(TCLS= Thursday Chemistry Lunch Seminar: 12.15-13 @ Tripletten
For ALL employees at the Chemistry Department!
Greetings from Susan !!
My name is Susan Sen and I recently joined Kjemisk Institutt as a postdoctoral fellow to work with Prof. Dietzel on the design and development of functionalized metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) to explore their catalytic activity.
I received my Ph.D. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India and then, moved to the Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), Kyoto University, Japan to work with pioneer MOFs scientist Prof. Susumu Kitagawa as a specially appointed research fellow. Before joining UiB, I was working at the Department of Applied Chemistry, Nagoya University, Japan.
My research is mainly focused on design and development of functionalized porous materials such as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), covalent organic frameworks (COFs) and porous organic polymers (POPs) for their wider application in small molecule separations, energy storage and conversion, and heterogenous catalysis. Looking forward to meeting you all and exploring the chemistry in nanopores at UiB.
Please feel free to stop by and say hello to me in room 2002, Realfagbygget
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The goals of the internship program include strengthening links between higher education institutions and non-academic organizations across biotechnology sectors, including health, marine, industrial biotech, and innovation. Students are given the opportunity to receive training that is relevant to the professional world and working life.
Parveen is one of only two UiB PhD candidates accepted to the prestigious programme this year. He will work for 3 months at AstraZeneca with a project entitled «Breaking it down: Molecular Fragmentation-Based Calculation of Absolute Binding Free Energies.» Congratulations Parveen!
I am Liaqat Zeb, a new SEAS postdoc fellow in the research group of Bioresources and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (Monica’s group). My interest in marine natural products brings me to work on marine sustainability in the SEAS project. I will be working on extracting polyphenols and natural products from brown seaweeds.
I received my PhD in Bioengineering and Biotechnology in 2020 from the School of Bioengineering, Dalian University of Technology, China. I worked as a postdoc researcher in the same school from 2020 to Jan 2023. My research focused on the cultivation of microalgae, extraction of natural products from Antarctic krill and Schizochytrium. SR21, and extraction with natural deep eutectic solvent.
I am interested in exploring Nature, climbing mountains, and playing sports.
You can find me in room 3035.
At the conclusion of this spring’s national Bike-to-work campaign, chemistry and chemists are standing tall with impressive results both at the individual level and even more in terms of team spirit! Among UiB teams, The Catalysts, featuring Marius, Vidar, Marit, Pascal, and Pål, climb to the top of the podium at UiB and placed 6th nationally, with the second chemistry team, Good Chemistry, rolling in to a very nice 10th position among UiB teams! Individually, Reidun made her way to the second place and winner of the silver medal — great work by her and the family dog! På Høyden published a very nice article on the achievement (in Norwegian only), with selected quotes given below.
Head of admin, Pål, has been the driving force behind chemistry’s participation in this yearly and national campaign, and he is also one of the five pedal pumpers on the winning team.
– It feels fantastic and well-deserved, says Pål. Our team name refers to an important field of research within the department, and is also an uplifting and motivating name. We have resisted temptations such as relaxing weekends and taking the bus to work in pouring rain. The team effort has been phenomenal. As a relatively new employee at the Department of Chemistry, the competition has given me the opportunity to get to know my colleagues better.
UiB as a company was number 228 out of 2,647 participating companies in Norway, compared to 383 out of 3,208 last year.
A total of 9,904 sessions and a total distance of 42,995 km were recorded by UiB employees. Last year, 40,300 km were registered.
All our master exams include the candidates presenting their projects and project results. These presentation are open to everybody to attend and you are hereby encouraged to do so when it fits in! Here is a list of presentations coming up this and the following weeks:
Mohanad Lotfi Abdallah (Nanoscience) presents his thesis: “Anti-icing Properties of ZnO surfaces prepared via Radio Frequency Magnetron Sputtering Compared to a Bare Aluminium Surface with Native Oxide” 19th of June at 09:00 at room 366 in the building of Physics (Allégaten 55)
Eivind Adams Amofah (Integrated Teacher Programme in Science and Mathematics) presents his thesis: “En kvalitativ studie av samtaler mellom elever, og elever og lærer i utforskende arbeid i kjemi” 19th of June at 10:00 in auditorium 3.
Linnea Frang (Medical Technology) presents her thesis: “The Heart as an Organ at Risk inRadiation Therapy of Locally Advanced Non Small Cell Lung Cancer” 19th of June at 10:00 in 3069 (Tripletten)
Thea Våge (Medical Technology) presents her thesis: “Glioma Microstructure Modeling from Diffusion MRI: A Self-Supervised Deep Learning Approach “on 20th of June at 10:15 in room 292 in the building of Physics (Allégaten 55)
Suzette Denisse Pacheco Lara (Pharmacy) presents her thesis “Påvirkning av stabilisator i phytantriol- baserte kubosomer og dens potensielle anvendelse som intravenøs levering av lumefantrin” on 20th of June at 10:00 in room 3069 (Tripletten)
Roschin Abdullah (Pharmacy) presents her thesis: Påvirkning av stabilisator i Glyserol monooleat kubosomer og deres potensielle anvendelse for legemiddellevering av lumefantrine» on 20h of June at 13:00 in room 3069 (Tripletten)
Synnøve Hodnekvam (Medical Technology) presents her thesis: “A developed 3(4) step synthesis strategy for radiolabeling Flumazenil with carbon-11 in the carbonyl position and establishment of a process for [11C]-methylation of Flumazenil” 21st of June at 13:00 in room 3069 (Tripletten)
Hedda Vik Askeland (Chemistry) presents her thesis “Molecular Dynamics Studies on the Lipid Transfer Protein – STARD11” on 29th of June at 14:00 in Auditorium 3.
