Category Archives: Utgave 08-2022

Dear colleagues,

At the Faculty Day on Wednesday, prizes in various categories were distributed. As already mentioned in the last newsletter, our Department did very well with one of the two prizes for the best PhD thesis awarded to Xiaozheng (Teeny) Liu, the prize for the best research and innovation environment awarded to the Translational cell signalling and metabolism group headed by Thomas Arnesen and one of the three prizes for excellent measures in teaching was given to Tine Veronica Karlsen. In addition, Olga Therese Ousdal was awarded the Falchs junior prize. Congratulations to all of you!

The ones of you who follow the Norwegian news about higher education have probably noticed the debate about postdoc positions giving the impression that these are bad positions to be in with no future perspectives. While it is clear that most postdocs will never become principle investigators (PI) because there are many more postdoc positions than PI positions, I have many friends, both inside and outside academia, who consider their postdoc period the best time in their research life. This is the time when one can fully concentrate on research free of other hassles like collecting credits, carrying out administrative duties, having the responsibility for a research group, or writing and defending a thesis. My advice to our postdocs would therefore be to enjoy the exiting research projects you are carrying out in an international and multicultural environment. Maybe with some luck your academic dream will work out, but if not, it does not mean that that the postdoc period was wasted. Unemployment among academics is generally very low and there are many other positions inside and outside academia that are interesting. Last week, I was invited to present at the Drug Discovery Chemistry conference in San Diego which was mainly attended by researchers in industry, and I was impressed by the exiting research that is going on in some companies.

Further, I would like to remind everyone about the IBM-day on May 2. The program of the day will come by e-mail. We will also have a strategy day for all faculty members at the department on June 1st. Please reserve the date, more details will follow.

As you are probably noticing, we are trying out a new format for the newsletter starting with this edition. With this, we hope to make the newsletter even easier to read, less time consuming to prepare, and better to archive. We hope that you enjoy the new experience.

Have a nice weekend,

Sosial spillkveld for instituttansatte!
Endelig kan vi invitere til sosial samling og spillkveld på Bar3 igjen, etter en lang «covid-pause». Denne gangen starter vi kvelden med en lag-quiz: samle folket i gruppen/avdelingen og bli med på en kjekk kveld med spill og moro! 😊 Det er selvfølgelig også mulig å ta med venner og kjære om dere har lyst.
Vi møtes 12. mai, fra 17.30 og utover, på Bar3 (Rosenkranzgaten 3):  https://www.bar3.no/

Social games night for department staff!
Finally, we are ble to invite you all to a social gathering and games night at Bar3 again, after a lengthy “covid-break”. This time we will start off the evening with a team quiz: gather the people in your group or section and join us for a lovely evening of games and fun! 😊  If you want to bring your partner/spouse or just a friend or two, that is also quite all right.
We’ll meet on May 12, from 17:30, at Bar3 (Rosenkranzgaten 3):  https://www.bar3.no/

Bedriftshelsetjenesten sitt tjenestetilbud

Bedriftshelsetjenesten (BHT) ved UiB har et bredt spekter av tjenester som vi kan tilby til våre miljø.
Av tjenester BHT tilbyr kan vi nevne yrkeshygieniske kartlegginger, ergonomiske kartlegginger/tilrettelegginger, målrettede yrkesmedisinske helsekontroller, bistand innenfor psykososialt arbeidsmiljø og rusproblematikk.
Se mer informasjon om Bedriftshelsetjenesten.

The occupational health service’s service offer

The occupational health service (BHT) at UiB has a wide range of services that we can offer to our environment.
Of the services BHT offers, we can mention occupational hygiene surveys, ergonomic surveys / adaptations, targeted occupational health inspections, assistance within the psychosocial work environment and substance abuse problems.
See more information about the Occupational Health Service.

Norwegian Language Courses at UiB

Each semester approximately 600 UiB employees, partners, immigrants, refugees and international students are enrolled in one of our Norwegian language courses. We offer a total of 7 different courses on 4 different levels. You will find a complete overview here.
Application deadlines for the autumn semester 2022
External applicants must apply in Søknadsweb before 2 May.
International employees and partners of international employees must apply in Søknadsweb before 2 June.
International students may sign up for Norwegian language courses in Studentweb from 27 June (NOR-INTRO, NOR-U1) or 8 August (all other courses).

