Events in September
13th–15th of September in Stockholm
Norwegian–Swedish networking?and?Nordic Life Science Days
UiO:Life Science and?life sciences clusters and organisations will?promote Norwegian healthcare and life science?industry?at
Nordic Life Science Days (NLSDays)?in Stockholm this week.
Download a folder with short texts about each of the partners?(pdf).
We are also attending the Norwegian–Swedish networking at the embassy in Stockholm the evening before the conference. Director of UiO:Life Science, Finn-Eirik Johansen, is one of the speakers.
Read more about?the networking at norge.se?(in Norwegian).
28th of September at 17–18.30 at?Kulturhuset, Youngstorget
Green revolution – the place of academia in the green transition?(in Norwegian)?
Collaboration between green student organisations at UiO, the Student Parliament at UiO and the three large priority areas at UiO, UiO:Life Science, UiO:Energy and UiO:Nordic. The event is part of UiO:澳门葡京手机版app下载sdagene.
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28th?and 29th of?September at UiO
Funding of convergence environments: Still possible to register for workshop
To support the UiO life sciences strategy UiO:Life Science will fund several ?konvergensmilj?? – research groups with collaboration across conventional disciplinary boundaries. The application process starts?with workshops?with speed?dating September 28 and 29. The registration deadline was the 7th of September. 91 persons registered for the workshop within the deadline. The registration form will be open till the 15th of September?in case?anyone is still considering to participate.
Trip for the board?to London (in Norwegian)
In August the UiO:Life Science Board and the staff of UiO:Life Science visited?University of Cambridge, Imperial College London and the new?Francis Crick Institute.
Student innovation and entrepreneurship, business collaboration, new buildings and new ways of organising the research institutes are keywords from the trip.
Building news
Quality assurance of the management base and cost estimates before the project is submitted to Parliament for approval and funding (QA2) of?the planned life science building at UiO?started?August 16th according to the time schedule and is to be finished till Christmas?(read more about the QA scheme).?
The building is planned for completion in?2023. Until then you may?join a virtual 3D tour in the life sciences building?as UiO rector?Ole Petter Ottersen, LO President?Gerd Kristiansen and NHO Director General?Kristin Skogen Lund?attended during??a summit at UiO at the 31st of August.
Research and innovation news
Bacteria –?lethal but necessary
UiO’s?research magazine Apollon has written an?issue about research on bacteria at?UiO.
- Read the articles that are also available in?English
- You may also read the articles that we have written here at uio.no/life-science about research at UiO on antibiotic resistance
- Listen to Professor?P?l Rongved at the School of Pharmacy talk about??A new cure against antibiotic resistant bacteria? at?Norgesglasset,?NRK radio at the 31st of??August (in Norwegian)
Innovation examples from Inven2 (in Norwegian)
Inven2 which is UiO's and OUS' technology transfer office (TTO) has collected some success stories from their work. Here is a couple from life sciences research at UiO and OUS.
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Are you a scientist and make your own research reagents??Register at inven2Biologics.com and Inven2 can help to deal with your requests.
Read more and watch a video about the service
Read more
- About innovation within life science on the innovation pages of UiO:Life Science
- Research news from UiO:Life Science, faculties, departments and UiO’s?research magazine Apollon
More events later in the autumn/winter
- 18th of October at Oslo Science Park
Cutting Edge Festival?October 18
UiO is main partner of the Cutting Edge Festival that is arranged as part of Oslo Innovation Week. The festival showcases the latest in science, technology and entrepreneurship.?Several of UiO's life sciences researchers are giving talks, and you can visit the UiO:Life Science stand and watch our new 3D tour of the planned life sciences building. -
21st of October at 12.15–13.00 at the Science Library
Life Science Lunch: Gene editing with CRISPR –?the technology, possibilities, use and ethical considerations
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16th of November 12.15–13.00?at?the Science Library:
Life Science Lunch: Cancer and stem cells – the cells of possibilities?
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Oslo Life Science 15th–17th of February?2017 – save the dates!
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This will be the 2nd?conference?hosted by UiO:Life Science for all of you who are interested in?research, education, innovation, business and politics in life sciences. Oslo University Hospital and the Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry in Norway (LMI) are co-organisers.?It has been decided?that a?pre-event at the 15th of February will be a part of the conference so you should save all three dates.
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