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This year's Darwin Day event covers the topic of evolution and medicine. Speakers: Charles Swanton, Felicia Keesing, and Bruce Levin.

MSc. Raphael Schuler at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis « Oxide thermoelectrics - materials, junctions and modules » for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Get out of bed and join us for a morning coffee to kick off your day.

SPARK Norway Educational Forum are monthly open meetings organized by UiO:Life Science and SPARK Norway partners.

MSc. Liv-Elisif Queseth Kalland at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis   « Ab-initio modelling and experimental study of order-disorder, hydration, and ionic conductivity of fluorite-related oxides » for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

MSc. Volodymyr Levchenko at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis « Synthesis of Cyclometalated Au (III) Complexes for Catalysis and MOF Functionalization » for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

MSc. Xinyu Li at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis   «Na-Based Layered Tellurate Na2M2TeO6 (M = Zn, Mg): Synthesis, Crystal Structure and Na+ Ion Diffusion » for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Do you want to join the application process in 2020/2021 for funding of new interdisciplinary research groups in life sciences? Then you should sign up for one of UiO:Life Science' meetings.

MSc. Knut Tormodssønn Hylland at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis « Synthesis and Reactivity of Zn Schiff Base Complexes Derived from 2, 2’-diaminobiphenyls » for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Do you want to join the application process in 2020/2021 for funding of new interdisciplinary research groups in life sciences? Then you should sign up for one of UiO:Life Science' meetings.

MSc. Josefine Eilsø Nielsen at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis « Examining the Molecular Mechanism of Antimicrobial Peptides using Neutron and X- ray Scattering Techniques » for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

“The good, the bad and the ugly”. Why would we need a Centre for Healthy Ageing at the University of Oslo (UiO) and why should it be an inter-disciplinary approach? The 4th NO-Age meeting has compiled a high caliber inter-disciplinary speakers to share and discuss their expertise on such topics.

SPARK Norway Educational Forum are meetings organized by UiO:Life Science and SPARK Norway partners.

Dr. Esti Yeger-Lotem, Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Biochemistry & Pharmacology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, will present her lecture "Elucidating disease mechanisms via their tissue-selectivity."

MSc. Vittoria Mallia at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis «Potential endocrine disrupting activity of cyanobacteria – possible roles for microcystins» for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Msc. Perizat Berdiyeva at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis  «Characterization of Heat Storage Materials with Neutron Scattering and Imaging Techniques » for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Msc. Magnus Moe Nygård at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis «Local and average structure in high-entropy alloys and associated metal deuterides» for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Dr. Juho Rousu, Professor in Computer Science, Aalto University, Finland, will present the lecture "Machine Learning of Drug Combination Responses."

October 10 is the World Mental Health Day! In relation to that, UiODoc will host two online events on Zoom in the same week focuing on mental health for PhDs and Postdocs.

First, on October 14, we'll have a talk by the senior adviser Kristine Mollø-Christensen at UiO'S Occupational Health Service. Next up, on October 16, is an interactive event with psychologist Maria Abrahamsen Østhassel, known from her social media accounts @PsyktDeg. 

Msc. Marianne Skov-Skov Bergh at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis «Fentanyl Analogs: Development of Bioanalytical Methods for Forensic Case Work and Studies of Metabolism and Pharmacodynamic Effects » for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Imposter syndrome probably affects most of us, and can seriously affect our mental health, confidence, and happiness. This talk by Hugo de Boer aims to analyse and relativise imposter syndrome, as well as provide insights to mitigate its effects.

Msc. Jon Austad at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis «Theoretical Investigations of Molecular Electronic Structure in a Magnetic Field » for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Dr. Shaun Mahony, Assistant Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Department, Penn State University, USA, will present the lecture "Using neural networks to characterize the predeterminants of induced transcription factor binding sites."