Ukrainian researchers at the Faculty of Medicine
Three Ukrainian researchers will have the opportunity to work in Charlotte Boccara’s, Espen Melum’s and Johannes Hov’s laboratories. They hope that more research communities will have the opportunity to welcome visiting researchers from Ukraine.
“The aim has been to provide a “safe haven” for research colleagues arriving as refugees from Ukraine for a few months while the situation in their hometowns hopefully improves,” says Professor Tom Hemming Karlsen, before continuing:
“Perhaps there are other communities that also have the capacity for this? Research is international, we work with international partners all the time and researchers have always been there for one another when the world has faced similar situations before.” Read the whole story and be inspired.
Two-factor authentication at the University of Oslo
“This change applies to everyone who uses Word, OneDrive, Teams or other Microsoft 365 products at the University of Oslo,” says Tor Henry Wold, IT Manager at ClinMed and Head of the Faculty’s ICT network. Most people are already used to using their mobile when logging in to online banks, to review tax declarations or use helsenorge.no. The University of Oslo will now become “as secure as the bank” and is introducing two-factor authentication. By 2 May, all employees at the Faculty of Medicine will need to log in using two-factor authentication.
Read more in Norwegian.
Interdisciplinary researcher projects at the University of Oslo
The Rector’s blog: It feels great to be able to congratulate no fewer than 12 research groups on their exciting interdisciplinary researcher projects, a fantastic demonstration of the diversity at the University of Oslo.
Read the full blog entry in Norwegian.
Four of the projects are associated with MED:
- Decoding metabolic and epigenetic disorders caused by adolescence sleep deprivation - Phillipe Collas, Institutt for basalmedisin
- Polygenic and psychosocial interplay in brain development across mental disorders - Ole Andreassen, Institutt for klinisk medisin
- Biophysics of double bilayer membrane compartements - Irep Gözen, Norsk senter for molekylærmedisin
- Long-term effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection: An interdisciplinary observational and interventional study program - Torbjørn Omland, Institutt for klinisk medisin
The Life Science Growth House looks forward to contributing to Oslo Science City
Health and life sciences is one of four thematic areas in Norway's first innovation district Oslo Science City. ‘Oslo Science City and the strong members are important to us. Together, we will develop the Growth House to become an innovation engine in Oslo Science City’, says the director of the Growth House, Hilde Nebb. Read more.
Studies
New course:
Interdisciplinary master’s degree level course in consciousness
“One of the most demanding and educational courses I have attended at university” were the words spoken by one of the students. The interdisciplinary master’s degree course in consciousness research will run every autumn semester going forward. Read more in Norwegian.
The University of Oslo’s Sustainability Award for the best master's thesis
In 2018, the University of Oslo presented awards to the three best master's theses linked to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The purpose of the awards is to inspire originality and quality in master’s projects that contribute to knowledge and insight into sustainable development. Salma A. Eljailani Ahmed from Helsam was one of the winners with her master’s thesis on public health. It’s nearly time to nominate master's theses for this year’s award ceremony. It’s time to think about how we can showcase the master’s students whose work is worthy of this award. Keep an eye on the award website for details about the nomination process.
Circle U summer schools
The application deadline is approaching: Unique opportunity to study as part of an international community! Circle U is offering three interdisciplinary summer schools during the summer of 2022. Students from any background are welcome to apply. The summer courses are free to attend. The application deadline is 29 April:
4-8 July: Rethinking global health (Paris) - PhD - no credits
8-12 August: Evidence and Democracy in Times of Crisis (Oslo) - master’s level - 5 credits
22-26 August: Communicating Climate Science (Berlin) - bachelor’s and master’s level - 5 credits
Information for employees
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Elections at the Faculty of Medicine:
Election of Dean and election of new representatives to the Faculty Board in all constituencies.-
The election committee for the period 2022 - 2025 has now been selected, with the exception of the student representative, who will be appointed by the Medical Student Committee (MSU).
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The election committee for the 2022 election of the new Dean. 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 pm. Candidates must be nominated using Nettskjema: Read more about the process for the 2022 election of the Dean.
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Applied knowledge: Welcome to our new innovation hangout, 21 April. Catch inspirational and role model presentations and meet companies from the Oslo Cancer Cluster at the new innovation hangout organised by the Life Science Growth House.
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IT for employees: Updates to remote printing from home and from units situated outside of the University of Oslo network
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The war in Ukraine
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IMB: Hjelp oss å forbedre førstehjelp ved blødninger. Vær med på et forsøk som tar to timer, og bidra til forskning på førstehjelp. Du får også et gavekort på 300 kroner.
