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A new interdisciplinary project to create research leaders for marine sustainability is a prime part of the University of Bergen’s engagement with the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.

Thorsen is professor at the Department of Biomedicine at the University of Bergen. He also holds a twenty percent position as a professor at Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, in Jinan, China.

Persons with critical corona-disease may have antibodies blocking the body´s most important defence mechanisms.

A new initiative has been launched at the University of Bergen to strengthen critical thinking on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as part of the university's education.

Inspired by the Covid-19 pandemic, UiB researchers present five principles for model quality.

– Covid-19 has shown that we need a new debate about decision-making in crises when the scientific answers are not yet available. Numbers and calculations are insufficient when it comes to handling the worldwide crisis that the pandemic has triggered, says Professor Jeroen Van der Sluijs.

The University Gardens have received official accreditation from Botanic Gardens Conservation International as conforming to the highest international standards.

In the near future deaf people and hearing people may be able to communicate in real time, using automatic translation systems based on computer vision technologies. Now researchers are carefully studying facial expressions used in sign language to express both grammatical information and emotions.