Dear colleagues!

I hope you all have had a nice summer, although some have experienced sub-optimal weather (too cold, too wet, too hot …). I hope you have had the necessary mixture of relaxation, social and family activities and charging of your batteries. Now we are ready for the next working period in the autumn semester, and the students are back on campus.

We have received the new master students in our biomedical master’s programme, and this year we have a normal class size – it seems we end up with a little fewer than 25 students. For the health professions students in their first year the faculty reports that we also are close to the numbers we aim for. And the second-year students are back and active with the ordinary teaching schedule.

This year we are very pleased that the audio-visual equipment in the main auditorium in the hospital finally is upgraded and in place. This is good news for the big first-year courses. In general, we have well-functioning teaching equipment, although we have some challenges particularly in the histology rooms. The people involved are informed, and teaching can continue with minimal changes.

I wish us all a good and productive autumn semester! And although the seasonal wet periods certainly will come, we can all still hope for some late summer days with sun and nice temperatures!

Remember:
“Pedagogisk påfyll” (Norwegian): Pedagogisk påfyll høsten 2022 | Enhet for læring | UiB
Pedagogical courses for PhD candidates and post-docs: Aktiviteter ved Enhet for læring høsten 2022 | Enhet for læring | UiB

Cedric Zeltz har startet i stillingen

som forsker ved IBM den 1. juli.

Markus Vabø har startet som lærling

i ekspedisjonen  ved IBM den 8. august.

Elaheh Mahootchi har startet i stillingen
som PostDoc ved IBM den 1. august.

Sosial spillkveld for instituttansatte!

Vi inviterer til en sosial samling og spillkveld på Bar3 igjen,
– 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 15. september fra 18.00 og utover, på Bar3

(Rosenkranzgaten 3): https://www.bar3.no/

Social games night for department staff!

We will invite you all to a social gathering and games night at Bar3 again
– 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 September 15, from 18:00 (6 pm), at Bar3

(Rosenkranzgaten 3): https://www.bar3.no/

Informasjon om helse, miljø og sikkerhet ved Instiutt for biomedisin

– Alle som skal ha tilgang til våre laboratorier må være kjent med

HMS permen *)

– Ved HMS avvik, send en avviksmelding: Melding av HMS-avvik

– Mer nyttig informasjon om HMS finnes ved UiBs HMS-portalen

Beredskap ved Det medisinske fakultet – rutiner og kontaktinformasjon

Beredskap ved Det medisinske fakultet – rutiner og kontaktinformasjon | Det medisinske fakultet | UiB

How to use Mentimeter

At the department day in May, Arne Tjølsen presented the tool Mentimeter which can be used in teaching for quizzes, polls surveys etc. For those of you who are interested in learning more, the UIB’s Learning Lab is arranging two digital courses at beginner and advanced levels in August.

Mentimeter is a response tool making teachers interact with their students in real time. Using the tool, you can carry out live polling, surveys and quizzes, create word clouds, receive questions from the students and build all of this into presentations. The students connect easily from their own device, without an account.

Beginner level: 23. August 10:00-11:15
https://www.uib.no/l%C3%A6ringslab/154140/grunnkurs-i-mentimeter

Advanced level: 30. August 10:00-11:15
https://www.uib.no/node/154142

Coming course this fall!

NEUROSYSM930 – Applied bioinformatics and data analysis in medical research, November 7-11, 2022.
Campus UiB / Haukeland University Hospital.
Note deadline September 1.

In this 3 credit course, you will learn to apply bioinformatics and data analysis in clinical research on human tissue. It will focus on practical aspects and methodological considerations that needed to be taken into account when dealing with human derived data, such as data sensitivity, limited sample sizes, sample misclassification, choice of appropriate statistical models, and covariates, and tissue heterogeneity. The course will be composed of seminars, lectures, and hands-on tutorials given by clinicians and researchers based on real-life scenarios.

