nå opp en liste over alle dine registrerte timeplanaktiviteter.

Savner du noe? Gi oss beskjed! studie.biomed@uib.no.
Ser du feil? Meld fra til oss med kopi til eneansvarlig for det aktuelle emnet.

Mangler det fagkode*? (særlig for medisinemner). Gi beskjed om rett(e) kode(r).
* Liste over fakultetets fagkoder ser du her: TP: Fag (educloud.no)

Ønsker du å se full timeplan for et emne?
Full emnetimeplan finner du fra eksternwebben for UiB, enten: via søkefeltet øverst til høyre, fra listen over instituttets emner, eller ved å skrive direkte i adresselinjen, eks: Fjerde semester medisinstudiet | Universitetet i Bergen (uib.no) * + velg «Vår 2023» (i høyre kolonne) og deretter «Timeplan» (oppe til høyre på siden)
*bytt evt. MED4 med emnekoden for det emnet du er på jakt etter, bruk STORE bokstaver.

December 1^st is the date for course schedules for the autumn semester to become official.

We kindly ask you to check your own activities now, before all schedules become official.
How to see your own activities / schedule? Go to TP: Timeplanleggingssystem (educloud.no) + Select «Teaching staff” under «Schedules” + Log in…and you will get a list presenting all your registered teaching activities for the semester.

Miss something? Tell us! studie.biomed@uib.no.
Find something wrong? Give us a word, remember to cc the Course coordinator for the course.

Do your activities have (the correct) discipline attached? (For medical courses). If not, please tell us!
* Please find the list of discipline used by the Faculty of Medicine at this site: TP: Discipline (educloud.no)

Want to see the full schedule for a course?
Full list can be found on University of Bergen (uib.no), either: by use of the search box on the top right, from the list of courses offered at the department, or by typing directly into the address bar, eg. Cell Communication and Intracellular Signaling | University of Bergen (uib.no) * + select “Spring 2023” (right column) and then «Schedule» (at the top).
* replace «BMED330» with the course code for the topic you are looking for, use CAPITAL letters.

Webinar: Deling og gjenbruk av digitale læringsressurser

Sikt inviterer til et webinar om hvordan vi kan underbygge samarbeid og delingskultur, nå og i fremtiden. Temaet er høyaktuelt for alle som er interessert i gjenbruk av læringsressurser, digitalisering innen undervisning, og delingskultur generelt. Webinar: 16.11.2022 – 10.00–11.00.
Informasjon og påmelding her: Webinar: Deling og gjenbruk av digitale læringsressurser | Universitetsbiblioteket | UiB
På webinaret vil du få høre om Sikt sin skytjeneste for deling og gjenbruk av læringsressurser DLR, som er tilgjengelig for alle ansatte ved UiB, samt arbeidet med å fremme delingskultur og innlegg fra sektoren.
Vi har også to spennende innlegg av Leif Longva, universitetsbiblitekar ved UiT og Oddfrid Førland, koordinator for bioCEED ved Senter for fremragende utdanning ved UiB . De vil dele tanker rundt rammeverkene for deling og erfaringer fra andre innføringsprosjekt.
Program:
– Innledning ved Christine Johnsen, tjenesteansvarlig for DLR i Sikt.
– Hvilke erfaringer fra åpen publisering av forskning kan være til nytte for åpen utdanning?ved Leif Longva, universitetsbiblitekar ved UB, UiT.
– Hvorfor og hvordan skape et miljø for inkludering, åpenhet og kollegial deling rundt undervisningsutvikling ved Oddfrid Førland, koordinator for bioCEED, Senter for fremragende utdanning ved UiB.
– Gjennomgang av innsendte spørsmål.

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Book requests at the Library for Medicine

Library for Medicine welcomes book requests. It can be physical books, e-books or more non-traditional teaching aids (flashcards etc.). It is also possible to obtain important books as e-books with unlimited access for everyone. We accept book requests throughout the year, but for budgetary reasons it would be nice to get wish lists in by November 25th. Send them to us: ubbmed@uib.no.
See also our website: Welcome to the Medical Library | University of Bergen Library | UiB and Innkjøpsforslag (uib.no).

