Events

Digital Life Norway Research School offers courses and workshops which are accessible to candidates from all institutions nation-wide, and are organized with the purpose of enabling travelling participants to attend. Members who wish to attend the events below can apply for travel grants in order to have travel- and accommodation costs and course fees (where applicable) covered from the research school. You do not have to apply for a travel grant when attending the annual research school conference or our scientific writing workshops.

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, NTNU Trondheim
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, Oslo and San Diego, CA, USA
, University of Bergen
, UiT, Tromsø
, UiT, Tromsø

 

For previous courses and events, please see below.

 

2024

The following events have in 2024 either been organized by the research school, received financial support from the research school, or members have received travel grants in order to attend the events.

Event

Location

Dates 2023

Science Communication: how to make an award-winning poster Røros

4-6 March

Science communication - Pitch your science to any audience

Trondheim

7 March
Webinar writing up your PhD

Online

12 March

 

2023

The following events have in 2023 either been organized by the research school, received financial support from the research school, or members have received travel grants in order to attend the events.

Event

Location

Dates 2023

Introduction to regulatory requirements and standards in life science

Online

6 - 9 February

BT8120 - PhD course in Prokaryote and synthetic biology

Trondheim

6 February - 1 March

Webinar writing in the first year Online

30 March

Workshop for aspiring supervisors Valberg Slektsgård

12 - 14 April

Webinar writing up your PhD

Online

20 April

Bioinformatics analyses of DNA-metabarcoding data Oslo

17-21 April

Webinar project management Online

4 May

Webinar writing for a popular audience Online

11 May

NorMIC Basic to Advanced Light Microscopy. Methods and applications Oslo

9-12 May

Science Communication: how to make an award-winning poster Trondheim

23-25 May

INF-8605 Interpretability in deep learning Tromsø
Simula Summer School Oslo/San Diego

19-30 June, 7-15 August

BII summer school Copenhagen

14-18 August

KULT-8880 Science, Technology and Society: RRI Oslo, Valberg Slektsgård

7-9 June, 23-25 August

7th annual DLN Research School conference

Solstrand Hotel & Spa

6-8 Sep

Workshop: Scientific Writing

Granavolden Gjæstgiveri

2-4 Oct

3rd Nordic Metabolomics Conference 2023 

Trondheim

18-20 Oct

Introduction to Quality Management Systems

Online

30 Oct - 1 Nov
11th NorMIC Microscopy Image Processing

Oslo

14-17 Nov

Computational Neuroscience Ås

6 Sep- 15 Dec

 

2022

The following events have in 2022 either been organized by the research school, received financial support from the research school, or members have received travel grants in order to attend the events.

 

Event

Location

Dates 2022

Intensive course on design thinking in healthcare innovation

Turku, Finland

9 - 14 January

Workshop: Creating scientific illustrations

Online

14-18 March

Workshop: Scientific Writing

Kirkebyfjellet

28-30 March

Webinar: Writing in the first year of your PhD

Online

6-7 April

Lean Innovation in Life Sciences Canceled

Canceled

Webinar: Writing up your PhD

Online

28 April

Workshop for aspiring supervisors

Orkanger

4-6 May

8th NorMIC workshop on biological optical microscopy Oslo 2-6 May
Presentation technique workshop Trondheim

9 May

Webinar: Project management

Online

19 May

Webinar: Writing for a popular audience Online

20 May

A hands-on course on artificial intelligence in computational biotechnology and medicine Bergen, Online 25 April - 7 June
6th conference of the Digital Life Norway Research School Voksenåsen hotel, Oslo

13-15 June

Summer School: Collaborative scientific software development

UiB, Bergen

20 June - 1 July

Simula Summer School in computational physiology

 

Oslo & San Diego

20 June - 16 August

BII Summer School innovation and commercialization of your science project Copenhagen

15 - 19 August

Crash course in Navigating Academic Life

 

Sola Strandhotel

1 - 2 September

AFINO and DLN summer school: “engaging in critical research within institutions”

Oslo

7 - 9 September

Modeling Living Systems - From foundational problems to applications

Bergen

15-16 September

Norwegian Bioinformatics Days 2022

Bergen

28-30 September

BT8121 - Transdisciplinary Biotechnology

Selbusjøen Hotel,

NTNU

3 October - 2 December

9th NorMIC workshop on microscopy image processing Oslo

29 November - 2 December

Computational Neuroscience Ås

6 September - 15 December

 

2021

The following events have in 2021 either been organized by the research school, received financial support from the research school, or members have received travel grants in order to attend the events.