Who: The course will be highly beneficial for all participants with an interest in bioinformatics, biology, medicine, or clinical research in general. It is open to researchers, postdocs, PhD students, master students, students enrolled in the Medical Student Research Program, and others interested in the topic. A basic knowledge of statistics is required. Familiarity with next-generation sequencing and a basic understanding of molecular biology and/or genetics are desirable.
Place: Campus UiB / Haukeland University Hospital, personal attendance.
When: November 7-11, 2022. Lunch will be provided.
Deadline for registration: September 1. Non-UiB students register through Søknadsweb, and UiB students register through Studentweb. If you don’t need the study points, you can register for non-ECTS participation through this link.
Program: not yet available, will be available through this link.
Organizers: Dr. Kim Brügger, Dr. Fiona Dick, Dr. Gonzalo Nido and Dr. Lilah Toker have the academic responsibility. Contact: kim.brugger@uib.no
More information and pre-reading list: on this website

CCBIO905 – Methods in Cancer Biomarker Research, September 27-29, 2022.
A fully digital event in Zoom. Note deadline September 1.

This course focuses on the full panel of standard and advanced methods with relevance for cancer biomarker research. The intention is to provide an understanding of the various methodologies and their application in basic and translational cancer research. The course further covers relevant topics like optimal sample collection and biobanking. Note also a keynote lecture by Klaus Pantel on ctDNA and CTCs in the evaluation of cancer treatment efficacy!

The thematic parts include methods ranging from basic techniques on nucleotides and proteins to more advanced approaches, as well as bioinformatics and biobanking. The course will focus on methods to study biomarkers in tissue samples, blood samples, circulating tumor cells and DNA, and other biologic materials. Methodologies like PCR techniques, microarray, next-generation sequencing, bioinformatics and artificial intelligence, immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization, protein ligation assays, Western blot and ELISA, tissue microdissection and proteomics, flow cytometry, flow and imaging mass cytometry, and biobanking will be presented. Changes in nucleic acids and proteins in different settings will be discussed, as will the clinical applications.

Who: The course is open to researchers, postdocs, PhD students, master students, students enrolled in the Medical Student Research Program, and national and international students and researchers interested in the topic.
Place: Online on Zoom. Access links will be sent to the registered participants in due time.
When: September 27-29, 2022
Deadline for registration: September 1. Non-UiB students register through Søknadsweb, and UiB students register through Studentweb. Also possible to register for non-ECTS participation in this link if you don’t need the study points.
Program: Preliminary program is available through this link.
Organizers: Lars A. Akslen and Agnete Engelsen have the academic responsibility, and Ingeborg Winge (ingeborg.winge@uib.no) is the course coordinator.
More information: on this website

CCBIONEUR910, Patient and Public Involvement in Medical and Health Research,
November 30 – December 2, 2022.
Note deadline September 1.
The course aims to inspire increased user participation in research trials and will present methods on how to involve user representatives. This is highly relevant to all biomedical research fields, and Patient and Public Involvement is documented to positively impact the relevance and efficacy in medical research.

Learn: How patient and public involvement influence medical research, the conduct of clinical studies and the application of research results. About the researcher’s responsibility for patient and public involvement to be integrated into the entire process in a clinical research project. What role of user organizations and local user committees may have in your work. To communicate research findings to patients and the public. To discuss with users how their perspectives can contribute to democratization and quality improvement in research projects. To incorporate input from users into your research project. To assess and convey the added value of patient and public involvement and initiate productive user involvement in your research projects.

Time: November 30 – December 2, 2022
Place: Eitri and Haukeland University Hospital main building auditorium B301, BB Building auditorium 4, all on-site event
Program: Not yet available, but you can read about last year’s course here.
Academic responsibility: Nina Jebsen, Tone Skår and Kjell-Morten Myhr
Coordinators: Hilde Norborg and Rasmus Humlevik
Who: The course is open to researchers, postdocs, PhD students, master students, students enrolled in the Medical Student Research Program, and representatives from user/patient organizations.
Deadline/registration: September 1. Non-UiB students who need the ECTS register through Søknadsweb, and UiB students register through Studentweb. Also available for non-ECTS participation for a limited number of patient representatives. The user organizations will receive an invite. More information: on this website.

NORA national research school for AI

Earlier this year we were granted a National AI research school by Research Council of Norway. I am writing to you as your research is linked with AI topics and your organization being a partner of NORA. The objective of this email is to make you aware of the research school initiative and engage you in the future activities. For example: if you see a topic that needs to be covered as a workshop, webinar or an educational course. We can capture that input and plan future activities around it.
We plan to do several activities under the research school from research exchanges to topical events. It would be good to have your inputs and feedback. Here is the link to the research school webpage: Research School – NORA – Norwegian Artificial Intelligence Research Consortium
If you are supervising a PhD student or know a PhD student who can benefit from this research school. Please ask them to sign up for free membership here: Membership – NORA – Norwegian Artificial Intelligence Research Consortium
We also have a call for courses going on for 2023 term. If you are interested in preparing new courses on AI, then please fill the application here: Courses: Call for Application – NORA – Norwegian Artificial Intelligence Research Consortium
The deadline for the call is 31 Aug 2022.

