Remember to sign up for the Christmas party!
Remember to sign up for the Nobel Prize Party – deadline today!
Are you one of the many disappointed chemists who were waiting for the phone call from the Nobel prize committee? Despare not – you can still join the party!
Biofuel replacing Coal in Power plants
The current feature story at the Faculty web site is about one of the many exciting projects that Tanja Barth and her research associates are involved in, aiming at using renewable bio resources for energy «production». The article, authored by Asbjørn Leirvåg, is hereby warmly recommended!
Our Faculty – an Environmental Trail Blazer
In April 2016, the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences was certified as a “Miljøfyrtårn” (“Environmental Beacon”). The certification includes the departments, centers and the faculty administration. The certification was part of the fact that the University of Bergen, as the first of the major university in Norway, now became a “Miljøfyrtårn”.
Being an “Miljøfyrtårn” involves systematic work on environmental measures in everyday life. The organization must meet requirements and implement measures for a more environmentally friendly operation and a healthy working environment. To be certified as a “Miljøfyrtårn”, the faculty must meet a number of requirements within systematic HSE as well as requirements for waste, procurement, transport and energy. And all these requirements must be documented. We must also meet all the requirements necessary for a good HSE system. Being a “Miljøfyrtårn” commits us as an institution and as individual employees to make environmentally conscious choices in everyday life.
Julebord 6. desember kl. 18:00/Christmas party December 6 at 6 pm,
Julebord ved Kjemisk institutt, torsdag 6. desember kl. 18:00/Christmas party at the Department of Chemistry, Thursday December 6 at 6 pm,
Integrerbar – Invitasjon_Julebord_2018
Welcome Christoph!
Christoph Bauer is a postdoctoral researcher with a background in computational chemistry (University of Bonn, PhD, 2018). He did a project in cheminformatics/ machine learning at ETH Zürich (2017-2018) and is currently working on models to expand on the prediction of the metabolism of xenobiotics at the Department of Chemistry and at the Computational Biology Unit at UiB.
BTO-day today
After a few months with less regular interaction, we are reviving the pattern of BTO presence at the Dept of Chemistry on the first Tuesday of the month, from 12 o’clock and on. Victoria and Maja are to be found in the administration section, or possibly knocking on your door. You are more than welcome to make contact to either of them, to discuss your ongoing BTO issues or to air an idea!
Major review paper: Enzymes help bacteria evade host immunity
The Reuter group and their collaborators from University of Massachusetts (Amherst) and Boston College recently published an important review article in Chemical Reviews. The article was featured on the cover of the journal (picture). It summarises decades of research on an important class of enzymes secreted by bacteria. The article notably provides a paradigm for how to use a combined computational/experimental approach to study proteins that transiently interact with cell membranes. At the Dept. of Chemistry, we are proud and happy about this important contribution to the scientific literature and the way it presents our department — Congrats to the authors!
Velkomen, Karianne!!
Karianne Søreide er nylig tilsett ved Kjemisk Institutt. Ho vil mellom anna ha ansvar for ekspedisjonen ved instituttet og dei mange oppgåvene som følger med det. Austevollingen som er busett i Bergen, har ei mastergrad i medievitskap frå Universitetet i Bergen (2016). Ho har i tida etter studia opparbeida seg ein variert og allsidig arbeidserfaring frå blant anna servicebransjen, undervisning som lærarvikar, samt saksbehandling og rettleiing av regelverk igjennom Avdeling for pasientreiser i Helse Bergen.
NKS landsmøte / Lab18
Tirsdag og onsdag denne uken strømmet kjemikere til Lillestrøm. Siden 2004 har denne symbiotiske begivenheten mellom NKS og Lab-messen funnet sted hvert fjerde år uten de store organisatoriske endringene. NKS-landsmøte er den faglige delen med fellesforedrag i tillegg til at alle de 10 faggruppene også har egne sesjoner. Mye interessant å høre på og en vanskelig oppgave å velge ut foredrag.
Varemessedelen av arrangementet, Lab18, var også et omfattende arrangement med omtrent 100 utstillere. Lab. utstyr som en bare kan drømme om, fikk en «ta og føle» på. Det finnes mye som kan lette en
«lab-rottes» hverdag og en skoposemaskin, hvor en slipper å bøye seg ned for å ta dem på, falt i smak. (Se bilde. Eventuelt noe for Sammen Trening?) Av type 3D-printede transplantater var forskningen visstnok kommet langt på erstatning for hud. I sci-fi enden var et 3D-printet øre i et gelaktig materiale. (referent: Inger-Johanne)