Editorial: Summer greetings and spring status update
The Dean provides a summary of the semester, and wishes all employees and students a great summer.
The role of the Dean
The nomination deadline to submit your candidates for the election of the Dean will expire on Monday 15 August. True to tradition, we have interviewed the incumbent Dean about the role to help inspire potential candidates to stand for election. Read the interview here in Norwegian.
The Anders Jahre Award for Medical Research goes to Harald Stenmark
The 2022 Anders Jahre Award for Medical Research, with a prize of NOK 1 million, goes to Professor and Head of Centre, Harald Stenmark. He receives the award for his groundbreaking studies on processes in the cell membrane and how the incorrect regulation of such processes leads to the development of cancer. The Anders Jahre Award for Young Researchers is shared between two researchers from Copenhagen and Aarhus. The 2022 award ceremony takes place at the University Aula 6 pm on Thursday 3 November. Read the full article on the institute webpage.
4.7 Million Euro for new UiO-led EU-Project
Dr. Yuichi Mori from the Clinical Efficacy Research Group will lead a major new project that seeks to identify solutions for the use of artificial intelligence in clinical medicine. The aim is to improve diagnostics and mortality associated with colon cancer.
Read the full article on the Helsam web page.
New Head of Administration at IMB
Hela Soltani has been appointed the new Head of Administration at the Department of Basic Medical Sciences. She was previously head of the section for joint administrative services. Head of Department, Lene Frost Andersen, is delighted that Hela has accepted the offer. “Hela is thoroughly familiar with IMB and I look forward to working with her to further develop the department over the coming years,” Frost Andersen says.
Studies
First external campus at the University of Oslo for medical students
Going forward, medical students will be able to spend two years of their studies in Southern Norway. On 15 June, it was decided that the University of Oslo’s first external campus will be established at Sørlandet Hospital. Read the full article.
See also the new web page for the University of Oslo’s Campus South. During the autumn of 2023, ten medical students will start their fifth academic year at the new campus and further information will be added continuously.
2022 award for the most sustainable master’s thesis
Health and sustainability are inextricably linked. Here, you will have the opportunity to highlight a student who has worked on this field in their master's thesis.
The nomination deadline is 28. July to the Faculty (read more in Norwegian).
Information for employees
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Elections at the MED-fakultetet:
Election of Dean and election of new representatives to the Faculty Board in all constituencies.-
The Election Board for the 2022-2025 period.
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The Election Committee for the election of a new Dean in 2022.
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The deadline for putting candidates forward for election as Dean expires at noon on Monday 15 August. Candidates must be nominated using Nettskjema: Read more about the process for the 2022 election of the Dean.
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Save the date: General meeting about the election on 5 September at 14-16 in the large auditorium at Rikshospitalet. The meeting will also be streamed for participants and you can submit questions in advance.
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EBRAINS webcast: 27 june. An opportunity to learn more about the sharing of research data within neuroscience and about how to reuse research data collected by others. Data sharing is one of the fundamental prerequisites for value creation and collaboration in research.
"We are looking forward to supporting more neuroscientists in a practical manner and highlighting the advantages that arise from making data available, retrievable and reusable, what we refer to as the FAIR principles. We hope that many of our colleagues here in Norway will register and participate in the webcast,” says Professor Jan Bjaalie who is heading up the development of the EBRAINS infrastructure and the EBRAINS Data and Knowledge Services 
On 20 June, as announced via e-mail, two-factor authentication will be enabled for all services that use Feide logins, as well as for Office 365. Read more.
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Pride at the University of Oslo. June is Pride month. In traditional style, UiO will have our own banner in the parade on 25 June. UiO hopes that as many students and staff as possible will march together with us under the banner "Fryktløs kunnskap” (Fearless knowledge). Like previous years, UiO and OsloMet will march together, and we will meet at 11 am at Tøyen Manor in the Botanical Gardens . Brand new University of Oslo Pride t-shirts in different colours will be handed out and there will also be lightning talks and music.
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Diversity and inclusion at the University of Oslo
The Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Research recently presented the Diversity and Inclusion at the University of Oslo report. The Faculty’s working group for equality and diversity will present recommendations for local action at the Faculty to the Management Forum before the summer holidays. -
Ahus celebrates 20 years as a University Hospital. The structure of the university activities at Ahus has yielded excellent results. Future prospects are promising and Ahus could become even more important to the medicine programmes at the University of Oslo. Rector Svein Stølen, Professor and Head of Campus Ahus, Torbjørn Omland, and Ahus CEO Øystein Mæland all gave talks during the celebrations.
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UB: Opening hours and assistance at the Medical Library this summer
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The war in Ukraine
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Uniforum: Meet the candidates for the science ombudsman position (in Norwegian). Knut Willem Ruyter’s fixed term as science ombudsman at the University of Oslo is nearing its end. The position has been advertised internally this spring.
