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MD Adriano Winterton at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis ¡°The Oxytocin Genetic Pathway Links Severe Mental Illness and Metabolic Syndrome¡± 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).

UiO:Life Sciences' first generation of convergence environments started up in 2017. Their research period is about to finish. Welcome to join us celebrating their achievements. 

Julie Zahle is an associate professor at the Department of Philosophy, University of Bergen. Her main area of research is the philosophy of the social sciences. In particular, she works on values and objectivity in the social sciences, the individualism/holism debate, qualitative methods, and social theories of practice.

Master Marianne Torp Stensvehagen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis ¡°Interrelationship of daily hassles, daily
uplifts, coping strategies and stressrelated symptoms, reported by female survivors of sexual abuse: An exploratory mixed-methods approach¡± for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Siv Hege Lyngstad at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis ¡°A 10-year perspective on apathy development in psychotic disorders: Genetic risk and early predictors, associations with depression, and functional outcome¡± 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).

MSc Runa Marie Grimholt at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis ¡°Hemoglobinopathies gone astray: Identification and characterization of rare deletions and sequence variants in the globin genes found in Norway¡± for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Master Eivind Larsen at the Department of Teacher Education and School Research will defend his doctoral dissertation "Leading Education for Democracy in an Age of Accountability." for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

MSc Shreyas Balachandra Rao at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis ¡°Mechanisms underlying glial polarization in retina and brain¡± for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Malin Holm Meyer-Myklestad at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis ¡°HIV-infected immunological nonresponders: A characterization of gut immunity and the effects of a probiotic supplement¡± for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

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

Nicola Dibben, Professor at the Department of Music, University of Sheffield, will speak at RITMO's Seminar Series

Dr Johan Henriksson, Group Leader of HenLab at Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS) will give a presentation entitled "Telomere accessibility in cell cycle and aging".

MD, MHA Paulina Due-T?nnessen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis ¡°Evaluation of functional magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of brain tumors and other brain lesions for assessment of clinical efficacy¡± for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Welcome back to RITMO's yearly conference! Finally we can meet again and we're very excited to share our work with you. You are also welcome to join us online.

Cand.med. Svein Otto Fredwall at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis ¡°The Norwegian Adult Achondroplasia Study: A population-based study of medical complications, physical functioning, cardiovascular risk factors, and body composition in adults with achondroplasia¡± for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc, MD Waduwawatte Lekamalage Dulika Sanjeewani Sumathipala at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis ¡°Using high throughput sequencing technologies to study genetic causes of ultra-rare neurological diseases¡± for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Synne Fr?n?s Vikum at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis ¡°Improving the diagnostic workup of deep vein thrombosis: FINDINGS FROM THE RI-SCHEDULE STUDY¡± for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Tonje Baugerud will defend her doctoral dissertation: ¡°Borderland Bodies: Being and Becoming Hijabi in Contemporary Oslo¡±, for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD) at the Faculty of Theology.

Msc Karoline Bjarnesdatter Rypdal at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis ¡°Connective tissue disorders and cardiac fibrosis: Genetic substrate and roles of ADAMTSL2 and ADAMTSL3 in the failing heart¡± for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Karen Synn?ve Hunting Tollisen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis ¡°Substance abuse, clinical characteristics and mortality in a mixed intensive care-population in Oslo: a one-year cross sectional study¡± for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Anna Lisa Schult at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis ¡°Performance of two screening tests and barriers to colorectal cancer screening¡± for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Eva Krick is a social scientist with an orientation towards political sociology, institutional analysis and democratic theory who is currently affiliated with the Political Science Department at Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz. She received her PhD from the University of Darmstadt, worked at Humboldt University Berlin and stayed as guest researcher at the Universities of Oslo, Aarhus, Edinburgh, and the National University of Singapore. Her research focuses inter alia on the role of knowledge and expertise in modern societies, citizen and stakeholder participation, the environment-society nexus and group decision-making.