Norwegian Language Courses at UiB

Proteomic approaches for untangling pharmacological targets in acute myeloid leukemia. Reikvam H, Hemsing AL, Hernandez-Valladares M, Birkeland E. Expert Rev Proteomics. 2022 Apr 22:1-4. doi: 10.1080/14789450.2022.2067530. Online ahead of print.PMID: 35436165 No abstract available.

The life cycle and enigmatic egress of coronaviruses. Prydz K, Saraste J. Mol Microbiol. 2022 Apr 17. doi: 10.1111/mmi.14907. Online ahead of print.PMID: 35434857 Review.

PKM2 Interacts With the Cdk1-CyclinB Complex to Facilitate Cell Cycle Progression in Gliomas. Ohba S, Tang Y, Johannessen TA, Mukherjee J. Front Oncol. 2022 Mar 22;12:844861. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.844861. eCollection 2022.PMID: 35392228 Free PMC article.

Cliff Kentros from NTNU will give a talk entitled “Genetic Interrogation of the Neural Circuitry of Memory”. 

Position: Professor, Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience and Centre for Neural Computation, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim.
Research field: Systems Neuroscience, Neural Circuits, Learning and Memory.
Main achievements: Grass Fellow at MBL, Member Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences, Norway.
Seminar focus: This seminar focuses on the investigation of the role of individual elements of the hippocampal/entorhinal cortex circuit via both electrophysiology and calcium imaging. Specifically on efforts related to Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), and the development of a new rodent model capturing the pathological interactions between ab and tau, the two main pathological components of AD, in the same entorhinal cortex cells which show the tauopathy side of AD. This model will be used to study how the interactions between ab and tau cause neurodegeneration specifically in entorhinal neurons, the proximal cause of dementia in AD.
Chairperson: Clive Bramham <clive.bramham@uib.no> 

Thursday, May 5, 14.30 

Olga Therese Ousdal from the University of Bergen will give a talk entitled “How the environment impacts the developmental trajectories of limbic brain regions”. 

Position: Olga Therese Ousdal is an associate professor at Department of Biomedicine, UoB and a consultant neuroradiologist at Haukeland University Hospital.
Research field: The neurobiological underpinning of common mental disorders as well as their treatments.
Main achievements: Ousdal´s work has gained both national and international attention, and she was awarded the Marie Spångberg award in 2021.
Seminar focus: This seminar will review evidence that early life adversities affect not only the outcome but also the pace of limbic brain development. Furthermore, it will be discussed how altering the pace of limbic brain development may increase later risk of experiencing mental health problems.
Chairperson: Ruth Brenk <ruth.brenk@uib.no> 

Thursday, May 12, 14.30 

Horizon Europe Inspiration Workshop

Velkommen til inspirasjons-workshop om Horisont Europa for UiB-ansatte. Programmet er en oppfølging av infodagen i januar 2022. Programmet starter med en kort gjennomgang av de forskjellige typene finansiering som er tilgjengelig for forskning, innovasjon, karriere- og nettverksbygging i Horisont Europa og Erasmus+ og hvordan du kan finne frem til dem.
Forskere og forskningsrådgivere fra UiB deler sine erfaringer i innlegg og paneldebatter om nettverksbygging, teambygging og søknadsskriving.
Påmeldingsfrist: 10. mai, kl. 12.00. Påmelding her.
Hvor: Scandic Hotell Ørnen, Lars Hilles gate 18
Når: 13. mai, kl. 09.30-15.00

Horizon Europe Inspiration Workshop

Horizon Europe Inspiration Workshop

Welcome to Horizon Europe Inspiration Workshop – a follow-up event to the Info Day in January 2022. The program begins with a brief overview of the different types of funding available for research, innovation, career and networking in Horizon Europe and Erasmus + and how to find them.
Researchers and research advisers from UiB share their experiences in talks and panel debates on network building, team building and proposal writing.
Registration deadline: May 10. at 12:00. Registration here
Where: Scandic Hotell Ørnen, Lars Hilles gate 18
When: May 13. at 09:30-15:00