Managements meetings
Lederforum, 7 June: Academic endorsement of research applications - BookitLab - Studies-related matters - Research matters - News from the departments.
Minutes from the Faculty Board Meeting, 14 June
University Board Meetings in 2022. Recent meeting, 21 June. Upcoming meetings, 6 and 7 September.
Deadlines
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Se alle viktige frister for søknader om forskningsmidler i Funding opportunities.
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Prisutlysninger: Følg med i årshjulet for prisutlysninger som oppdateres løpende.
- See all important deadlines for research funding applications in Funding opportunities.Award announcements: Keep up-to-date with the annual cycle for award announcements
- 2022 award for the most sustainable master’s thesis. Health and sustainability are inextricably linked. Here, you will have the opportunity to highlight a student who has worked on this field in their master's thesis. nomination deadline is 1 August
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ERC Starting Grant: The European Research Council (ERC) will soon launch the 2023 Starting Grant call. Deadline 25 October 2023.
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ERC Consolidator Grant: The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the deadline for the 2023 Consolidator Grant. Deadline 2 February 2023.
Courses and events
See the University of Oslo’s calendar for an overview of all the available courses. See also courses from USIT.
Updated overview: Upcoming public defences.
- Applications now open for the School of Health Innovation’s course 2 Entrepreneurship in Healthcare. The application deadline is 26 June and the course will be running this autumn. PhD candidates, postdoctoral fellows and clinicians who have previously completed the School of Health Innovation’s first course, Health Innovation and Entrepreneurship, are invited to apply. The course, which is a “micro MBA”, will be delivered in collaboration with BI Norwegian Business School. Each admitted student will be assigned an experienced mentor.
- 19 June Did you miss the registration deadline? There are still a few places left: Hackathon environmental challenges and get-together with Stanford University Knight-Hennessy Scholars. Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to expand your network and your horizons :)
- 27 June EBRAINS webcast: Learn more about the sharing of research data within neuroscience and how to reuse the research data of others. Register now and you will be able to access the live recording if you are unable to attend.
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Post-doctoral programme: Learn how to write better applications. Pursuing a career in research? This is the course for you! You will learn how to identify relevant funding opportunities, write scientific proposals, plan communication and what it takes for you to gain greater recognition as a professional. Read more and sign up. The application deadline is 14 August.
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18 August 16:30–18:00. Life Science Growth House, the University of Oslo, the Pharmaceutical Industry in Norway (LMI), Oslo Science City and Innovation Norway invite you to a discussion at Clarion Hotel Tyholmen during Arendals week: From research to production – Norway as a home for the healthcare industry. The potential for value creation in the health sector has received increased attention in Norway and reports over the past five years point to significant growth. We are bringing together stakeholders from the various links in the health sector’s value chain to discuss how to derive even more potential for value creation from this sector.
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26 August SHE will host Approaching AMR as a One Health issue Are you a researcher or student at the University of Oslo interested in antimicrobial resistance (AMR), interdisciplinarity and One Health? Join this INFRA network seminar in August!
September 5. Election meeting.Election meeting. Hear the dean candidates debate from 2 pm to 4 pm in a large auditorium at Rikshospitalet. The meeting will also be streamed for participants and questions for the candidates can be submitted in advance. More information will be sent by e-mail and in MED-news.
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September 8 SHE hosts the Student Conference. The inaugural Student Conference focusing on health and sustainability will take place on 8 September - Save the date!
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Frampeik in Oslo 2022. Frampeik is the annual research conference for medical and dentistry students in Norway. Time and place: 14-16 October.
Research news
You can also check out what is happening at facebook, twitter, Linkedin og Instagram.
Helsam: New global strategy needed to reduce infant mortality in vulnerable states in Norwegian by Thea Cecilie Engelsen – by Thea Cecilie Engelsen “We need to have a rethink in order to have a realistic chance of achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goal of reducing infant mortality by 2030.
IMB on Nrk.no: The diabetes riddle - New answers to a growing problem (in Norwegian). Why are more children and adolescents being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes now than in the 1970s? Jerome Ruzzin and Sophie Bresson have made an interesting discovery.
Institute of Clinical Medicine: People with mild PHPT are unlikely to need surgery in Norwegian by Elin Martine Doeland. It appears that it is not necessary to operate on patients with the mild variant of the disease PHPT, where blood calcium levels are only slightly elevated.
Institute of Clinical Medicine: Emergency solutions used by starving cancer cells can provide new points of attack for immunotherapy in Norwegian by Elin Martine Doeland. When cancer cells “starve”, they find emergency solutions for survival. This could provide the immune system with new possibilities for attacking the cancer.
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