Previous events - Page 5

By Josefin Stiller from Copenhagen University and Joost Raeymaekers from Nord University

Eva Leu from Akvaplan NIVA

PhD candidate Angélica María Cuevas Pulido at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis "The evolutionary fate of a hybrid lineage - The potential for genomic differentiation in an admixed species" for the degree of PhD.

Prof. Jesús Javier Ojeda (UK): Microplastics: examples of sampling methods, sample preparation and analysis

PhD candidate Nadeem Joudeh at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis "Escherichia coli-mediated palladium nanoparticle synthesis" for the degree of PhD.

PhD candidate Katharina Vestre at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis "Regulation of cell migration and division by Rab GTPases" for the degree of PhD.

By Kristian Ebbesen Hanghøj from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Open lectures by Catherine (Katie) Peichel and Dag Undlien. The topic covers reconciling Mendelian genetics and Darwinian evolution, and how genetics is used in modern medicine.

By Carl André, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

By Leif Egil Loe, NMBU, Ås

The event consists of short lectures followed by a conversation between the lecturers. The event is held in Norwegian.

In connection with Gregor Mendel's 200 year anniversary, there will be an event that includes lectures, a guided tour of the Marine Research Station Drøbak and dinner. The lectures covers Gregor Mendel and his contributions to science, the geneticist Kristine Bonnevie, modern genetics and genomics and more. Registration is necessary. The event is held in Norwegian.

PhD candidate Mohamed Julius Kibaja at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis "Behavioural ecology and conservation of Ashy red colobus monkeys (Piliocolobus tephrosceles) in western Tanzania" for the degree of PhD.

PhD candidate Vegard Sæter Grytting at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis "The pro-inflammatory effects of mineral  particles in cells of the human airways" for the degree of PhD.

PhD candidate Yuri Stephan van Ekelenburg at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis "Investigations on Dynamic Regulation of Genomic Imprinting in the Arabidopsis Endosperm" for the degree of PhD.

PhD candidate Naomi Croft Guslund at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis "Characterising the Atlantic cod immune system with single-cell transcriptomics" for the degree of PhD.

By Jeremy Swann from the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg, Germany. Open for all.

PhD candidate Clarissa Akemi Kajiya Endo at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis "Early life stages of Northeast Arctic cod under various climate and demographic stock conditions" for the degree of PhD.

PhD candidate Kaixing Dong at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis "Bottom-up effects on plankton dynamics in Northeast Atlantic and Arctic seas" for the degree of PhD.

By Quentin Mauvisseau from the Natural History Museum, University of Oslo

PhD candidate Dereje Tesfaye Delkaso at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis "The Omo River guereza (Colobus guereza guereza) in habitats with varying  levels of fragmentation and disturbance in the southern Ethiopian Highlands:  behavioral ecology and phylogeny" for the degree of PhD.

PhD candidate Ganna Reint at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis "Refinement strategies for  CRISPR Cas9 genome editing" for the degree of PhD.

PhD candidate Ina Meuskens at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis "Insights into the Binding Mechanism and Function of Bacterial Adhesins - Interactions between YadA and Host Extracellular Matrix Components" for the degree of PhD.

Rikke Louise Meyer (DK): A tale of DNA’s many roles in biofilm

Peter van Ulsen (NL): Monomeric autotransporter Hbp of E. coli; secretion model, secretion vehicle and antimicrobial target