The Cooperative Folding of Annexin A2 Relies on a Transient Non-Native Intermediate.
Hollås H, Ramirez J, Nominé Y, Kostmann C, Toto A, Gianni S, Travé G, Vedeler A. Biophys J. 2022 Nov 1:S0006-3495(22)00897-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2022.10.043. Online ahead of print.PMID: 36325614

BBB seminar 

Jonathan Whitlock from the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience at NTNU, will give a talk entitled “Cortical representation of 3D posture and behavior in posterior parietal cortex and beyond”.  

Position: Associate Professor at Kavli Institute for System Neuroscience, NTNU
Research: Whitlock’s research focus is on unraveling how higher motor systems in cortex coordinate natural behavior and permit social learning. His group studies these phenomena by combining quantitative behavioral tracking with neuronal ensemble recordings in freely behaving rats and mice. The group uses optogenetics and neuroanatomical methods to better understand the function and connectivity of relevant circuits and has both local and international collaborations toward the development of statistical and machine learning-based analyses of high-dimensional neural and behavioral data.
Main achievements: His group started at the Kavli Institute in 2014 under the auspices of an ERC starting grant, prior to which he was a Kavli post-doctoral fellow with Edvard and May-Britt Moser, studying navigational representations across parietal and entorhinal cortices. Prior to moving to Trondheim, he was a graduate student of Mark Bear at Brown University and MIT, with his thesis work demonstrating that synaptic connections in the hippocampus grew stronger as a consequence of single-trial learning in rats. 

Thursday, November 17, 14:30

CCBIO seminar

Donald Gullberg from the Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, will give a talk entitled “Advances in fibroblast biology”. 

 Position: Professor, group leader of the Matrix Biology research group and PI at the Center for Cancer Biomarkers (CCBIO) 
Research field: The study of integrin α11 in the context of tissue and tumor fibrosis. Major projects within the group aim to further understand the role of the collagen receptor α11β1 and other fibroblast integrins during health and in disease.
Seminar focus: In the past year a number of interesting publications relating to fibroblasts biology, of relevance to both fibrosis and cancer biology, have been published. In my lecture I will discuss these new findings and relate them to our own research on a major collagen-binding integrin present fibroblast, alpha11beta1. 

Thursday, November 24, 14:30 

UiB Up 1.9 Innovation in research projects

Innovation in research projects

Information and sign-up here: UiB Opp 1.9 Innovasjon i forskningsprosjekter | Støtte til eksternfinansierte prosjekter (BOA) | UiB. Jekteviksbakken 31, rom 240, 23.11.2022 – 09.00–12.00. Enrollment deadline 16.11.2022 – 12.00.
Course content:
Module 1: Innovation examples and concepts, 30 min.
Module 2: How to boost your Innovation Potential. 30 min.
Module 3: Innovation management in collaborative research projects. 60 min.
Module 4: Collaboration with partners outside of academia. 60 min.
Learning outcomes: The module will cover aspects of the innovation ecosystem at UiB and beyond, showcase innovation examples, discuss the questions of what innovation is, and why and how to translate research into innovations to create value to society, and outline national and international funding mechanisms for innovation projects.
Target group: Staff from central, faculty and institute administrations that support researchers.

UiB Opp 2.16 Søknader til EUs rammeprogram for utdanning Erasmus+

Ønsker du å samarbeide med europeiske partnere om kvalitet og utvikling av utdanning? Erasmus+ er mer enn utveksling, og har en rekke ulike muligheter for akademiske samarbeidsprosjekter. På dette kurset får du en innføring i ulike typer samarbeidsprosjekter, hva som kjennetegner EUs ordninger for utdanningskvalitet og hvordan rigge et godt EU-prosjekt. Informasjon og påmelding her: UiB Opp 2.16 Søknader til EUs rammeprogram for utdanning Erasmus+ | Støtte til eksternfinansierte prosjekter (BOA) | UiB
Forsknings- og innovasjonsavdelingen, Jekteviksbakken 31, (rom 240), 06.12.2022 – 09.00–12.00.
Påmeldingsfrist  29.11.2022 kl.12.00
Kursinnhold: 1. Kort presentasjon av EUs utdanningsprogram Erasmus+. 2. Informasjon om de ulike prosjektene det kan søkes på, som bl.a. Samarbeidspartnerskap, Kapasitetsbyggingsprosjekt med globale partnere og Allianser for innovasjon. 3. Hvordan lykkes med søknaden? 4. Gjennomgang av Logical Matrix Framework.

