Everyone at BIO is invited to come and meet our new Head of Department, Ørjan Totland, on Thursday, September 8th at VilVite’s large auditorium from 12:00 to 13:00.
Refreshments will be served. Please register through the link below:
https://skjemaker.app.uib.no/view.php?id=2360939
A strange sight from BIO235’s field course where an attempt of temporary conservation of fish in the freezer has created a true piece of art! Photo: Mari Vold Bjordal. Design: Aurelien Delaval.
No complaining about the weather at BIO102’s field course. Photo: Aage Paus.
BIO internal deadlines towards the RCN deadline: September 7th
Aug 8: Notify the department of your “intent to apply” – email: sjoukje.kuipers@uib.no
Aug 10: Open and share your e-application with BIO’s administrator. Please use email address: synnove.myhre@uib.no
Aug 15-24: Preparation of your draft budget with BIO administration. Budgets must be prepared in accordance with TDI budgeting model – email: thomas.hugoy@uib.no
Aug 24-31: Finalization of budget and formalities (including partner projects) will take place continuously
Aug 31: Completion of final budget – thomas.hugoy@uib.no
Sep 7: NFR submission deadline
Please respect the internal BIO deadlines for proposal submission. Should you need an extension for any of the above, please notify Sjoukje and/or Thomas.
See the updated call calendar for upcoming calls and information seminars i.e.:
02.09.16 NFR Information Meeting on the INFRASTRUKTUR call – Lysaker
08-09.09.16 Course “Writing Strategy Papers for H2020 WP and the next EU framework program” – Bergen
19.09.16 RFF Project workshop – Bergen
21.09.16 H2020 – “Writing successful H2020 Proposals” – Lysaker
21.09.16 Writing Course for UIB Researchers: “Skriv så du blir lest” – Bergen
27-28.09.16 Norgesuniversitetet Autumn Conference 2016 – Trømsø
Global Aquaculture Alliance – Global Aquaculture Innovation & Leadership Award
This year, the Global Aquaculture Alliance’s fourth annual Global Aquaculture Innovation & Leadership Award goes to BIO’s very own Prof. Karin Pittman. Karin, congratulations from the department on a job well done!
Fast-breeding fish may be an important tool in the fight against malnourishment in the poorest parts of the world, a UN report concludes. Professor of Biology, Jeppe Kolding, is lead author of the study. Read more here.
This has been an issue on the Norwegian radio program NRK Ekko (P2) Tuesday this week. Listen to the program here (starts at 58m18s).
Small fish, big potential. Photo: Jeppe Kolding
Store Lungegårdsvannet: Wednesdays at 14.30. We meet in front of HiB. Contact person: Evy Foss Skjoldal.
To the top of Ulriken: Starts at Montana Wednesdays at 14:15, every second week (even week).
This is coordinated together with MBI.
Time: 08:30 – 16:00
Place: Scandic Håkonsgaten
Sign up here (free lunch and lecture): https://skjemaker.app.uib.no/view.php?id=2304243
Read more about the program here (Norwegian).
Conference on marine production in Lysefjorden
Time: 14th-16th of September
Location: Preikestolen fjellstue
Read more here and find the program and sign up.
Master exam- Ole Høstmark: In vitro screening of Neoparamoeba perurans for environmental stressors and potential functional feed ingredients
Ole Høstmark will on Wednesday 31st of August have the final presentation of his master thesis in fish health.
Supervisor: Mark Powell. Internal examiner: Rune Waagbø. Examiner: Bjørn Olav Rosseland, NMBU
Time and location: Wednesday 31st of August at 12:15, Seminarrom K3, Biologen.
All who are interested are welcome.
Dissertation Sindre Nordlund Vatnehol
Sindre Nordlund Vatnehol has his disputation for the Ph.D. degree: “Increasing the biomass estimation accuracy of a single school of fish using a cylindrical multi-beam fishery sonar”
Supervisors: Egil Ona, Dezhang Chu
Evaluation committee: Directeur de Recherches, Technologies Program Francois Gerlotto, Institut de recherche pour le développement, France, Researcher Karls Thomas Hjelmervik, Forsvarets forskningsinstitutt, Professor Tom Klepaker, Institute of Biology, University of Bergen.
Leading the disputation: Professor Arne Skorping, University of Bergen.
Time and location: Friday September 2nd 2016, at 13.15, Stort auditorium, Høyteknologisenteret, Thormøhlensgate 55
All who are interested are welcome.
Sindre Nordlund Vatnehol. The press release may you read here.