Dear colleagues!

We are looking forward to the Christmas party on December 9 – remember to register!
2022 Påmeldingsskjema- IBMs julefest 9 desember (uib.no) And – be prepared to participate in the HSE day earlier the same day!

Our warmest congratulations to our newest researcher and teacher, Olga Therese Ousdal! A few days ago, she received the Prize for young researchers from Helse Vest. She brings her research in the biomedical field between radiology, neurology, and psychiatry into our department, and we are excited to see the development of her research!

The scientific staff will gather on Thursday, December 1, for a Strategy Day. It will be several important discussions, such as the future organisation of both research and teaching. These are fundamental topics, and such gatherings are essential for us to find the best solutions through open discussions.

I usually point to the “Pedagogisk påfyll” from the Center for Medical Education (Enhet for læring). This time I will emphasise the talk on “Emotions in teaching”, December 8. A substantial amount of research has been done on students, but teachers’ emotions related to teaching tasks have not been extensively addressed. This is in focus in a UiB project that I am involved in myself.

Remember:

• Pedagogical courses for PhD candidates and post-docs: Aktiviteter ved Enhet for læring høsten 2022 | Enhet for læring | UiB

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.

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Redaktør: Anne Mette Søviknes