Horizon Europe Inspiration Workshop

Hvordan skrive en god søknad til ERC Starting Grants

Har du tenkt å søke ERC Starting Grant (StG) i oktober 2022? 
Forskningsrådet og Universitetet i Oslo inviterer forskere til kurs i å skrive søknad til det europeiske forskningsrådet, ERC. 
Kurset er også relevant dersom du skal søke ERC Consolidator Grant (CoG) i februar 2023.
-ERC-2023-StG har tentativ frist 25. oktober 2022 og er for forskere som har 2-7 års erfaring etter PhD.
-ERC-2023-CoG har tentativ frist 2. februar 2023 og er for forskere som har 7-12 års erfaring etter PhD
Du finner informasjon om StG og CoG på ERC sine sider. 

How to write a good application for ERC Starting Grants

Are you planning to apply for the ERC Starting Grant (StG) in October 2022?
The Research Council and the University of Oslo invite researchers to courses in writing an application to the European Research Council, ERC.
The course is also relevant if you are applying for the ERC Consolidator Grant (CoG) in February 2023.

-ERC-2023-StG has a tentative deadline of 25 October 2022 and is for researchers who have 2-7 years of experience after PhD.
-ERC-2023-CoG has a tentative deadline of 2 February 2023 and is for researchers who have 7-12 years of experience after PhD.
You’ll find information about StG og CoG on the ERC web.
Suitable for: researchers and EU advisers
Registration deadline: 30. May 2022
When: 3. June 2022 09.30 – 14.30, the event is streamed.

How to write a good application for ERC Starting Grants

ERC søknadslesedag i Stavanger

Norges forskningsråd arrangerer «ERC søknadslesedager» for forskere som planlegger en søknad til The European Research Council (ERC).

På lesedagen vil du få mulighet til å se gjennom søknader som har fått finansiering fra ERC, for å se hvordan et vellykket ERC-prosjekt kan struktureres. Over 60 norske ERC-grantees har vært så vennlige å gi tillatelse til at vi kan gjøre søknaden deres tilgjengelig på lesedagen.

Dette er en stille lesesesjon uten program. For mer informasjon se den felles påmeldingssiden, der finner du også lenke til hvert enkelt arrangement. Kontaktpersoner: Berit Sundby Avset (bsa@forskningsradet.no) og Per Magnus Kommandantvold (pmk@forskningsradet.no)

Hvor: Universitetet i Stavanger, Arne Rettedals hus, AR V-209, Kjell Arholmsgate 41, 4036 Stavanger
Passer for: Forskere og EU-rådgivere

Når:14. juni 2022 13.00 – 16.00

ERC søknadslesedag i Stavanger

ERC Proposal Reading Day in Stavanger

The Research Council of Norway organises «ERC Proposal Reading Days» for researchers who are planning an application to the European Research Council (ERC). On the Reading Day you will get the opportunity to read successful ERC grant proposals in order to see how a proposal might be structured. Over 60 Norwegian ERC-grantees have given their kind consent to make their proposal available for the reading day.This is a silent reading session without a program. For more information, see the common registration page, where you will also find a link to each individual event.
Contacts: Berit Sundby Avset (bsa@forskningsradet.no) og Per Magnus Kommandantvold (pmk@forskningsradet.no).
Where: University of Stavanger, Arne Rettedals hus, AR V-209, Kjell Arholmsgate 41, 4036 Stavanger
Target group:Researchers and EU-advisors
When:14 June 2022 13:00 – 16:00
ERC Proposal Reading Day in Stavanger

HPC On-boarding May 2022

The Norwegian Research Infrastructure Services (NRIS) is offering an on-boarding hands-on course for current and future users of national HPC systems (Saga, Fram, Betzy).
Targeted Audience: The course is aimed at students, researchers and employees of any background. We assume no prior knowledge of what an HPC is or how to use it. For those who have little experience with UNIX-like operating systems such as Linux or who have never worked on the command line of a terminal, we will offer a hands-on pre-course about UNIX a day before the HPC course. The course is open to all users and free of charge. Registration closes on 25th April.
HPC On-boarding May 2022

