Editorial: Research infrastructure 
The research infrastructure roadmap for the University of Oslo is being revised. The roadmap should contribute to good prioritisation and hopefully better responses to external announcements of funds for advanced scientific instruments. It is also an important resource with summary of what is available of heavy.
Read the full editorial article by the Dean of Research.
NFR Award for Innovative Technology Projects
In his editorial, the Dean of Research, Jens Petter Berg emphasises how nice it is to see that the Faculty researchers assert themselves particularly well in the competition for external research funds. The Faculty was bestowed with three out of ten awards, each wort approximately 20 million. Congratulations to the project managers and their colleagues:
- Emma Haapaniemi at NCMM for developing gene and cell therapy for primary immunodeficiency through the project, “CRISPR-Cas9 corrected T cells for personalized therapy”.
- Victor Greiff at Klinmed for the project “AB-AG DESIGN: Rule-guided antibody and antigen design”
- Torkel Hafting at IMB for the “Wireless Neuroprobe-On-A-Chip” project.
Inspirational leadership
MED-nytt presents leaders who go the extra distance. They share some of their secrets behind good interaction and team building in a research group. We have elected two Heads of Group who have a good reputation for how they as leaders work actively to make their research group work together well. We’ve heard them explain a bit about what they’re doing in their group that might inspire other groups that are interested in working on their working environment
Inspirational leadership: Anne Simonsen (IMB)
Inspirational leadership: Anthony Mathelier (NCMM)
Børresen-Dale appointed as AACR Academy Fellow
Anne-Lise Børresen-Dale has become part of a prestigious group of cancer researchers as a newly elected Fellow of the American Association for Cancer Research Academy (AACR), an honour bestowed on only a few researchers. Read the full article.
Iversen honoured for research in Africa
Professor Per Ole Iversen was awarded the Eminent Scientist of the Year 2021 Europe award for his research on understanding and how to remedy poor nutritional status in African mothers and their toddlers.
The Professor has been researching nutrition in several African countries for 15 years and has also worked towards bringing more researchers out to the Continent. The award is allocated by the International Research Promotion Council.
Read the full article (in Norwegian).
Four researchers from MED appointed as Oslo ambassadors
Our professors, Dan Attar, Kjetil Retterstøl, Erik Taubøll and Tom Øresland have been appointed as Oslo ambassadors by Mayor, Marianne Borgen. Read the full article.
Oslo Convention Bureau – A valuable conference supporter
Did you know that there is help available for adding a future conference within your academic group for Oslo? The Oslo Convention Bureau provides free, non-binding advice and assistance for organisers in the planning and search phase. Read more about how you can get help and potentially become an Oslo ambassador.
Closing of the first convergence environments
The Faculty took part in all of the convergence environments and led four of them. Man-made environmental toxins, the unique immune system of cod, foetal development and new technologies both for the treatment of disease and for the purification of environmental toxins, were subjects under the magnifying glass in the first seven convergence environments. The Faculty took part in all of the environments and led four of them. Read more about the closing event.
New mentoring programme for Postdoctoral Fellows 2022
The mentoring programme is for all Postdoctoral Fellows who envision a career in academia. Under the mentoring program, you participate in a group with up to five other Postdoctoral Fellows. You meet once a month and you can even help shape the direction the programme takes.
Time: Friday, 22 April. Registration.
When you join the mentoring programme you will learn how to: Assess potential directions for your career. Share experiences. Develop your own plan for your career. Find sources of funding. Find and solve dilemmas that you may encounter as a young researcher. Read more.
Information for employees
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Election to the MED Faculty:
Election of Dean and election of new representatives to the Faculty Board in all constituencies.-
The election committee for the period 2022 - 2025 was appointed recently with the exception of the student representative, which will be appointed by MSU.
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The electoral committee for the election of Dead 2022 has also recently been appointed. The student representative should have been appointed by MSU but unfortunately, the deadline for election of representatives has expired. The task of the election committee for the election of the Dean is to ensure that there are relevant candidates and that they are presented in a way that gives the voters a good basis for assessing their qualifications for the role.
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The deadline for putting candidates forward for election as Dean expires on Monday 15 August at 12:00 p.m. Candidates are to put forward via Netform (link will be displayed on the election page soon). Read more about the process for 2022 election of Dean.
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UiO: Easter working hours: Norwegian State employees are free from 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday before Maundy Thursday, to the degree that working conditions allow. Otherwise, days off during Easter are: Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday. This year it applies to 14-18 April. -
University Library: Office times over Easter. The physical premises and digital services of the libraries have reduced office hours in association with Easter.
