Newsletter August 2026
Apply for admission to the innovation programme SPARK Norway
Do you have an idea that could help solve health challenges in humans or animals? Now can you apply for admission to UiO:Life Science’s innovation programme SPARK Norway.
Welcome to our new researchers
Many newly recruited young researchers are now joining us. Some will have the new Life Science building as their workplace, while others will be based elsewhere at UiO. All of them will work in interdisciplinary life sciences.
Disputations
Bálint Laczkó from the convergence environment AUTORHYTHM successfully defended his thesis Instrumental Image Sonification 19 August.
Honours certificate in Life Science Innovation
Are you a master's or professional student and interested in a career in innovation and entrepreneurship? Then you should check out the honours certificate in Life Science Innovation.
The application portal opens on 15 September.
News
On the move to the Life Science Building
UiO:Life Science will relocate in September and looks forward to becoming part of the interdisciplinary working environment in Norway’s largest facility for education and research. We will, however, continue to hold our scheduled meetings and seminars at Oslo Science Park (Forskningsparken).
Photo: Kari Amby Røine Hegerstrøm/UiO.
A magic bullet against cancer
Read an interview with SPARKee and founder of the company ImmunoQuest Therapeutics, Esmaeil Dorraji who is developing a targeted cancer therapy in which an antibody acts as a vehicle, carrying a drug molecule directly to cancer cells.
Apply for seed funding from Circle U.
The objective of the funding scheme is to initiate collaboration across the alliance's institutions.
Application deadline: 23 October 2026
Incentive funding for FRIPRO-applications
The call for incentive funding has been a great success, and the pool of funds to cover application-writing costs is empty.
There are, however, still funds available for further development of the project for those who receive a rejection from the NFR but with good marks. To qualify for this, the application must be submitted in 2026.
Events
- 2 September The Charles Darwin and Kristine Bonnevie lectures 2026: Life under water – Evolution and Management of Marine Species
- 4 September Meet SPARK Norway at First Friday Coffee in Forskningsparken
- 6–9 September ERRS 2026 by European Radiation Research Society
- 16 September SPARK Norway Educational Forum: Regulatory planning for medical devices
- 23 September Oslofjorden – fra ord til handling
- 14 October SPARK Norway Educational Forum
- 29–30 October The 7th National Research Conference in Medical and Health Professions Education
- 11 November SPARK Norway Educational Forum
- 26–27 November Mycology Nordics 2026
- 9–11 December Oslo Bioinformatics Workshop Week 2026
9–10 February 2027 Norway Life Science Conference
Calls
- SPARK Norway innovation programme
Deadline: 12 November - Course development support
Deadline: running - Open call
Deadline: running
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