Sign up for Oslo Life Science 12–15 February
The conference for everyone from academia, hospitals, government administration, politics and businesses who wants to develop world leading life science research, education, innovation and industry in the Oslo region and Norway.
Attend the main conference event Investing in health and environment in the University Aula in the afternoon 13 February, followed by a reception in Oslo City Hall immediately after the event. At this event we will showcase our best research and let international speakers give us new perspectives how to increase value creation from basic research. What are the government’s expectations for the life science community in the Oslo region?
Check out all the events and sign up. The conference is free and open to all, but online registration is required for most events. You find registration forms at the bottom of each event web page.
- 12 February:
- Darwin Day 2018 on ecology and evolution of infectious diseases
host: Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), UiO
- Darwin Day 2018 on ecology and evolution of infectious diseases
- 13 February:
- Kick off for UiO:Life Science’s new innovation programme SPARK Norway
host: UiO:Life Science
- Kick off for UiO:Life Science’s new innovation programme SPARK Norway
- 14 February:
- Partnership for life 2018 (partly in Norwegian)
hosts: LM I and partners - Young talents – career development outside academia
hosts: UiO, NMBU, UiODoc, Sodoc and the Career Services at the University of Oslo - The biotechnology day 2018 (in Norwegian)
host: The Norwegian Biotechnology Advisory Board
- Partnership for life 2018 (partly in Norwegian)
- 15 February:
- Sustainable food for our health and environment
hosts: UiO and NMBU - Convergence in medicine
hosts: OUS and UiO - Light event – "Lysvandring" – in the Botanical Garden
hosts: UiO:Life Science, Natural History Museum and faculties at UiO
- Sustainable food for our health and environment
Sponsor: The Research Council of Norway
Funding
We are seeking more projects for student summer stipends
UiO:Life Science will fund up to 20 summer research projects for students between April and October 2018. So far 40 students have applied. They come from a wide range of study programs from the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, the Faculty of Medicine, the Faculty of Dentistry and the Faculty of Social Sciences. The students are looking for projects on cancer, neuroscience, antimicrobials, immunology, human/animal health, environment, climate change, sustainability, toxicology, bioanalytical chemistry, drug delivery and data science.
- Academic employees with a PhD at UiO, OUS or Ahus are invited to submit at project to apply for a student – application deadline 15 February 2018
- All students currently enrolled in a bachelor, master or relevant professional degree program at UiO may apply to get a summer stipend – application deadline 15 February 2018
Thon funding for life science researchers at UiO
Among those who are granted funding from the Olav Thon Foundation this year is the convergence environment "Organ on a chip" which is funded by UiO:Life Science. The Faculty of Dentistry is granted support for a project on antibiotic resistance.
- Read more in the press release from the Olav Thon Foundation.
- Read news article from the Faculty of Dentistry
Events this spring with funding from UiO:Life Science
- Food, Nutrition and Human Rights, 26 April
- Sven Furberg Seminars in Bioinformatics and Statistical Genomics
Vacancies
- Director UiO:Life Science (in Norwegian)
application deadline 19 January 2018 - Follow our vacancies page for positions in the interdisciplinary research groups – convergence environments – funded by UiO:Life Science
