Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo

Methods for knowledge-based biodiversity monitoring and management under uncertainty (BioM) - UiO:Life Science BioM develops new interdisciplinary methods to model and govern biodiversity under uncertainty, combining ecology, statistics, and philosophy. The project delivers predictive tools, normative framewor...

We’re hiring 2 PhD and 2 postdoc research fellows for our new interdisciplinary BioM group in Oslo! Statistics, ecology, and philosophy.

Please help us reach good candidates!

@unioslo-cees.bsky.social @biovitenskap.bsky.social

Verdens første atlas over trekkruter: Nå kan vi følge villrein, gnu og antilope – og se hvor de møter menneskeskapte hindringer - Forskningsnytt Verdens første atlas over trekkruter skal bidra til å bevare livsviktig atferd blant store pattedyr – over hele kloden.

– Min rolle er først og fremst å klargjøre konsekvenser av de valgene vi står ovenfor, for det som til sist er politiske beslutninger. Sterke, økonomiske interesser står mot bevaring. Klarer vi å snu utviklingen? Det er det store spørsmålet, sier professor Atle Mysterud fra @biovitenskap.bsky.social

Disputation: Robynne Nowicki - Department of Biosciences PhD candidate Robynne Calypso Nowicki at the Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Oslo, and Department of Arctic Biology, The University Centre in Sval...

Proud of Robynne Nowicki very soon to defend her PhD thesis “Seasonal energetics in Barents Sea macrozooplankton and fish”. The University Centre in #Svalbard #NansenLegacy @biovitenskap.bsky.social Announcement: www.mn.uio.no/ibv/english/...

Mitochondrial responses to anoxia-reoxygenation exposure in crucian carp (Carassius carassius) Summary: Crucian carp mitochondria show lower H2O2 emission compared with anoxia-intolerant common carp and anoxia–reoxygenated crucian carp show tissue-specific oxidative damage, but no H2O2 accumula...

New publication about the crucian carp ( #Carassius #carassius) and its mitochondrial responses to anoxia-reoxygenation exposure, with Gigi Y. Lau, Lucie Gerber, Anette Johansen, Helge-Andre Dahl, Göran E. Nilsson, Sjannie Lefevre from @biovitenskap.bsky.social
Published in @jexpbiol.bsky.social

Frontiers | A dual-loop chemostat to investigate multi-species biofilms on implant surfaces under adjustable flow conditions Natural biofilms are typically composed of a mix of different microbial species and are often exposed to strong shear forces resulting from liquid flow. Simp...

New publication: "A dual-loop chemostat to investigate multi-species #biofilms on implant surfaces under adjustable flow conditions"
with Jan-Ole Reese, Ingrid Maria Castro Lund, Athanasios Saragliadis, Dirk Linke from @biovitenskap.bsky.social
Published in #Frontiers in Microbiology

Acute effects of copper exposure and predation risk in five coastal copepods Natural stressors, including predation risk, can affect the response of organisms to anthropogenic contamination. Copper, used as an antifouling agent…

New publication about acute effects of copper exposure and predation risk in five coastal #copepods
With Solveig Brochmann, Jan Heuschele, Torben Lode, Josefin Titelman, Katrine Borgå @borga.bsky.social from @biovitenskap.bsky.social
Published by @elsevierconnect.bsky.social

Lihkku beivviin! Læhkoeh biejjine! Vuorbbe biejvijn! Gratulerer med dagen!

Nexilin promotes calcium-dependent endo-lysosomal fission required for retrograde transport - Cell Communication and Signaling Cell Communication and Signaling - Late endosomes and lysosomes (LE/Lys) are dynamic organelles primarily involved in the degradation of macromolecules within cells. Beyond this role, they are...

New publication indicate that #nexilin mediates the interaction between LE/Lys and the acto-myosin cytoskeleton required for the calcium-dependent fission of these #organelles.
With Marie Bergundhaugen, Marte Sneeggen & Cinzia Progida from @biovitenskap.bsky.social
Published by @springernature.com

Side Event: Arctic Ocean 2050 YouTube video by Arctic Frontiers

Følg digitalt: Kick-off for Polhavet 2050 under Arctic Frontiers i dag, 5. februar kl. 11.00
Arrangementet strømmes på YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMsS...

Nå starter Norges største forskningsprosjekt! | Polhavet 2025 To milliarder kroner, 18 institusjoner og ti år med forskning på verdens nordligste hav. Kom på kick-off for forskningsprogrammet Polhavet 2050 på Arctic Frontiers.

