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Pirates, noblewomen and bicycling housewives

About the episode: Why does Norway always rank among the top countries on the planet when it comes to gender equality? It didn’t happen by accident. Instead, it took powerful medieval noblewomen, 19th century farmers’ wives, an early 20th century activist on a bicycle, and the feminists who emerged from the postwar baby boom. And yes, there

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We did it again!

On October 3rd, 2021, PoreLab participated for the second time to the Pink Ribbon Run in Trondheim with a group of 20 PoreLab members. The Pink Ribbon is an international symbol of breast cancer awareness. About the run Trondheim, like many towns around the world, organize a yearly race to support the action. Last year

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PoreLab goes pink

PoreLab participated to the virtual Pink Ribbon Run 2020 both in Trondheim and Oslo. The Pink Ribbon is an international symbol of breast cancer awareness About the run Trondheim and Oslo, like many towns around the world, organize a yearly race to support the action. Due to Corona, the Pink Ribbon Run was organized “virtually” during the fall 2020. What does

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Monday Sept 21st 1PM: A virtual gallery tour in the beautiful world of PoreLab’s research – science is art, art is science

Welcome to the opening of our virtual gallery exhibition on Monday September 21st at 1PM!   Beauty can be found in the most ordinary of things. Some of the greatest scientists that ever lived endorse this viewpoint. Richard Feynman, in one of his many strokes of pure genius boldly spoke about the several layers of

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Alberto Bila defended his thesis on May 20th, 2020

Alberto Luis Bila has defended his thesis for the PhD degree at the Department of Geoscience and Petroleum at NTNU. The title of the academic thesis was: «Experimental investigation of surface-functionalized silica nanoparticles for enhanced oil recovery» The Assessment Committee consisted of Professor Henri Bertin, University of Bordeaux, Frankrike, Associate Professor Tina Puntervold, University of

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INVITATION TO THE PORELAB COURSE , “EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES IN POROUS AND COMPLEX SYSTEMS” (FYS 4420/FYS9420 AT UIO)

The PoreLab course on ” Experimental techniques in porous and complex systems ” will be offered in the 2020 fall semester. The course is offered for both, Ph.D. and master students. The code for the Ph.D. level is FYS9240. The master level code is FYS4420. The lectures will be held in PoreLab Oslo and PoreLab Trondheim. For

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Thesis defence of Stein-Martin Fagerland on “Nanoparticles, ultrasound and microbubble mediated drug delivery in cancer model”, June 12th

Text from Professor Catharina de Lange Davies Stein-Martin Fagerland will defend his PhD thesis  “Nanoparticles, ultrasound and microbubble mediated drug delivery in cancer model” on Friday June 12th. The defence will take place in room S21, in Sentralbygget 2. Floor  at Gløshaugen, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway. The schedule is different from normal as the 2. opponent

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Deadline extended to Sept 30th for the InterPore workshop in Stavanger

The 3rd National Workshop on Porous Media is scheduled to take place in Oljemuseet, Stavanger, on 16 October 2019. The deadline for registration is 30 September. Limited number of places! The workshop is free of charge, and renown speakers like Matthew Jackson and Bill Rossen is joining us. Below is the programme – you sign up here. Note:

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INVITATION TO THE PORELAB COURSE , “EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES IN CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS” (FYS 4420/FYS9420 AT UIO)

The PoreLab course on ” Experimental techniques in condensed matter physics ” will be offered in the 2019 fall semester. The course is offered for both, Ph.D. and master students. The code for the Ph.D. level is FYS9240. The master level code is FYS4420. The lectures will be held in PoreLab Oslo and PoreLab Trondheim. For more

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