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Forskningsdagane er i gang: Plastic fantastic?
Plastic fantastic – eller en fremtid uten plast?
Tid: Tirsdag 25. september kl. 19.00
Sted: Musikkrommet, Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek
Plast forurenser havene og kysten vår, og folk strømmer til strender for å rydde plastsøppel. Det er politisk korrekt å støtte et forbud mot engangsplast. Men er det mulig å løse plastproblemet? Og er det ikke slik at vi trenger plasten, og at vi skaper nye miljøproblemer ved å bannlyse den? Hvilket ansvar har vi forbrukere? Og hva med mikroplast og nanoplast?
Foto: Marte Haave, Uni Research
Panel:
- Leiv K. Sydnes, professor ved Kjemisk institutt ved UiB
- Marte Haave, forsker II ved NORCE
- Pia Ve Dahlen, Passion for Ocean
- Elias Eriksen, styreleder i Plastretur AS Norge, styremedlem Grønt punkt Norge (eies av fem materialselskap) og daglig leder og eier av Industriplast Askøy.
- Julie Andersland, byråd for klima, kultur og næring
Debattleder: Kjersti Sandvik
Welcome Morten!
Morten Tysse is recently employed as PhD student in computational catalysis and molecular design. He just finished his MSc-degree in nanotechnology at the University of Bergen, where he in the atomic physics group researched quantum and relativistic effects in hydrogen. The purpose of his PhD is to determine reaction mechanisms in reduction processes of carbon dioxide.
Welcome Christian!
Say hello to Stian!
His project, provisionally titled «Gas transport characteristics for gas-liquid boundary systems with multicomponent fluid mixtures» is externally financed by SINTEF Industri.Velkomen Beate!
Meld deg på Landsmøtet i kjemi!
Norsk Kjemisk Selskap (NKS) inviterer alle interesserte til spennende kjemi-dager på Lillestrøm 16.-18. oktober.
Det 21. Landsmøte i Kjemi arrangeres i forbindelse med LAB ’18 på Norges Varemesse. Landsmøtet går over tre dager, med temaer innen analytisk kjemi, makromolekyl- og kolloidkjemi, organisk kjemi, kvantekjemi og modellering, uorganisk kjemi og materialkjemi, matkjemi, kjemiens historie, katalyse, kjemometri samt kjemiundervisning.
NKS runder 125 år i år og dette markeres med et omfattende plenarprogram med inviterte foredragsholdere. Industry Lecture og foredrag ved årets Guldberg-Waage medaljør inngår også i plenarprogrammet. Det vil bli en felles Bankett for deltakerne på kvelder 16. oktober.
For mer info og påmelding, her. Påmeldingsfristen er 10. september.
Welcome Andrea!
Andrea Estefania Carpinteyro Diaz is a research fellow in the natural product group working with the isolation of bioactive natural products from unique plant sources and assessment of anti-cancer and phototoxic activity having as supervisors Professors Torgils Fossen and Lars Herfindal. 
Her background is one of a biochemical engineer with a master degree in food science from Mexico and a master degree in chemistry from UiB (2017).
Welcome Neann!
Neann Mathai is a PhD student in Cheminformatics under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Johannes Kirchmair. Neann has a MSc in Computer Science (focused on computational glycobiology and vaccine development) and a BSc in Computer Science and Chemistry, both from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. 
She also spent an extended period of time in the United States where, amongst others, she worked on the statistical analysis of public health, epidemiological, and program management data and the development of health informatics tools for large multi-national organizations. Her research at UiB will focus on the development and validation of target predictions methods.
Takk til Aase!
In the lunch seminar last Friday, colleagues at the Chemistry department joined to honour and thank Aase for her contributions to the department and to each and one of us, on the occasion that she will go into retirement from the end of the month. Aase Methlie has taken care of economy tasks at the Chemistry department in the best possible manner and for over 16 years. She first joined us in April 2002 and remained a trusted coworker also after the restructuring into a faculty economy section in September last year. (Photo: Cecilie)
Back to school
Hopefully you have all experienced an enjoyable summer vacation! These past two weeks we have been receiving new and returning students in chemistry and pharmacy as well as to technology programs in process and petroleum technology, nanotechnology, and medical technology! It is safe to say that we are continuing the proud tradition of the Chemistry Department in welcoming the students in a friendly, helpful and efficient manner!
A great many students have been given a first introduction to important safety procedures and first aid. The HSE course demonstrates another of the qualities of our department: the ability to pitch in when needed – this course results from the effort of many people!
