UiO:Life Science will fund educational summer research projects for 40 students between April and September 2023 for students currently enrolled in a bachelor, master or relevant professional degree program at UiO. We now invite you to suggest projects for one or two students. The application deadline was 1 February 2023.
UiO:Life Science will fund 40 educational summer research projects for students between April and September 2023. Students currently enrolled in a bachelor, master or relevant professional degree program at the University of Oslo are eligible to apply. The application form opened 17 January and is now closed as we have received maximum of registrants.
Five projects have completed the SPARK Norway innovation programme in 2022. During the graduation ceremony in December, the Vaccibody Innovation Award 2022 was presented.
The European Geosciences Union (EGU) has recently announced the recipients of medals and awards for 2023. Two researchers from University of Oslo, Department of Geosciences are on the list.
AstraZeneca, the SPARK Norway programme at University of Oslo and Oslo Cancer Cluster enter a new mentoring collaboration for life science start-ups.
The Norway Life Science 2023 conference brings together key actors for developing a world-leading healthcare industry in Norway. The theme of the conference is interaction between health, technology and society.
Professor of hydrology, Chong-Yu Xu at the Department of Geosciences, UiO has been awarded his second medal and award for 2022 this autumn. In September he received the IWA Publishing Award from the International Water Association (IWA).
Norbert Pirk and Frans-Jan Parmentier, who are CBA researchers, contributed with data from Norway in a research study led by researchers at the University of Zurich.
Reduced indoor temperatures, co-use of buildings, and closed charging ports for electric cars are among some of the measures that will come into effect in an effort to reduce energy usage.
Fifty students have gained work experience from a research project with a scholarship from UiO:Life Science this summer. The end of this year's summer projects was celebrated with presentations, poster exhibition and prize ceremony.
The University of Oslo, organised in collaboration with the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), the event "Is there hope for the Oslofjord" on 29 September. The theme arouses great interest and many people participated in Domus Bibliotheca.
In autumn 2021, six new convergence environments were granted funding for a period of four years. The interdisciplinary research groups have started up during 2022 and are well underway with the recruitment of PhDs and Postdoctoral fellows for their research projects.
Arnoldo Frigessi and Arne Klungland are granted Norwegian Centres of exellence.
Many researchers from the Department of Geosciences received grants from Fri projektstøtte (FRIPRO) from The Research Council of Norway (NFR) this time. This was announced by NFR on 5. September. The competition for getting a FRIPRO research grant is, as usual, fierce.
Professor of hydrology Chong-Yu Xu at Department of Geosciences is honored for his outstanding and long-term contribution to Nordic Association for Hydrology (NHF).
She designs and simulates a hybrid energy storage system to power a telescope throughout the night in the Atacama Desert, at 5100 meter elevation and at one of the driest place on earth.
LATICE and the Department of Geosciences is hosting one of this year's Fulbright Scholars at University of Oslo, Michael Bekken. He will study transfer of carbon from soil to atmosphere, to better parameterize the Norwegian Earth System Model.
How can we create technology that improve our lives, rather than drain them? 12 students form the university’s honours programs dedicated their springs to find an answer to this question. They worked interdisciplinarilty to create a concept within calm-tech. 8 students landed summer jobs, working to expand on their ideas, and learn how to monetize innovation.
Those who have passed the building site for the new life science building in Gaustadbekkdalen have probably noticed that there is full activity on the construction site at the moment. Seven high cranes tower into the air and construction machinery is in full operation. Some employees from the University of Oslo have visited the construction site.
Nathalie Frosthammer is studying at the Department for Biosciences, this summer she is one of 50 students participating in a research project with a scholarship from UiO:Life Science.
Inven2 presented "Innovator of the Year"-prize for the first time. Ole Jørgen Kaasbøll, head of research and one of the founders of the company Tribune Therapeutics, was awarded the prize at Innovation Day 2022.
Inven2's Idépris 2022 goes to a virtual tool for developing antibodies. The idea was developed by Victor Greiff, head of the convergence environment ImmunoLingo, together with colleagues from the University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital.
The Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics is pleased to announce our series "The Wilson Cycle." The four videos follow CEED researchers to western Norway where they share insights into this fundamental process that explains the formation of oceans and mountains, and more. Every two weeks during summer 2022 we released a video below and via our YouTube channel.
UiO:Life Science established in 2021 a support scheme for interdisciplinary life science courses. Departments and faculties at the University of Oslo are eligible to apply. The scheme has an no deadline, applications can be submitted at any time.