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Hvordan skrive en konkurransedyktig CV for ikke-akademisk publikum?

En CV skal vise din formell kompetanse, samt din erfaring og ferdigheter. Når du skal søke jobb, er det viktig å fokusere på relevante ferdigheter og kompetanse fra hele din erfaringsbakgrunn. I tillegg må en bruke et språk som arbeidsgiver forstår. Ferd karrieresenter, Ulrike Phils hus, Professor Keysersgate 1 (Rom Aktiv 2), 23.11.2022 – 14.00–16.00.
Informasjon og påmelding: Hvordan skrive en konkurransedyktig CV for ikke-akademisk publikum? | UiB Ferd karrieresenter for yngre forskere | UiB
Arbeidsgivere i både offentlig og privat sektor ønsker seg ansatte med et bredt register av ferdigheter. Det er søkernes jobb å fortelle hvorfor deres erfaring og kompetanse er ikke bare relevant, men ønskelig for virksomheten. Det å skrive en CV er derfor ikke bare en opplisting av alt du har av utdanning og arbeidserfaring. En CV skal vise at du har den rette kombinasjonen av ferdigheter som skal til for å utføre de arbeidsoppgavene som stillingen beskriver.
Kurset passer for yngre forskere som er nysgjerrig på sektormobilitet.
Ta med deg et utkast til CV (papir eller digitalt), for størst læringsutbytte. For ekstra læringsutbytte kan du sende en utlysning eller stillingsannonse du vurderer som relevant til ellen.hagen@uib.no på forhånd.

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Nå ut med forskningen i media

Slik finner du nyhetspoenget og når ut i media. Du lærer om hvordan du finner den gode historien i forskningen din, og hvordan kople deg på nyhetsbildet. Kurset passer for deg som trenger starthjelp til den gode mediekontakten og til å få budskapet tydelig frem.

Media City Bergen (MCB), Læringslab 3. Etasje, 30.11.2022 – 12.30–15.00. Påmeldingsfrist 17.11.2022 – 23.55.

Informasjon og påmelding her: Nå ut med forskningen i media | UiB Ferd karrieresenter for yngre forskere | UiB
Kurset har begrenset antall plasser, påmelding innen 17. november. Gi beskjed så snart som mulig om du ikke kan delta slik at andre kan få overta plassen.
Mediakurset passer for forskere på alle nivåer, fra doktorgradskandidater til erfarne forskere. Kurset vil bli holdt på norsk. Kursansvarlig: Kommunikasjonsavdelingen, UiB.

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Introduction to Data Management Plans (DMP)

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.
Information and sign-up here: Introduction to Data Management Plans (DMP) | University of Bergen Library | UiB
Zoom, 25.11.2022 – 10.00–11.00. Registration deadline 24.11.2022 – 10.00.
A data management plan (DMP) describes how data in a research project will be collected, processed and made available. The Norwegian Research Council and the European Comission require research projects to submit a DMP. Scientific journals also often require that the research data are made openly available to others. A DMP will help you to consider every aspect of research data management from project start to data publication and thereby save time during the research process. This course gives you a short introduction to what a data management plan is, why you need it, and how to write one.

