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SPARK Norway Educational Forum are monthly open meetings organized by UiO:Life Science and SPARK Norway partners.

Cand.med Marius Molund at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Isolated gastrocnemius tightness in foot pathology - diagnostics, treatment and outcomes” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

UiO:Energy would like to invite you to an open lunch where PhDs working within the field of sustainable energy will present their research projects. In this webinar you can learn more about decarbonisation of mobility systems in suburban centres, and “magical” materials that can contribute to solving the climate crisis by converting waste heat into electricity. 

MD Tuva Høst Brunsell at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Heterogeneity of prognostic biomarkers in colorectal liver metastases for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

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 Paula Maria Lindner at Centre for Molecular Medicine Norway will give a trial lecture on the given topic: Targeting autophagy for cancer immunotherapy.

Cand.med Jens Marius Næsgaard at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “The introduction and implementation of right colectomy with extended D3 mesenterectomy anterior and posterior to the mesenteric vessels” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Siri Kristine Lynne Rydning at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Novel causes and refined phenotypes of hereditary spastic paraparesis. Studies of subgroups of hereditary spinocerebellar disorders in a Norwegian cohort for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor). 

Cand.Psychol Trond Nordheim at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Parents of VLBW Infants: Hope, Stress, Quality of Life and Experiences related to their Infants Participation in a Clinical Nutritional Trial” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

What are drivers, transitions and pathways out of Venezuela’s crisis?

Dr. Ville Mustonen, Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki and the Helsinki Institute for Information Technology, Finland, will present the lecture "Using computational methods and evolutionary theory to combat drug resistance."

Cand.med. Sigrid Børte at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Genetic and environmental causes of migraine. The HUNT Study for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Robert A. Aronowitz is visiting the Science Studies Colloquium Series. Aronowitz is the Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Social Sciences and chair, History and Sociology of Science, at the University of Pennsylvania. His main areas of research are the history of 20th century disease, epidemiology, and population health.

The seminar is open for everyone!

Presentation by Maja van der Velden, Sustainability & Design Lab, Dept. of Informatics, UiO.

MSc Ellen Gabrielsen Hjelle at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Evaluating the effect of a complex intervention aiming to promote psychosocial well-being after stroke - A multicentre randomised controlled trial” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Dina Grinde at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Cytokines, apoptosis and complement in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (DiGeorge syndrome)” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Arne Olav Melleby at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Cardiac remodeling responses to increased afterload: Roles and regulation of cell surface proteoglycans and integrins” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Bjørn Helge Østerås at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Automatic volumetric breast density in mammography screening using digital mammography and digital breast tomosynthesis” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Tove Tveitan Borgen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Trabecular bone score and vertebral fracture assessment in patients with fragility fractures for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Anders Heiervang Tennøe at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Cardiac Risk Profiling in Systemic Sclerosis for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Kim Vidar Ånonsen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis CYSTIC PANCREATIC LESIONS. An observational study of patient selection and outcome after surgery for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

GLOBUS researchers presented key findings from the project and reflected on the EU's global role and future research in a webinar on 28 May 2020.

Is the Swedish approach to Covid-19 exceptional? Can we explain the approach based on history or the political system? In this webinar we bring together scholars and scientists from the Nordic countries to try to explain the divergence. 

Dr. Evangelia Petsalaki, Group Leader at EMBL-EBI, will present the lecture entitled "Integrative studies of context-specific signalling."