Funding
Several opportunities for support from UiO:Life Science with application deadline 1st of June.
Internationalization
Academic employees, post docs and PhD students at UiO can apply for support to strengthen the collaboration with international research environments.
Trainee positions life science industry
Master and PhD students at UiO can apply for 3–6 months trainee positions in the life science industry.
Conference or other event support
Academic employees and students at UiO can apply for funds for partially financing of open events that are in line with the initiative's strategy.
Status funding of convergence environments
The expert panel who will evaluate the applications for convergence environments, will meet in Oslo next week. The UiO:Life Science board will make the final decisions. The results will be announced early May.
Events
Life Science Lunch 26th of April:
Innovative life sciences across disciplines
Join us in the Science Library to hear part 2 of innovative life science across disciplines. Self-eating, the next generation bone graft material and mathematical and computational modeling is on the menu.
The UiO festival 12th of May:
Academic after-party on memory (in Norwegian)
Events this spring that have received funding from UiO:Life Science
- Sven Furberg Seminars in Bioinformatics and Statistical Genomics
The next seminar is held 27th of April - Turning the tide of antimicrobial resistance – TTA:
The 2nd TTA goes Nordic Conference 27th–28th of April - Nordic Model for Personalized Medicine 19th of May
Research and innovation news
Advanced statistics can save us from multidrug resistant bacteria
Researchers have found a new method to develop antibiotics that are tailored to kill multi-resistant bacteria.
Five new centres of excellence to UiO (in Norwegian)
UiO will host five of the ten new centres of excellence. The centres will perform cutting edge research in life science, cancer research, musicology and sun research.
UiO:Life Science board member Alexander Jensenius is one of the new centre leaders.
- Read more research news from UiO:Life Science, faculties, departments and UiO’s research magazine Apollon
- Read about innovation within life science on the innovation pages of UiO:Life Science
Photo award for life science picture
Medical photographer Øystein H. Horgmo at UiO, was awarded gold for his picture «Livsvitenskap» (life sciences) in the cathegory «Humans» i the institutions photographers´ competition «Exposure 2017» i March. Congratulations!
