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Welcome to Pushkaraj!
Hello everyone!
I am Pushkaraj Wagh, a Bachelor of Pharmacy graduate from MVP School of Pharmacy, Nasik, India. The conventional path led me to the California to pursue my master’s in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Western University of Health Sciences. My thesis was “Preparation and in vitro evaluation of PEGylated silk-fibroin nanoparticles for the delivery of celastrol.”
I am starting my doctoral research on formulation of lipid nanoparticles for the delivery of oligonucleotides with focus on – the internalization of nanoparticles inside a cell along with the delivery of specific oligonucleotide under the tutelage of Prof. Wei Wang.
My personal interests include photography, exploring places and nature around me. You can find me in Room 3010!
Flott markering for Svein Haavik
Feiring og markering for farmasigrunnlegger Svein Haavik
Torsdag 30. mars var venner og nære kolleger samlet for markering i forbindelse med at grunnlegger av Senter for Farmasi, Svein Haavik, pensjonerer seg. Svein ble Cand. Pharm. i 1980 ved UiO og tok doktorgrad i farmakognosi samme sted (1986). Svein sitt opprinnelige fagfelt var allergener, spesielt fra timotei med fokus på glykoproteinene og karbohydratene sin betydning for allergenaktiviteten. Han arbeidet som førsteamanuensis ved Farmasøytisk institutt ved UiO etter dette. På denne tiden arbeidet han blant annet med glykoproteinet Epiglycanin, et viktig protein i noen krefttyper, som kan spille en viktig rolle i om kreften er malign eller ikke. I 1988-89 hadde han utenlandsopphold som forsker ved Harvard Medical School, Boston.
I 1995 flyttet han tilbake til Vestlandet for å overta stillingen som apoteker ved Sykehusapoteket i Bergen. I tiden som fulgte ble han den viktigste pådriveren for og initiativtageren til å få opprettet farmasiutdanningen ved Universitetet i Bergen. Etter iherdig innsats ble Senter for Farmasi ved Universitetet i Bergen etablert og første kull med masterstudenter begynte på studiet i 2003. Allerede i juni 2007 ble Silje Søviknes den første farmasistudenten med mastergrad uteksaminert fra Universitetet i Bergen, med Svein, Anne Gerd Granås og Tone Morken som veiledere. Siden 2008 har 15 kull med farmasistudenter fullført mastergradsutdannelsen ved UIB. Svein ble leder for Senter for farmasi fra og med grunnleggelsen og i 16 år fremover. Senter for farmasi var de første årene et selvstendig senter med deltagelse fra Det Matematisk-Naturvitenskapelige fakultet og Det Medisinsk-Odontologiske fakultet. Farmasistudiet er senere omorganisert og hører nå administrativt til under Det medisinske fakultet. Svein ble forfremmet til professor i 2011. I løpet av de 20 årene Svein har forsket ved UiB, har han publisert flittig og med stor bredde, både innen farmakognosi, farmakologi og samfunnsfarmasi.
Markeringen var preget av god stemning – her er Svein flankert av Lone og Ruth.
Senter for farmasi er kjennetegnet av godt samarbeid, både når det gjelder undervisning og forskning og har helt siden etableringen bidratt signifikant til å fremme tverrvitenskapelig forskning og bidratt vesentlig for å etablere produktive multidisiplinære tverrfakultære forskningsgrupperinger.
Fra Kjemisk Institutt, Institutt for Global Helse og Samfunnsmedisin, Institutt for Biomedisin og Klinisk Institutt 2, i tillegg til representanter for de deltagende fakultetene og fra apotekene, møtte kolleger like før påske til en trivelig samling for å markere og sette lys på en del av de mange bidragene som Svein har vært en sentral drivkraft for. En rekke talere uttrykte takknemlighet for Svein sin imponerende mangeårige innsats for det farmasøytiske fagmiljøet, både internasjonalt, nasjonalt og regionalt.
Markeringen ble innledet av leder for Senter for Farmasi Reidun Lisbeth Skeide Kjome. Bengt Erik fremført hilsener fra Kjemisk institutt og dekanen ved MNF. Leif, som har vært sentral ved etableringen av farmasistudiene både ved UiT og UiB, takket Svein for hans formidable innsats.
Tekst og foto: Torgils Fossen.
Welcome Fahimeh!
My name is Fahimeh Khorsand and I will be working as a researcher with Prof. Haug and Prof. Reuter on an early drug discovery project for COPD (norsk: KOLS) treatment. I am a biochemist and interested in protein biochemistry, enzymes and developing bioassays. I received my PhD degree in Biochemistry from University College Dublin in 2016 and my PhD thesis was about the application of enzymes in production of some pharmaceutically important intermediates. 
I have been working at the University of Bergen since 2018, first as a researcher in the Department of Biological sciences and later as a postdoc in the Department of Biomedicine and have been involved in collaborative projects (BIOTEK2021, RESPOND3, TILD) in the groups of Profs. Reuter, Haug and Brenk.
UiB kicks off annual conference series on Equality and Diversity in academia
Today gave the first in an annual series of UiB conferences on equality and diversity, with a great string of inspiring and enlightening talks by UiB and external contributors, as well as discussions and shared outlooks (cf the photo). Chemistry-student Oscar very nicely presented student perspectives of diversity. 
