Disputaser - Side 3

PhD candidate Anna Theresia Maria ter Schure at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis "Dung, Dirt & DNA: unearthing past and present biodiversity through eDNA metabarcoding" for the degree of PhD.

PhD candidate Elisabeth Lundsør at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis "Phytoplankton community dynamics in the Oslofjorden based on a century long time series" for the degree of PhD.

PhD candidate Anette Johansen at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis "Omics approaches to study mechanisms of anoxia tolerance in crucian carp (Carassius carassius)" for the degree of PhD.

PhD candidate William B. Reinar at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis "Genomic short tandem repeats as modulators of gene expression and protein function" for the degree of PhD.

PhD candidate Johannes C. Rusch at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis "Environmental DNA (eDNA) monitoring of two different  freshwater host-pathogen complexes in the interface between nature and aquaculture" for the degree of PhD.

PhD candidate Tonje Sønstevold at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis "Implications of poly(alkyl cyanoacrylate) nanoparticle- induced cellular stress responses with focus on autophagy" for the degree of PhD.

PhD candidate Eva Lena Fjeld Estensmo at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis "The diversity and seasonality of the indoor mycobiome" for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

PhD candidate Giovanni Romagnoni at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis "The multiple dimensions of spatial ecology in  fisheries management - How climate, economy, and connectivity shape Cod (Gadus morhua) dynamics in a changing North Sea" for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

PhD candidate Anna-Marie Winter at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis "Nonlinearity, irreversibility and surprise – managing Atlantic cod under climate change" for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

PhD candidate Kenth-Arne Hansson at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis "The relationship between cell physiology and size studied in skeletal muscle fibers" for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

PhD candidate Fabienne Krauer at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis "Temperature, toponyms and thresholds. A modelling approach to understanding the spread of plague during the second pandemic" for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

PhD candidate Chris Hadjineophytou at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis "Protein glycosylation in the genus Neisseria: coordinated evolution of glycan biosynthesis and substrate targeting" for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Misganaw Tamrat Gessese at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis "Conservation status and behavioral ecology of the endangered Swayne’s hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus swaynei) in Ethiopia" for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Ina Jungersen Andresen at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis "Genomic- and transcriptomic investigations of the giant green alga Acetabularia acetabulum Resurrecting a forgotten model system to study cell morphogenesis" for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

PhD candidate Elise Holter Thompson at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis "Perineuronal nets in memory processing and behavior" for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Dr Philos candidate Eve M. Jourdain at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis "Dietary variations and specializations of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Norway" for the degree of Dr Philos.

Doctoral candidate Martin Falck at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis "Differentiation of human embryonic stem cells towards neural progenitor cells to study the effect of paracetamol on prenatal brain development" for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

PhD candidate Christine Syrowatka at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis "Evolvability and Robustness: A Paradox in Evolutionary Theory" for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Vilte Stonyte at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis "Different aspects of the response to environmental challenges in fission yeast: roles of PP2A-B56 and a novel 4E-BP" for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Tariku Mekonnen Gutema at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis "Behavioral ecology of the African wolf (Canis lupaster) and its implication for Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) conservation in the Ethiopian Highlands" for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Lise Ellefsen Sandquist at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis "Novel mechanisms of DNA damage and replication stress signaling: Functional roles of the WDR82/PNUTS-PP1 phosphatase complex" for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate  at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis "Molecular investigation of receptor kinase signaling specificity in Arabidopsis thaliana" for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Hedda Johannesen at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis "Unmasking the Assassin - A structural and functional analysis of the anti-tumour antibody 14F7: providing new insight into the NeuGc GM3 binding mechanism" for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Ketil Stoknes at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis "Circular food; crops from digested waste in a controlled environment" for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.