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Master of International Community Health Lillian Ziyenda Katenga-Kaunda at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Nutrition education and counselling to enhance dietary diversity among pregnant women in rural Malawi” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Cecilie Bugge Bakketun at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Roles of Astrocytes in Extracellular Potassium and Glutamate Regulation” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Master Jorunn Sofie Randby at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Promoting public health through implementation of school meal guidelines in Norway: Adherence monitoring, practice determinants and implementation strategies” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.A. Elin Therese Brødholt at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Bone mineral density in archaeological populations of Norway. Temporal patterns of bone loss related to age, sex and socioeconomic status in the 8th - 19th centuries AD” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Ph. Teferi Mekonnen Yitayew at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Socioeconomic inequalities in weight-related outcomes and dietary behaviours among youth with a focus on mediators” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Master of Clinical Nutrition Katrine Gjermundnes Hjertholm at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Maternal dietary intakes and birth size in rural Malawi - a cross-sectional study” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Evdokiia Potolitsyna at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “LncRNA HOTAIR in adipogenesis: transcriptomic and functional characterization” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Master of Public Health Nutrition Sunniva Veen Larsen at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Use of transcriptomics to explore the role of dietary fat on cardiovascular disease risk” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Kristin Solheim Hustad at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Effects of fatty fish and fishmeal on cardiometabolic risk markers and sustainable use of salmon by-products” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Michele Gianatti at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Characterization of long-range projections of spatially modulated areas in the rodent brain” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Oscar Kristiansen at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Atorvastatin treatment in patients with coronary heart disease – adherence and muscle side effects” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Chi Zhang at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Representation and Utilization of Hospital Electronic Health Records Data” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Kangxuan Jin at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “N6-methyladenosine (m6A) regulates signaling pathways during early embryo development” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Master Hanne Hennig Havdal at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Social inequalities and the neighbourhood’s role in shaping adolescents’ dietary and physical activity behaviours” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD, MPH Fei-Chih Liu at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Ultraviolet exposure and night shift work in relation to risk of skin, breast and prostate cancer in offshore petroleum workers” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Ana Sofia da Silva Lapão at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Role of lipid-binding proteins in intracellular membrane trafficking” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Didrik Bakke Dukefoss at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Roles of Astroglia in Cortical Spreading Depression” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Yanjiao Li at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Single-Cell N6-Methyladenosine (m6A) Mapping in Oocytes and Preimplantation Embryos” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Simon Lergenmuller at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Indoor tanning, sunscreen use, sunburns, and risk of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma: Understanding for better prevention” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Leiv Tore Salte Rønneberg at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Bayesian modelling of high-throughput drug combination screens: Accounting for uncertainty when searching for drug synergy” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Daniel Marelius Bjørnstad at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Deciphering astrocytic Ca2+ signaling” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Magnus Nygård Osnes at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Genome epidemiology of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and SARS-CoV-2 - Strain dynamics from the level of individuals to global dissemination” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Erling Bekkestad Rein at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Skin circulation in human temperature regulation and a novel method for using skin circulation in temperature management” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Msc Nina Richartz at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “The role of cAMP signaling in diminishing DNA damage-induced cell death in B cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).