Labor epidural analgesia and subsequent risk of offspring autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A cross-national cohort study of 4.5 million individuals and their siblings.
Hegvik TA, Klungsøyr K, Kuja-Halkola R, Remes H, Haavik J, D’onofrio BM, Metsä-Simola N, Engeland A, Fazel S, Lichtenstein P, Martikainen P, Larsson H, Sariaslan A. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2022 Aug 13:S0002-9378(22)00650-0. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2022.08.016. Online ahead of print.PMID: 35973476

Refining the Role of Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Kinases in Glioblastoma Development.
Larrieu CM, Storevik S, Guyon J, Pagano Zottola AC, Bouchez CL, Derieppe MA, Tan TZ, Miletic H, Lorens J, Tronstad KJ, Daubon T, Røsland GV. Cancers (Basel). 2022 Aug 2;14(15):3769. doi: 10.3390/cancers14153769.PMID: 35954433 Free PMC article.

Metabolically-incorporated deuterium in myelin localized by neutron diffraction and identified by mass spectrometry.
Baumann A, Denninger AR, Domin M, Demé B, Kirschner DA.Curr Res Struct Biol. 2022 Jun 28;4:231-245. doi: 10.1016/j.crstbi.2022.06.003. eCollection 2022.PMID: 35941866 Free PMC article.

Targeting the splicing factor NONO inhibits GBM progression through GPX1 intron retention.
Wang X, Han M, Wang S, Sun Y, Zhao W, Xue Z, Liang X, Huang B, Li G, Chen A, Li X, Wang J. Theranostics. 2022 Jul 11;12(12):5451-5469. doi: 10.7150/thno.72248. eCollection 2022.PMID: 35910786 Free PMC article.

HIDEA syndrome is caused by biallelic, pathogenic, rare or founder P4HTM variants impacting the active site or the overall stability of the P4H-TM protein.
Kraatari-Tiri M, Soikkonen L, Myllykoski M, Jamshidi Y, Karimiani EG, Komulainen-Ebrahim J, Kallankari H, Mignot C, Keren B, Nougues MC, Alsahlawi Z, Romito A, Martini J, Toosi MB, Carroll CJ, Tripolszki K, Bauer P, Uusimaa J, Bertoli-Avella AM, Koivunen P, Rahikkala E. Clin Genet. 2022 Jul 30. doi: 10.1111/cge.14203. Online ahead of print.PMID: 35908151

Early Evolutionary Selection of NAD Biosynthesis Pathway in Bacteria.
Sharma S, Hsieh YC, Dietze J, Bockwoldt M, Strømland Ø, Ziegler M, Heiland I. Metabolites. 2022 Jun 21;12(7):569. doi: 10.3390/metabo12070569.PMID: 35888693 Free PMC article.

Identification of BST2 Contributing to the Development of Glioblastoma Based on Bioinformatics Analysis.
Kong Y, Xue Z, Wang H, Cui G, Chen A, Liu J, Wang J, Li X, Huang B. Front Genet. 2022 Jul 5;13:890174. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2022.890174. eCollection 2022.PMID: 35865015 Free PMC article.

Genome Guided Personalized Drug Therapy in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
Haavik J. Front Psychiatry. 2022 Jun 27;13:925442. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.925442. eCollection 2022.PMID: 35832601 Free PMC article.

Human myelin proteolipid protein structure and lipid bilayer stacking.
Ruskamo S, Raasakka A, Pedersen JS, Martel A, Škubník K, Darwish T, Porcar L, Kursula P. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2022 Jul 12;79(8):419. doi: 10.1007/s00018-022-04428-6.PMID: 35829923 Free PMC article.

