Disputations

MSc Paula Maria Lindner at Centre for Molecular Medicine Norway will be defending the thesis “Role of endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ depletion, the unfolded protein response, and autophagy in thapsigargin-induced cell death” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Marius Gheorghe at Centre for Molecular Medicine Norway will be defending the thesis Integrative approaches to study TF-DNA interactions for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Oksana Svärd at Norwegian centre for molecular medicine will be defending the thesis “Chromatin dynamics during human hematopoietic development” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Morten Luhr at Centre for Molecular Medicine Norway will be defending the thesis “The unfolded protein response and the ATG8 protein family in autophagy” for the degree of Philosophiae doctor.

M.Sc. Julia-Kristina Jensen Madsen-Østerbye will be defending the thesis titled, "Studies of hematopoiesis – physiologic and malignant development"

M.Sc. Ellen Østensen at Centre for Molecular Medicine Norway (NCMM) will be defending the thesis "Adrenergic regulation of the Ca2+ homeostasis in the heart - Cardioprotective effects in ischemia-reperfusion injury of targeting the AKAP18γ/δ-PLB interaction" for the degree of PhD.

M.Sc. Bertrand Simon, a joint PhD student from the EMBL-Hamburg and NCMM, will defend his thesis, "Structural and functional regulation of death-associated protein kinases activity by calcium/calmodulin binding" on March 14.

MRes Lisa Gerner at the Centre for Molecular Medicine Norway will be defending the thesis "An Exploration of the Structure and Function of Calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase kinase 2 (CaMKK2) in Prostate Cancer"  for the degree of PhD.

M.Sc. Nora Valeska Lieske at NCMM will defend her thesis for the degree  philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Modulation of Adaptive Immune Responses — Studies in infectious diseases and immune disorders.

M.Sc. Stalin Chellappa Gunasekaran at the Biotechnology Centre of Oslo will defend his theses for the degree philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Human Regulatory T cells: Suppressive Function and Role in Pancreatic Cancer and Distal Bile Duct Cancer.