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Symposium - Community Co-Creation

16. November 2023 - 14:00 to 16:00

Borgarbókasafnið Grófinni

Where are spaces of encounters in our communities? Are these spaces similar in rural and urban areas or do they even exist in our local environment?

We welcome you at the library in Grófin after an exploration journey around Iceland that included stops in libraries, museums, cultural centers, and artist residencies in urban and rural regions. At the symposium you will get to know the partners and their experiences in the project Community Co-Creation, where they explored the possible impact of art methods in working with immigrant communities.

BMC Seminar - Study of human disease proteins in yeast

30. November 2023 - 12:00 to 13:00

Læknagarður

room 201

BMC Seminar Thursday 30th of November at 12:00 in Læknagarður, room 201

Speaker: Dr. Guðjón Ólafsson, a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Eiríkur Steingrímsson, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland.

Title: High-throughput synthetic biology approach to study human disease proteins in yeast

Inclusion, marginalisation and human rights at University Equality Days

09/02/2024 - 08:48

The right to protest; inclusion in politics and society; actions against hate speech; challenges in Icelandic multicultural society; a concert with Elín Hall, and white privilege are among the subjects tackled at the annual Equality Days taking place in Icelandic universities from 12 to 15 February. 

Equality Days have  long established themselves as a progressive, radical and forward-thinking forum approaching equality matters from diverse angles. They are now held for the sixteenth time. The aim of Equality Days is to stimulate discourse on equality in the broad sense of the word, and to make these issues visible at the University and society at large.

This year's theme is inclusion, marginalisation and human rights under threat with over twenty events taking place over 4 days in Icelandic universities, either on site, live streamed - or both. 

Revealing patterns of genetic diversity in the brown trout of Lake Þingvallavatn and the surrounding area

21/09/2023 - 09:12

In the first study of its kind, scientists at the University of Iceland and Marine and the Freshwater Research Institute have investigated the genetic structure and diversity of the brown trout populations in Lake Þingvallavatn and other parts of the Ölfusá watershed. They have discovered that genetic relatedness between trout populations reflects the connectivity of the waterways and formation of impassable waterfalls. Their findings were published this September in the journal PeerJ. The scientists aimed to map the genetic diversity of brown trout in the western part of the Ölfusá watershed and use the genetic data to answer questions about relatedness between fish in different locations and effective population sizes. 

BMC Seminar - Microneurography as a tool in clinical neurophysiology

9. March 2023 - 12:00 to 13:00

Læknagarður

room 201

BMC Seminar Thursday 9th of March at 12:00 in Læknagarður, room 201

Speaker: Dr. Yrsa Bergmann Sverrisdóttir, Professor of Physiology, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Nursing, School of Health Science, University of Iceland

Title: Microneurography as a tool in clinical neurophysiology – studying Sympathetic nerve traffic in humans

Bio: Professor Sverrisdottir is a trained Sympathetic Microneurographer, gaining her PhD in Autonomic Neurophysiology at the Institute of Neuroscience, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden, under the supervision of Professors Mikael Elam and Gunnar B Wallin, the pioneer in sympathetic research in humans.

Almost ISK 900 million awarded for development of drugs to tackle antibiotic-resistant bacteria

13/04/2023 - 09:13

The start-up company Akthelia Pharmaceuticals and the University of Iceland are leading a project that has been awarded a grant of EUR 6 million, the equivalent of almost ISK 900 million, from the European Union. The project aims to develop new drugs that will boost the body's natural immune response or innate immunity in order to combat the growing threat from antibiotic-resistant bacteria. 

The project, which is called IN-ARMOR, is a collaboration between nine universities and research institutes and seven companies in nine different European countries. IN-ARMOR is an attempt to tackle the global issue of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, a problem that the World Health Organization has defined as one of the ten biggest threats to public health in the world.

CANCELED - Posting a perfect life: Being watched and feeling judged on social media

10. May 2023 - 12:00 to 13:00

Stakkahlíð / Háteigsvegur

This event is unfortunately canceled.

RannKyn (Research Institute for Equality, Gender and Education) and the School of Education invite you to an open lecture with Dr. Rosalind Gill, Posting a perfect life: Being watched and feeling judged on social media on 10 May, in the School of Education, Stakkahlíð.

The Prime Minister of Iceland, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, gives the opening speech of the event.

In this talk Dr. Rosalind Gill will share findings from a new research project conducted 2020-2. Dr. Gill surveyed and interviewed a diverse group of more than 200 young people about their lives and experiences. Topics ranged from experiences of the pandemic to #BlackLivesMatter, from camera culture to body positivity, and offer a rich insight into young people’s lives on and offline.

University of the Future - Pedagogical Development in Aurora 

30/05/2023 - 11:15

AURORA is a network of European research universities working towards creating universities of the future with systematic pedagogical development and innovation to meet current societal challenges. 

Aurora's aim is to graduate students with the competences and mindset necessary for future generations to thrive in ever changing communities and a dynamic labour market.  Emphasis is, furthermore, placed on students acquiring entrepreneurial and innovative skills, thus developing the mindset drive needed to tackle the numerous societal changes the world currently faces.  

Introducing the Electrical Power Systems Laboratory (EPSLab) at the University of Iceland

13. October 2022 - 14:00 to 15:00

VR-II

Room 148

Event on Zoom

Dr. Zhao Yuan, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering gives the lecture Introducing the Electrical Power Systems Laboratory (EPSLab) at the University of Iceland

Abstract 

This talk will introduce the research and education opportunities at the newly established Electrical Power Systems Laboratory (EPSLab) in the University of Iceland. The research topics include battery energy storage systems (BESSs), power system operations and controls, electricity market and pricing issues, intelligent transportation and logistics.

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