Background info for Kåre Rommetveit’s visit to Washington D.C. in April 2004
*UiB has interest / activity in 6 research areas on WUN’s list
Current areas of collaborative research activity in WUN
(more details available on WUN web site http://www.wun.ac.uk/)
Bio-informatics
Inge Jonassen, Ingvar Eidhammer
participating in WUN Bioinformatics seminar series – first seminar 25.02.04 *article attached
positive experience according to Jonassen
bioinformatics at UiB http://www.ii.uib.no/forskningsgrupper/bio/index-eng.shtml
Computational Biology Unit http://www.cbu.uib.no/
FUGE bioinformatics platform http://www.bioinfo.no/
MolMine – a bioinformatics software company estab. by Jonassen http://www.molmine.com/
Informatics and the grid
Professor Petter Bjørnstad, Department of Informatics, Research Director at the Bergen Center for Computational
Science,
petter.bjorstad@ii.uib.no
web-page: http://www.ii.uib.no/~petter/
BCCS: http://www.parallab.uib.no/
Nano-technology and Advanced Materials
Wireless Communications
Geography and Geographical Information Systems
Anne Lucas, Michael Phillips
interest in participating in international GIS network / activities *attached background material
English Masters in Geography (web-based) http://www.nhh.no/geo/course/WebEdu_folder/WebEdu.html
Globalisation
Economic geography and the geography of the new economy
Globalisation of education
Crime and penal policy
Earth systems science
Professor Eystein Jansen, Department of Earth Science, Research Director of the
Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
eystein.jansen@geo.uib.no
web-page: http://www.bjerknes.uib.no/
Ocean – earth interaction
Biogeochemistry
Francois Muller (Chemistry) – in discussions with Lianne Benning, U. of Leeds /WUN
Audrey Geffen – new at “IFM”, interesting multi-disciplinary project using fish otoliths to find out about historic
climate (http://www.ifm.uib.no/Forskning/ForskerSide.asp?Lang=N&pid=1231)
Also:
Professor Rolf Birger PEDERSEN, Department of Earth Sciences (geology), Leader of the research project
SUBMAR (Subsurface biosphere, hydrothermal activity and magmatism along the Arctic Ridges) in the
geochemistry/petrology research group at the department.
rolf.pedersen@geol.uib.no
web: http://www.uib.no/geol/Submar/Submar.htm
Researcher Ingunn H. THORSETH, Department of Earth Sciences (geology), Researcher in the
geochemistry/petrology research group at the department.
ingunn.thorseth@geol.uib.no
Associate professor Francois MULLER, Department of Chemistry, researcher in the marine analytical chemistry
research group
francois.muller@kj.uib.no
web: http://www-old.kj.uib.no/html/AREAMarine_analytical_chem.html
Professor Nils-Kåre BIRKELAND, Department of Biology (microbiology), Researcher in in molecular microbiology
and microbial physiology/biotechnology. The major research area is on thermophilic microorganisms thriving at
temperatures up to 100oC.
E-mail. nils.birkeland@im.uib.no
Homepage Birkeland: http://www.im.uib.no/aktivite/anaerob/
Post.doc Are OLSEN, Geophysical Institute (oceanography)
E-mail. are.olsen@gfi.uib.no
tel. +47 55 584322
He got his Ph.D. in 2002. An abstract of his thesis, Olsen, A., 2002 Three studies of interannual variations in ocean
biogeochemistry at northern high latitudes, is available on http://www.gfi.uib.no/index_e.html
Public Policy and Management
Nursing
Green Chemistry
Stem Cells
Medieval Studies
(SFF) Centre for Medieval Studies / Sverre Bagge and Kirsten Moen going to meeting in Utrecht, Netherlands in
April to discuss WUN involvement *attached background info
http://www.uib.no/cms/
E-mail: sverre.bagge@cms.uib.no
CV: http://www.uib.no/cms/org/acc_staff/sbagge_cv.htm
Landscape Architecture
Other important UiB research centres:
SFF: http://www.uib.no/sff/ *attached summary from Eystein, Bjerknes flyers, summary from CMS.
CMS bookmarks
FUGE: Molecular Imaging Centre (MIC): www.uib.no/med/mic *flyer included, Proteomics: PROBE
http://pcom3.geo.uib.no/probe/, bioinformatics platform http://www.bioinfo.no/, Norwegian Microarray
Constortium http://www.mikromatrise.no/
Selmer http://www.selmer.uib.no/
Cryptology http://www.ii.uib.no/forskningsgrupper/kode/index-eng.shtml
Sars http://www.uib.no/sars/ *attached recent highlights from Daniel
Transatlantic summit: Norwegian Research & Technology Forum (NRTF) involving Norway, Canada and
the United States (meeting in Washington, Oct. 2003)
http://www.uib.no/info/english/news/php/?xmlfil=021003161356.xml