Editorial: New opportunities with Circle U
Vice Dean Eivind Engebretsen gives an update on the university alliance’s plans for the spring and how MED staff and students can contribute to and take advantage of the opportunities they bring. He would like to get in touch with staff and students who are keen to contribute. A particularly exciting aspect is the 15 new courses and the new master’s programme that we can help to shape. You can also get information about three summer schools, and so on.
Friendly competition for a better community spirit and more physical activity
The research administration has arranged fun events, physical activities and community-building for people working from home offices. A little push made a difference. Read more about testing the “Push Pro” app that gave a boost to the section’s working environment. Maybe something for others to follow?
Read the whole story and get inspired.
NCMM is recruiting a new head of group!
“NCMM is seeking a distinguished candidate to join our innovative academic community and establish a machine learning research programme. This is a golden opportunity for a young researcher to take the decisive next step in their career,” says NCMM’s Director, Professor Janna Saarela. The position is offered a generous start-up package of EUR 1.8 million during the initial five-year period. NCMM emphasises interdisciplinary collaboration. The head of group position can be combined with an additional position (20%) at a national university hospital, to facilitate translation of results and clinical collaboration. Read more and apply: the deadline is 18 April.
New insight into how to increase innovation from academic research 
Norway has the ambition to build a strong industry within digital life sciences. Digital Life Norway report: TO BE: Moving the Digital Life Sciences in Norway towards increased Innovation giving new insight. The report concludes the first phase of the strategic project “A roadmap for academic research-intensive innovation”, which is led by Professor Arnoldo Frigessi (IMB).
Ready for a new innovation meeting place for academia and business
The growth house for life sciences and business clusters kicks off innovation hangouts where researchers, students and trade and industry can build networks. This is how we facilitate cooperation for the research at UiO to benefit patients and society. Read more.
Studies
Open day at the University of Oslo
Several thousand upper secondary school students stopped by for an open day event last week. The entire Blindern campus was open to upper secondary school students, who were invited to an intensive programme of mini-lectures, stands to visit, speed dates with students and other activities. Stands featuring education in health management and health economics, clinical nutrition and medicine received lots of visitors throughout the day. Read the full article in Norwegian and see the photos.
Information for employees
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Circle U: Announcement of postdoctoral Scientia Fellows: This research project is a collaboration between the Faculty of Medicine and Circle U on "collaborative teaching and research" – and looks at the transfer of knowledge between academics, students and non-academic stakeholders. The candidate will have a unique opportunity to work as part of an international environment.
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Cycling to work (in Norwegian) is an annual campaign aimed at getting as many people active as possible. The campaign runs from 19 April to 17 June 2022. This is a low-threshold, social, environmentally friendly, unique and fun competition. Sign up for your group or unit. -
The cycling group at UiO also has a year-round cycking to UiO, initiative, and/or you can sign up for the UiO campaign:
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Cycling/walking/running to UiO - Spring 2022
We want this initiative to contribute to increased physical activity among UiO's staff, and to help keep use of public transport as low as possible, due to the current level of infection in Norway. -
War in Ukraine.
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UiO: Relevant points of contact for affected students and employees.
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Uniforum: These are the emergency shelters at UiO (in Norwegian): UiO has emergency shelters for around one in four students and staff members. Today, the rooms are used as stores and fitness centre, but it must be possible to prepare them within 72 hours.
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Uniforum: Rector Stølen sent a letter to Russia: – Clear in our condemnation (in Norwegian)
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Research Council of Norway: Thanks for your input to the portfolio plan. A total of 519 actors have provided input on the plans that lay the foundation for future calls for proposals by the Research Council.
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The Rector’s blog: International orientation – important and correct (in Norwegian)
Management meetings
Leadership forum 15 March: Unit-specific research procedures – Studies-related matters – Research cases – News from the departments
Minutes of the Leadership Forum, 1 March Information on net contributions – Studies-related matters – Research cases – News from the departments – Current prices
Agenda for the Faculty Board Meeting on 8 March.
Deadlines
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See all the important deadlines for applications for research funding: Funding opportunities.
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NCMM has announced a new head of group position. This is a golden opportunity for candidates with “machine learning” expertise. Apply now or send a tip to relevant candidates in your network: The application deadline is 18 April.
