PhD defenses

PhD candidate Eivind Kverme Ronold at the Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis 'Concerning fungi: Community ecology and diversity in natural and managed boreal forests' for the degree of PhD

PhD candidate Ida Velle Myking at the Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis 'The genetic basis of hybridization barriers and parent-of-origin effects in the Arabidopsis endosperm' for the degree of PhD

PhD candidate Fabiana Patalano at the Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis 'Evolutionary conservation and gene regulatory implications of 3D genome compartmentalization' for the degree of PhD

PhD candidate Anne Greulich at the Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis 'Arabidopsis thaliana short tandem repeat variability in adaptive processes and protein function' for the degree of PhD.

PhD candidate Renate Marie Alling at the Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis 'Environmental and genetic factors affecting endosperm-based post-zygotic hybridization barriers' for the degree of PhD.

PhD candidate Roberto Rossini at the Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis "Developing reproducible and efficient computational tools for modeling and analysis of dynamic multi-level 3D genome organization" for the degree of PhD.

PhD candidate Sudhagar Balasundaram at the Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis "Ecological transitions and evolutionary genomics of the invasive brown rot fungus Serpula lacrymans" for the degree of PhD.

PhD candidate Dabao Sun Lü at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis "Fungi contain multitudes: Tempo and modes of evolution in the purplepore bracket fungus Trichaptum" for the degree of PhD.

PhD candidate Yupeng Zhang at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis "Investigation of methylome, transcriptome and phenotypic changes induced by temperature during asexual and sexual reproduction in the woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca)" for the degree of PhD.

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 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 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.

PhD candidate Daniel Hatlem at the Department of Biosciences will be defending the thesis "Probing the role of lipopolysaccharides in Gram-negative protein secretion and biogenesis" 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 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 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.