Comparing the mitochondrial signatures in ESCs and iPSCs and their neural derivations.
Kristiansen CK, Chen A, Høyland LE, Ziegler M, Sullivan GJ, Bindoff LA, Liang KX.Cell Cycle. 2022 Jul 10:1-16. doi: 10.1080/15384101.2022.2092185. Online ahead of print.PMID: 35815665

Quantitative proteomics reveals protein dysregulation during T cell activation in multiple sclerosis patients compared to healthy controls.
Cappelletti C, Eriksson A, Brorson IS, Leikfoss IS, Kråbøl O, Høgestøl EA, Vitelli V, Mjaavatten O, Harbo HF, Berven F, Bos SD, Berge T. Clin Proteomics. 2022 Jul 5;19(1):23. doi: 10.1186/s12014-022-09361-1.PMID: 35790914 Free PMC article.

Exome sequencing in a child with neurodevelopmental disorder and epilepsy: Variant analysis of the AHNAK2 gene.
Vinci M, Kursula P, Greco D, Elia M, Vetri L, Schepis C, Chiavetta V, Donadio S, Roccella M, Carotenuto M, Romano V, Calì F. Mol Genet Genomic Med. 2022 Jul 5:e2012. doi: 10.1002/mgg3.2012. Online ahead of print.PMID: 35789128 Free article.

ILC2s and Adipose Tissue Homeostasis: Progress to Date and the Road Ahead.
Misawa T, Wagner M, Koyasu S. Front Immunol. 2022 Jun 16;13:876029. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.876029. eCollection 2022.PMID: 35784368 Free PMC article. Review.

CCBIO Seminar 

Start up seminar for Carina Strell: Perspectives on early breast cancer – molecular biology and epidemiolog

Coffee/tea will be served before the seminar, followed by tapas and beverages afterwards. The event is open to all and you are welcome to circulate this invitation.

Registration: through this link.

Chairperson: Lars A. Akslen <Lars.Akslen@uib.no> 

Thursday, August 25, NB! 13.00 at the auditorium in Armauer Hansens Hus

Upcoming events for University of Bergen Library

The UiB University Library continues its popular webinar series on the principles of Open Science in autumn 2022. Open science is a research practice where processes and results are openly available under conditions that promotes sharing, use, cooperation, and societal responsibility.
The UiB University Library and its Digital Lab offer a wide range of interesting courses and events – please find more information in the calendar.

Data management Plans
A data management plan (DMP) describes how data in a research project will be collected, processed, and made available. Writing a DMP is good scientific practice which helps structuring the data management in a research project and a requirement by research funders, e.g. The Norwegian Research Council or Horizon Europe. See also our information page UiB Library – Data Management Plans.
August 19^th 10:00-11:00 CET: Introduction to Data Management Plans (in Norwegian)
September 30^th, 10:00-14:00 CET: Data Management Plan Workshop
Following an introduction to data management plans, you will be able to work on your own DMP and receive feedback.
November 25^th, 10:00-11:00 CET: Introduction to Data Management Plans

How to make your data open & FAIR
Researchers are encouraged to make their data openly available as early as possible in the research process, and most funders, e.g. Norwegian Research Council or Horizon Europe, and publishers require that the research data from a project is made openly available. In the course you will get an introduction to how you can make your research data open and FAIR, and how to archive your data in our institutional archive UiB Open Research Data. See also our information page UiB Library – Open Access to Research Data.
September 2^nd, 10:00-11:00 CET: How to make your data open & FAIR
December 9^th, 10:00-11:00 CET: How to make your data open & FAIR (in Norwegian)

Open Access publishing step-by-step
Governments, institutions, and research funders expect researchers to make their research openly available. What is open access, why should you make your research publications openly available and what services and support is available at UiB? See also our information page: UiB Library – Open Access Publishing
September 16^th, 10:00-10:45 CET: Open Access publishing step-by-step

Make your research visible using researcher profiles
Having a researcher profile is a great way to showcase contributions to your field and open science engagement. This seminar will demonstrate how to use ORCID and other researcher profiles to showcase your work. See also MittUiB online course UBB103 Profiles and Publishing Statistics and our information page UiB Library – Bibliometric services and analysis.
October 14^th, 10:00-10:45 CET: Make your research visible using researcher profiles

Open Access Week
Open Access Week is an annual scholarly communication event focusing on open access and related topics. The national Norwegian program is the result of a collaboration between UiB and several other institutions and infrastructures. Stay tuned!
October 24^th-28^th: Open Access Week 2022