UiB AI #4 Examples of Medical AI

Join us for the fourth UiB AI meeting, where you will get examples from some of the most cutting-edge research within Medical AI. Universitetsaulaen, Muséplassen 3, 25.11.2022 – 10.00–12.00.
Information and sign-up: UiB AI #4 Examples of Medical AI | UiB AI | UiB
From dementia to personalized medicine. The use of artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly prevalent in medical research and will continue to push the boundaries of what medical research is and can do.
In this seminar, you will get some highlights from medical AI research at the University of Bergen. We invite students and faculty members from different disciplines to learn more and engage in discussions about the use of artificial intelligence in medicine. The seminar is free, and lunch will be served.
Program:
-Welcome and Introduction – Helge Ræder, Professor, Vice Dean for Innovation at Faculty of Medicine, Consultant Pediatrician.
-AI in Dementia Research – Monica Patrascu, Postdoktor, Institutt for global helse og samfunnsmedisin.
-Machine Learning Towards Personalized Medicine – Anagha Michoel, Professor, Department of Clinical Science.
-AI in Parkinson Research – Trond Riise, Professor, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care.
-Q&A and Conclusion – Helge Ræder, Professor, Vice Dean for Innovation at Faculty of Medicine, Consultant Pediatrician.

Trygg datalagring for tredjeparter?

Universitetet i Bergen, Folkehelseinstituttet, Norce, Eitri og The Life Science Cluster ønsker velkommen til seminar om trygg lagring av tredjeparts-data i forskningsprosjekter.
Eitri Medical Incubator, Haukelandsbakken, 8. desember 2022 kl. 10:00.
Arbeider du med juridiske problemstillinger på sykehus eller universiteter, eller er du selv involvert i forskningsprosjekter? Vi vil heve diskusjonen om trygg lagring av tredjepartsdata for forskningsprosjekter gjennom å både se på hva som ikke har fungert – og dele og drøfte konkret kunnskap hvilke løsninger som kan være aktuelle i fremtiden. Vi tar utgangspunkt i konkrete caser.
Det er et stort behov for sikre løsninger for datalagring av tredjeparts data i forskningsprosjekter. Flere store prosjekter med store ambisjoner for sikker datalagring har feilet eller ikke svart til forventningene. Det kan se ut som at tiden for de store digitale systemene som gjør alt, er forbi. Hva blir løsningen?
Informasjon og påmelding her: Trygg datalagring for tredjeparter? (eitrilab.no)
Målgruppen for seminaret er dataforvaltere, forskere og juridiske eksperter på sykehus, institutter og universiteter, med behov for og innsikt i problemstillinger rundt trygg, digital lagring av tredjeparts data.

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Applying for academic jobs in Norway and abroad

The workshop will present a practical overview of the academic job application process, and tips and tricks on how to succeed in winning a job, especially in extremely competitive fields. The course will cover these topics: how to find job announcements; how to read job ads; how to prepare an application; how to write a cover letter; the hiring process in Norway and abroad; how to succeed in the interview and lecture; how to negotiate a job offer; how to persist through rejection.
Ferd Career Centre, 18.11.2022 – 09.00–11.30. Ulrike Phils hus, Professor Keysersgate 1 (Room Aktiv 2). Information and sign-up here: Applying for academic jobs in Norway and abroad | UiB Ferd Career Center for Early Stage Researchers | UiB
Suggested preparation for the workshop: find a recent or current job ad for an academic position in your field or a related discipline, either in Norway (using jobbnorge.no) or abroad. Send a link or pdf of the ad to laura.miles@uib.no and/or have it available to share via chat at the workshop itself. The workshop will be held in English.

Spørreundersøkelsen om UiBs nettsider

Vi er i gang med å lage nye sidemaler for forskergrupper og forskningsprosjekter på www.uib.no, og vi ønsker å få innspill fra de vitenskapelige ansatte på hvilke behov de har. Videreutvikling av UiBs nettsider | Ansattsider | UiB
Vi inviterer nå vitenskapelige ansatte i forskergrupper og forskningsprosjekter på de ulike enhetene å gi tilbakemelding om UiBs nettsider. Spørreundersøkelsen finner du her: Spørreundersøkelse om forskergrupper og forskningsprosjekter på www.uib.no. Den kan svares på frem til fredag 25. november.
Alle innspill er svært nyttige for oss i det videre arbeidet, og svarene er selvsagt anonyme.

The survey about UiB’s websites

We are in the process of creating new page templates for research groups and research projects at www.uib.no, and we want to get input from the academic staff on what their needs are. Videreutvikling av UiBs nettsider | Ansattsider | UiB.
We are now inviting academic staff in research groups and research projects at the various units to give feedback on UiB’s websites. You can find the survey here: Spørreundersøkelse om forskergrupper og forskningsprosjekter på www.uib.no.