Kasper Bratteng Strandengen (Chemistry) presents his thesis “Multivariate calibration for qNMR of sugars in aqueous solution and application on samples from thermochemical conversion of fruit waste” on 29th of June at 10:00 in room 3069 (Tripletten)
Alfred Abbasi (Medical Technology) presents his thesis: “Hardware and Software Studies for the Alignment of the Proton CT” 3rd of July at 10:15 in room 546, Allégaten 55.
On Friday June 16, at 12.00 in Auditorium 2, Science Bldg, MSc Stian Hersvik Hegdahl will defend his thesis «From waste to bio-oil: Hydrothermal liquefaction of digested sewage sludge in small and large scale.»
Å utnytte avfallsprodukter på en bedre måte, kan gjøre oss mindre avhengige av råolje, noe som er et nøkkelpunkt for å redusere CO2-utslippene i atmosfæren.
I denne avhandlingen brukes avfallsproduktet kloakkslam etter anaerob utråtning (utråtnet kloakkslam) som råstoff i en studie for å produsere produkter med høyere verdi. Som prosess benyttes hydrotermisk omdanning, som er en depolymeringsprosess brukt for å produsere bioolje fra kloakkslam ved hjelp av høy temperatur og høyt trykk. Det er gjort en systematisk tilnærming ved gjennomføring av hydrotermisk omdanning på utråtnet kloakkslam ved bruk av eksperimentelle design for å bestemme hvordan de forskjellige resultatene påvirkes ved justeringer i variablene som brukes. Disse resultatene innebærer blant annet oljeutbytte, karbongjenvinning, og forholdstallene hydrogen/karbon og oksygen/karbon. I tillegg er de produserte biooljene analysert for å bestemme sammensetningen av oljene, for igjen å finne industrielle bruksområder for oljen.
A small yet dedicated delegation set off from mount Ulriken Sunday morning @10. The conditions were perfect, with crystal blue skies and wind speed nothing but a light breeze. The pace was comfortable, and companionship excellent. As for wildlife, only a few ravens were spotted in addition to lots of sheep, but they were not very wild. We enjoyed our lunch next to the picturesque Tarlebøvannet, and had a short pitstop at Brushytten for ice cream and refreshments. Finally, we reached Fløyen around 15:00.
Hopefully more will join on the next hike, and in particular our fixed-term colleagues from out of town, like PhDs and Postdocs.
All our master exams include the candidates presenting their projects and project results. These presentation are open to everybody to attend and you are hereby encouraged to do so when it fits in! Here is a list of presentations coming up next week:
Anders Emil Stange (Chemistry) presents his thesis “Carotenoid content in algal epiphytes: A qualitative and quantitative DAD-HPLC analytical study” 12th of June at 11:00 in room 3069 (Tripletten)
Alexander Osland Ehamparam (Integrated Teacher Programme in Science and Mathematics) presents his thesis: “Ein kvalitativ studie av dialog mellom elevar og lærar rundt praktisk arbeid i kjemi” 12th of June at 10:00 in auditorium 3.
Kristin Watnedal Olsen (Medical Technology) presents her thesis: “PD-1 Receptor Occupancy Assay for Mass Cytometry” 13th of June at 10:00 in meeting room 25.1 and 5.2 in the Lab building at Haukeland University Hospital
Yacine Saada (Chemistry) presents his thesis “D – ∆ν – correlations in MRI for mapping wettability changes in porous media” 14th of June at 10:15 in room 3069 (Tripletten)
Adila Alim (Pharmacy) presents her thesis “Multifasettert analyse av stabilitet og reologiske egenskaper i forbindelse med formulering av karbamidkremer” on 16th of June at 13:30 in room 3069 (Tripletten)
På fredag (2. juni) var Aulaen fyllt med bachlor- og masterstudentar som fullfører sine grader i inneverande studieår. Etter lunsj hadde det matematisk-naturvitenskapelige fakultetet invitert alle studentar som har fullført eller kjem til å fullføre ein mastergrad studieåret 2022/2023 til årets masterseremoni. Seremonien er ei feiring av våre flotte ferdige kandidatar, med taler, musikk og pomp og prakt! Eit fast innslag i seremonien er utdeling av diplom, og utdanningsleiar Monica stod for dette på vegne av Kjemisk institutt.
Foto: Kjetil Ullaland
The Department Lecture given by professor Nozaki today, on Catalytic Hydrogenolysis of Carbon–Oxygen and Carbon–Nitrogen Bonds toward the Effective Use of Unutilized Carbon Resources, was a pure gift and source of joy to any chemically inclined person! She underscored that there many new chemical reactions to be discovered and developed, to provide a basis for a sustainable society!
Prof. Nozaki is a world-leading researcher in homogeneous catalysis and is renowned for her pioneering and transformative contributions to organic and polymer synthesis processes spanning from fundamental discovery, insight, and method development to sustainable industrial application of materials and processes. She also enjoys the synthesis of beautiful molecules. She was the first female professor to be hired at Tokyo University’s School of Engineering. Her brilliance has been recognized through numerous international awards.