Finding & reusing research data
Reusing published research data can open new avenues of research and avoids unnecessary duplication of efforts. The webinar will give an introduction to FAIR research data as a resource, explain data citation, and demonstrate strategies to efficiently discover datasets in your discipline.
November 11^th, 10:00-11:00 CET: Finding & reusing research data

NARMAs vårkonferanse 2023

NARMAs vårkonferanse 2023 arrangerer på Thon Hotell Arena i Lillestrøm tirsdag 21 og onsdag 22 mars 2023. Noter tidspunktet i din kalender! NARMAs arbeidsutvalg er interessert i ‘’New and emerging topics’’ som forskningsadministrativt personale bør ha kjennskap til. Send ditt forslag til post@narma.no innen 12.09.2022
NARMA | Medspillere for forskning
NARMAs arbeidsutvalg inviterer deg til å bidra på konferansen.
Alle som arbeider med forskningsadministrative oppgaver, kan bidra til å utforme NARMAs vårkonferanse. Med både innhold og presentasjoner. Du kan foreslå innlegg eller hele parallellsesjoner i et hvilket som helst tema og perspektiv rundt forskningsledelse og administrasjon. Målet er å tilby faglig innhold som bidrar til ny kunnskap til bruk i det daglige arbeidet innen forskingsadministrasjon.

Nordic interactive scientific webinar on AML – proteomics

Wednesday 24th of August 14.00 to 17.00
14.00-14.10 Introduction to the meeting and the meeting format of Interactive Scientific Webinars, Sören Lehmann.
14.10-14.20 Perspectives on proteomics in AML, Bjørn Tore Gjertsen.
14.20-14.55 Title: TBD, Jesper V Olsen, University of Copenhagen.
14.55-15.30 Refining precision medicine in hematology by protegenomics Janne Lehtiö, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm.
15.30-15.40 Leg stretch.
15.40-16.15 Proteome and phosphoproteome heterogeneity in acute myeloid leukemia, Frode Selheim, University of Bergen.
16.15-16.50 Title: TBD, Erwin M Schoof, University of Copenhagen.
16.50-17.00 Conclusions, Sören Lehmann.
Zoom link for the meeting:
https://ki-se.zoom.us/j/62736398650?pwd=SU5KYzJ3RGE3RjA4bDBwOENTM0VPZz09

Startup seminar for Carina Strell – CCBIO

CCBIO has the pleasure of inviting you to a special startup seminar for Carina Strell to celebrate the initiation of her TMS starting grant, and to kickstart our dissemination activities after the summer break.
The seminar will take place in the auditorium in Armauer Hansens Hus, Thursday, August 25, 2022, 13.00-16.00.
Coffee/tea will be served before the seminar, followed by tapas and beverages afterwards. The event is open to all and you are welcome to circulate this invitation.
We would appreciate if as many as possible would register.
Title: Startup seminar for Carina Strell: Perspectives on early breast cancer – molecular biology and epidemiology.
Speakers: Carina Strell, Therese Sørlie, Solveig Hofvind, followed by plenary discussions.
Chair: Lars A. Akslen
Time: Thursday, August 25, 2022, 13.00-16.00
Where: The auditorium in Armauer Hansens Hus, Haukelandsveien 28, Bergen.
Registration: We would appreciate if as many as possible would register.
More information: https://www.uib.no/en/ccbio/153374/startup-seminar-carina-strell

Norwegian Bioinformatics Days 2022

September 28. – 30. 2022, Sundvolden. NBD 2022 – Bioinformatics conference (norbioinfo.no)
Join us for two and a half days of talks, discussions, and workshops covering topics ranging from metagenomics, diagnostic bioinformatics, phylogenetics to biostatistics, machine learning, and molecular modeling.
Hear from several internationally interesting keynote speakers and get to know the new infrastructure, research, and activities within bioinformatics and computational biology in Norway. The meeting will also serve as a platform for networking between young and senior scientists.
Looking forward to seeing you all in Sundvolden for a bioinformatics conference in person!
The conference aims at bringing together computational biologists working in academia and industry in Norway to promote scientific excellence and spark national and international collaborations on computational and statistical research projects related to life sciences. We are excited to announce our keynote speakers!
Dr Céline Vallot from Institut Curie, France
Prof Dr Iain Johnston from University of Bergen, Norway
Prof Dr Uwe Ohler from Max Delbrueck Center, Germany
Dr Anaïs Bardet from University of Strasbourg, France
Prof Dr Alexander Schug from Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Germany
Dr Ana Cvejic from University of Cambridge, UK
And thrilled to present our interesting, community driven workshops!
NBD 2022 – Bioinformatics conference (norbioinfo.no)

