Current matters

The iGEM-team from The University of Oslo achieved a gold medal in the international final in Paris, with their project "LactIQ: Real-Time Insight for Smarter Training".

23 projects have been granted funding to develop solutions to meet societal needs. We congratulate all the research groups!

The SAME18 conference (Sept. 28^th - Oct. 3^rd, 2025) centered on Aquatic Microbiomes on a Changing Planet. 

Chunfang Zhang is a new guest researcher at the Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biosciences. From China.

The innovation conference Science Impact gathered researchers from academia, hospitals and the institute sector and representatives from start-ups and larger companies.? See pictures from the event.

Andrea Raffo is a new researcher at Section for Physiology and Cell Biology, Department of Biosciences. From Italy.

Ciaran Gilchrist is a new postdoc at Section for Genetics and Evolutionary Biology (EVOGENE), Department of Biosciences. From Scotland, Ireland, and Australia.

Marianne Laslier is a new guest researcher at the Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biosciences. From France.

Starting Monday, December 1, you will need to pay for parking at UiO. Following October 16 you do not need to use the Apcoa Flow app. 

Professor Inger Skrede is the new deputy head of the Department of Biosciences. She succeeded Professor Melinka Alonso Butenko on 1 October 2025.

Inga Angelica Fr?land Steindal has been accepted as a new member of The Young Academy of Norway. Inga is a researcher at the Center for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES) at the Department of Biosciences.

Academic employees, postdoctoral researchers, PhD students within the life sciences at the UiO can apply for support to strengthen collaboration with international research communities.

Academic employees, postdoctoral researchers, PhD students, and student associations at the University of Oslo can apply for support to partially fund open events within the life sciences that align with the strategy of UiO:Life Science.

To mark OA Week 2025, universities and other research institutions across the country are coming together to host webinars focused on open research.

Nicol¨° Tellini is a new Postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biosciences. From Italia.

Thomas Lund Koch is a new Marie Sk?odowska-Curie Postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biosciences. From Denmark.

Tannu Priya Gosain is a new Marie Sk?odowska-Curie Postdoctoral fellow at the Section for Physiology and Cell Biology (FYSCELL),  Department of Biosciences. From India.

Pavel Vazquez Faci is a new Senior Engineer in the Section for Genetics and Evolutionary Biology (EVOGENE), IBV. From Spain.

Ludvig Larsson is a new PhD candidate at Section for Physiology and Cell Biology (FYSCELL). From Norway.

Ann-Kristin Kenkel is a new PhD candidate at Section for Physiology and Cell Biology (FYSCELL), IBV. From Germany.

Agnese Kocere is a new Postdoctoral Fellow at Section for Physiology and Cell Biology (FYSCELL), IBV. From Latvia.

Lucas A. Camacho is a new guest researcher at Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), the Department of Biosciences. From Brazil.

New institutes and centers are moving into the Kristine Bonnevies building, necessitating the sharing of common areas like the mailroom. IBV will have less space, and there will be more shared mail shelves. The changes will come into effect September 15, 2025.

Theda Ulrike Patricia Bartolomaeus is a new DSTrain Postdoc at Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), the Department of Biosciences. From Germany.

Nicolai Haug is a PhD candidate in computational neuroscience at Simula Research Laboratory and collaborating with the The Section for Physiology and Cell Biology (FYSCELL), IBV. From Norway.