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Interdisciplinarity and sustainability for a better future (30.03.2023)
The Its21 conference is an important step towards creating a more sustainable future, focusing on the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration and sustainable development in education and the workplace. We welcome you to this year's event on April 27-28, 2023!
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Sizeable funding for our work (27.03.2023)
The second excellent news of the day was that Jane and Aatos Erkko foundation in Finland has decided to support our work with a whole 842000 € in the next three years. This decision could not have been more welcome and secures the continuation of our work. I am utmost grateful to Jane and Aatos Erkko foundation and extremely relieved. I hope one day also Norwegian funding bodies will see some... Read more
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Henni's paper accepted in PLoS Biology (27.03.2023)
Today brought some pretty awesome news. The first came in the wee hours, telling that Henni's collaborative paper with Maddy Dans from the lab of Paul Gilson from the Burnet Institute (and a number of other collaborators) was accepted for publication in PLoS Biology. Looking forward to see this great story on inhibitors of the malaria profilactin complex finally out soon! Many thanks and huge... Read more
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UiB-researchers want safer use of nanomaterials (27.03.2023)
Tiny nanoparticles are found in everything from toothpaste to paint, but how harmful are these particles to humans? On March 30th, UiB is organizing a workshop on nanosafety where this will be put on the agenda.
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A well executed course in implementation science (15.03.2023)
Barsha Pathak from India was among those who attended the course in implementation science in global health.
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Continued support from Meltzer foundation and UiB General Medical Fund (15.03.2023)
Last week, we got two small positive funding decisions, as we got consumable and travel money both from the Meltzer Foundation (100000 NOK) and the UiB General Medical Fund (76720 NOK). Many thanks for both foundations for continuing to support our work!
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The Pandemic Center visits UiB's Bruxelles Office (09.03.2023)
The Pandemic Center travelled to Bruxelles to gain insight on EU funded grants in pandemics and disaster preparedness.
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Become a postdoc at the Pandemic Centre! (06.03.2023)
The Pandemic Center is looking for a postdoctoral who will develop and carry out a research-project related to pandemics. The project will extend over a period of 3 years and involve work across disciplines.
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WATCH: Energy Informatics (06.03.2023)
Did you miss professor Ahmad Hemmati's presentation on Energy Informatics? Watch it here!
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WATCH: Layout and yaw optimisation of an offshore wind farm (27.02.2023)
Wind energy has a very high potential for improvement, especially with regard to wake effects of the turbines within large wind farms. This work focuses the emphasis on potential of aerodynamically optimized wind park layouts and wake steering through yaw angle control.
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WATCH: Introduction of FME HyValue – Norwegian Centre for Hydrogen Value Chain Research (20.02.2023)
Did you miss Jonas Solbakken and Velaug Myrseth Oltedal's presentation of HyValue? Watch it here!
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Centre seminar 20.02.23 @ 12-13 Room 8.1-8.2. with Ester Kringeland PhD (10.02.2023)
Ester Kringeland PhD present on: Impact of gender on cardiovascular risk factors and blood pressure related heart disease
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TVEPS collaboration became a Startup (07.02.2023)
Students Ole Alexander and Elizabeth met in TVEPS. This was the start of further collaboration and the development of a sustainable solution for the return of medications.
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Collaborating Across Disciplines for Sustainability (07.02.2023)
What is needed for Øygarden medical center (LMS) to achieve the UN´s sustainability goals? During the fall of 2020, an interdisciplinary student group received a slightly different TVEPS practice.
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BCEPS participation at the Prince Mahidol Award Conference 2023 (06.02.2023)
Global climate change is impacting food systems, biodiversity, and ecosystems, with major implications for health. At the recent Prince Mahidol Award Conference, BCEPS PhD candidate Anand Bhopal shared his work on pathways to low carbon healthcare.
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Paper on Plasmodium actin II accepted for publication (03.02.2023)
Andrea's paper on the structure and cellular localization of malaria parasite actin II was accepted for publication in PLoS Pathogens today! The work was a huge long-term collaborative effort between our lab and the lab of Inga Sidén-Kiamos at IMBB-FORTH, Heraklion, Crete, and that of Peter Rosenthal at the Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.
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Elevated plasma methylmalonic acid is related to increased cardiovascular events (03.02.2023)
A recent study from UiB shows that elevated plasma methylmalonic acid predicts increased risk of acute myocardial infarction and mortality in patients with suspected or verified coronary heart disease.
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Midway evaluation at the Center (03.02.2023)
Medical research student Rasmus Bach Sindre performed with excellence when he passed his midway evaluation 02.02.23. Rasmus is a 3rd year medical student, but has already acquired skills in advanced cardiac ultrasound image analysis and teaches his fellow students how to use handheld ultrasound equipment.

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