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Scientists taking part in the 2023 GoNorth expedition have discovered a new hydrothermal field – an area with sea floor hot springs – in the Lena Trough, part of a mid-ocean ridge between Svalbard and Greenland.
Early August, the GONORTH cruise organised by several Norwegian institutions came to an end. On its last ROV dive, a new hydrothermal vent field, named Ultima Thule, was discovered on the Lucky Ridge!
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.
From August 7 - 11, 50+ data scientists from across Norway came together at the Joint CEDAS-NORBIS Summer School to discuss data science and its biomedical applications. The summer school featured keynotes, theoretical and practical sessions on Machine Learning, Statistics, and Visual Data Science.
The sequencing facility has been closed until further notice. Se below for information on alternative services.
Members of the Michael Sars Centre had the exclusive opportunity to visit the research vessel Tara on Friday while the schooner was in Bergen for samples, supplies, and fuel. Afterwards, Tara researchers visited the Centre for a reciprocal tour of our marine facilities.
This June MSc student Susanne Zazzera completed her thesis titled "Bumblebee communities in open and overgrown heathlands in Nordhordland UNESCO Biosphere, Vestland, Norway", which was supervised by UNESCO Chair Inger Måren, NIBIO researcher Bjørn Arild Hatteland, and PhD student Ieva Rozite-Arina. Susanne spent the summer of 2022 in Nordhordland's beautiful coastal heathlands collecting... Read more
A new paper by the UNESCO Chair group looks back at half a century of experiences in The World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR), of UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme. The paper helps distil key learnings emerging from the implementation of WNBR and how these could accelerate our learning for sustainability worldwide. Led by Alicia Barraclough, it was written through a collaboration... Read more
Håvard Stubseid and his colleagues just published a new article in Nature communication.
The ongoing GONORTH cruise is pushing the limits of deep sea exploration in the north.
There is still a lot we don’t know about cells. This lab has made a discovery that challenges previous understanding of cellular structures.
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.
On Friday 2 June 2023, HySchool co-hosted the annual seminar for the national Forum for Research School Administrators in Bergen, together with the research schools NutriNOR and NSRGH (both from the University of Bergen). The seminar brought together administrative coordinators from research schools across the country.  
Last week, the FPT Fest took place in honor of Mike Fellows; distinguished computer scientist and emeritus of The Department of Informatics.
Forskare från Universitetet i Bergen och Stockholm Resilience Centre är del av ett forskningssamarbete med biosfärområdena Kristianstad Vattenrike i södra Sverige och Nordhordland i västra Norge, samt den västnorska kommunen Alver. Syftet är att bättre förstå hur boende och besökare får nytta och gynnas av naturen i de två nordiska biosfärområdena.
Some news from the sea!
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.
On June 1st Nordhordland UNESCO Biosphere Reserve arranged their first ever Biosphere Day together with the UNESCO Chair Group at UiB. There was a programme from noon to evening, full of content about ongoing and concluded research in the area, in addition to interesting themes on sustainability relevant to the region.

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