Background info for Kåre Rommetveit’s visit to WashingtonD.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

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

Computational Biology Unit

FUGE bioinformatics platform

MolMine – a bioinformatics software company estab. by Jonassen

Informatics and the grid

Professor Petter Bjørnstad, Department of Informatics, Research Director at the BergenCenter for Computational Science,

web-page:

BCCS:

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)

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

web-page:

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 ()

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.

web:

Researcher Ingunn H. THORSETH, Department of Earth Sciences (geology), Researcher in the geochemistry/petrology research group at the department.

Associate professor Francois MULLER, Department of Chemistry, researcher in the marine analytical chemistry research group

web:

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.

Homepage Birkeland:

Post.doc Are OLSEN, Geophysical Institute (oceanography)

E-mail.

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

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

E-mail:

CV:

Landscape Architecture

Other important UiB research centres:

SFF: *attached summary from Eystein, Bjerknes flyers, summary from CMS. CMS bookmarks

FUGE: Molecular Imaging Centre (MIC): *flyer included, Proteomics: PROBE bioinformatics platform , Norwegian Microarray Constortium

Selmer

Cryptology

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)