After endless Zoom and Teams meetings there was much excitement about this year’s Geolearning Forum. Though digital tools have many advantages they cannot replace the shaking of hands, eating and drinking together, and all the non-verbal cues humans use to communicate when they meet in person.
CBA researcher receives the Fægri award for his popular science essay about permafrost.
Social distancing of 1 metre is back, there are further restrictions on events, but our reading rooms have good capacity, and exams will be held as planned until Christmas.
"There is something really compelling to me about cosmology in general, that we are able to answer philosophical questions quantitatively" - Duncan Watts.
The Else-Ragnhild Neumann Award for Women in Geosciences for 2021 er tildelt Louise Mary Vick, førsteamanuensis ved UiT Noregs arktiske universitet.
Mandatory face masks when it is not possible to uphold social distancing, more use of home office where possible, and restrictions on events are among the new measures.
The Else-Ragnhild Neumann Award for Women in Geosciences for 2021 is awarded to Louise Mary Vick, Associate Professor at UiT The Arctic University of Norway.
Students and staff who are ill are asked to stay at home and get tested if showing symptoms. UiO adapts its activities to the infection situation and follows national and local recommendations.
Vegen til betre pasientbehandling, verdiskaping og nye, grøne arbeidsplassar innan livsvitskap og helsenæring går gjennom samarbeid mellom akademia og industri.
Professor Regine Hock, Department of Geosciences, UiO was attandee at the COP 26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scottland. In this short article she give her impressions from this important and exciting conference.
An innovative antenna design, a large science community engagement, snow and volcanos, practical challenges of remote observations, a weather resilient renewable energy system, and a roadmap for the future.
Tired of zoom meetings and home office, RoCS PhD student Rebecca Robinson arranged herself a job on the Hurtigruten as an Expedition Lecturer. The lectures on the Sun and the Northern Lights are part of the doctoral degree at the Department of Theoretical Astrophysics.
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.
Den nye innovasjonsenheten ved UiO – Veksthuset for livsvitenskap – viderefører ordningen med internship for studenter. Bedrifter som vil ta imot studenter, kan nå melde sin interesse for å delta i ordningen. Påmelding for studenter åpner på nyåret.
RoCS - Rosseland Centre for Solar Physics is in steady cruise phase after their lift off as a Centre of Excellence (SFF) 1st of November 2017. With 48 employees from around the world they aim high.
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.
Praise that the strategy is on the way, but also concern for the principle of academic freedom, characterises the consultation input to a new climate and environmental strategy for the University of Oslo.
Early in October, AtLAST project coordinator Claudia Cicone (UiO) and Work Package 2 (Telescope Design) leader Tony Mroczkowski (ESO) met in Mainz with the professional team from OHB Digital Connect (ex MT Mechatronics) working on the design of AtLAST.
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.
This autumn three young Ph.D.candidates started their work journey at RoCS - Rosseland Centre for Solar Physics. Michael Haahr from Denmark is one of them.
The new innovation unit the Life Science Growth House at MED and MN will offer guidance and tools to help researchers and students mature early-stage innovation ideas. The unit will create meeting places between academia and business and contribute to strengthening the interaction in UiO's internal and external innovation ecosystem. In this way, the faculties will contribute to a positive innovation culture and to put more knowledge into use. The Life Science Growth House will be launched in February and will open its doors in March 2022.