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Funding for events and visiting scholars within global challenges autumn 2026 (23.06.2026)
Call for applications for funding to stimulate activities that strengthen UiB’s work on global challenges - application deadline: 1 October 2026.
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Funding for collaborative projects within global challenges autumn 2026 (23.06.2026)
Global Challenges has allocated funds to stimulate academic cross-faculty collaboration - application deadline 1 October 2026.
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What should we ask of the ocean? (02.06.2026)
The annual Bergen Summer Research School brings together 65 young scholars from 29 countries around the world. What unites them is a shared focus on this year’s theme: Ocean Expectations.
Digital reconstructions of a sea squirt and sea walnut larva
What future for marine life in a changing world? (13.04.2026)
As the ocean undergoes rapid anthropogenic changes that impact ecosystems, the Michael Sars Centre’s strategy evolves to study life in context, from molecules to ecosystems.
Photograph of a comb jelly seen from above.
Ctenophore research points to earlier origins of brain-like structures (03.03.2026)
New 3D reconstructions of a key sensory organ in ctenophores reveal an unexpected structural and functional complexity. The findings suggest that an elementary brain may have already appeared in our most ancient relatives, reshaping our understanding of nervous system evolution in animals.
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Can AI models be trusted to predict heavy rainfall? (02.03.2026)
Robin Guillaume-Castel was one of the first researchers to arrive at UiB as part of the LEAD AI programme. One year in, his project shows promising results on explaining how neural networks work to predict extreme weather events like heavy rainfall.
Researcher Emily Claereboudt on board the G.O. Sars
On the hunt for sea cucumbers on board the G.O. Sars (16.02.2026)
Postdoctoral researcher Emily Claereboudt recently joined an Institute of Marine Research (IMR) expedition in the North Sea. Her goal - collect as many sea cucumbers as possible to find out how they communicate with each other.
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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.
Promotional poster for the Michael Sars Symposium 2026
Registration for the Michael Sars Symposium 2026 is open! (05.02.2026)
Join us on June 4, 2026 at Media City Bergen for a day of exceptional talks. This year's event is co-organized by the Michael Sars Centre and the Computational Biology Unit at UiB, and will focus on 'Living systems in a variable ocean'.
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Marking the Landscape (02.02.2026)
Morgane Alizee Kerdoncuff successfully defended her doctoral thesis on 23 January 2026, titled: ‘Marking the landscape’ – Ecological assessment of small-scale grazing systems in the fjord region of the Nordhordland UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
Kristian Smeland Ytre-Hauge, Institutt for fysikk og kjemi, NT
Developing World Leading Research on Proton Therapy for Cancer (23.01.2026)
Kristian Smeland Ytre-Hauge has been selected as one of four top researchers in Norway to receive funding for establishing a world leading research environment within his field.
Cells seen under a confocal microscope
A widely used RNA assay labels the wrong molecules in several model organisms (21.01.2026)
After a routine experiment raised suspicions, Steinmetz group researchers joined forces with collaborators to highlight the limitations of a commonly used RNA labeling product.
Cells seen under a confocal microscope
Starved sea anemones put their cells in ‘deep sleep’ mode (12.12.2025)
New work from the Steinmetz group at the Michael Sars Centre unveils the secrets behind the starlet sea anemone's extraordinary ability to adjust its body size according to food availability.
Isabella Aboderin
Africa Charter: Roadmap for transformative research (11.12.2025)
Africa–Europe research collaborations must move beyond narrow notions of “equitable partnerships” and towards a research system in which African institutions shape agendas, methods and benefits on equal terms.
Wave and logo of BSRS
Exploring ocean expectations (03.12.2025)
The data speaks clearly – our planet faces serious challenges, and the ocean is at the heart of them. Next summer we consider both the opportunities and controversies that come with ocean use. Apply by 1 February 2026.
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Millions in Research Funding for Fish Health at UiB (05.11.2025)
Sea lice and bacterial diseases are among the biggest challenges in Norwegian aquaculture. Now, two researchers at the University of Bergen have received funding from the Research Council of Norway to develop new knowledge that can improve fish health and strengthen sustainability in the industry.
To menn i kjeledress på isen. Alt er hvitt. De smiler til kamera.
Scientists discovered a unique ecosystem under the Arctic (27.10.2025)
A few years ago, scientists from the University of Bergen, for the first time in history, managed to collect samples from one of the most remote and extreme seafloor environments deep under the Arctic ice. Now, their first findings reveal extreme hot springs, fragile metal-rich chimney structures, and enormous hydrogen release that could be crucial for the search for life in our Solar System.

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