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Apply for seed funding with MIT (12.09.2023)
MIT and University of Bergen launch Global Seed Fund for humanities and social sciences research. With a maximum award of $30,000, the fund will spark fresh research avenues and bolster existing projects. Application deadline is December 10.
Tara visits the Michael Sars Centre (11.09.2023)
A beautiful new film by the Tara Ocean Foundation showcasing researchers from both Tara and the Michael Sars Centre sharing their knowledge and scientific practice during the EMBL TREC expedition stopover in Bergen. (French with English subtitles)
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Spitzer has been awarded the prestigeous ERC Starting Grant (01.09.2023)
«This is an opportunity to tackle prominent but largely-overlooked challenges plaguing the frontiers of developed liberal democracies» Aaron Spitzer says.
Steffen Leth Jørgensen
Exploring the biosphere under the ocean (31.08.2023)
Underneath the ocean floor, thrives a vast biosphere which activity profoundly impacting our global environment; from the air that we breathe, to the balance of the global carbon budget. The functioning of this biosphere is what the new director at the Centre for Deep Sea Research at UiB, Steffen Leth Jørgensen, seeks to understand.
Researcher on the field
UiB hosts European expedition (21.08.2023)
Traversing European Coastlines (TREC) is a continent-wide expedition addressing environmental challenges along the coasts of Europe. On their northernmost stop, the team was based at the Espegrend Marine Biological Station, hosted by the University of Bergen.
young woman lying on the coach holding her stomach in pain
New genetic relations between irritable bowel syndrome and psychiatric diseases discovered (15.08.2023)
The discovery of the researchers at the University of Bergen and University of Oslo shed new light on the connection between the brain and our gut.
Illustrasjon av kunstig intelligens
Training future leaders in artificial intelligence (27.06.2023)
Over the next 5 years, a large interdisciplinary project at UiB will advance the frontier of knowledge in artificial intelligence (AI), with a particular focus on reliable and ethical development in the field. The program is supported by the EU and aims to train 19 researchers from various disciplines to become the future leaders in AI research and technology.
The five PhDs Leonce Leandry, Innocent Sosoma, Elimercy Ntagalinda, Abdul-rahman Mumbu, and Zabibu Afazali visited the University of Bergen for the annual meeting of the Math4SDG project.
Using mathematics to fight disease (19.06.2023)
In June 2023 the project Math4SDG held its annual meeting in Bergen. We met up with five PhDs in the project to discuss how they will use applied mathematics to combat infectious disease and how the project aims to increase mathematical literacy in Tanzania and Uganda.
Hywind Tampen
A new consortium in Norway gathers to establish a groundbreaking offshore wind centre (16.06.2023)
Offshore Wind 2040 (OW2040) is on track to become a Centre for Environment-friendly Energy Research (FME) by the end of 2024. If the Research Council of Norway approves the FME application, OW2040 could become a world-leading hub for offshore wind development.
Crushing waves, Ireland, Co. Kerry
COMFORT project warns of irreversible damage to marine environment (05.06.2023)
Climate change, pollution and overfishing threaten our oceans. The EU-COMFORT project calls for imminent greenhouse gas reduction to limit irreversible damage.
Foto av gravid mage og hender som holder rundt magen
Women with a normal weight first offspring and a small second offspring have increased risk of cardiovascular mortality (30.05.2023)
A new study from the University of Bergen reveals that including offspring birthweight information from women’s subsequent births, is helpful in identifying a woman's long-term risk of dying from cardiovascular causes.
Portrait of Eivind Valen
Prof. Eivind Valen wins the ERC Consolidator Grant. (05.05.2023)
For the next five years, the ERC grant will allow Prof. Eivind Valen to develop new informatics methods to explore a basic molecular biology mystery that remains unsolved: the cap code.
Portretter av Valen og Husebø
ERC grants to Husebø and Valen (05.05.2023)
Bettina Husebø and Eivind Valen have received funding for ground-breaking research projects through the European Research Council (ERC). In total, UiB has been awarded six ERC Consolidator Grants in 2023.
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The Arctic Is a «Living Laboratory» According to Aaron Spitzer (04.05.2023)
Assistant professor at UiB, Aaron Spitzer says his «life’s work» has involved seeking to understand, and trying somehow to be useful to, Arctic peoples and places.
Illustrations for the Climate Narratives prosjekt.
Climate stories from Greenland to Fiji (27.04.2023)
The ice is melting in Greenland, revealing new areas of land. At the same time, areas of land on the tropical islands of the Pacific Ocean are being swallowed up as the sea level rises. An interdisciplinary project called ClimateNarratives will look at these connections and consequences and place the local population’s stories in focus.
Cover of Science Journal
Discovery challenges our understanding of nervous systems and their evolution (20.04.2023)
A new article published in Science suggests fundamental differences of nerve net architecture that challenges our previous understanding on the evolution of nervous systems and how they transmit information.
Plakat med logoer for UiB AI og TMS
Big boost for AI research at UiB (13.04.2023)
Trond Mohn Foundation and the University of Bergen are launching three research projects worth a total of 40 million Norwegian kroner for research for more trustworthy systems for artificial intelligence (AI).
Portrait of Pawel Burkhardt.
Prestigious funding awarded for decoding the origins of brain evolution. (04.04.2023)
Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Research Grant for Fred Wolf and Pawel Burkhardt.

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