Kategori: Informasjon
Guest lecture in the BIO building this Friday
Time and place: Friday June 15th at 13:15 in K3@BIO.
Mike Jetten and his team have provided significant discoveries about the role of anaerobic bacteria in the global nitrogen cycle (anammox) and nitrate-dependent methane oxidation.The anammox bacteria can convert nitrogen compounds into dinitrogen gas without oxygen.This process is highly beneficial to the development of sustainable waste water treatment. Anammox has therefore been implemented in sewage treatments plants worldwide.
Aiming for new infrastructure
Oct 10 is the Norwegian research council’s application deadline for national research infrastructure platforms. Only the 165 project leaders who submitted a first-stage sketch are eligible for applying. The 165 budgets sum up to 9,5 billion kroner, while the government plans to spend 600-800 million kroner. The sketches have now been published and the important process can begin of modifying, combining, and in some cases, abandoning, projects may begin.
Our department is coordinating two proposals: High-Throughput Experimentation Facility for Parallel Synthesis, and Reaction Screening and Optimisation (contact person: Giovanni) and X-ray Diffraction Instrumentation for Biostructures, Catalytic Chemistry and Functional Materials (contact person: Karl W.). We are strongly involved in the proposed National Mass Spectrometry facility for Metal Complexes, Clusters and Nanoparticles (MS-MCCN) (coordinated UiO), National Platform for NanoSafety, and Lipidomics and Energy Metabolism Platform (both coordinated by the medical faculty, UiB).
We are hosting the NNP (National NMR platform), and experience from both the application process and the startup will prove invaluable in the work that lies ahead.
Encouraging publication statistics for 2017
Publication statistics for 2017 has been released by the library (Universitetsbiblioteket i Bergen, 2018, Publiseringsstatistikk for UiB), and the results are quite encouraging for our department. 
While keeping the San Fransisco declaration in mind, one is allowed to point out that we are bouncing back to one-third of our publications appearing in level-II journals, which is also the faculty average. This means breaking a three-year slide that reached a low 16% last year. The same can be said for the number of scientific papers published and also the publication points earned (62, 55 and 72 for 2015-2017). We still have a way to go, though, with 1.2 publication points per employee engaged in research (aka UFF), compared to the faculty average of 1.7 pp/UFF.
Reminder about Dean’s Blog
Our Dean is frequently using his blog to put local events into a wider and longer perspective — you can easily access the blog by means of the menu at the top of this page. In the most recent entry, you can read the Dean’s address to professor Leiv Sydnes, given on the occasion of the recent symposium.
Det gode arbeidsmiljø – Frokostseminar 31. mai
Ansatte og ledere ved UiB ønskes velkommen til frokostseminar 31. mai.
Vernetjenesten ved UiB ønsker å skape en arena ved UiB der vi kan ta opp betydningen av arbeidsmiljø. Vi vil invitere til frokostseminarer for å snakke om arbeidsliv og arbeidsmiljø under endring og omstilling. Målgruppen er alle ansatte og ledere.
Det første frokostseminaret arrangeres torsdag 31. mai kl. 0830-1000 i nytt odontologibygg, Årstadveien 19, 1. og 2. molar. Temaet er *Fleksibel – digital – fremtidsrettet * – Hvordan tar vi vare på arbeidsmiljøet i et mer effektivt, fleksibelt og digitalt arbeidsliv? Et godt arbeidsmiljø kjennetegnes av god ledelse, medvirkning fra ansatte og tydelige organisatoriske rammer. Kompetanse, mestring og anerkjennelse gir både trygghet og trivsel. Dørene åpner kl. 0800 og frokost serveres fra kl. 0815.
Påmelding innen 23. mai her https://skjemaker.app.uib.no/view.php?id=5006704
Sterk Bergen-kontingent på NKS rådsmøte
Norsk Kjemisk Selskap – NKS- har som formål «å virke for kjemiens fremme i samfunn, vitenskap, teknikk og undervisning, samt å representere norske kjemikere og ivareta deres faglige interesser». Verksemda blir leia av Hovudstyret, men det er Rådet som har øvste mynde. Det årlege rådsmøtet er dermed den avgjerande instansen i NKS, og for 2018 fann dette stad sist fredag. Bergen og UiB var godt representert ved Camilla Løhre samt firkløveret på biletet: Audun, Bengt Erik, Olav og Leiv Kr.