It can be answered until Friday 25 November. All input is very useful for us in our further work, and the answers are of course anonymous.

New Spectral flow cytometer Sony ID7000 at the Flow & Mass cytometry core facility.

We are happy to announce that we have recently got a new machine installed at the core facility.
It is a 5 laser Sony ID7000 spectral flow cytometer with the possibility to investigate 44+ colors, limited only by the fluorochromes available. Spectral flow cytometry has unique optical collection capabilities measuring the complete fluorescent spectra, and analytical capabilities compared to conventional flow cytometry. It also has the capabilities to detect small particles down to 160-nm.
Sony ID7000 | Flow Cytometry Core Facility | UiB
If you want to learn more, please contact Brith Bergum at brith.bergum@uib.no.

Informasjon om utsatt søknadsfrist for fond og legater

Information about the postponed application deadline for funds and grants

This year’s application process for funds and grants will be shifted slightly in time. Normally, the application database is opened in October, but according to the submitted plan, it has now been moved to 2 January 2023, and the application deadline will be later in January. The aim is still for the support to be paid out in March as before.
The background for the postponed application deadline, and information about the processes involved in this, can be read in a letter from the University Management here.
We want the work with the foundations to be faster and better for all administrative staff, without making it more difficult for those who apply for grants and support to apply for the funds.

King Olav V‘s Cancer Research Fund’s prize 2023

The King Olav V Cancer Research Fund was established by the Norwegian Cancer Society on April 29, 1992, in memory of King Olav V to honour cancer researchers in Norway.
Size of prize 1 MNOK, application deadline 5. January 2023, 13:00.
King Olav Vs Cancer Research Fund’s prize 2023 – Insights (kreftforeningen.no)
Eligibility of the candidates: The fund awards a prize to a cancer researcher, or a group of researchers, who have contributed to furthering the quality and scope of cancer research in Norway. A group of researchers is defined by several researchers working together on joint research project(s). Each of the researchers in the group must individually have a research production of importance. If a group is suggested, the group members must be identified by name. The same person can receive the prize only once.
Eligibility of the nominator: Any person or group of persons can nominate candidates for the prize. You may nominate several candidates. Every nomination must be done through separate application forms.
How to nominate: Nomination must be done through the ApplicationWeb of Norwegian Cancer Society.

The Norwegian Cancer Society’s Prize for Young Cancer Reserachers 2023

The Norwegian Cancer Society’s Prize for Young Cancer Reserachers 2023 – Insights (kreftforeningen.no)
Eligibility of the candidates: The Norwegian Cancer Society’s awards a prize to a young cancer researcher who has contributed to furthering the quality and scope of cancer research in Norway. The same person can receive the prize only once.

The candidate to be nominated must: be under 40 years old by the nomination deadline; hold a PhD;

be associated with a Norwegian university, university college, hospital, any other institution with research as part of its noncommercial activities; have documented talent, shown extraordinary effort and achieved results of high quality for cancer research in Norway.

The nomination should be in line with the evaluation criteria and must include nomination letter containing motivation and background to nominate the candidate and description of the candidates’ research effort within the field of cancer research; CV; list of publications.

Eligibility of the nominator: any person or group of persons can nominate candidates for the prize; you may nominate several candidates; every nomination must be done through separate application forms.

How to nominate: nomination must be done through the ApplicationWeb of Norwegian Cancer Society.

NFR deadlines in February 2023

The Research Council is announcing funding within several thematic research areas in the upcoming deadlines of 8 and 15 February. Based on positive feedback from last year regarding the internal process at the faculty, we would like to continue with a common internal deadline this year as well. Current calls for proposals – apply for funding (forskningsradet.no)
Those who wish to do so can use this form joint skjemaker for registration of potential applicants with a joint last registration date of 28 November 2022. The institutes that use their own form can send the list of applicants to me Ramune.midttveit@uib.no after the deadline.
Good overviews will help our economists and research advisers to be better prepared to meet the deadlines in February and support our researchers in the best possible way.
Research project for renewal, 8 February, Researcher Project for Scientific Renewal (Thematic Priority Call) (forskningsradet.no)
Up to 50 million for research into global health.
Up to 60 million for research into women’s health.
Up to 60 million for educational research.
Up to 72 million for research into working life and the labor market.
Research project to meet challenges in society and business, 15 February, Collaborative Project to Meet Societal and Industry-related Challenges (forskningsradet.no)
Up to 174 million for research into sustainable prevention, treatment and services in the municipalities.
Up to 52 million for research into measures for work inclusion.
If you plan to apply for funding from these calls, please complete this form by 28 November 2022.

