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ELIXIR has announced the life science data resources selected in its latest evaluation round for ELIXIR Core Data Resources (CDRs) and ELIXIR Deposition Databases. Among the six newly approved Core Data Resources is JASPAR, a long-standing and widely used database for transcription factor binding profiles, with the work behind the resource currently led by Anthony Mathelier, Associate Director and Group Leader of the Computational Biology & Gene Regulation group at the Norwegian Centre for Molecular Biosciences and Medicine (NCMBM).

Dear students and staff, happy New Year and welcome to the new semester!

Are you a researcher at UiO who develops medical device? Check out the new Medical Device Guidance from the UiO Growth House and get an overview of the processes you have to go through to ensure that your device is developed according to regulatory requirements in EU step-by-step.

Paul-Arthur Richard Meslin is a new Postdoctoral fellow at the Section for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BMB), Department of Biosciences. From France.

Researchers at the University of Oslo have received support from the Research Council of Norway for groundbreaking research. The projects will, among other topics, investigate supernova explosions, public perceptions of the rule of law, and the impact of technology on working life.

CBA's Dag Hessen was a major contributor to the recently published Global Tippings Point 2025 Report.

The funding is for research to develop new medications for bacterial infections and cancer. The purpose of convergence environments is to promote interdisciplinary collaboration among researchers at the Life Sciences Building and other researchers at the University of Oslo (UiO). One of eight such environments will be led by Professor Reidar Lund from the Department of Chemistry. The funding is for a period of four years.

EcoArch has been awarded €12 million in research funding from the European Research Council (ERC) to study 6,000 years of human, climate, and wildfire impacts on African and Arabian landscapes and biodiversity.

Neurodevelopmental conditions,?embryonic development, biodiversity, cancer control, medications,?addiction, mental health and drug delivery?are topics the new convergence environments will explore.

The iGEM-team from The University of Oslo achieved a gold medal in the international final in Paris, with their project "LactIQ: Real-Time Insight for Smarter Training".

23 projects have been granted funding to develop solutions to meet societal needs. We congratulate all the research groups!

The SAME18 conference (Sept. 28^th - Oct. 3^rd, 2025) centered on Aquatic Microbiomes on a Changing Planet. 

Chunfang Zhang is a new guest researcher at the Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biosciences. From China.

The innovation conference Science Impact gathered researchers from academia, hospitals and the institute sector and representatives from start-ups and larger companies.? See pictures from the event.

Andrea Raffo is a new researcher at Section for Physiology and Cell Biology, Department of Biosciences. From Italy.

Ciaran Gilchrist is a new postdoc at Section for Genetics and Evolutionary Biology (EVOGENE), Department of Biosciences. From Scotland, Ireland, and Australia.

Marianne Laslier is a new guest researcher at the Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biosciences. From France.

Starting Monday, December 1, you will need to pay for parking at UiO. Following October 16 you do not need to use the Apcoa Flow app. 

Professor Inger Skrede is the new deputy head of the Department of Biosciences. She succeeded Professor Melinka Alonso Butenko on 1 October 2025.

Inga Angelica Fr?land Steindal has been accepted as a new member of The Young Academy of Norway. Inga is a researcher at the Center for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES) at the Department of Biosciences.

Academic employees, postdoctoral researchers, PhD students within the life sciences at the UiO can apply for support to strengthen collaboration with international research communities.

Academic employees, postdoctoral researchers, PhD students, and student associations at the University of Oslo can apply for support to partially fund open events within the life sciences that align with the strategy of UiO:Life Science.

To mark OA Week 2025, universities and other research institutions across the country are coming together to host webinars focused on open research.

Nicol¨° Tellini is a new Postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biosciences. From Italia.

Thomas Lund Koch is a new Marie Sk?odowska-Curie Postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biosciences. From Denmark.