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M.Sc Mattias Erik Victor at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Patient characteristics and factors associated with post-treatment work participation in a Norwegian return to work programme for common mental disorders” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Marie-Victoire Louise Augusta Cosson at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Role of adenylyl cyclase subtypes, inhibitory G protein and phosphodiesterases to regulate the β1-AR-mediated inotropic response” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Linda Rennie at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis "Gait and gait variability in individuals with Parkinson’s disease – validity, reliability and long-term effects of intensive balance and gait training" for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Angela Saini is visiting the Science Studies Colloqium Series. Saini has a Masters degree in Engineering from Oxford University and was a fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is an award-winning British science journalist and broadcaster. Her work has appeared in The Guardian, New Scientist, Wired, New Humanist, and she regularly presents science programmes on BBC radio. Saini has won awards from the Association of British Science Writers and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She was also named European Science Writer of the Year.

The seminar is open for everyone!

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).

Cand.med. Magnhild Eide Macpherson at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis "Gut microbiota, lipid metabolism and systemic inflammation in common variable immunodeficiency  - A translational research approach" 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).

M.Sc Anniken Elisabeth Fossland Grønstad at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Organizational change: in sickness (absence) and in health? An empirical investigation of the relationship between unit-level change and the risk of sickness absence in a large Norwegian hospital” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Eva Maria Rehbinder at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis "Early life predictors for atopic dermatitis in infancy" for the degree of PhD.

Master Christiane Lingås Haukedal at the Department of Special Needs Education will defend her dissertaion "Quality of Life in Children with Hearing Loss" for the degree of PhD.

Cand.med. Marius Svanevik at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis "Randomized controlled trial of standard versus distal Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in patients with BMI 50-60 kg/m2 - Short and midterm results on weight loss, adverse events, health related quality of life, and bone health" for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Gladys Ekone Wang will defend her doctoral dissertation: “Childlessness in Marriage among the Bakossi Community in Cameroon: An African Feminist Contextual Pastoral Theology of Procreation”, for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD) at the Faculty of Theology.

MSc Astri Fjelde Maaland at Institute of Clinical medicine will be defending the thesis "Development of next generation radioimmunotherapies of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia" for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med Knut Johan Hjelmeland at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Zopiclone impairment. Characterization and measurement in an experimental study” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med Mohammad Osman Pervez at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Novel biomarkers in patients with acute dyspnea” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Prof. Dr. Staffan Müller-Wille and Prof. Dr. Elena Esayev are visiting the Science Studies Colloquium Series to discuss their current research project.

Müller-Wille is University Lecturer at the University of Cambridge and Honorary Professor at the University of Lübeck. His research covers the history of the life sciences from the early modern period to the early twentieth century, with a focus on the history of natural history, anthropology, and genetics. Müller-Wille has one other ongoing research project at this time: In the Shadow of the Tree: The Diagrammatics of Relatedness as Scientific, Scholarly, and Popular Practice.

Prof. Dr. Elena Isayev is Professor of Ancient History and Place at the University of Exeter. Her work addresses questions of migration, belonging, displacement, encounter, politics of exception and spatial perception from a longue durée perspective that includes current concerns. Isayev's other current project is Imagining Futures through Un/Archived Pasts: A Global Crossdisciplinary Collaboration.

The seminar is open for everyone, and the main lecture will be recorded and posted on this page.

Cand.med. Steinar Traae Bjørkhaug at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Alcohol-related alterations of the gut microbial flora” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD, Mphil Socheat Cheng at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis "Medication misuse and dependence among hospitalized older patients: Cross-sectional studies focusing on prescribed central nervous system depressants" for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Merete Aarsland Fosdahl at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Hamstring muscle length in ambulant children with spastic bilateral cerebral palsy - Development and physiotherapy treatment” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Åste Renolen at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Integration of evidence-based practice in hospital nursing practice - A grounded theory study of clinical nurses’ and their ward leaders’ challenges and patterns of behaviour” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Madleen Orumaa at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis "Time trends of selected HPV-related diseases in  Norway and the impact of HPV multi-cohort vaccination using real-world data from population-based registries" for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Jack Wright is a research associate at the University of Cambridge and a current visiting researcher at the Centre for Philosophy and the Sciences. Jack’s research focusses on the social organisation of science, on the relationship between social scientific knowledge and politics, and on quantitative causal inference in the social sciences.

MSc Aurélie Nguéa P. at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis "Nutrient stress responses in the budding yeast. Saccharomyces cerevisiae" for the degree of Dr.Philos (Doctor Philosophiae).