Events - Page 11

UiODoc is ready for the year's very first PhD and Postdoc Breakfast Club! We hope you will join us in listening to Matthew Good's timely talk about his Digital Scholarship Center project and the increasingly important digital research.

The pandemic, while still ongoing, has already had a dramatic impact on UiO activity and highlighted issues with implications that are yet to be fully grasped. This panel discussion is an attempt at opening up a UiO-wide conversation that will enable influential voices in the university research environment to share their experience and perspectives on this situation. Specifically, we will focus on: 

• How does COVID-19 affect early career researchers?

• What are the institutions doing to mitigate the impact?

• What are foreseeable difficulties on the implementation of such measures?

UiODoc is proud to host a Christmas quiz this 17 December at 12:30 pm. Let’s test and stretch those brain cells for the last time this year and right before the Christmas break (and before the longest year ever ends aka 2020).

MSc Tharvesh Moideen Liyakat Ali at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Three-dimensional topology of the genome: A computational modeling perspective” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Tharvesh Moideen Liyakat Ali at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will give a trial lecture on the given topic: Genetic variation and “enhanceropathies”.

MD Anton Baysa at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “The role of p66ShcA and TLR9 signaling in myocardial remodeling and innate immune responses” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Anton Baysa at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will give a trial lecture on the given topic: Clinical Implications of Autophagy in the Cardiovascular System.

In this year's November edition of the PhD and Postdoc Breakfast Club, Karoline Moe will give a presentation on how to improve your poster-making skills.🤓

As of late October, we are all once again told to work from home as much as practically possible. But how does this affect us, and what can we do about it? 

MSc Laura Bojarskaite at Deparment of Molecular Medicine will be defending the thesis “Roles of Astrocytes in Sleep and Brain Waste Clearance” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Laura Bojarskaite at Deparment of Molecular Medicine will give a trial lecture on the given topic: The role of innate immunity in neurodegenerative diseases.

Women Researchers in Informatics (WRI) in collaboration with UiODoc are hosting the webinar Preparation for Academic Jobs after PhD. The webinar will be an informative series of talks providing attending PhDs and PostDocs with the means to prepare themselves for interviews for the next positions within academia and beyond. You will also learn about the evaluation process for postdoc and faculty positions, including the interview phase. The webinar consists of two talks and a panel discussion with space for the participants to ask questions.

Pitching - a short persuasive presentation - is an essential skill for both arguing for your research and landing your next job. In this breakfast talk by Alan Louis Belardinelli, we will gain new insights into how to pitch yourself for employers.

Msc Mikkel Elle Lepperød at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Dissecting neuronal circuits for navigation in experiments and models” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Msc Mikkel Elle Lepperød at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will give a trial lecture on the given topic: Closing the gap between controlled experiments and natural behaviour in Neuroscience.

Speaker: Juho Rousu, Professor, Department of Computer Science, Aalto University, Finland.

The Throne Holst paper- and twitter awards will be arranged October 15th at 2.00-4.00 PM.

October 10 is the World Mental Health Day! In relation to that, UiODoc will host two online events on Zoom in the same week focuing on mental health for PhDs and Postdocs.

First, on October 14, we'll have a talk by the senior adviser Kristine Mollø-Christensen at UiO'S Occupational Health Service. Next up, on October 16, is an interactive event with psychologist Maria Abrahamsen Østhassel, known from her social media accounts @PsyktDeg. 

The Nansen Neuroscience Lectures (NNL) honour Nansen’s ground-breaking contribution to neuroscience, and since 10.10.10 the event is part of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters annual Nansen-celebration. 

Keeping the brain in shape is a prerequisite for good life, and particularly at old age, when age-associated diseases encroach upon us. Here we get updated on the current advances.

Msc Zhi Zhao at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Multivariate structured penalized and Bayesian regressions for pharmacogenomic screens” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Msc Zhi Zhao at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will give a trial lecture on the given topic: Model selection for time-to-event response variables in high-dimensional settings.

M.Sc Prudence Atukunda at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Improved child development outcomes in rural Uganda: long-term follow-up of a randomized maternal education trial” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc Prudence Atukunda at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will give a trial lecture on the given topic: Unlocking the Potential for Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals for Nutrition in Africa: Targets, Strategies, Synergies, and Challenges.

Master Miaomiao Li at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Novel Roles of the N6-methyladenosine Reader YTHDF2 in Genome Stability and Neuronal Development” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).