 

Event

Location

Dates 2021

Writing in the first year of your PhD

Online

18 January

Writing for publication

Online

19 January

Writing up your PhD

Online

20 January

PhD course in prokaryote and synthetic biology 

NTNU

3 February - 5 March

Writing in the first year of your PhD

Online

15 February

Writing for publication

Online

22 February

Writing up your PhD

Online

24 February

Project management workshop

Online

16 March

Writing for popular audience workshop

Online

23 March

Proposal writing: The first steps

Online

24 March

Proposal writing: The first steps

Online

19 April

Supervisor workshop for aspiring supervisors

Online

28 - 30 April

PhD course in preclinical imaging in nuclear medicine

UiT

19 - 30 April

Bioinformatics for environmental DLN sequencing

Online

3 - 7 May

NorMIC workshop on microscopy image processing

UiO and online

25 - 28 May

Project management workshop

Online

7 June

A hands-on course on artificial intelligence in computational biotechnology and medicine

Online

19 April - 8 June

Project management workshop

Online

9 June

Simula Summer School in Computational Physiology

Online

21 June - 17 August

BII Summer School 2021

Copenhagen, Denmark 16-20 August

AFINO summer school: Transdisciplinary RRI

Bekkjarvik 23-27 August

Crash course in navigating academic life

Jægtvolden Fjordhotell 2-3 September

5th conference of Digital Life Norway Research School

Malangen Resort, Tromsø

6-8 September

Scientific writing workshop

Hardingasete 4-6 Oktober
Horizon Europe Proposal Writing Workshop Focus: Impact Clarion Hotel, Trondheim 19-20 Oktober

2020

The following events have in 2020 either been organized by the research school, received financial support from the research school, or members have received travel grants in order to attend the events.

 

Event Location Dates 2020
Introductory workshop in science illustration + NBS contact meeting Voss 22-26 January
Health innovation and entrepreneurship Oslo 12-14 February
Next-generation live-cell microscopy Tromsø 17-19 February
Scientific writing workshop Losby Gods 24-26 February
Digital Life Reading Club #1 Trondheim 27 February
Digital Life Reading Club #2 Trondheim 26 May
Transdisciplinary life science: a Digital Life Norway course Trondheim 24-27 August
12-13 October
The 4th annual conference of Digital Life Norway Research School Digital conference 31 August
Science, technology, and society: RRI course Digital Life Norway Solstrand
Selbusjøen
14-16 September
March 2021
Crash course in navigating your PhD or postdoc Jægtvolden 24-25 September
Digital Life Reading Club #3 Trondheim 6 October
Scientific writing workshop Trondheim 19-21 October
Computational Neuroscience Digital 1 September - onward

2019

The following events have in 2019 either been organized by the research school, received financial support from the research school, or members have received travel grants in order to attend the events.

Event Location Dates 2019
IP seminar: Patenting and publishing - the whys and hows                        Bergen 28 January
Prokaryote molecular biology and synthetic biology Trondheim 6-8 February
27 February-1 March
Health innovation and entrepreneurship Oslo
Trondheim
Stockholm
6-8 February
27-29 March
24-26 April
Creating scientific illustrations Bergen 11-15 February
Scientific writing workshop Trondheim 18-20 February
Correlative light and electron microscopy Tromsø 4-15 March
Collaborative research software development Bergen 5-8 + 11-14 March
4th NorMIC workshop on biological optical microscopy Oslo 7-10 May
Towards in silico-guided clinical trials in cancer Oslo 15-16 May
Control engineering concepts in systems- and synthetic biology Stavanger 20-21 (+22) May
3rd annual conference of Digital Life Norway Research School Bekkjarvik 4-6 June
Sandwich course - experimental techniques in drug discovery Bergen 17-21 June
Simula summer school in computational physiology Oslo
San Diego, US
17-28 June
5-13 August
Fish under stress - systems biology & mathematical modeling Runde, Sunnmøre 24-28 June
DigitalLife 2019 Tromsø 5-6 September
Walkshop: Creation of value Jotunheimen 9-13 September
'Pic' up your game - how to make those figures rock your science Trondheim 23-26 September
Scientific writing workshop Bergen 14-16 October
Metabolomics: Methods and applications Trondheim 16-17 October
20-21 November
Computational neuroscience Ås 30 September - 4 October
11-15 November
NorMIC workshop on microscopy image processing Oslo 22-25 October
Metabolic pathway analysis Trondheim 4-8 November
MRI Seminar 2019 Trondheim 6-7 November
Getting your hands-on data management Trondheim 6-8 November

2018

The following events have in 2018 either been organized by the research school, received financial support from the research school, or members have received travel grants in order to attend the events.

