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Mohn senter for nevroproteksjon åpning
Mohn Research Center for Neuroprotection has opened! (19.02.2026)
On Wednesday, 18 February, the official opening of the Mohn Centre for Neuroprotection took place in the University Aula. The centre will conduct groundbreaking research on brain disorders such as Parkinson’s disease and dementia.
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Funding for collaborative projects within Global Challenges 2026 (16.02.2026)
Global Challenges has allocated funds to stimulate academic cross-faculty collaboration - application deadline 1 March 2026.
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Funding for events and visiting scholars within Global Challenges 2026 (16.02.2026)
Call for applications for funding to stimulate activities that strengthen UiB’s work on global challenges. Application deadline: 1 March.
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The winner of the Paul R. Manske Award (13.02.2026)
Kari Klungsøyr has collaborated with Ida Neergård Sletten (hand surgeon at OuS) and received an award for an article published in 2025. The article is based on data from from the Medical Birth Registry of Norway and CULA (congenital upper limb anomaly) North Oslo Registry established in 2018 at OuS, on transverse reduction deficiency at or above the wrist (TRDAW) where the diagnoses are quality... Read more
NatA has two binding sites at the PTE.
New molecular insights into early protein maturation (11.02.2026)
Proteins are the workhorses of the cells, and many require processing during their production to achieve proper function. One key player in this process is NatA, an enzyme complex that modifies proteins as they are made.
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New doctoral degree at IKO - Peter Fahlstedt (11.02.2026)
Peter Fahlstedt defended his thesis for the PhD-degree at the University of Bergen 6th of February 2026. The title of the thesis is: "Decontamination of titanium dental implants assisted by doublewavelength laser irradiation - In vitro studies on optimizing and validating Er,Cr:YSGG and diode laser protocol setups".
Gruppebilde med alle forskninglederne
Launching a European Doctoral Network for Hormone Disorders (04.02.2026)
The University of Bergen (UiB) will coordinate the new doctoral training network Endotrain – a Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions Doctoral Network (MSCA DN) where clinicians, mathematicians, ethicists, legal scholars, and experts in medical technology will join forces to educate the next generation of specialists in digital endocrinology.
bilde av forskere ved Det medisinske fakultet som leder det foreslåtte senteret Idia som har søkt om å bli senter for fremragende forskning
New proposed center aims to hack the diabetes code (02.02.2026)
How can we identify the biological mechanisms that lead to diabetes at an early stage – and act even before the disease develops? A new Centre of Excellence initiative at the University of Bergen, iDIA, aims to transform how diabetes is understood by advancing personalized diagnosis and treatment.