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Two-factor authentication now at the University of Oslo (in Norwegian). Most people are already used to using their mobile when logging in to online banks, to review tax declarations or use helsenorge.no. The University of Oslo will now become “as secure as the bank” and is introducing two-factor authentication. -
Labprat - researcher podcast: Xiang Yi Kong, Maria Belland Olsen and Ida Gregersen carry out research at the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital. All three are part of the “Immune regulation in atherosclerosis and other cardiometabolic diseases” research group. In the Labprat podcast, they provide an insight into everyday life as researchers. What does it mean to be a researcher? What do they conduct research into? And what is the life of a researcher really like? Each episode addresses a new topic that provides insight into everything from how to apply for research funding to various laboratory methods and scientific publication. Through the podcast, the researchers hope to communicate both knowledge about research in general and their field of research in particular. In collaboration with Joakim Magnus Taraldsen and USIT. Latest podcast episodes:
Management meetings
(all meeting minutes and agendas in Norwegian)
Leadership forum, 29 March: Unit-specific research procedures - MSCA - University of Oslo: Life science - Changes to the Norwegian Working Environment Act - Study matters - Research matters - New from the institutes - Current price information
Agenda for the Faculty Board meeting on 3 May.
Deadlines
- See all the important deadlines for applications for research funding under Funding opportunities.
- 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. Deadline: 30 April.
- Award announcements: Remember to submit your nominations! Keep abreast of the annual cycle for award announcements:
- King Salman International Award for Disability Research (30 April)
- The Inter Circle U. Prize (ICUP) (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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- Mentor scheme for postdoctoral fellows 2022 – Kick off event 22. april
- The starting gun has been fired for the 2022 Mentoring Programme . We do that with this seminar. We will also establish new groups where you will have the opportunity to learn from one another throughout the entire year. Register here!
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Bokbad: Is the solution to cancer the end of humanity? (in Norwegian).
Welcome to the book launch! Professor Jarle Breivik in conversation about his new book, “The solution to the cancer mystery”. Time and place: 26 April 2022 16:00-18:00, Linken, Georg Sverdrups Hus.
- 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 am. 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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Circle U sommerskoler 2022: Søknadsfrist 29 april
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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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4. mai – Global Health Leadership in International Organizations - examples from WHO with Bente Mikkelsen. Women in Global Health (WGH) Norway hosted by the Centre for Global Health at the University of Oslo is excited to announce the second event part of the Inspiration Series! On May 4th at 19.30 CET, Bente Mikkelsen, Director of non-communicable diseases at WHO will focus on her experience with global health leadership in the international sector. Read more and register for the event here! -
4 - 5 mai. NRIS On-boarding user course. What: NRIS HPC On-boarding User Course. Are you planning to use the national e-infrastructure services soon? Have you been using these services already, but would like to make sure you are getting the most out of them? Then this NRIS HPC On-boarding course is intended for you!
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5. mai 1st Norwegian Symposium on Proteomics and Biological Mass Spectrometry. Registration is open but will close on April 20th. -
23 - 24. mai. Best Practices on NRIS Clusters. On-boarding is not enough? Don't worry. Later in May our NRIS experts conduct a follow up to the NRIS HPC onboarding course.
The focus will be on different aspects related to the everyday usage of HPC facilities in order to facilitate an valuable and productive framework to develop your research. These include best practices and troubleshooting, resource management, software installation, gpu computing with slurm and advanced user support.
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25. mai SPARK Norway Educational Forum
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1 June 16:30–18:30, Litteraturhuset. Cancer and personalised treatment (in Norwegian). Diet, cell therapy, genetics and immunotherapy. The latest news in modern cancer research. -
Frampeik in Oslo 2022. Frampeik is the annual research conference for Norwegian medical and dentistry students. Time and place: 14.–16. October.
Research News
You can also check out what is happening at the Faculty of Medicine on facebook, twitter, Linkedin and Instagram.
Forskning.no: Starved cancer cells look different on the outside in Norwegian by Eldrid Borgan. This could make immunotherapy more effective. Cells from skin cancer found an emergency solution when researchers starved the cells of the amino acid tryptophan. But this means that our immune system can identify them more easily.
Forskning.no: Data from research is often not shared. 1700 brain researchers have now started sharing with everyone in Norwegian by Elise Kjørstad.Jan Bjaalie believes that it will become common to share more going forward than researchers have traditionally done.
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