Planned BIOCORE courses 2026–2033
Field courses & taxonomy
- Bryophytes
Responsible teacher: Kristian Hassel (NTNU)
ECTS: 3
Planned years: 2027, 2031 - Entomology
Responsible teacher: Elisabeth Stur (NTNU)
ECTS: 3
Planned years: 2026, 2029, 2032 - Field fungi to fungarium
Responsible teacher: Mika Bendiksby (UiO)
ECTS: 5
Planned years: 2027, 2031, 2033 - Vascular plants - Northern Biodiversity Hotspots - Flora of Skibotn and Surroundings
Responsible teacher: Galina Gusarova (UiT)
ECTS: 5
Planned years: 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033 - Marine benthic invertebrates
Responsible teacher: Nataliya Budaeva (UiB)
ECTS: 3
Planned years: 2029, 2032 - Marine harmful micro-algae
Responsible teacher: Adriana Lopes dos Santos (UiO)
ECTS: 5
Planned years: 2028, 2030, 2032 - Marine macro-algae
Responsible teacher: Sophie Steinhagen (UiB)
ECTS: 5
Planned years: 2026, 2030 - Marine zooplankton
Responsible teacher: Aino Hosia (UiB)
ECTS: 3
Planned years: 2027, 2033
Mobilising living & preserved specimens
- Conservation in botanic gardens
Responsible teacher: Rotating
ECTS: 3
Planned years: 2027 (UiO), 2029 (NTNU), 2031 (UiB), 2033 (UiT) - Museomics and archival DNA
Responsible teacher: Nicolas Straube (UiB)
ECTS: 5
Planned years: 2028, 2032 - Natural history collections - diversity in time and space
Responsible teacher: Charlotte Bjorå (UiO)
ECTS: 5
Planned years: 2027, 2029, 2031, 2033
Molecular methods for biodiversity discovery
- Bioinformatics for environmental DNA sequencing
Responsible teacher: Håvard Kauserud (UiO)
ECTS: 5
Planned years: 2027, 2029, 2031, 2033 - DNA barcoding - from sequences to species
Responsible teacher: Torbjørn Ekrem (NTNU)
ECTS: 3
Planned years: 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033 - DNA metabarcoding: data processing and interpretation
Responsible teacher: Galina Gusarova (UiT)
ECTS: 5
Planned years: 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033 - Introduction to Molecular Phylogenetic Methods
Responsible teacher: Dimitar Dimitrov (UiB)
ECTS: 5
Planned years: 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033
Data-driven biodiversity knowledge
- AI mediated image analyses of specimens
Responsible teacher: James Speed (NTNU)
ECTS: 3
Planned years: 2027, 2031 - Data management and mobilisation
Responsible teacher: Dag Endresen (UiO)
ECTS: 3
Planned years: 2026, 2028, 2030, 2032 - Digitising animal specimens
Responsible teacher: Kjetil Voje (UiO)
ECTS: 3
Planned years: 2027, 2029, 2031 - Digitising plant specimens
Responsible teacher: Kristine Westergaard (NTNU)
ECTS: 3
Planned years: 2028, 2030
Societal impacts of collections & biodiversity science
- FAIR and linked open data
Responsible teacher: Anders Finstad (NTNU)
ECTS: 0
Planned years: 2026*, 2028, 2030, 2032
*In 2026, relevant training on this topic is provided through the course Open, Reproducible and Transparent Science in Ecology - Governmental biodiversity legislation
Responsible teacher: Micah Dunthorn (UiO)
ECTS: 0
Planned years: 2027, 2029, 2031 - Alien species risk assessments and their relevance
Responsible teacher: Artsdatabanken
ECTS: 0
Planned years: 2028, 2032 - Red list species and their relevance
Responsible teacher: Artsdatabanken
ECTS: 0
Planned years: 2026, 2030 - Speaking science to the public
Responsible teacher: Siri Birkeland (UiO)
ECTS: 3
Planned years: 2027, 2029, 2031, 2033
Career development
- Fieldwork leadership
Responsible teacher: Siri Birkeland (UiO), NINA, NIVA
ECTS: 0
Planned years: 2027, 2029, 2031, 2033 - Grant and tender writing
Responsible teacher: Hugo de Boer (UiO)
ECTS: 0
Planned years: 2027, 2029, 2031, 2033 - Project management and leadership
Responsible teacher: Micah Dunthorn (UiO), NINA, NIVA
ECTS: 0
Planned years: 2026, 2028, 2030, 2032
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