This year’s conference also represented the conclusion of GenderAct as a Research Council (co-)funded project within the Balanse program, which implies that gender equality and a balanced gender representation were recurrent topics throughout the day. A deliverable of the project is each department developing its own local action plan toward improved gender balance, equality and diversity, and our’s may be found here.
Gave fra L. Meltzers Høyskolefond 2023 – Forskningsmidler
«L. Meltzers Høyskolefonds gave til UiB, 2023» skal brukes til UiBs vitenskapelige forskningsvirksomhet med erverv av ny grunnleggende innsikt som siktemål.
Maleri av Lauritz Meltzer, Malt av Ansgar Larsen
Pascal Dietzel er tildelt 60 kkr til dekning av kostnader til Materials for efficient electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to formic acid as hydrogen energy carrier. Vidar Jensen er tildelt 100 kkr til dekning av kostnader i forbindelse med arrangementet – International Symposium on Olefin Metathesis and Related Chemistry (ISOM XXIV). Vi gratulerer begge to!
Det noteres at ingen fra Kjemisk institutt har søkt om og fått tildelt reisemidler for 2023.
Meltzer-fondet deler hvert år ut betydelige midler, og alle vitenskapelig ansatte ved Kjemisk institutt oppfordres herved til å vurdere muligheten for å søke støtte til prosjekter, reiser og arrangment fra Meltzer-fondet (frist 1. desember).
Hello from, and welcome to, Tuba!
Hi folks!
I am Tuba Iftikhar, a researcher in postdoctoral training with assoc, prof. Mali Husby Rosnes. I hail from the historically and agriculturally rich land of Gujrat, Pakistan. Following the conventional scientific path to extend my practical knowledge of chemistry, I moved to Germany for my doctoral studies in Prof. Kögerler’s research group at RWTH Aachen and Forschungszentrum Jülich which successfully led me to earn my Ph.D.
I worked as an experimental chemist to target the synthesis of organo-functionalized derivatives of heterometallic PolyOxoMetalates (POMs) for the investigation of their single-molecule magnetic (SMM) behavior and catalytic properties.
My Postdoctoral training is based on the Research Project ‘‘Recyclable Catalysts for Sustainable Polymers from CO2 and Bio-based Epoxides’’ ReCat4Polymer which is funded by the Trond Mohn Foundation and the University of Bergen. I would aim to focus on the development of recyclable catalysts for the production of sustainable polymers, where CO2 and bio-based epoxides will be used as raw materials. POMs are considered the key components for developing such suitable and recyclable catalysts.
Meet and greet Valerie and Claudia!
We are students in the masters’s program in biomedical chemistry in Mainz, Germany,
and are here as ERASMUS+ exchange students for the next four months. We will work on reasearch projects in the group of professor Bengt Erik Haug. Our projects focus on the synthesis of novel antibiotics and is part of a collaboration between the Haug group and the group of professor Ruth Brenk at the Department of Biomedicine at UiB. Claudia works on a project targeting the fatty acid synthesis of bacteria while Valerie works on riboswitch ligands.
Say Welcome! to Leif
My name is Leif and I have recently finished my Master studies in inorganic chemistry at Heidelberg University, Germany. I applied low-valent iron complexes in homogeneous catalysis enabling access to conformationally constrained building blocks relevant to drug-development and medicinal chemistry.
My doctoral research is focused on developing novel transition metal catalysts for nitrogen activation in the research group of Prof. Vidar Jensen. The catalyst design is guided by quantum chemical calculations to predict active catalysts which are then followed up on in the laboratory. The project is funded by the Norwegian Centre for Hydrogen Research – HyValue – where one of the foci lies on developing ammonia as a novel, environmentally friendly hydrogen-based energy carrier.
Say Welcome! to Ihtisham
I am Ihtisham Ul Haq. I am starting my new job as a researcher in the Dietzel group. My research will be the synthesis of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for the removal of heavy metals from solution. You can find me in Room 2049. I received my PhD degree in Chemical Engineering from Beijing Institute of Technology, China. My thesis research was the synthesis of MOFs and COFs for the removal of CO2, SO2, and VOCs and my thesis&I won the award of “best dissertation of the year” and “best international student of the year”. Before joining UiB, I worked in industry as R&D manager from 2020 to 2022.
Join us at Global Women Breakfast: More Voices at the Table
Join us on Tuesday February 14, 2023 for the IUPAC Global Women’s Breakfast (#GWB2023), held in conjunction with the U.N. Day of Women and Girls in Science. The goal of the GWB series is to establish an active network of people to overcome the barriers to gender equality in science. GWB is also a flagship event of the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development bringing together people from all science disciplines. GWB events are to take place all over the world, and the Department of Chemistry is pleased to organize this event at the University of Bergen, under the title More Voices at the Table.
Where: Auditorium 4, 4th floor, Science Bldg. When: Tuesday Feb 14, at 9am-11am.
Program:
Dean of the MN Faculty, Gunn Mangerud, will give an opening address.
Susan Pedigo, professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry at University of Mississippi, will give the feature talk, with the same title as the event.
The lecture is followed by a panel discussion led by Nathalie Reuter (Dept. Chemistry, and CBU), with panelists Fredrik Manne (Inst. Informatics), Edoseghe Edwin Osagiede (Dept. Earth Science), Sevil Sümer, Fac. Social & Educ. Sci., NTNU, and Susan Pedigo, OleMiss.