Under #ArcticFrontiers 5. februar, starter vi forskningssamarbeidet som skal finne svarene vi trenger for god forvaltning av nordområdene og en trygg, geopolitisk framtid. 18 norske institusjoner skal de neste ti årene forske, observere og analysere fremtidens #Polhav
@polhavet2050.bsky.social

Nexilin promotes calcium-dependent endo-lysosomal fission required for retrograde transport - Cell Communication and Signaling Cell Communication and Signaling - Late endosomes and lysosomes (LE/Lys) are dynamic organelles primarily involved in the degradation of macromolecules within cells. Beyond this role, they are...

New publication: "Nexilin promotes calcium-dependent endo-lysosomal fission required for retrograde transport" with Marie Bergundhaugen, Marte Sneeggen & Cinzia Progida from @biovitenskap.bsky.social
Published in Cell Communication and Signaling by @springernature.com

The green lacewing venom system and the complex mechanisms underlying its evolution Abstract. Venom has independently evolved across many lineages, yet relatively few have been studied in detail, particularly among insects. Of these, Neuro

New publication provide new insights into the #evolution of #venom in insects.
With Marius Maurstad @mariusmaur.bsky.social, Bea Ramiro, Jan Philip Oeyen, Pedro Nachtigall, Kjetill Jakobsen, Eivind Undheim from @biovitenskap.bsky.social & @unioslo-cees.bsky.social
Published @molbioevol.bsky.social

Human RBM3 protein is prone to form neuronal aggregates opposed by the proteasome Summary: RBM3 is a cold-inducible protein with neuroprotective functions in rodents. Here, we report cold-induced aggregation of the human RBM3 and discuss its implications for animal physiology.

New publication on findings important to understand #RBM3 functions and neuronal #proteostasis, and has implications for medical treatments involving incidental and induced #hypothermia. With Suman Kumar, Tina Kleven, Rafal Ciosk from @biovitenskap.bsky.social published in @biologyopen.bsky.social

Molecular mechanisms underlying early functional divergence in snake venom inferred from the genomes of two pitviper lineages - BMC Biology Background The molecular mechanisms that underlie adaptive divergence in complex traits can be assessed in traits like animal venoms where variation in gene sequence and expression levels can be direc...

New publication: "Molecular mechanisms underlying early functional divergence in snake #venom inferred from the #genomes of two #pitviper lineages" with Pedro G. Nachtigall from @unioslo-cees.bsky.social & @biovitenskap.bsky.social published in BMC Biology by @springernature.com

Five millennia of mitonuclear discordance in Atlantic bluefin tuna identified using ancient DNA - Heredity Heredity - Five millennia of mitonuclear discordance in Atlantic bluefin tuna identified using ancient DNA

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1st runner up: Well done Emma Falkeid Eriksen! @biovitenskap.bsky.social #bluefin tuna

The Golden Lancehead Genome Reveals Distinct Selective Processes Acting on Venom Genes of an Island Endemic Snake Abstract. High-quality genomic resources are important for accurate assessments of adaptive evolution in rapidly evolving island endemic species. The golde

New publication: "The Golden #Lancehead Genome Reveals Distinct Selective Processes Acting on #Venom #Genes of an Island Endemic #Snake" with Pedro G. Nachtigall from @unioslo-cees.bsky.social & @biovitenskap.bsky.social published in Genome Biology and Evolution @genomebiolevol.bsky.social

New publication: "Trastuzumab-Conjugated pH-Sensitive Micelles Exhibit #Antitumor Activity and Induce Mesenchymal-to-Epithelial Transition in Triple-Negative Breast #Cancer Cell Lines" with Kirsten Sandvig from @biovitenskap.bsky.social , published in #Pharmaceutics by @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social

Bodil Bluhm konstituert leder for Polhavet 2050 | UiT – Med mine erfaringer fra 7 år i Nansen Legacy-arbeidet i Barentshavet og Polhavet, tror jeg at jeg kan bidra til programmet med både kunnskap og entusiasme, forteller Bodil Bluhm, professor på instit...

Polhavet 2050 er i oppstartsfasen og har kapret Bodil Bluhm som konstituert leder.
#ArcticOcean2050

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Soil Invertebrate Ecotoxicology (292636) | University of Oslo Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Soil Invertebrate Ecotoxicology (292636), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Sunday, February 8, 2026

We seek a highly motivated, enthusiastic candidate who has completed a #PhD in #ecotoxicology or related fields. Candidates with experience in experiments with soil invertebrates, especially #springtails, and publishing papers in leading journals are highly encouraged to apply!
#SoilStress

Researcher in high-throughput translatomics (292147) | University of Oslo Job title: Researcher in high-throughput translatomics (292147), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Friday, January 9, 2026

Position as Researcher available in high-throughput #translatomics is available in the Valen group @biovitenskap.bsky.social
The project consists of developing computational methods for processing, visualising and analysing data from the high-throughput sequencing technique ribosome profiling.

PhD Research Fellow in Molecular Microbiology (290178) | University of Oslo Job title: PhD Research Fellow in Molecular Microbiology (290178), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Tuesday, January 6, 2026

We are looking for a motivated #PhD candidate to join our team @biovitenskap.bsky.social for the project:
DC4 - The role of invasin-integrin interactions in #Klebsiella and #Enterobacter infections.

Deadline: January 6th

#StraDiVarious is a European-wide intersectoral doctoral training network

PhD Research Fellow in Microbiology/Biotechnology (290209) | University of Oslo Job title: PhD Research Fellow in Microbiology/Biotechnology (290209), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Tuesday, January 6, 2026

We are looking for a motivated #PhD candidate to join our team @biovitenskap.bsky.social for the project: DC14 - #ESKAPE pathogen adhesion to cells and implant surfaces.
Deadline: 6 January
#StraDiVarious (Strains, Diagnostics and Variants) is a European-wide intersectoral doctoral training network.

Tic Tac Tic Tac The Big Day is here for Eivind Ronold @mindcelium.bsky.social He kicks The day with a Trial lecture entitle “The ecological versatility of fungi in boreal forest“ @biovitenskap.bsky.social

The methyltransferase NmbA methylates the low-molecular weight thiol bacillithiol, and displays a specific structural architecture Low-molecular-weight (LMW) thiols maintain the cellular redox balance and protect cells against reactive species, heavy metals, toxins, and antibiotic…

Our paper on the bacillithiol methyltransferase NmbA by Marta Hammerstad, Erlend Steinvik and Hans-Petter Hersleth is out in Redox Biology @biovitenskap.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

KI hjelper hjerneforskning – og omvendt - Titan.uio.no Eksperimenter i laboratoriet i kombinasjon med datamodellering åpner for nye gjennombrudd innen både hjerneforskning og kunstig intelligens.

– Vi er opptatt av hva som skjer i #hjernen. Men det er ikke spørsmål som kan besvares med eksperimenter på en levende hjerne. Da kan vi bruke kunstige #datamodeller som kan lede an for #eksperimenter, sier M. Fyhn @mariannefyhn.bsky.social fra @biovitenskap.bsky.social & @unioslo-cees.bsky.social

New publication: "Loss of multilevel 3D genome organization during breast #cancer progression" with Roberto Rossini @robomics.bsky.social, Saleh Oshaghi, Jonas Paulsen @jonnings.bsky.social from @biovitenskap.bsky.social
Published in Genome Research @genomeresearch.bsky.social

TWS Journals Reindeer is an iconic species in the Arctic and subarctic but populations are declining. An environmental quality standard for reindeer populations assess their overall status (poor, medium, and good...

New publication: "A quality standard for conservation of wild #reindeer" with Atle Mysterud from @unioslo-cees.bsky.social & @biovitenskap.bsky.social
Published in The Wildlife Society @thewildlifesociety.bsky.social

ERC Synergy Grants to fund 66 teams tackling major scientific challenges How do you solve science’s toughest puzzles? By joining forces. Sixty-six research teams, bringing together 239 scientists, will receive a total of €684 million in European Research Council Synergy Gr...

EcoArch is officially up and running. Over the next 6 years, we will investigate and model landscape change in the Afrotropics thanks to an ERC Synergy Grant. Follow us for exciting developments to come! @erc.europa.eu
@sanneboessenkool.bsky.social @davidkwright.bsky.social

More than EUR 30 million in ERC grants to UiO researchers - University of Oslo Four UiO researchers across three projects have been awarded ERC Synergy Grants from the European Research Council (ERC). They will study snow in extreme environments, the use of AI to create syntheti...

University of Oslo comes out big in the 2025 ERC Synergy competition. #UiO #EcoArch #ERCSyG

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Så stolt av Julien Resseguier @julienresseguier.bsky.social , som er er ansatt ved Institutt for biovitenskap ved UiO @biovitenskap.bsky.social , som fikk pris for sitt bilde i kategorien «bilder med særpreg». Se alle de fine bildene:
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