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New convergence environments

Two of the eight new convergence environments in UiO:Life Science have research partners from the Department of Biosciences. 

Blue sculls, illustration

Photo: Alessio Ferretti, Unsplash.

The application process started with information meetings in May 2018. Finally, the 36 full applications that were submitted in December, were assessed first by international experts and then by an international panel before the board of UiO:Life Science made the final decisions in March 2019.

The eight convergence environments will receive altogether 29 doctoral and postdoctoral positions as well as expenditures – a total value of approximately NOK 100 million over four years. The positions will be placed at host departments all over UiO.

Convergence environments with researcers from IBV

Debating the dead donor rule (DDR)

Availability and function of donor organs: Debating the dead donor rule (DDR) wants to increase availability and function of donor organs for transplantation and to create societal awareness and debate on ethical issues using Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD).

Read more about DDR

IBV research partners: 

  • Dr Sjanne Lefevre, Department of Biosciences, Section for Physiology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, UiO
  • Professor Göran Nilsson, Department of Biosciences, Section for Physiology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, UiO

MultiModal Mental Models (4MENT)

MultiModal Mental Models: converging approaches from genomes to mental illness and interplay with psychosocial stressors (4MENT) wants to better understand the etiology and disease mechanisms of severe mental disorders, focusing on schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and related mental phenotypes.

Read more about 4MENT

IBV research partner: 

  • Marianne Fyhn, Associate Professor in biology, Dept. of Biosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, UiO
Published Mar. 27, 2019 11:28 AM - Last modified Mar. 27, 2019 2:54 PM