Best Practices on NRIS Clusters May 2022

The two half days course is the follow up to the NRIS HPC on-boarding course. We will focus on different aspects related to the everyday usage of HPC facilities in order to facilitate an valuable and productive framework to develop your research. These include best practices and trouble shooting, resource management, software installation, gpu computing with slurm and advanced user support.
Targeted Audience: The course is aimed at students, researchers and employees who want to deepen their knowledge of the usage of HPC facilities. This is a follow-up course to the NRIS HPC on-boarding course (although it is not a prerequisite). If you are new to HPC, we highly recommend to sign up for the NRIS HPC on-boarding course to benefit from this course. The course is open to all users and free of charge, but registration is mandatory.
Best Practices on NRIS Clusters May 2022

Symposium on tumor and tissue fibrosis, 2022 (uib.no)

Symposium on tumor and tissue fibrosis | MOTIF | UiB

CCBIO Junior Scientist Symposium

Welcome to the last CCBIO Junior Scientist Symposium of the spring term 2022!
The CCBIO Junior Scientist Symposium represents an integrated part of the CCBIO Research School for Cancer Studies. This is a seminar series that aims to improve scientific interaction and networking among junior researchers. Preliminary program:
Keynote lecture by Henriette Christie Ertsås: «Of course, you would never publish in a predatory journal… or would you?»
Amalie Fagerli Tegnander: «Low Anterior gradient 2 (AGR2) relates to aggressive tumor features in breast cancer»
Maria Kathrine Tveitarås: «Suppression of breast cancer metastasis by targeting tumour hypoxia»
Lena Hansen: «Fantastic antibodies and where to find them»
Where: Possibly hybrid, more information will come.
When: 12 mai, kl. 09.00–12.30

CCBIO Junior Scientist Symposium

Påminnelser

NorDoc ph.d.-konferanse og sommerskole i Bergen 2022

17-18 juni 2022. NorDoc ph.d.-konferanse.

NorDoc PhD Conference and Summer School in Bergen 2022
June 17-18 2022. NorDoc PhD Conference.

The 68th Scandinavian Neurosurgical Congress

It is our great pleasure to welcome you to Bergen, Norway for the 68th Scandinavian Neurosurgical Society congress (SNS). This meeting is a joint meeting for the Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic and Norwegian societies of Neurosurgery, Neuroradiology and Neuronursing.

In Bergen, May 14-16. The 68th Scandinavian Neurosurgical Congress.

Det er tid for innvendig vinduspuss i BB bygget

Arbeidet starter mandag 2 mai.

Eventuell solskjerming må være oppe, dvs heises opp på ettermiddagen dagen før slik at vi kan begynne tidlig.
Persienner må holdes oppe til oppdraget er utført. Dette gjelder ikke persiennene som er integrert i vinduene.
Vinduskarmen må være ryddet og tom, samt at selskapet Coor utfører renhold KUN ved tilkomst.
Dersom vinduskarmer/ innvendige vinduer/ skilleglass ut mot korridor ikke er tilgjengelig, blir disse ikke vasket.
Arbeidet tar ca 10 min pr kontor. Slik at du kan ha tid til å hente deg en kopp kaffe.
Ved spørsmål kontakt Eli Gunn Kjørlaug Eli.Kjorlaug@uib.no

It’s time for interior window cleaning in the BB building

The work starts on Monday 2 May.

Any sun protection must be up, ie hoisted up in the afternoon the day before so that we can start early.
Blinds must be held up until the assignment is completed. This does not apply to the blinds that are integrated in the windows.
The window frame must be cleaned and empty, and that the company Coor performs cleaning ONLY if there is access.
If window frames / interior windows / partitions facing the corridor are not available, these will not be washed. The work takes about 10 minutes per office. So you can have time to grab a cup of coffee.
If you have any questions, please contact Eli Gunn Kjørlaug Eli.Kjorlaug@uib.no

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Redaktører: Anne Mette Søviknes og Stian Krog