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The Rector’s blog: Welcome to new innovation meeting space. Through a range of services from the newly established Veksthuset (Greenhouse) for Life Scienceswe are facilitating increased innovation within life science, health and technology at the University of Oslo (UiO). Our new innovation meeting space for the innovation ecosystem will stimulate network building and collaboration that can contribute to the adoption of more knowledge from the research at UiO and benefit both patients and the community.
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The war in Ukraine
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The International Staff Mobility Office (ISMO) together with rector invites all new international researchers at the University of Oslo to a welcome breakfast at Blindern campus 08:45-11:30 a.m. At the end of the event, interested guests may attend a guided tour of the University Library. If you have already attended an orientation event digitally, you are welcome to also attend this event, now at Blindern Campus. For detailed information and registration, please visit the webpage on chosen date:
Two-factor authentication now at UiO. Most people are already used to using their mobile when logging in to online banks, to review tax declarations or use helsenorge.no. UiO now becomes “secure as the bank” and is introducing two-factor authentication.
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On 5 April, the IT director decided that two-factor authentication should not be introduced for students until the most intensive examination period is over, i.e. after 15 June. The date will be announced soon.
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The Rector’s blog: Circle U: We are part of a European Community — which we are developing!
Management meetings
Leadership forum 29 March: Unit-specific research procedures - MSCA - UIO: Life science - Change in the Norwegian Working Environment Act - Study matters - Research matters - New from the institutes - Current price information
Agenda for Faculty Board meeting on 8 March.
Deadlines
See all important deadlines for research funding applications in Funding opportunities.
- 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 on relevant candidates in your network: Application deadline is 18 April.
- Circle U: Announcement of postdoctoral Scientia Fellows: This research project is a collaboration between the Faculty of Medicine and Circle U, which investigates “collaborative teaching and research” – and 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. Deadline: 30 April
- Award announcements: Don’t forget to submit your nominations! Keep up with the annual cycle for award announcements:
- King Salman International Award for Disability Research (30 April)
- The Inter Circle U. Prize (ICUP) (10 May)
- 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.
- Apply for internationalisation support from UiO:Life Science. Deadline 1 June
Courses and events
See the University of Oslo’s calendar for an overview of all the available courses.
Updated overview: Upcoming public defences.
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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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SHE 20 April, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. How to integrate climate and the destruction of nature into health education at UiO?
Postdoctoral Mentoring Programme 2022 — Kick-off event 22 April
The starting shot has been fired for the Mentoring Programme 2022. We do that with this seminar. At the same time, we are putting together new groups where you will learn from each other throughout a whole year. Register here!
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The International Staff Mobility Office (ISMO) together with rector invites all new international researchers at the University of Oslo to a welcome breakfast at Blindern campus 08:45-11:30am. For detailed information and registration, please visit the webpage on chosen date:
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SHE 28. april, kl. 12-13: SHEtalks: Paradoxes and ambivalences in risk communication
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5. mai 1st Norwegian Symposium on Proteomics and Biological Mass Spectrometry. Registration is open but will close on April 20th. -
25. mai SPARK Norway Educational Forum
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1 June 4:30 — 6:30 p.m., Literature Building. Cancer and personalised treatment. Diet, cell therapy, genetics and immunotherapy. The latest news in modern cancer research. -
Frampeik i Oslo 2022. Frampeik is the annual research conference for medical and dentistry students in Norway. Time and place: 14-16 October.
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Circle U. Summer Schools 2022:
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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
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Research news
You can also check out what is happening at the Faculty of Medicine on facebook, twitter, Linkedin and Instagram..
Medisinbloggen: New medications give MS patients better lives in Norwegian by Elisabeth Gulowsen Celius. There has been a tremendous development for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). We have more and better treatment options and the prognoses are steadily improving.
IMB: Studied dizziness and developed a new method for use worldwide by Cecilie Bakken Høstmark. The room around you sways up and down and you feel seasick. While searching for the cause of dizziness, scientists at UiO have developed a new method for spinning things under a microscope and registering the activity in brain cells in movement.
Vaksinepodden: The Covid-19 pandemic has been an extra burden for immunosuppressed patients, such as transplant patients and people with rheumatic diseases. In Episode 28, we talk to Professor Ludvig A Munthe about the effects of vaccination in those who are immunosuppressed, the risk of serious disease, Omicron and new treatments.
The podcast "Rosa resept": #05. “Get yourself together! “ Or take care? Fibromyalgia - with Professor Anne Marit Mengshoel. The professor has been following fibromyalgia patients since the 90s. She has also come across patients who have become healthy. Meet the professor and the patient who have one thing in common: 30 years of experience with the disease fibromyalgia.
Bioingeniøren: The genome is like a tangled ball. Philippe Collas and Ragnhild Eskeland on Epigenetics. Epigenetics transforms the image of the human genome. What we’ve envisioned as a strand of DNA is more like a tangled ball. The structure and location in the cell nucleus carry important information.
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