by Vasundra Touré, NTNU I had the chance to do my international exchange in Paris for 6months where I visited two research groups: Pr. Emmanuel Barillot’s group at Institut Curie and Pr. Denis Thieffry’s group at ENS Paris. Both have common domains of interest with my group. With the approval of my supervisor, I did this…Continue reading Integration of knowledge and logical modeling at Institut Curie and ENS in Paris
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An autumn with Bayesian approaches in Vienna
Hi, my name is Aliaksandr Hubin and I am a PhD student at the department of Mathematics of the University of Oslo. In this report I would like to share my international exchange experience, which took place in Autumn 2017 and was funded by the NORBIS travel grant. During my exchange I was…Continue reading An autumn with Bayesian approaches in Vienna
A report from the Center of Systems Biology in Reykjavik, Iceland
by Kjersti Rise, NTNU I hadn’t really given a research stay abroad much thought when I started my PhD, it seemed like fun, but too much extra work in order to make it happen, and there were so many other things I already had to do. Then suddenly one day well into my second…Continue reading A report from the Center of Systems Biology in Reykjavik, Iceland
Welcome to the 3rd annual meeting of NORBIS 8-10 November!
You are all invited to join the third annual conference of NORBIS, which will take place November 8-10, at Sommarøy Arctic Hotel outside Tromsø. The conference aims at bringing together students and researchers, fostering collaboration between groups. The participants will learn about each others’ research, discuss science, be inspired by keynotes from leading researchers,…Continue reading Welcome to the 3rd annual meeting of NORBIS 8-10 November!
Preview the NORBIS summer school program
The program for the 2017 NORBIS summer school is now available, and can be downloaded from the Summer school web page. Remember to sign up by the end of TODAY (June 8)! Scientific illustration by Pina Kingman, who is one of the instructors at the summer school.
Learn how to build your academic CV and write successful project proposals
To successfully continue with an academic career there are many specific skills you will need to acquire and common pitfalls to avoid. How can you succeed with your project proposals, how to find that right project idea and what is important to remember, already during your PhD, when it comes to developing your CV? Join…Continue reading Learn how to build your academic CV and write successful project proposals
Nature Masterclass; workshop on scientific writing, 21-22 June
NORBIS is happy to offer the opportunity to attend a Nature Masterclass workshop on scientific writing, in Fredrikstad 21-22 June. The training is delivered by editors from selected relevant journals from the Nature Publishing Group, and aims to help institutions and laboratories support their researchers in writing research papers. This high-level writing course is a collaboration between…Continue reading Nature Masterclass; workshop on scientific writing, 21-22 June
Registration now open for the NORBIS Summer school
We are happy to announce that registration now is open for this year’s NORBIS summer school, which is entitled ‘Communicating research by visualisation, illustration and storytelling‘, and takes place in Bergen, August 28-September 1. Please read more and register here, by June 8.
Nine international travel grants awarded!
The first NORBIS international travel grants have now been awarded! In this very first round of grant applications, the NORBIS board has decided to generously award a total of 450 000 NOK, to support the research exchange of nine NORBIS PhD students. Each student will receive funding corresponding to the newly established NORBIS international travel…Continue reading Nine international travel grants awarded!
NORBIS summer school August 28-September 1
Hold the dates August 28 – September 1 for this year’s summer school; ‘Communicating research by visualisation, illustration and storytelling’. Please look back shortly for more information and registration.