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Very joyous news II!
Today, the Norwegian Research Council announced the outcome of the annual yet extremely competitive FRIPRO call for funding of Blue-Sky research projects. Out of the 350 researcher projects within FRIMEDBIO, only 8% or 29 projects were granted. 
One of those applications that were simply too well written and too well conceived to be passed by, describes the project Chartering chemical space of riboswitch ligands – towards future antibiotics, coauthored by Professors Ruth Brenk (Department of Biomedicine) 
and Bengt Erik Haug (Department of Chemistry). It is gratifying to see hard work, dedication and excellent scientific ideas prevail — this is a very important step in the fruitful development of medicinal chemistry at our department. Congratulations!!
Very joyous news I!
Today, the Norwegian Research Council announced the outcome of the annual yet extremely competitive FRIPRO call for funding of Blue-Sky research projects. Out of the 233 researcher projects within FRINATEK, only 6% or 14 projects were granted. 
Professor Vidar Jensen struck bulls eye with his proposal on Sustainable and Selective Metathesis: From Fundamental Insights to New Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals. This is news very important to the olefin-metathesis-line of research at the department, joyous to the project team in particular and to the chemistry department at large, and impressive in terms of the effort and quality of the proposal itself and the research on which it builds! To Vidar and his team, which locally includes Giovanni, Jarl and Karl, Congratulations!
Digital vurdering
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- til deg som skal lage digital eksamen – lærar
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- til deg som skal ta digital eksamen – student
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Upcoming PhD Events
December is a very busy month on the PhD horizon, and as a help for all of us to keep the overview and thus give the candidates the attention and attendance that their hard work deserves, here is the schedule:
Dec 14 at 10.30 in Aud. II: Markus Baumann defends his thesis titled: Synthesis of bicyclic CXCR4 antagonists.
Dec 15 at 12.15 in Tripletten: Mikel Oregui Bengoechea lectures over Chemicals and fuels from marine algal biomass – status and future perspectives?
Dec 19 at 13.15 in Tripletten: Festo Kayima lectures over Constructive alignment in university teaching – what is it, and why should we care?
Dec 21 at 12:00 in Aud. II: Mikel Oregui Bengoechea defends his thesis titled: Formic acid aided catalytic lignin conversion in ethanol and water media.
Chemicals and fuels from catalytic conversion of lignin – opportunities and challenges?
This is the title that Camilla Løhre has been given for her trial lecture for the PhD degree. The lecture gives an introduction to the chemistry of catalytic conversion of lignin to high-value products for the biofuel- and chemical industry. Specifically it will address the current status of large-scale catalytic conversion of lignin and identify future perspectives.
Foto: På høyden.
Date: Tomorrow, Wednesday Dec 7, at 1.15 pm, at Tripletten (3069)
Meet BTO at the Chemistry dept. every first Tuesday of the month!
BTO works to develop innovation and commercialisation of research results in the Bergen region. We help researchers and students develop their innovative idea:
- Apply for funding to optimize or verify your research results
- Patenting considerations
- Establishing contacts with industry
- Market evaluation
- Agreements and contracts
About me: I have a PhD from the Department of Clinical Science (K2, UiB) on cancer research with focus on method development, genetics and imaging technology. I have also been involved in biotechnology projects at Uni Research, teaching at Bergen University College, and have experience as a Drilling Fluids Specialist offshore prior to joining the BTO team this year.
I will be present at the Chemistry department every first Tuesday of the month, starting the 6th of December at 12:00. You will find me in the Chem. Adm. office space.
I really look forward to learn about the various research projects at the Department, and I wish to welcome all to come have a chat! BTO might have more to offer than you know, and I hope that my presence will make BTO’s services better known and more accessible to you!
Elisabeth Silden, PhD (cell. +47 958 87 254)
Hi – I’m Henry!
My name is Henry Torres and I am an exchange student from Madrid ( although born in Perú). I am doing a Bachelor project on Metal Organic Frameworks under the supervision of the professor Pascal Dietzel. I had never been in Norway before I came this summer, and I chose this destination because of the possibility to enjoy the nature and have a different lifestyle than in Madrid!
Spennande Nobel-foredrag om molekylære motorar!
NKS-Bergen har lang tradisjon for å presentere Nobelprisvinnarar i kjemi, og i år tok Mali Husby Rosnes seg av den oppgåva på meisterleg vis. 
Med utgangspunkt i grundig forarbeid og personleg kjennskap til ein av prisvinnarane fortalte ho den fengslande historia om utviklinga av supramolekylær kjemi frå Lehn, Pedersen og Cram (Nobelprisen 1987) til kontrollert framstilling av molekylære motorar og årets heltar; Stoddart, Sauvage og Feringa.
(Biletet til høgre viser molekylær «bil», les meir i Kudernac et al., Electrically Driven Directional Motion of a Four-Wheeled Molecule on a Metal Surface. Nature 2011, 479 (7372), 208.)
Etterpå kunne arrangementskomitéen Rihannon, Camilla, Inger og Audun (Takk til dykk!!) by på ferske reker og anna godt, til store glede for 25-30 oppglødde kjemikarar. Til neste år står det klar ein stol også til deg!
Nobelforedrag og fest!
For mange av oss er dette så nær ein Nobelpris som vi nokon gong kjem — Meld deg på NKS Bergen si førjulsfeiring av årets vinnarar av Nobelprisen i kjemi – både kjemi, god mat og godt lag i ein og same pakke!
Føredragshaldar er Dr. Mali H. Rosnes — dette lovar godt!
Tid: fredag 25. november, kl. 18:30
Stad: Rom 3069/Tripletten
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