Professor of hydrology, Chong-Yu Xu at the Department of Geosciences, UiO has been awarded his second medal and award for 2022 this autumn. In September he received the IWA Publishing Award from the International Water Association (IWA).
Norbert Pirk and Frans-Jan Parmentier, who are CBA researchers, contributed with data from Norway in a research study led by researchers at the University of Zurich.
Fifty 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.
The University of Oslo, organised in collaboration with the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), the event "Is there hope for the Oslofjord" on 29 September. The theme arouses great interest and many people participated in Domus Bibliotheca.
In autumn 2021, six new convergence environments were granted funding for a period of four years. The interdisciplinary research groups have started up during 2022 and are well underway with the recruitment of PhDs and Postdoctoral fellows for their research projects.
Arnoldo Frigessi and Arne Klungland are granted Norwegian Centres of exellence.
Many researchers from the Department of Geosciences received grants from Fri projektstøtte (FRIPRO) from The Research Council of Norway (NFR) this time. This was announced by NFR on 5. September. The competition for getting a FRIPRO research grant is, as usual, fierce.
Professor of hydrology Chong-Yu Xu at Department of Geosciences is honored for his outstanding and long-term contribution to Nordic Association for Hydrology (NHF).
LATICE and the Department of Geosciences is hosting one of this year's Fulbright Scholars at University of Oslo, Michael Bekken. He will study transfer of carbon from soil to atmosphere, to better parameterize the Norwegian Earth System Model.
How can we create technology that improve our lives, rather than drain them? 12 students form the university’s honours programs dedicated their springs to find an answer to this question. They worked interdisciplinarilty to create a concept within calm-tech. 8 students landed summer jobs, working to expand on their ideas, and learn how to monetize innovation.
Those who have passed the building site for the new life science building in Gaustadbekkdalen have probably noticed that there is full activity on the construction site at the moment. Seven high cranes tower into the air and construction machinery is in full operation. Some employees from the University of Oslo have visited the construction site.
Nathalie Frosthammer is studying at the Department for Biosciences, this summer she is one of 50 students participating in a research project with a scholarship from UiO:Life Science.
Inven2 presented "Innovator of the Year"-prize for the first time. Ole Jørgen Kaasbøll, head of research and one of the founders of the company Tribune Therapeutics, was awarded the prize at Innovation Day 2022.
Inven2's Idépris 2022 goes to a virtual tool for developing antibodies. The idea was developed by Victor Greiff, head of the convergence environment ImmunoLingo, together with colleagues from the University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital.
The Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics is pleased to announce our series "The Wilson Cycle." The four videos follow CEED researchers to western Norway where they share insights into this fundamental process that explains the formation of oceans and mountains, and more. Every two weeks during summer 2022 we released a video below and via our YouTube channel.
UiO:Life Science established in 2021 a support scheme for interdisciplinary life science courses. Departments and faculties at the University of Oslo are eligible to apply. The scheme has an no deadline, applications can be submitted at any time.
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.
In 12-22 September 2022 there will be held a 5 credits UArctic summer school about; Environmental monitoring in the Arctic. It is a PhD course but motivated MSc students can also apply. The course is given by University of Aarhus, with field work and most of the teaching at University of Oulu (Uleåborg), Finland.
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!
Professor Emeritus Olav Eldholm died on March 18, 80 years old.
The GeoWednesday seminar entitled 'VIKINGS - Volcanic Eruptions and their Impacts on Climate, Environment, and Viking Society in 500-1250 CE', was presented by Kirstin Krüger for a full audience in The Science Library@UiO, 16. March 2022. She presented exciting multidisciplinary results, and a tree core sample found in the Raknehaugen burial mound showing bad years of growth around the volcanic winter year 536.
Professor of meteorology Trude Storelvmo is one of two from the Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo awarded the ERC Consolidator Grant announced recently. With that, she will receive millions from the European Research Council (ERC) for several years to come.
Researcher Mathew Domeier from CEED and the Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant for his research project on an enigmatic and dynamic era in the Earth's prehistory. The grant gives him the opportunity to build up the research team he needs.
Two professors at the Dept of Geosciences, University of Oslo have recently been appointed to membership and positions within academia. Joseph LaCasce is admitted to The Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research, and Andreas Kääb is appointed to a position in Circle-U – a network for European university collaboration.
