Master student Åse Karine Bekkelund and PhD student Silje Kathrine Larsen attended the 59th Contact Meeting arranged by Norwegian Bioscience Society from the18th-21st of January 2024. The venue for the meeting was the Storefjell Resort Hotel at Gol, with a fantastic panoramic view from the dining hall. The NBS Contact Meeting offers a variety of talks in the field of bioscience, as well as poster sessions and exhibitions from various vendors. Both Åse and Silje presented posters with their latest science discoveries and got nice feedback during the session.