- Award announcements: Remember to submit your nominations! Keep abreast of the annual cycle for award announcements:
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King Faisal International Prize for Medicine (31 March)
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Louis and Artur Lucian Award (1 April)
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King Salman International Award for Disability Research (30 April)
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The Inter Circle U. Prize (ICUP) (10 May)
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Circle U. Prize for Interdisciplinary Research: Circle U call_2022.pdf
Deadline: 10 May
- Various seed funds for research projects with students: Great opportunity to bring Circle U. staff and students together to work on joint projects! – Circle U. (Deadline 6 May).
- Apply for conference or other event support from UiO:Life Science. Deadline 1 June.
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Apply for internationalization support from UiO:Life Science. Deadline 1 June
Courses and events
See UiO’s calendar for an overview of all available courses.
Updated overview: Upcoming public defences
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UiO: Become a "Data Scientist" this summer! This summer, the international summer school will offer a new subject: the Political Data Science Hackathon. The course is offered exclusively to UiOs students.
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31 March: UiO:Life Sciences Information meeting for employees connected to the Life Sciences Building in Helga Eng – aimed at staff of the MN Faculty.
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7 April: The Centre for Global Health is proud to welcome you to its first
Research ExceLlence and Innovation in Global HealTh (RELIGHT) symposium
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The Life Sciende Groth House: Innovation hangout. Save the dates for the first two Life Science Growth House innovation hangout – a new meeting place for academia and industry.-
#1 innovation Hangout on April 21: On this hangout we collaborate with Oslo Cancer Cluster. Now with programme. Sign-up today!
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#2 innovation Hangout on June 9: On this hangout we collaborate with LMI.
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5 May 1st Norwegian Symposium on Proteomics and Biological Mass Spectrometry. Registration is open but will close on April 20th. -
Frampeik in Oslo 2022. Frampeik is the annual research conference for Norwegian medical and dentistry students. Time and place: 14-16 October.
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- Rethinking Global Health – Université Paris Cité : 4-8 July
- Evidence and Democracy in Times of Crisis – University of Oslo : 8-12 August
- Communicating Climate Science – Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin : 22-26 August
Research news
You can also follow what is happening at the Faculty of Medicine at facebook, twitter, Linkedin og Instagram.
Uniforum op-ed: Crash course in research communication (in Norwegian)
We need a programme for exchange of experience on research communication. In the meantime, perhaps we have something to learn from the pandemic experts? By Kristian Bjørkdahl, Researcher at the Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo.
Would you like to write for the medicine blog?
Are you keen on writing? Your audience awaits! Do you conduct research into a subject you think more people should know about and would you like to secure dissemination credits? Please contact the blog editor at medisinbloggen@medisin.uio.no and we will come up with a plan.
Medisinbloggen: Are you dizzy after a head injury? Then you may have been diagnosed with crystal sickness in Norwegian by Helene Andersson. Student entry: Crystal sickness can be very frightening and can cause a lot of discomfort. Fortunately, it is a harmless disease from which most people recover completely.
IMB: Alzheimer's leads to changes in small blood vessels in the brain by Cecilie Bakken Høstmark. If the blood supply to your brain diminishes, this can trigger Alzheimer's disease. Researchers at UiO wanted to find out whether we get more or fewer small blood vessels, and what a particular protein has to do with it.
NCMM: Meet Sebastian Waszak: Understanding childhood brain tumours to improve clinical decision-making. NCMM Group Leader Sebastian Waszak and his team are advancing the understanding of childhood brain tumour evolution, exploring new approaches to molecular diagnostics, and utilising knowledge gained from clinical cancer genomics.
Helsam: More nuance in the debate on circumcision of girls and boys in Norwegian by Thea Cecilie Engelsen. A recently published special issue, with postdoctoral fellow Ingvild Bergom Lunde as co-editor, opens up a broader debate on circumcision.
Forskning.no: Researchers measured the brain activity of a dying man (in Norwegian). Researchers wonder whether the brain activity may be the result of our whole life being reviewed as we die. Johan Fredrik Storm and Bjørn Erik Juel comment on the findings.
Forskning.no: Why the mentally ill die from heart problems. Mental illness results in a shorter lifespan. Often, the heart fails. This can be genetically determined, and not just be related to an unhealthy lifestyle. Ole A. Andreassen collaborates with researchers in the other Nordic countries, Estonia and Scotland to find out why the mentally ill risk fatal cardiovascular disease.
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