Category: Informasjon
Insightfull movie about gender inequality in science – at the Bergen Int’l Film Festival this weekend
Gender inequality is a topical issue in science. The movie Picture a scientist, appearing on the BIFF program for Saturday and Monday, makes a powerful and insightful presentation of how this affects the career of individuals. IMDb-rating of 8.2 / 10. UiB employees may purchase tickets at a reduced rate, at only 55 NOK. On the Monday show, our colleague at the Dept of Biosciences, Dr. Dorothy Dankel, introduces the movie and puts it into a wider context. Recommended!
Elvira wins prize!
The 15th edition of European Molecular Imaging Meeting (EMIM) was held during the last of week of August (in a virtual edition, obviously), with Elvira García de Jalón Viñegra among the participants. She is a PhD student with prof. Emmet Mc Cormack at Department of Clinical Science (K2) and a full-blown member of the Haug research group in medicinal chemistry at our department. Elvira was granted an oral contribution in the session on New Tools for Cancer Imaging, with her paper on Repurposing 18F-FMISO for clinical PET/CT imaging of nitroreductase gene directed enzyme prodrug therapy. Her science and presentation of it impressed the jury to the extent that she was selected for the «best-lecture-of-the-session» award! Quoting the proud prize-winner, «I am the type of person that does not give up until I get to understand things.» This is an extremely useful strait in a researcher – we offer our congratulations!
Finn rett match for Horisont 2020 Green Deal-utlysninger på mandag
Forskningsrådet tilbyr et skreddersydd, virtuelt opplegg for å bistå offentlige aktører, forskningsmiljøer og NGOer til å finne rett match for Horisont 2020 Green Deal-utlysninger. Deltakelse på disse matchmaking-dagene er god forberedelse også for deg som planlegger å finne internasjonale partnere under European Research and Innovation Days 22.-24. september.
Om Green Deal
I 2020 lyser EU-Kommisjonen ut ekstraordinære midler gjennom Horisont 2020 for å nå målene i Green Deal – EUs ambisiøse veikart mot et nullutslippskontinent. Pakken med utlysninger har en verdi på ca. 1 mrd. euro. Utlysningene legger vekt på tverrsektorielt samarbeid for å nå målene.
Program Mandag 7. september
- Kl. 08.30-10.30 Area 2 og 4 (topic 2.1, 2.2 og 4.1)
Clean, affordable and secure energy og Energy and resource efficient buildings - Kl. 10.45-12.15 Area 3 (topic 3.1 og 3.2)
Industry for a clean and circular economy - Kl. 12.45-14.00 Area 7 (topic 7.1)
Ecosystems and Biodiversity - Kl. 14.15-15.45 Area 8 (topic 8.1. og 8.2)
Zero-pollution, toxic free environment
Testing out the next level of Scifinder
Chemical abstract service has given access for users at the chemistry department to their new platform Scifinder-n. The trial period lasts through the rest of this year. You can log in using the same username and password as for Scifinder. Log in at https://scifinder-n.cas.org.
Test of fire alarm – Friday Aug 14, at 7 -8 am.
Til informasjon: I forbindelse med service på brannvarslingssystemet på Realfagbygget vil det på fredag den 14-08-20 bli testing av BRANNKLOKKER i tidsrommet mellom kl. 07 – 08. Det vil være en pulserende ringing som ikke skal responderes på. Dører som står åpne på magnet vil også lukkes i dette tidsrommet. Spørsmål kan rettes til driftstelefon 55589393. Hilsen Driften v/ Svein Fosse
Comparison of energy sources and transport alternatives using life cycle assessment.
On Friday Aug 14 at 10.15, Jørgen Gausdal Jacobsen delivers his trial lecture for the PhD degree, with the title Comparison of energy sources and transport alternatives using life cycle assessment.
Location Zoom. The meeting is set up with a waiting-room function due to the security regulations for ZOOM meetings. The moderator gives access to the participants manually. The entrance closes when the lecture starts. Therefore, please, log into the meeting a few minutes before 10.15. Welcome!
Abstract: The search for energy sources with higher energy efficiency and lower environmental impact has increased rapidly in recent years. This has led to the development of new approaches to calculate the net energy gain of different energy sources and transport alternatives. In the lecture key factors such as energy payback ratio, energy efficiency, sustainability, etc. are introduced and defined. These parameters will be used to compare life cycle energy gain and consumption for different energy sources including a discussion of CO2 footprint, degree of renewability and sustainability. Specifically, power sources such as hydro, wind and solar will be compared to hydrocarbon gas and coal. The lecture will be assessed by Tore Skodvin (leader), Tanja Barth og Bjarte Holmelid.
Les: Mennesker er samfunnsborgere, ikke bare arbeidstakere
Vår kollega, Sofie Lekve, viser vegen når det gjeld å delta i den aktuelle samfunnsdebatten som gjeld sektoren vår. Les gjerne innlegget hennar i Khrono!
Fægriprisen 2020
Alle artikler som sendes inn til tidsskriftet Naturen i perioden 1. september 2019 til 31. august 2020, er med i konkurransen om Fægriprisen 2020. Fægriprisen er en forfatterpris som oppmuntrer til god, skriftlig populærvitenskapelig formidling innenfor naturvitenskapelige fag. Vinnere av Fægriprisen 2020 blir kunngjort i desember.
Prisen har to kategorier: Hovedprisen har vi valgt å kalle Fægri’s minnepris for populærvitenskapelig formidling i tidsskriftet Naturen (forkortet til Fægriprisen), og er på 10 000 kr. Den andre kategorien er for studenter (også Ph.D.-studenter!), er på 5000 kr, og har fått navnet Fægri’s studentpris for beste populærvitenskapelige artikkel i tidsskriftet Naturen (forkortet Fægri’s studentpris). Vi, dvs. redaksjonen i Naturen, håper med dette at potensielle forfattere vil være med å konkurrere om Fægriprisen 2020. Spesielt er det et stort ønske om artikler innen kjemiske tema! Vinnerne av prisen vil bli kunngjort av tidsskriftet Naturen og Universitetsforlaget. Forfatterveiledning finnes på Naturen’s hjemmeside.
First 5 fully-financed pharmacy students in Bergen
Study programs in the Norwegian university sector are usually funded by the government, with the full cost covered by base funding (60%) and result funding (study points achieved plus graduates; 40%). This model applies for instance to the pharmacy programs at UiO and UiT. The pharmacy program at the University of Bergen differs in this respect, in that only the result component (40%) of the funding is provided from Oslo. The lion’s share of the cost is thus covered by UiB central. It has been, and still is, difficult to accept such a large difference in how the pharmacy programs in Norway are funded.
Today, the government announced how 4000 new study places will be distributed over institutions of higher education in Norway. 251 of the 4000 places are allocated to UiB as follows: 62 (health), 35 (teacher’s ed), 72 (MNT), 80 (economy, law) and 2 (new areas). And here comes the main point: 5 out of the 62 health slots will be fully financed pharmacy students! This calls for a celebration or what!