The UNESCO-report on the role of universities and higher education institutions for promoting the agenda 2030 and the UN sustainability goals was officially presented by CBA-leader Dag O. Hessen.
Wednesday 20 April it was time to celebrate the new projects that have completed UiO:Life Science's innovation programme SPARK Norway. At the same time the Vaccibody Innovation Award was presented for the first time.
In 2017, something completely new happened at the University of Oslo, the first convergence environments were created under the auspices of UiO:Life Science. The six interdisciplinary research groups that were selected after a thorough application process were to solve major societal challenges in health and the environment. Wednesday 30 March was the closing event and time to share experience and results.
We invite you to a pleasant gathering for our first convergence environments on Wednesday 30 March in Sophus Lie's auditorium. There will be presentations, panel discussion, mingling and tapas. Everyone who is interested in interdisciplinary research and collaboration is welcome!
Fridtjof Nansen's award for young researchers in science and medicine for 2022 goes to Eivind A. B. Undheim, Associate Professor at Department of Biosciences. He receives the award for excellent research in evolutionary biology.
At the Sustainable Development Goal conference in Bergen yesterday, a CBA-led UNESCO report was launched, on the role of higher education institutions in reaching global sustainability.
It is with sadness that we were informed about the recent passing of our former colleague and Collaborative Partner Professor Jeffrey Hutchings of Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada. Professor Hutchings was 63 years of age.
Finally, CBA can start planning the actual research in the RCN-funded project BioGov, where we will uncover the biogeochemical processes governing boreal carbon cycling.
Are you a PhD student, postdoc or Master’s student in life sciences and interested in career opportunities beyond academia? Sign up for Young Talents on 15 February!
UiO:Life Science will fund 40 educational summer research projects for students between April and September 2022. Students currently enrolled in a bachelor, master or relevant professional degree program at the University of Oslo are eligible to apply. The registration will open Thursday 13 January at 8 am.
MNSU has named Marianne Fyhn from IBV Lecturer of the Year 2021. She was nominated by the Biovitenskapelig Fagutvalg, for her work in making the courses exciting and useful for students.
Every year, IBV's own prizes are awarded. Three prizes were awarded during last year's last zoom general meeting on 18 December 2020. The remaining prizes were awarded at the Christmas party on 2 December 2021.
Of 75 applications, 11 came through the eye of the needle. This important initiative at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences will contribute to a sustainable future.
Rapid changes in the atmosphere and biosphere characterizes the Anthropocene, and cross disciplinary science is important. A new course and a series of lectures at UiO seeks to contribute, including several CBA researchers.
In an issue of the Norwegian journal Naturen published today, researchers from CBA present their work to the general public. Topics include climate modelling, browning of the Arctic and freshwater resources, thawing of permafrost, bacterial communities in lakes and pollution effects on green plants and much more.
Medication use during pregnancy, healthy aging, cancer, organoid technology, fibrosing diseases and cognitive function throughout life. These are societal challenges that will be examined by new interdisciplinary life science research groups at the University of Oslo.
UiO:Life Science funds convergence environments – interdisciplinary research groups that address major challenges within health and environment.
Nicolas Valiente Parra, postdoctoral fellow at CBA, has published a new study in the journal Science of the Total Environment about nitrate removal pathways in a highly saline lake.
Centre of biogeochemistry in the Anthropocene's annual meeting happened last week, with many great talks and good discussions about future work.
Environmental sciences professor Armin Wisthaler replaces Rolf D. Vogt in the CBA leader group from October 2021.
Forty-two students have gained work experience from a research project with a scholarship from UiO:Life Science this summer. The end of this year's summer projects was celebrated with presentations, poster exhibition and prize ceremony on 19 October.
CBA researchers returned to fieldwork in Ny-?lesund at Svalbard, after a year marked by the pandemic.
Earlier this summer post doctoral fellow Khuong Dinh from the Department of Biosciences and Nansen Legacy, received the prestigious Young Research Talent grant from the Research Council of Norway.
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The Department of Biosciences is involved in six projects funded by the Norwegian Research Council, where three of the projects are Young Researcher Talent (YRT).