Start-up seminar for new PhD candidates

September 19. at 09.00 – 12.05.
Dear PhD Candidate at the Faculty of Medicine, UiB. We are pleased to inform you that we will now resume the PhD Start-up seminar for new PhD candidates at the faculty. Due to corona, this seminar has not been presented lately, but now we can meet and share experiences and information again. We invite all candidates who started from 1 July 2021 to 1 August 2022.
This is a heads up for you to reserve the time in your calendar. We are planning a program with focus on information to be of help and support for you in your early-stage period of your PhD study and interesting speakers to share their experiences as active candidates in the PhD program and alumna to give a broader perspective from the PhD education to pursue a career after finishing the PhD.
We will end the seminar with a lunch, a good opportunity to get to know your fellow PhD candidates and to do some networking as well. Please, reserve this time for the PhD Start-Up seminar:
Venue: Auditorium Midgard, Alrek.
More information and a registration form will follow. Keep an eye for it in your in-box. We are looking forward to seeing you there.

Activities at Center for Medical Education autumn 2022

The Center for Medical Education offers several courses and subjects in autumn 2022. Read more about the individual offer by following the links. See website: Enhet for læring | Universitetet i Bergen (uib.no)

PHDPED900: Introduction to Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Health Sciences for PhD candidates and Post doctors. Apply here: https://evuweb.fsweb.no/evuweb/pamelding/PHDPED900,H2022?inst=UIB.
Course dates:
Friday 23.9.22: 09:15 – 16:00
Wednesday 19.10.22: 09:15 – 13:00
Wednesday 26.10.22: 09:15 – 13:00
One of the following days:
Thursday 10.11.22: 09:15 – 15:00
Friday 11.11.22: 09:15 – 15:00
Monday 14.11.22: 09:15 – 15:00
One of the following days:
Wednesday 14.12.22: 09:15 – 13:00
Thursday 15.12.22: 09:15 – 13:00
Friday 16.12.22: 09:15 – 13:00

PHDMED901 Journal Club – medical and health-related educational research. Registration here: https://evuweb.fsweb.no/evuweb/pamelding/PHDMED901,H2022?inst=UIB
Course dates: Kick-off meeting Tuesday 6 September 2022, then individual dates during autumn 2022 and spring 2023.

Educational supplement: Series of seminars for all employees.

Workshops in educational folders: The Center for Medical Education is organizing a workshop this autumn for academic staff who want help to get started with creating an educational folder. More information to come.

If supervisors wish to participate in the doctoral promotion on 26 August, you can register here:
INVITASJON TIL DOKTORPROMOSJON I UNIVERSITETSAULAEN 26. AUGUST 2022 kl. 1300 / INVITATION TO THE UNIVERSITY`S CEREMONY FOR THE PRESENTATION OF DOCTORAL DEGREES (uib.no)

Build your professional network using LinkedIn

Online August 24. 2022. 12.30–13.30. Registration deadline 23.08. – 12.00, Build your professional network using LinkedIn (uib.no). How to reach a broader network of peers and employers? Are you curious about what employers are now hiring and what competence they are looking for? What type of engagement are your peers involved in? Have you ever wondered how your competence will be valued by the industry? UiB Ferd Career Center for early-stage researchers invites you to a one hour long digital course in how to use LinkedIn for professional networking.
The course will demonstrate how LinkedIn can help you build a professional profile and develop network for career advancement. We will demonstrate how to connect you with relevant partners and companies relevant to your research interests.
Build your professional network using LinkedIn | UiB Ferd Career Center for Early Stage Researchers | UiB
The course will start with a short introduction to setting up an account (or you can watch this video beforehand:https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a554351/how-do-i-create-a-good-linkedin-profile-?lang=en).

Learning, stress, coping and thriving; A lecture for PhD-candidates and young scientists.

