Inven2 is organizing an exceptional idea competition due to the ongoing pandemic. Are you a student or employee at the University of Oslo or in the South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority and have a good idea for an innovative product or service? Then you can take part in the Idea Prize and win NOK 100,000 as well as advice and help to take the idea to market.
Recently, UiO started using Zoom for both digital teaching and video meetings, and the use of Zoom at UiO has seen tremendous growth in the past weeks. But with the use of new tools new questions arise. Here, UiO's head of IT security Espen Gr?ndahl answers the most important questions.
Like every year since 2006, CEES organised Darwin Day at Charles Darwin's birthday February 12th.
Thanks to all who attended the 5-year anniversary of the Oslo Life Science Conference! Several of the events were filmed, so if you missed any of them, or want to see them again, you may watch them now.
Six new teams have been admitted to UiO?s innovation programme SPARK Norway. They will develop their ideas within health-related life sciences for the benefit of patients and society.
?shild Maria Eftev?g is the new Head of Office at the Department of Biosciences. She started in the position September 5, and comes from the research center NORMENT, where she was administrative manager.
Our graduated master candidates from biology and molecular biology were awarded a diploma and praise on September 3rd. We are proud of the work they have done.
Clare Andvik, formerly McEnally, has won the award for best master's thesis on the UN's sustainability goals. Clare has studied the relationship between diet and environmental toxins in killer whales.
Norway took its first bronze medal ever in the International Biological Olympiad in Hungary. Anna Braathen received a bronze medal and Heidi Berg received an honorable mention, merit. Norway has never had such a good team effort overall.
Professor Nils Chr. Stenseth is the first Norwegian researcher to be honored with a prize from the International Ecology Institute (ECI) in Oldendorf in Germany.
Two of the eight new convergence environments in UiO:Life Science have research partners from the Department of Biosciences.
Our graduated master candidates from biology and molecular biology were awarded a diploma and praise on February 11th. We are proud of the work they have done.
How can the working environment be improved? Please answer the ARK questionaire to let us know what you think. This is important in order to create a good working environment for everyone!
Erika Hagelberg of the Department of Biosciences at the University of Oslo has been awarded the Cheney Senior Fellowship from the University of Leeds. The fellowship is awarded to scientists who have a international impact on their field of study. The aim of this fellowship is to give leading scientists an oportunity to spend a period of time working on research at a leading UK institution, exploring new research ideas and building new collaborations.
Welcome to the new web pages!