Call for candidates: The DLN FAIR data award 2022

Nyhetsbrev fra Institutt for Biomedisin
Publisert hver andre uke
Ansvarlig redaktør: Frode Berven
Redaktør: Anne Mette Søviknes 

Dear all, 

Fitting to a rather short newsletter, here comes a rather short introduction. 

First of all, I would like to congratulate Nils Halberg and Jim Lorens for having received funding from the Cancer society. That’s well deserved, and I am looking to seeing more cool research happing in your groups! 

Next, I would like to congratulate our colleague Prof. Eystein Jansen, a climate researcher at the Department of Earth Science here, for having been elected as vice-president of the European Research Council (ERC). This is a large honour and I wish him the best of luck for his aim of ensuring that ground-breaking basic research gets its important place in the research landscape! 

Good luck also to everybody who has applied for ERC starting grants, innovation calls from the RCN or other calls! Fingers-crossed that you will receive funding to put your exiting research plans into action. 

Many might not know that we are part the European “Integrated Services for Infectious Disease Outbreak Research” network (ISIDORe). ISIDORe provides free of charge access to cutting-edge resources and services to support research projects in the field of infectious diseases in “peace time” as well as during outbreaks, epidemics or pandemics. Do you need specific research services, tools or resources to advance your research in infectious diseases? If yes, check out their webpage: ISIDORe project: services for infectious disease outbreak research (isidore-project.eu)

Have a nice and productive week 

UTLYSNING AV ARBEIDSMILJØPRISEN
Er du opptatt av godt arbeidsmiljø? Kjenner du noen kollegaer eller miljø som gjør en god innsats for arbeidsmiljø og trivsel? Det medisinske fakultet lyser ut arbeidsmiljøprisen til den eller de som har gjort en særlig innsats for arbeidsmiljøet i 2022.
Nominasjon eller søknad sendes her med frist 9. desember 2022:  Arbeidsmiljøpris på Det medisinske fakultet 2022 (uib.no)
Prisen deles ut på fakultets HMS-dag den 22. februar 2023, og vinneren tildeles:
Heder og ære! Diplom. Prispenger på kr. 20.000, – til arbeidsmiljøet.
Oversikt over fullstendige kriterier finner du her: HMS arbeidsmiljøpris MED 2022 kriterier.pdf (uib.no)
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Guest lecture at the Bergen Research School in Inflammation

We have an upcoming guest lecture held by prof. Anna Blom of Lund University, a world-renown specialist in complement system. See her webpage here: Protein Chemistry | Protein Chemistry (lu.se)
Lecture will be held on the 9^th of November in the Auditorium 4 of the BBBuilding, 12:00.

Dietary Selenomethionine Reduce Mercury Tissue Levels and Modulate Methylmercury Induced Proteomic and Transcriptomic Alterations in Hippocampi of Adolescent BALB/c Mice.
Mellingen RM, Myrmel LS, Rasinger JD, Lie KK, Bernhard A, Madsen L, Nøstbakken OJ. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Oct 13;23(20):12242. doi: 10.3390/ijms232012242.PMID: 36293098

Lactate dehydrogenases promote glioblastoma growth and invasion via a metabolic symbiosis.
Guyon J, Fernandez-Moncada I, Larrieu CM, Bouchez CL, Pagano Zottola AC, Galvis J, Chouleur T, Burban A, Joseph K, Ravi VM, Espedal H, Røsland GV, Daher B, Barre A, Dartigues B, Karkar S, Rudewicz J, Romero-Garmendia I, Klink B, Grützmann K, Derieppe MA, Molinié T, Obad N, Léon C, Seano G, Miletic H, Heiland DH, Marsicano G, Nikolski M, Bjerkvig R, Bikfalvi A, Daubon T. EMBO Mol Med. 2022 Oct 24:e15343. doi: 10.15252/emmm.202115343. Online ahead of print.PMID: 36278433 Free article.

