Disputaser - Side 8

M.Sc. Rikke Christine Nørgaard at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Nutritional regulation of LXRs and ChREBPs in liver Transcriptional. Effects on glucose and lipid metabolism” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Anders Lunde at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Transcription factor expression patterns in developing vestibulospinal neurons” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Giovanni Romeo at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Measurement error in regression; model-based bootstrap and penalized regressions” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Francesco di Ruscio at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Modelling the transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Norway” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Mladen Savikj at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Cellular and molecular mechanisms of skeletal muscle atrophy after spinal cord injury” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Zsuzsa Huszenicza at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Intracellular signaling in T cells: Mapping of binding partners and structural analyses of Src homology domains” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Siv.ing. Pål Christie Ryalen at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Casual Reasoning with Survival Data” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Anneke Steens at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “A scientific basis for vaccination policies during a changing pneumococcal epidemiology” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MNSc Trude Andreassen at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Challenges in encouraging and maintaining participation in cervical cancer screening programmes in Romania and Norway” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Elisabeth Gyllensten Bjørnsen at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “The natural killer cell receptor NKp30 and its cancer cell ligand B7H6” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Jan Shahid Emberland at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis "Contribution of occupational psychological and social factors to low work ability and disability retirement" for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Moses Mukaba Ngari at  will be defending the thesis “Survival and growth amongst Kenyan sick and undernourished children during and following hospitalisation” for the degree of Dr.Philos (Doctor Philosophiae).

M.Sc. Iselin Rynning at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Toxicity of diesel exhaust: Biological effects of occupational exposure and chemical in vitro transformation of human bronchial epithelial cells” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Jane Spirkoski at at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “PML defines a new type of heterochromatic domain” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Siv.ing. Doris Tove Kristoffersen at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “On 30-day mortality as a quality indicator for hospitals. Evaluation based on a simulation study and Norwegian data.” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Eystein Hellstrøm Hoddevik at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Deciphering molecular interactions of AQP4 at the gliovascular interface in brain” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Bjørn Erik Juel at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Electrophysiological Markers of Consciousness: Measures of connectivity, complexity, and signal diversity in EEG for distinguishing between conscious and unconscious brain states” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Patrik Hansson at the Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “The impact of fat quality and dairy matrix on postprandial lipids and lipoprotein subclasses” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.pharm. Håvard Thøgersen at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Immigrants in Norway with cancer – Stage at diagnosis, treatment and survival” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Maria Skytioti at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Regulation of cerebral blood flow and systemic cardiovascular control” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Ane Sørlie Kværner at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Nutritional status, type 2 diabetes and colorectal cancer - Biological links and methodological aspects” for the degree of Philosophiae doctor (PhD).

MD Elin Wahl Blakstad at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Growth, neurodevelopment, metabolic markers and intestinal microbiota in very low birth weight infants on enhanced nutrient supply” for the degree of Philosophiae doctor (PhD).

M.Sc. Meseret Habtamu Mekonnen at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis Intracellular Signaling and T cell-Antigen Presenting Cell Interactions in Human Tuberculosis for the degree of PhD.

M.Phil. Frida Felicia Vennerød-Diesen at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “The Development of Taste Preferences in Children. A Longitudinal Study of Norwegian Preschoolers” for the degree of Philosophiae doctor (PhD).