Editorial
Rector election: use your right to vote!
At UiO, both staff and students have voting rights. The main rule is that permanently employed staff in at least a 50% position have the right to vote, as does Professor II. What determines your voting right is whether you are employed or a student on the day you cast your vote.
The University Board has decided that UiO shall have an elected rector to protect your academic freedom. Use your right to vote!
Studies
A joy to teach medical students
Farrukh Abbas Chaudhry faced strong competition but won this year's award due to his pedagogical skill, genuine interest in the subject, and creative contributions to teaching.
– "Farrukh has an infectious passion and charisma that inject new energy into a busy study life," say the students about this year's winner of the teaching award. Read the full story and see the pictures on our study pages in Norwegian.
E-learning resources in gynaecology and obstetrics contribute to more varied learning
Innovation, collaboration, and a strong commitment to medical education underpin the new learning resources in gynaecology and obstetrics. "We must engage students so they perceive the teaching as relevant to the profession they are entering," says initiator Annetine Staff at the University of Oslo.
Read the full story on our study pages in Norwegian.
News about MED
NORBRAIN4 granted over 80 million kroners by the Research Council of Norway
The national infrastructure NORBRAIN has given us new knowledge about spatial awareness, memory and brain cleansing while we sleep. Researchers at NTNU, UiO and UiB, under the leadership of Nobel laureate Edvard Moser, make sure that Norwegian brain scientists can deliver results of internationally excellent calibre. Read the full story on the institute's website in Norwegian.
Honour award to Professor Arnljot Tveit
He has been awarded the LHL Stroke and Aphasia Honorary Prize 2025 for his contributions to the treatment, research, and dissemination of knowledge about atrial fibrillation.
Read the full story on the institute's website in Norwegian.
3.2 Million for Kanse and Seillier from the EU
Sandip Kanse and Célia Seillier will research what happens when further damage occurs to the brain after a stroke. The project receives 3.2 million over two years and is one of the 16 UiO projects recently awarded MSCA funds from the EU.
Read the full story on the institute's website.
This year’s original article in the journal
The authors Anne Bukten, Marianne Riksheim Stavseth, Eline Borger Rognli, and J?rgen G. Bramness focus on the background of patients under compulsory mental health care. The article is a collaboration between the Centre for Addiction Research (SERAF) at UiO and the Clinic for Mental Health and Addiction (RusForsk) at OUS.
Read the full story on the institute's website in Norwegian.
Briefings to our staff
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UiO: Rector Election 2025: – The election takes place between 24 March and 4 April. Don't forget to vote! -
UiO: Nominate your candidate for the University Board. New representatives for the University Board will be elected in May. Propose others or yourself as a candidate. The deadline is 22 April.
- IMB: Excavation work at Domus Medica: The work on the patient hotel has been delayed, and the pedestrian bridge will be closed for a week.
- UiO: Donate Blood During Work Hours. The university allows staff time off during working hours to donate blood. Blood donation can be recorded as short-term leave. The blood bank continually needs new donors.
Management meetings
- Instituttlederm?tet: The next meeting is on 1 April. The meetings are held every other Tuesday from 13:30 to 15:30. Agenda papers should be sent by 12:00 on the preceding Thursday.
- The Faculty Director's seksjonslederm?te every Monday at 12:00.
- Overview of Faculty Board meetings and IDF meetings in 2025 with deadlines for submitting items. The next Faculty Board meeting is on 8 April 2025. The agenda and minutes for the Faculty Board are updated here.
- Meetings of the University Board in 2025, with agendas and minutes. The meetings are streamed and open for anyone who wishes to follow along. The next meeting is on 6 May.
Opportunities and deadlines
See all deadlines for applications for research funding under Funding opportunities.
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Keep an eye on the annual awards calendar. There are several active calls for applications out now!
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UiO:Life Science
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Apply for support for internationalisation. Academic staff, postdoctoral researchers, and PhD students in life sciences at UiO can apply for funding to strengthen collaboration with international research communities. The next application deadline is 1st June 2025.
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Academic staff, postdoctoral researchers, PhD students, and student associations at UiO can apply to UiO: Life Sciences for co-funding of open events that align with the initiative's strategy. The next application deadline is 1st June 2025.
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Researchers in life sciences at UiO can apply for incentive funds for FRIPRO applications submitted from now until the end of 2025.
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Courses and events
See the University of Oslo’s calendar for an overview of all available courses. See also updated overviews of courses from UiO IT (in Norwegian) and the Updated course overview from the University Library.
Overview: Upcoming public defences.
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24. mars - 28. mars: Data management week 2025. Learn how to plan, organise, and share your research data. Discover more about "FAIR data" and requirements for open data and reuse strategies. Gain practical experience with "FAIR Wizard Norway" tools for DMPs, SQL for large datasets, and Git for version control.
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8. april: Welcome breakfast for new international researchers. The UiO takes pleasure in inviting all international employees, researchers and Ph.D. candidates who have joined our institution recently to an orientation meeting and common breakfast. At the end of the event, guests may take part in a guided tour of the University Library. Deadline for registration: 4 April. -
19 May: What is the value of diversity? Welcome to the spring's major inspirational meeting on the value of diversity in the workplace - for all employees at the Faculty of Medicine.
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The Postdoctoral Program’s courses for the spring 2025 – A golden opportunity for postdocs and other researchers at the beginning of their career. We recommend that all postdoctoral fellows at MED complete these courses to assist in their future career.
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8-9 May: Career Development. Gain greater awareness of your own skills and various career paths.
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19-20 May: Supervision: How to become a better supervisor? Gain understanding and tools for the supervisory role.
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About our research
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IMB: Do firefighters get prostate cancer because of their work? When it comes to lung cancer, we know of more than 30 substances that are carcinogenic. But when researchers began investigating why there is a higher incidence of prostate cancer in firefighters, they had little to go on.
澳门葡京手机版app下载.no: Can growing human organs revolutionise medical research? (in Norwegian) What if we could test medications on a living replica of the patient's own organ, without the risk of side effects? In the new podcast from the Norwegian Research Council, Professor Krauss meets Kristopher Schau.
Helsam: Pregnancy complications may indicate genetic risk for heart disease. Gestational diabetes, hypertension, preeclampsia, and preterm birth can be warning signs that a mother has a genetic vulnerability to cardiovascular diseases.
Psykopodden: Episode 66: Personality disorders in young people. Personality disorders often emerge during adolescence and can have significant consequences. Nonetheless, young individuals often reach adulthood before receiving a diagnosis. How can we improve the diagnosis of youth with personality disorders? Listen to Ingvild Aurebekk, Randi Ullberg, and Jan Ivar R?ssberg, and gain insights.
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