Analysis of Plasmodium falciparum myosin B ATPase activity and structure in complex with the calmodulin-like domain of its light chain MLC-B.
Pires I, Hung YF, Bergmann U, Molloy JE, Kursula I. J Biol Chem. 2022 Oct 20:102634. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102634. Online ahead of print.PMID: 36273584 Free article.

Purine nucleoside phosphorylase controls nicotinamide riboside metabolism in mammalian cells.
Kropotov A, Kulikova V, Solovjeva L, Yakimov A, Nerinovski K, Svetlova M, Sudnitsyna J, Plusnina A, Antipova M, Khodorkovskiy M, Migaud ME, Gambaryan S, Ziegler M, Nikiforov A. J Biol Chem. 2022 Oct 17:102615. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102615. Online ahead of print.PMID: 36265580

BBB seminar 

Juan Antonio Vizcaíno from the European Bioinformatics Institute, EMBL-EBI, Cambridge, UK, will give a talk entitled “Benefits of open science practices in proteomics and challenges arising from clinical datasets”. 

Position: Proteomics Team Leader at the European Bioinformatics Institute
Research field: Proteomics, public repositories, open data, data standards
Main achievements: Vizcaíno’s team is responsible of the development of the PRIDE database (https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pride), the world-leading public repository for mass spectrometry proteomics data. Vizcaíno also co-founded and is coordinating the ProteomeXchange Consortium (http://www.proteomexchange.org), aiming to standardize data submission and dissemination in proteomics resources worldwide. Over the years, Vizcaíno has also heavily contributed to the development of open proteomics data standard formats, as part of the HUPO Proteomics Standards Initiative (PSI), and he is co-leading the ELIXIR Proteomics Community in Europe (https://elixir-europe.org/communities/proteomics).
Seminar focus: The recent increase in availability of proteomics data in the public domain has triggered numerous data re-use activities. I will highlight some of these ongoing efforts, including examples of machine learning approaches applied to public proteomics datasets. Proteomics is also increasingly used for clinical studies, resulting in potential ethical issues. I will describe the current state of the art, and the expected changes for the future in the context of data management practices in the field. 

 Thursday, November 3, 14:30 

BBB seminar 

Charalampos Tzoulis from the Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, will give a talk entitled «Mitochondria and Parkinson’s disease: from bench to bedside».

Seminar focus: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a major cause of death and disability, with a rapidly growing global socioeconomic impact. Current treatments for PD make no substantial impact on disease progression and, despite several candidate neuroprotective therapies showing encouraging preclinical results, these have failed to show disease-modifying effects in clinical trials. A growing body of evidence suggests that therapies targeting mitochondria and NAD metabolism may confer neuroprotective effects in PD. This presentation will cover hallmark experimental evidence supporting these hypotheses, and illustrate how basic laboratory research led to the first clinical trial of NAD replenishment therapy in PD, which showed encouraging results (Cell Metabolism, Brakedal et al., doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2022.02.001).
Neuromics research group: https://neuromics.org 
Neuro-SysMed Center: https://neuro-sysmed.no
Chairperson: Aurora Martinez (aurora.martinez@uib.no), Dept. of Biomedicine 

Thursday, November 10, 14:30 

Horizon Europe kurs, UIB Prosjektøkonomer

I samarbeid med Forskningsrådet vil det tilbys kurs i Bergen for alle som jobber med søknader til Horizon Europe.
Foreløpige datoer for kursene er 10., 11., og 12. januar.
Kursene er nivå 1 kurs. Kursholder er Europa Media. Påmelding skjer via Forskningsrådet sine nettsider, og her er det første til møllen (kursene er åpen for alle, også utenfor UiB).
For prosjektøkonomene anbefaler vi å velge «D.1: Basic Finance and Budgeting in Horizon Europe».
https://forskningsradet.pameldingssystem.no/grant-week-b-1-c-1-d-1
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