Er koronatesten min positiv eller negativ? Det har vært et spørsmål de fleste har stilt oss selv under koronapandemien. Petter jobber med å finne ut akkurat dette.
– We are incredibly happy to be able to open up even more when the students are in place for the new semester, says Rector Svein Stølen after being informed by the Ministry of Education and Research that the university can plan for teaching without a social distancing of 1 metre.
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).
The review panel will meet on 21 September to select 10-12 candidates to the final round.
Maia Bangsund has already started her summer project and will be researching for a total of six weeks full time at BabyLing Lab where she contributes to an ongoing study on children's early language development.
CBA is one of the partners behind a new exhibition about changes in climate and nature at the Mountain Center in Lom opening June 24th.
More people can gather at events, and the start of studies next semester is now planned. - I appreciate that we can open further, and that the chances increase for a more normal start of studies, says Rector Svein Stølen, University of Oslo.
Hjerneforskerne og de som forsker på kunstig intelligens finner inspirasjon hos hverandre. Professor i nevrovitenskap Marianne Fyhn og Klas Pettersen fra NORA - Norwegian Artificial Intelligence Research Consortium møtes til en samtale i podkasten Universitetsplassen.
CEES members are amongst expert authors of Chapter 4 of the Blue Compass (Blått kompass) report from the Centre for the Ocean and the Arctic: "The ocean genome – conservation and sustainable use of marine genetic resources in Norway"
Employees at the university have voted that Finn-Eirik Johansen, Ingrid Lossius Falkum, Elisabeth Garcia Gonzalez and Marianne Midthus Østby will represent them on the University Board.
Recently the new biotech company Tribune Therapeutics was established based on research conducted by Ole Jørgen Kaasbøll and Håvard Attramadal. Ole Jørgen Kaasbøll was admitted to UiO:Life Science’ innovation programme SPARK Norway in 2019 and will now assume the role of Chief Scientific Officer in the new company where Georg Vo Beiske, HealthCap has been appointed Chief Executive Officer. Tribune Therapeutics aims to develop a treatment for fibrosis.
Oslo Municipality is responsible for offering vaccines to those staying in the municipality. This also applies to students who are not in the municipality's population register.
UiO:Life Science will fund six new convergence environments - interdisciplinary research groups that address major challenges within health and environment. The application round began last year and now the deadline for submitting a full application is approaching.
This spring, new members will be elected to the University of Oslo's board. A total of four employee representatives will have a very important influence on the strategy and direction of the University of Oslo over the next four years. You can meet them at a digital election meeting on 2 June.
From 1 June 2021, there will be changes in how you log in to your personal account in PubMed (NCBI account). Read about what you need to do if you have an account.
Increased capacity in reading rooms, the possibility of some physical teaching, a reopening of museums and student cellars are the results of an easing of corona restrictions from 26 May.
The CLIPT lab at the University of Oslo provides stable isotope measurements on natural materials, and this month marks 3 years since opening for analyses.
Employees and students at the University of Oslo can now collect a Covid-19 self-test. They can take the test at home in their own living room or dormitory.
Strict corona measures will remain in place in Oslo Municipality, even though the government is easing the national measures. Governing Mayor Raymond Johansen made that clear 14th of April 2021.
The government has also included scientists in the application-based arrangement for entry into the country.
Academic employees and students at UiO can apply UiO:Life Science for funds for partially financing of open events that are in line with the initiative's strategy. The last application deadline was 1 June 2021.
Academic employees, post docs and PhD students at UiO within the life sciences can apply for support to strengthen the collaboration with international research environments. The last application deadline was 1 June 2021.
CBA centre coordinator Lene Liebe Delsett has launched a new book this week. It is in Norwegian and called Brennmaneteffekten – Hvordan går det med den norske naturen? (ENG: The Jellyfish effect – Is the Norwegian nature doing well?), published by Spartacus.
The government is introducing two-meter social distancing or the use of facemasks where distancing is not possible. The reading rooms at UiO will be adapted to this from 25 March.
The University of Oslo is reopening reading rooms. At the same time, the Covid-19 rapid testing of symptom-free students and staff on campus is expanded. The recommendation is to get tested twice a week in order to keep the corona infection situation under control.