NKS var ei drivande kraft i markeringa av det internasjonale kjemiåret i 2011, og vi ser fram til ei tilsvarande synleggjering av kjemifaget i samband med feiringa av det internasjonale året for periodesystemet, 2019, 150 år etter at Dmitrij Mendelejev konstruerte det første periodesystemet. Vi siterer IUPAC: In proclaiming an International Year focusing on the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements and its applications, the United Nations has recognized the importance of raising global awareness of how chemistry promotes sustainable development and provides solutions to global challenges in energy, education, agriculture and health. Dette er ein lissepasning til NKS i deira arbeid for kjemiens fremme i samfunn, vitenskap, teknikk og undervisning.
infoBTO: Workshop and Makerspace
BTO and the NCE Seafood Innovation Cluster are hosting a workshop on “Blue sea – green business opportunities”on May 22. How can companies in the blue sector strengthen the sustainability in their business model through digitalization, recycling, reparation and reuse? How can researchers contribute to added value in the private sector’s RND and innovation efforts through project collaboration? We welcome companies and researchers to join us on May 22 to discuss these important subjects!
Marineholmen Makerspace is a nonprofit place at BTO where everyone can create – everything.
This is the place to learn new stuff, fix old stuff, build, prototype, test, share ideas and to have fun. In short, learning by doing. 450 m2located at BTO with machines as CNC-router, laser cutter, 3D-printers, vinyl cutter, sewing machines, overlock sewing machine and tools as dremel, drill press and handheld tools, oscilloscope, reworking station, multi meter, power supply, soldering stations, function generator, electronic load. A well-equipped wood shop and electronic reworking station, and more… 
Curious and want to learn more about the makerspace or want help with funding, patenting considerations, contracts and collaboration with the industry? Contact BTO by phone/mail or meet Elisabeth on May 24 at the institute (the office next to the reception).
Doctoral degree award ceremony
This week we have taken part in two dissertation ceremonies at our department, for Kjersti and Coralie. Those of you hanging in to the very end of these events, heard professor Francis state that the evaluation committee had accepted both the presentation and the defence and that the University Board would be notified accordingly. Some may wonder what happens next? The answer to this is the Doctoral degree award ceremony, in which the newly appointed Doctores receive their Latin diploma (with an English translation attached) in a formal ceremony in the University Aula, along with an official transcript that constitutes the authoritative documentation of the PhD degree to be presented when requested later in the career.
Today, there was Doctoral degree award ceremony taking place in the Aula, and three graduates from the Chemistry department received their diplomas: Annette, Festo and Andrey. Present to savor the moment and share in the victories, were their former supervisors (Doctor parents) and Hege ((c) photos)!
Brannalarm 25.4.2018 – øvelse
Brannalarmen i dag var en øvelse The fire alarm this morning was a fire drill.
Når brannalarmen går:
- Ta med deg verdisaker og gå til nærmeste utgang
- Trekk raskt bort fra utgangen slik at alle kommer ut
- Gå til samlingsplassen i sør , mellom Realfagbygget og Fysikkbygget
- På grunn av laboratorier i Realfagbygget er det økt brann- og eksplosjonsfare, gå derfor til samlingsplassen
Les oppslag i auditoriene for å bli kjent med rømningsveier og oppmøteplass ved evaluering av bygget.
When the fire alarm sounds:
- Take your valuables and go to the nearest exit
- Move quickly away from the door so it dosen’t get blocked
- Go to the assigned Meeting Place in south , between the Science Building and the Physics Building
- Realfagbygget contains laboratories which gives the building increased fire- and explosion danger, it is therefore important that you go to the assigned meeting place.
Søkjartal til studieprogramma våre
I dag blei førebels søkjartal offentleggjort frå Samordna opptak. Nytt av året er innføring av skjerpa opptakskrav om full fordjuping i realfagsmatematikk (R2), og det var uro for at dette vil gå hardt ut over talet på søkjarar til programma våre. Basert på førebels tal på søkjarar som har prioritert kjemiprogrammet på topp, ser dette ikkje ut til å slå til! I år har vi 23 førstepri-søkjarar mot 21 i fjor. Endringa er liten også for PTEK, 21 mot 22 i 2017. Både farmasi og nanoteknologi viser betydeleg reduserte søkjartal (ned mellom 30 og 40%), til hhv 63 og 23 pri-I søkjarar. Vi vil likevel få godt kvalifiserte studentar til desse studieprogramma. Det nyaste studieprogrammet vårt, medisinsk teknologi, har 76 pri-I søkjarar til 22 plassar og fortset dermed i same spor som i haust. Dette er oppløftande!