UiB Ferd in collaboration with The Occupational Health Service; offers: A lecture on common stress reactions in intensive learning situations: How we can handle stress and use our stress reactions as resources to work smartly.
Learning, stress, coping and thriving; A lecture for PhD-candidates and young scientists. | The HSE-gateway | UiB
The lecture will be led by Andreas Hillestad Schei. Schei is a clinical psychologist with expertise in counseling, teaching, leadership training and meditation. He is passionate about empowering people to find their own power to succeed and thrive.
Target group: PhD-candidates and young scientists.
When: September 8th, 14.00-15.00 p.m.
Where: Studentsenteret (the Student centre), seminar room E
Language: English.
Registration: n/a. Open to everyone in the target group who’d like to join

Midler til samarbeidsprosjekt innen Globale samfunnsutfordringer – ekstra utlysing

Globale samfunnsutfordringer (GSU) ønsker å stimulere til nye faglige samarbeidskonstellasjoner og lyser ut midler som kan søkes av vitenskapelig ansatte med hovedstilling ved UiB (inkludert postdoc og PhD kandidater). Formålet med midlene er å stimulere til tverrfakultært og tverrfaglig forskningssamarbeid. Minimum to fakulteter skal være involvert i samarbeidet.
Prosjektene som støttes skal falle inn under et eller flere av GSUs prioriterte områder; migrasjon, helse og ulikhet. Samlet ramme for utlysningen er kr 350 000. Det bevilges midler til møter, seminarer eller reiser som har til hensikt å utvikle tverrfaglige forskningsprosjekter. Prosjektene skal inneholde konkrete planer om søknader til eksterne finansieringskilder eller videre forskningssamarbeid. Det bevilges maksimum kr 100000 per prosjekt. Midlene må benyttes innen utgangen av 2023.
Søknaden skal inneholde en kort beskrivelse av formål, samarbeidsrelasjoner og plan for aktiviteten, samt budsjett. Søknaden skal ikke overstige 2 sider. Søknadsfrist 15. september 2022. Søknad sendes i ePhorte fra hovedsøkers institutt/fakultet.
Merk: Det bevilges ikke midler til deltagelse på konferanser etc., lønn, driftsmidler til forskning, pilotstudier eller utvikling av forskingsmateriale. Vi støtter heller ikke gjentagende aktiviteter som for eksempel arrangement av årlige konferanser/seminarer.
Tildelingskriterier:
– Faglig kvalitet på prosjektet
– Grad av originalitet i tverrfagligheten
– Prioritet vil bli gitt til vitenskapelig ansatte tidlig i karrieren

Momentum career development programme for early stage researchers

The Momentum programme is planned to be arranged for the fifth time, starting in February 2023. It is now opened for applications. The deadline for applications is 17:00 on the 23. September 2022.
The programme allows 15 candidates, with 3 candidates from The Faculty of Medicine.
Momentum career development programme for early stage researchers | Research | UiB
The Momentum Programme includes five seminars, planned to run between February and October 2023.
The seminars are structured around the key categories career development and external funding, with the topics of the seminars being excellence, impact, research leadership and implementation, internationalisation, and grant writing.
In addition to the seminar series, Momentum delegates receive a NOK 100 000 stipend to spend on mentoring, travel, networking, research stays, conferences, workshops and other activities directly related to their career development.
Mentoring: NOK 50 000 of the stipend can be used to work with an international academic mentor. Faculties and/or institutes/centers are responsible for helping to find a suitable mentor. It is not mandatory to engage a mentor.
Who can apply? Postdocs, researchers and associate professors employed at UiB can apply to Momentum.
Further information here: Momentum career development programme for early stage researchers | Research | UiB

