2018

MSc Roza Berhanu Lemma at Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis Novel mechanisms controlling the interplay between SUMOylation, chromatin remodeling and transcription — A study of the functional interaction between the SUMO-protease SENP1, the chromatin remodeler CHD3 and the pioneer transcription factor c-Myb for the degree of PhD.

MSc Inger Lise Nerland Bråte at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis Microplastics in marine fish and mussels: occurrence and effects for the degree of PhD.

MSc Meriam Guellil at The Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis Disease during the Second Plague Pandemic (14th-18th century CE): Genomic, Metagenomic and Phylogenetic Analysis of ancient DNA from putative plague victims for the degree of PhD.

MSc Inger Kirstine Olsbu at Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis Substrate recognition and redox partner identification in nitric oxide synthases for the degree of PhD.

MSc Berihun Gebremedhin at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis Conservation status of the endangered Walia ibex – genetic variation, habitat suitability and climate change impact for the degree of PhD.

Cand.scient. Ruben Alexander Pettersen at Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis On the biology of Gyrodactylus spp. and their hosts in natural and human influenced freshwater systems for the degree of PhD.

MSc Cassandra Trier at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis The Genomics of Hybrid Speciation for the degree of PhD.

MSc Daniel Hitchcock at Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis Life history and pollutant accumulation in wildlife for the degree of PhD.

MSc Trung Tran at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis Quantitative proteome analyses of phosphorylated proteins and alternative splice variants in human cell lines and urine for the degree of PhD.

MSc Duarte Mateus at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis Novel observations of Rab7a as a key regulator of endosomal maturation and cellular homeostasis for the degree of PhD.

MSc Milad Hobbi Mobarhan at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis Computational tools for modeling, data storage, and education in Neuroscience for the degree of PhD.

M.Chem Ingvild Gudim at Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis Characterisation of flavodoxins and ferredoxin/flavodoxin reductases from Bacillus cereus and their interactions for the degree of PhD.

MSc Elisabeth Müller at Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis Activation of antitumor M1 macrophages for cancer immunotherapy for the degree of PhD.

MSc Olja Toljagić at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis Macroevolution with a bite: Teeth evolution and diversification in ruminants for the degree of PhD

MSc Antonio Agostini at Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis Molecular genetic characterization of ovarian tumors for the degree of PhD.

MSc Ingrid Kjos at Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis Identification and characterization of novel roles of Rab proteins in autophagy and cell migration for the degree of PhD.

MSc Ivan Myhre Winje at Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis Myonuclear identification and epigenetics in skeletal muscle for the degree of PhD .

MSc Karina Stensland Hornslien at Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis Role and Regulation of Parent-of-Origin Allelic Expression in Arabidopsis for the degree of PhD.

MSc Ida E.J. Aasebø at the Department og Biosciences will be defending the thesis Behavioural state and neuronal activity: how the freely moving paradigm can uncover novel response characteristics for the degree of PhD

Cand. scient. Cecilie Kåsi Nesset at Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis Gene Trapping of GLMP Results in a Novel Mouse Model of Liver Fibrosis for the degree of PhD.

MSc Addisu Mekonnen Kassie at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis Effects of habitat fragmentation and degradation on Bale monkeys (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis) in southern Ethiopia: Integrating ecology, behaviour and population genetics for the degree of PhD.

MSc Helle Tessand Baalsrud at Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis Adaptation to extremes: How ocean depth and freezing have shaped the evolution of codfishes and notothenioids – a genomic perspective for the degree of PhD

MSc Mark Adam Scott at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis Mitochondrial survival without oxygen for the degree of PhD.

MSc Marita Borg Distefano at Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis Identification of novel roles of Rab proteins regulating transport between endosomes and Golgi for the degree of PhD.