2026

PhD candidate Aylin Cengiz at the Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, will give a trial lecture on: 'A tale of two Xs The epigenetic- and epitranscriptomic symphony of gene silencing of X-chromosomes' as part of the disputation.

PhD candidate Relindis Ghai Njah at the Department of Biosciences will give a trial lecture on: 'To what extent can epigenetic variation contribute to plant adaptation and crop improvement in a changing climate?' as part of the disputation.

PhD candidate Matthias Simões Krockenberger at the Department of Biosciences will give a trial lecture on: 'Ribosome collisions and protein quality control pathways: mechanisms and biological significance' as part of the disputation.

PhD candidate Clare Margaret Andvik at the Department of Biosciences will give a trial lecture on: 'Cumulative Impacts of Anthropogenic Stressors on Marine Sentinel Species: From biomarkers to population level effects' as part of the disputation.

PhD candidate Ethan Wood at the Department of Biosciences will give a trial lecture on: 'Eukaryome metagenomics in marine ecosystems' as part of the disputation.

PhD candidate Xiang Lu at the Department of Biosciences will give a trial lecture on: 'Is the color of boreal lakes still increasing? An updated status on levels, causes, implications and future development of lake color in boreal lakes' as part of the disputation.

PhD candidate Aina Charlotte Wennberg at the Department of Biosciences will give a trial lecture on: 'Bioremediation technologies for removing organic chemicals' as part of the disputation.

PhD candidate Kamilla Børve Nygård at the Department of Biosciences will give a trial lecture on: 'Regulation of muscles by protein modifications' as part of the disputation.

PhD candidate Even Sletteng Garvang at the Department of Biosciences will give a trial lecture on: 'The ecology and evolution of parasitism' as part of the disputation.

PhD candidate Robynne Calypso Nowicki at the Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Oslo, and Department of Arctic Biology, The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), will give a trial lecture as part of the disputation. Topic: 'The Role of Nutrients in Arctic Marine Ecosystems'.

PhD candidate Frederik Sebastian Rogge at the Department of Biosciences will give a trial lecture on: 'A single neuron’s value – what does modern neuroscience tell us about coding principles in the cortex?' as part of the disputation.

PhD candidate Hanna Theodora Noordzij at the Department of Biosciences will give a trial lecture on 'Post-Colonization Evolution of Probiotic Bacteria' as part of the disputation.

PhD candidate Andrea Moen Brodersen at the Department of Biosciences will give a trial lecture on 'Immuno-oncology in solid tumour ex vivo drug sensitivity testing' as part of the disputation.