(TCLS= Thursday Chemistry Lunch Seminar: 12.15-13 @ Tripletten
For ALL employees at the Chemistry Department!
7.-9. mars deltok NMR-gruppen med 5 MSc-studenter og vitenskapelig ansatte på NMR-konferansen MR2018 i Tromsø. Her ble ulike forskningsprosjekter presentert hvor bruk av væske- og fastfase-NMR samt MRI inngår sentralt. Med fullt program av spennende foredragsholdere fra flere land i Europa ble dette en svært lærerik tur. Hovedtalerne var Teodor Parella, Gerhard Wagner og Adam Espe Hansen.
MR2018 var en utrolig lærerik, men ikke minst gøyal konferanse hvor man fikk møte og skape nettverk med topp forskere innen eget fagområde. I tillegg fikk man nyte naturen på Sommarøya og se nordlys danse over himmelen. (Tekst: Merethe B.)
It is with great pleasure, pride and expectations that I announce that we have been able to recruit two exceptional scientists to our programme this week – professors Nathalie Reuter and Johannes Kirchmair!
Foto: Marita Aarekol
Both of them will be affiliated with the Computational Biology Unit (CBU) as well as the Chemistry department. They take on center-stage roles in developing molecular life science, including bioinformatics, at our department as well as at the faculty, with huge potential for fruitful collaborations with other groups at and beyond the department. On the methodological side, they significantly expand the breadth and volume of competence in theoretical chemistry including molecular modeling and cheminformatics at the department, creating a larger environment for methods development. Exciting times!
Andrey Bezrukov disputerer 16. mars 2018 med avhandlingen: ‘Development of metal-organic frameworks with hydroxyl and phosphine functionalities for potential applications in adsorption and catalysis’
Det er ledig inntil 2 stipendiatstillingar ved Kjemisk institutt. Stillingane skal inngå i pågåande, eksperimentelt-orientert forskningsaktivitet ved instituttet, og søkjarane må ta kontakt med aktuelle forskningsgrupper for å avklare sams interesser. Søknaden skal ha med kortfatta skisse av forskningsidé som kan utviklast til doktorgradsprosjekt.
Stillingane er for ein åremålsperiode på minst 3 og inntil 4 år, kor tilbod om det fjerde året er avhengig av kvalifikasjonar og behov ved instituttet. Søknadsfrist 3. april 2018. For meir informasjon, sjå her.
Due to a busier-than-usual schedule, Elisabeth is not able to stick to the first-Tuesday-in-the-month routine this month. Mark off Monday 12 after lunch for her next appearance at the Chem Dept. If you have urgent business to discuss with her, pick up the phone!
Lore Coenegrachts has joined the chemistry department (Le Roux research group) as traineeship exchange student from the University Colleges Leuven-Limburg (Belgium). During her short stay in Bergen, she will investigate the chemistry of N-heterocyclic carbene complexes of group 4 as potential catalysts for the coupling of unsaturated polar substrates with CO2. Her project is directly linked to the CO2-CaRD project: Rational catalyst design for transforming CO2 into industrially attractive products: Formic acid, polycarbonates and polyurethanes.
A PhD survival camp
PhD life is full of questions. In which journal should I publish? What are the pitfalls when writing? How do I find funding for publishing fees? Do I need a data management plan? (Spoiler: Yes, you do!) Which data to include in one? How do I increase visibility of my work? How do I spot «junk» or «fake» science? Have I overlooked relevant literature?
The MN Library offers PhD candidates a seminar addressing these questions: April 10th, 9:00 -16:00, Auditorium at VilVite
Tentative schedule:
How to find the literature you need (9:00 – 9:45)
Get access to the literature you want (9:45 – 10:00)
Data management plan (10:15 – 11:15)
- Write a data management plan for your PhD project and EU or NFR proposals
- Publish data together with your article
- Archive your data for the future
Writing a research paper – a survival guide (11:15 – 12:15)
In this humorous presentation Bodil Holst takes you through some of the pitfalls and challenges of scientific paper writing.
Free Lunch 12:15 – 13:00
Publishing process and copyright (13:00 – 14:00)
How you get evaluated and what you can do to improve your impact (14:00-15:00)
Web of Science vs Google Scholar (15:00 – 15:30)
Wrap up (15:30-15:45)
Answer: Some ingredients, people to make the batter and cook the waffles, and a reasonably clean working space. Please feel free to use the kitchen if and only if you clean up afterward. Otherwise, make your mess at home!
The current UiB strategy «Ocean, Life, Society» (2016-2022) identifies Climate and energy transition is one of three committed strategic areas. By creating clusters, forming centers, increasing interdisciplinary cooperation, and including external partners, UiB will try to mark itself as one of Europe’s strongest university in climate and energy transition. 
Dr. Kristin Gulbrandsen Frøysa, the newly appointed energy director, will together with the academic management at the our faculty, have overall responsibility for leading the energy part of this interdisciplinary focus area. The Director of Energy will be responsible for organizing and leading cooperation on research, education and innovation across the field and the faculties – both locally, nationally and internationally.
Kristin has background as senior researcher at CMR and director of the Norcowe FME. Since 2016 she has held an adjunct associate professorship at the Geophysics institute and contributed greatly to the EnergyLab construct.
Energy is an important field of study at our department and we look forward to working together with Kristin!
It is a pleasure to congratulate Festo Kayima with his new-won academic status, and at the same time acknowledge the contributions from his supervisors (Matthias Stadler and Erik Fooladi), the evaluating committee (Inger Marie Dalehefte, Ian Abrahams og Bjørn Grung) and Custos (George Francis)!