Door 21: The evolution of stress related genes in parasitic flatworms
It is always a pleasure if international scientific cooperations deliver exciting results. This was the case with my cooperation with colleagues at the University... Read more.
Door 19: The genome of the flatworm model species Schmidtea mediterranea
Earlier this year in September Ivanković and colleagues published the results of a study coordinated by the research group of Jochen Rink at the Max Planck Institute... Read more.
Door 2: Artificial intelligence and taxonomy
The recnt years have seen a hand over fist development of artificial intelligence (AI) applications, and such applications affect the daily life of scientists at... Read more.
The 2024 Master, PhD and PostDoc Days at the Natural History Museum Oslo
In their daily work early career students and scientists are usually very busy with generating and interpreting data for their scientific projects. But it is equally... Read more.
Outreach through ‘art’ – reflections on a sketch experiment on myself
Scientists are used to and trained for communicating with scientists. This includes presentation of research ideas and research projects in a short and comprehensible... Read more.
25 years of PhD training at the NHM Oslo
By August 2024 the Natural History Museum (NHM) at the University of Oslo turned 25 years. Not that the entire institutions is that young, but in 1999 the NHM was... Read more.
Possible Masters project in the CEG research group
Tuesday 13. September the Natural History Museum invited the new Master students in Biology at the University of Oslo to a presentation of potential Masers projects.... Read more.
Door 22: De-extinction
When in 1990 the fascinating novel entitled ‘Jurassic Park’ by Michael Crichton was published the idea of a re-creation of extinct species was pure fiction.... Read more.
Door 9: Conservation of parasite biodiversity
Conservation of biodiversity is increasingly recognized as an important challenge, and numerous reports have addressed the ongoing loss of biodiversity and pinpointed... Read more.
Internships – an exciting opportunity for a hands-on way into science
The curriculum of academic studies is usually brimming with lectures, seminars and courses that aim at an efficient transfer of detailed knowledge. This is particularly... Read more.