Event Location Dates 2018
Modelling living systems - From foundational problems to applications Trondheim 11-12 December
Centre for Innovative Ultrasound Solutions (CIUS) fall conference Trondheim 27-28 November
Ensuring new antibiotics for the future Trondheim 13 November
Getting your hands-on data management Oslo 6-7 November
4th annual Trondheim MRI seminar and ISMRM Nordic chapter meeting Trondheim 24-25 October
NorMIC workshop on microscopy image processing Oslo 23-26 October
Lean innovation workshop Oslo 17-18 October
Ultrasound imaging Trondheim 15-19 October
19-21 November
Computational neuroscience Ås 1-5 October
12-16 November
Scientific writing course Oslo 1-3 October
Young study group for systems biology (YSGSB) workshop +
International study group for systems biology (ISGSB) meeting
Sommarøy 23-28 September
Logical modeling for experimental design in current and future biotechnology and biomedicine Trondheim 20-31 August
Simula summer school in computational physiology Oslo
San Diego
18-29 June
9-17 August
37 ºC Life Science technology & business conference Stavanger 19-20 June
Science, technology, and society: RRI course Digital Life Norway Trondheim
Bergen
11-13 April
18-20 June
Comparative morphology methods Trondheim 9-16 June
The 2nd annual conference of Digital Life Norway Research School Stiklestad 30 May -1 June
Biotech industry career days Trondheim 29-30 May
NorMIC Workshop on Biological Optical Microscopy Oslo 24-27 April
Health innovation and entrepreneurship Oslo
Trondheim
Stockholm
7-9 February
21-23 March
18-20 April
DigitalLife 2018 Bergen 20-21 March
Scientific writing workshop Bergen 5-7 March
Science communication course Bergen 24-26 January

2017

The following events have in 2017 either been organized by the research school, received financial support from the research school, or members have received travel grants in order to attend the events. 

Event Location Dates 2017
IPR-seminar Oslo 28 November
Metabolomics: Methods and Applications Trondheim 27-28 September
25-26 October
Metabolic Pathway Analysis Trondheim 30 October - 3 November
PhD Supervisor Workshop Åre, Sweden 18-20 October
Methodologies for Digital Life - Focus on metabolic systems Bergen 6 October
Optical Nanoscopy Tromsø 25 September - 6 October
Tromsø PET Seminar Tromsø 21-22 September
Modeling Living Systems - From Foundational Problems to Applications Bergen 7-8 September
Network Biology/Integromics Bioinformatics - Applications Towards Medicine Bergen 23-25 August
Fish Toxicology in silico Kristineberg, Sweden 14-19 August
Oslo Summer School in Responsible Research and Innovation Oslo 31 July - 4 August
Simula Summer School in Computational Physiology Oslo
San Diego, US
19-30 June
7-15 August
Scientific Writing Workshop Oslo 26-28 June
Getting Your Hands-On Data Management Bergen 8-9 May
Simula ComPh Modeling Week Oslo 20-24 March
Young Researchers Day - The 1st Annual Conference of Digital Life Norway Research School Oslo 19 March

Events planned for 2024

Location

Dates & Info

Local Research School meet-ups Oslo TBA
Local Research School meet-ups Tromsø TBA
NRSN8001 Scientific writing workshop TBA Nov
FYS388 Computational Neuroscience NMBU, Ås Sep - Dec
12th NorMIC Optical Microscopy Image Workshop Oslo Nov
Scientific Illustrations workshop Online TBA

BT8121 - Transdisciplinary Biotechnology

Valberg Slektsgård, Frosta 1-4 Oct & 3-4 Dec
Grant writing: Introduction to Norwegian Research Funding Landscape Online TBA 
Grant writing: Crafting a Compelling Narrative Online TBA
Grant writing: Building a Strong Proposal Online TBA
Grant writing: Navigating the Norwegian Grant Submission Process Online TBA
Regulatory requirements and standards in biotechnology Online TBA