Kolbjørn Brambanis kreftforskningsstipend 2022

Søknadsfrist 30. september 2022. Kolbjørn Brambanis legat for kreftforskning, i samarbeid med Onkologisk Forum, deler i år ut et kreftforskningsstipend på kr. 400.000, eventuelt to stipend á kr 200.000. Brambanis legat ønsker spesielt å prioritere forskning på kreft hos barn og unge, men også annen kreftforskning vil støttes. Kolbjørn Brambanis kreftforskningsstipend – ONKOLOGISK FORUM
Stipendet skal gi økonomisk bistand til medisinere under sitt PhD -arbeide, eller være et tilskudd til fortsatt forskningsarbeid etter avlagt PhD. Stipendet kan med fordel benyttes til utenlandsopphold, men frikjøp fra klinisk arbeid eller finansiering av utstyrsbehov kan også være aktuelt.
Søknad må inneholde et resyme og vurdering av søkerens beste artikler samt oversikt over planlagt bruk av stipendet. Referanseliste og relevant CV bes vedlagt. Søknaden skal skrives på engelsk.
Den som mottar stipend må opprette en prosjektkonto hos arbeidsgiver, og det forutsettes at stipendet benyttes i forståelse med arbeidsgiver. Det forutsettes videre at styret i Kolbjørn Brambanis Legat mottar en rapport om bruken av stipendet senest 2 år etter tildeling. Nærmere detaljer om dette vil framkomme i tildelingsbrev.
Søknadene vil vurderes av en komite og avgjørelse fattes av styret i Kolbjørn Brambanis Legat. Stipendet vil overrekkes under Onkologisk Forum 17. -18. november 2022.
Spørsmål vedrørende stipendet, samt søknad med vedlegg sendes til Onkologisk Forum-sekretariatet ved Moya Berli mbe@ous-hf.no

English translation!
Kolbjørn Brambani’s cancer research grant 2022
Application deadline 30 September 2022. Kolbjørn Brambani’s endowment for cancer research, in collaboration with Onkologisk Forum, is awarding a cancer research grant of NOK this year. 400,000, possibly two grants of NOK 200,000. Brambani’s endowment particularly wants to prioritize research into cancer in children and young people, but other cancer research will also be supported. Kolbjørn Brambanis kreftforskningsstipend – ONKOLOGISK FORUM
The scholarship will provide financial assistance to medics during their PhD work, or be a grant for continued research work after the PhD has been completed. The scholarship can be advantageously used for stays abroad, but exemption from clinical work or financing of equipment needs may also be relevant.
The application must contain a summary and assessment of the applicant’s best articles as well as an overview of the planned use of the grant. Please attach a reference list and relevant CV. The application must be written in English.
The recipient of the grant must set up a project account with the employer, and it is assumed that the grant is used in agreement with the employer. It is further assumed that the board of Kolbjørn Brambani’s Legat receives a report on the use of the grant no later than 2 years after award. More details about this will appear in the award letter.
The applications will be assessed by a committee and a decision made by the board of Kolbjørn Brambanis Legat. The scholarship will be awarded during the Oncological Forum 17 – 18. November 2022.
Questions regarding the scholarship, as well as applications with attachments, are sent to the Oncology Forum secretariat at Moya Berli mbe@ous-hf.no

Onkologisk Forums Ung Forsker pris 2022

Søknadsfrist 30. september 2022. Onkologisk Forum deler hvert år ut en forskningspris på kr. 100.000 til en ung forsker.
En pris som er ment til å stimulere yngre forskere. Kandidaten skal være kreftforsker som arbeider med basal-, klinisk-, epidemiologisk- eller translasjonsforskning og som har levert forskningsarbeid av høy kvalitet. Prisvinneren skal være under 40 år og skal som hovedregel ha disputert. Pengene skal brukes til forskning, innkjøp av utstyr eller fagreise. Søknad må inneholde et resymé og vurdering av søkerens beste artikler (maks 2 sider). Referanseliste og relevant CV bes vedlagt. Sendes til Onkologisk Forum Sekretariatet mbe@ous-hf.no. Avgjørelse fattes av styret og blir offentliggjort på Onkologisk Forums årlige møte. Årets
vinner forventes å holde en forelesning på forumets konferanse i Oslo 17. -18. november 2022. Spørsmål rettes til Moya Berli mbe@ous-hf.no.

English translation!
Oncological Forum’s Young Researcher award 2022
Application deadline 30 September 2022. Every year, the Oncological Forum awards a research prize of NOK. 100,000 to a young researcher. An award intended to stimulate younger researchers. The candidate must be a cancer researcher who works with basic, clinical, epidemiological or translational research and who has delivered research work of high quality. The prize winner must be under 40 years of age and must, as a general rule, have defended. The money will be used for research, purchase of equipment or professional travel. The application must contain a summary and assessment of the applicant’s best articles (max. 2 pages)
Please attach a reference list and relevant CV. Sent to Oncological Forum Secretariat mbe@ous-hf.no. The decision is made by the board and is announced at the Oncological Forum’s annual meeting of the year. The winner is expected to give a lecture at the forum’s conference in Oslo on 17-18. November 2022. Questions should be directed to Moya Berli mbe@ous-hf.no.

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