2020

M.Sc Mia Marie-Elisabeth Hauge Rambøl at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis Tissue Engineering Blood Vessels. Macrovasculature, Microvasculature and Molecular Mechanisms for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Tharvesh Moideen Liyakat Ali at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Three-dimensional topology of the genome: A computational modeling perspective” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Anton Baysa at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “The role of p66ShcA and TLR9 signaling in myocardial remodeling and innate immune responses” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Laura Bojarskaite at Deparment of Molecular Medicine will be defending the thesis “Roles of Astrocytes in Sleep and Brain Waste Clearance” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Msc Mikkel Elle Lepperød at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Dissecting neuronal circuits for navigation in experiments and models” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Msc Zhi Zhao at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Multivariate structured penalized and Bayesian regressions for pharmacogenomic screens” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc Prudence Atukunda at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Improved child development outcomes in rural Uganda: long-term follow-up of a randomized maternal education trial” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Master Miaomiao Li at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Novel Roles of the N6-methyladenosine Reader YTHDF2 in Genome Stability and Neuronal Development” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Ane Charlotte Christensen at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Balancing stability and plasticity-perturbations of extracellularmatrix and inhibitory activity in themature grid cell network” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc Laure Isabelle Piechaczyk at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Identifying new avenues for leukemia treatment using genomewide CRISPR/Cas9 and ex vivo drug sensitivity screens” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc. Daniel Lawer Egbenya at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Changes in plasticity-related proteins in hippocampal synapses in a rat model of chronic temporal lobe epilepsy” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med Tayyaba Qureshi at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Elements of glutamate and GABA recycling at the synapse” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Master of Clinical Medicine Yuchuan Li at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Perilipins: Protectors of lipid reservoirs - Regulation of lipid droplets and lipid flux by Plin2 and Plin5” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor). 

M.Sc Mari Mohn Paulsen at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Development and evaluation of a decision support system to prevent and treat disease-related malnutrition” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med Sindre Lee-Ødegård at Institute for Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Molecular links between physical activity and insulin sensitivity in men” for the degree of Dr.Philos. (Doctor Philosophiae).

M.Sc. Anna Belfrage at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Physicians’ perceived mastery of work: predictors and clinical consequences - A 20-year longitudinal study of a nationwide cohort” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc Espen Andreas Brembo at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “The hip journey: An exploration of needs, treatment decisionmaking and psychosocial predictors of surgical outcomes in patients with hip osteoarthritis” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc Anna Frida Forsberg at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Modulation of nuclear lamin-chromatin interactions by external cues” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Synne-Kristin Hoffart Bøhn at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Lifestyle and Adverse Effects in Selected Norwegian Cancer Patients and Survivors” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc Magnhild Kverneland at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Modified ketogenic (Atkins) diet as a treatment option for adults with drug-resistant epilepsy” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Master Gražina Mirinavičiūtė at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Infections associated with varicella-zoster virus in Norway: disease burden and healthcare resource utilization” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor)

M.Sc Pawel Borowicz at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Regulation of T cell activation by two conserved phosphotyrosines in Lck and its adapter protein TSAd” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Sveinung Lillehaug at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Brain-wide mapping of transgene expression in mouse models of neurodegenerative disease” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Federica Grazia Centonze at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Elucidation of the receptor tyrosine kinase LTK as a regulator of Proteostasis in response to folded proteins” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor)