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Drilling vessel Fugro Synergy
New publication to Scientific Reports (28.02.2019)
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ERANet-funded research visit to University of Exeter (27.02.2019)
Researcher Antonio Garcia-Moyano made a research visit to the Centre for Biocatalysis at the University of Exeter, United Kingdom, hosted by Professor Jennifer Littlechild. Prof. Littlechild leads a group of experts in biochemistry and structural biology.
Bryggen i Bergen
EPOS-Norway Annual Workshop 2019 (25.02.2019)
The EPOS-Norway Annual Workshop of 2019 took place in Bergen, Wednesday 23 January to Thursday 24 January. This year's venue was the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel at Bryggen. The workshop brought together more than fifty participants: partners and external parties related to the project, as well as anyone interested in learning more about EPOS-Norway.
Gunn Mangerud, Kristine Gudbrandsen Frøysa, Dirk Smit, Helge K. Dahle
Looking for ideas at UiB   (21.02.2019)
Dirk Smit, Vice President of Research Strategy at Shell, met with UiB scientists to explore new ideas and possible collaboration projects. 
Feltgruppen foran Andesfjellene
Fieldtrip to the Andes in Argentina-Chili (14.02.2019)
Ritske Huismans og Sebastian Wolf deltok på en to ukers felt tur til Andes fjellene sammen med kolleger fra Barcelona University (Prof. Josep Anton Munoz, Dr Nuria Carerra), Pau University (Prof. Jean-Paul Callot), og Total (Dr Jean-Claude Ringenbach, Dr Hugo Freije).
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VirVar: Uncovering key players for regulation of phytoplankton function and structure: lessons to be learned from algal virus-haptophyte coexistence (07.02.2019)
New Marinforsk project, led by Ruth-Anne Sandaa (UiB) will explore the co-evolution of host resistance and virulence
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Does climate mitigation trump other concerns? (07.02.2019)
Dilemmas in implementing rapid transformation of the energy system to reach the Paris targets are many. Our expert panel present and discuss major challenges and possible conflicts between the SDG goals.
Pau
Developing tools for heterologous expression of thermozymes (05.02.2019)
Pau Ximeno, student from Barcelona University will be working with us on his bachelor thesis for the Degree in Biotechnology. He will be involved in different tasks related to the development of molecular tools for the expression of thermophilic proteins in Thermus thermophilus.However he will also test the production, purification and activity of proteins in other alternative expression hosts.
Isbjørn på Svalbard
Svalbard has experienced warming of 4°C the last 50 years (04.02.2019)
Since 1971 Svalbard has experienced a winter warming of 7°C. This has caused major changes, and there is an urgent need to plan for the future, states the new “Climate in Svalbard 2100” report.
Parallel 3-D simulations of capillary-controlled displacement in sandstone.
IFT Group Has Been Awarded a Petromaks2 Grant (01.02.2019)
Together with UiS / Norce and UT Austin (USA), Prof. Martin Fernø's group has received funding for the project "Foam Dynamics in the Presence of Oil during Multiphase Flow in Porous Rock".