UiO:Life Science will fund 40 educational summer research projects for students between April and September 2022. Students currently enrolled in a bachelor, master or relevant professional degree program at the University of Oslo are eligible to apply. The registration will open Thursday 13 January at 8 am.
MNSU has named Marianne Fyhn from IBV Lecturer of the Year 2021. She was nominated by the Biovitenskapelig Fagutvalg, for her work in making the courses exciting and useful for students.
Every year, IBV's own prizes are awarded. Three prizes were awarded during last year's last zoom general meeting on 18 December 2020. The remaining prizes were awarded at the Christmas party on 2 December 2021.
Of 75 applications, 11 came through the eye of the needle. This important initiative at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences will contribute to a sustainable future.
Rapid changes in the atmosphere and biosphere characterizes the Anthropocene, and cross disciplinary science is important. A new course and a series of lectures at UiO seeks to contribute, including several CBA researchers.
In an issue of the Norwegian journal Naturen published today, researchers from CBA present their work to the general public. Topics include climate modelling, browning of the Arctic and freshwater resources, thawing of permafrost, bacterial communities in lakes and pollution effects on green plants and much more.
Medication use during pregnancy, healthy aging, cancer, organoid technology, fibrosing diseases and cognitive function throughout life. These are societal challenges that will be examined by new interdisciplinary life science research groups at the University of Oslo.
UiO:Life Science funds convergence environments – interdisciplinary research groups that address major challenges within health and environment.
Nicolas Valiente Parra, postdoctoral fellow at CBA, has published a new study in the journal Science of the Total Environment about nitrate removal pathways in a highly saline lake.
Centre of biogeochemistry in the Anthropocene's annual meeting happened last week, with many great talks and good discussions about future work.
Environmental sciences professor Armin Wisthaler replaces Rolf D. Vogt in the CBA leader group from October 2021.
Forty-two students have gained work experience from a research project with a scholarship from UiO:Life Science this summer. The end of this year's summer projects was celebrated with presentations, poster exhibition and prize ceremony on 19 October.
CBA researchers returned to fieldwork in Ny-?lesund at Svalbard, after a year marked by the pandemic.
Earlier this summer post doctoral fellow Khuong Dinh from the Department of Biosciences and Nansen Legacy, received the prestigious Young Research Talent grant from the Research Council of Norway.
Er koronatesten min positiv eller negativ? Det har v?rt et sp?rsm?l de fleste har stilt oss selv under koronapandemien. Petter jobber med ? finne ut akkurat dette.
The Department of Biosciences is involved in six projects funded by the Norwegian Research Council, where three of the projects are Young Researcher Talent (YRT).
Maia Bangsund has already started her summer project and will be researching for a total of six weeks full time at BabyLing Lab where she contributes to an ongoing study on children's early language development.
CBA is one of the partners behind a new exhibition about changes in climate and nature at the Mountain Center in Lom opening June 24th.
Hjerneforskerne og de som forsker p? kunstig intelligens finner inspirasjon hos hverandre. Professor i nevrovitenskap Marianne Fyhn og Klas Pettersen fra NORA - Norwegian Artificial Intelligence Research Consortium m?tes til en samtale i podkasten Universitetsplassen.
CEES members are amongst expert authors of Chapter 4 of the Blue Compass (Bl?tt kompass) report from the Centre for the Ocean and the Arctic: "The ocean genome – conservation and sustainable use of marine genetic resources in Norway"
Recently the new biotech company Tribune Therapeutics was established based on research conducted by Ole J?rgen Kaasb?ll and H?vard Attramadal. Ole J?rgen Kaasb?ll was admitted to UiO:Life Science’ innovation programme SPARK Norway in 2019 and will now assume the role of Chief Scientific Officer in the new company where Georg Vo Beiske, HealthCap has been appointed Chief Executive Officer. Tribune Therapeutics aims to develop a treatment for fibrosis.
UiO:Life Science will fund six new convergence environments - interdisciplinary research groups that address major challenges within health and environment. The application round began last year and now the deadline for submitting a full application is approaching.
The CLIPT lab at the University of Oslo provides stable isotope measurements on natural materials, and this month marks 3 years since opening for analyses.
CBA centre coordinator Lene Liebe Delsett has launched a new book this week. It is in Norwegian and called Brennmaneteffekten – Hvordan g?r det med den norske naturen? (ENG: The Jellyfish effect – Is the Norwegian nature doing well?), published by Spartacus.
UiO:Life Science does not offer its own courses or study programs in life sciences, but wants to contribute to providing the students with the best possible educational programs. Departments and faculties can now apply for support to develop interdisciplinary bachelor courses in life sciences. The application deadline is 1 April.
