PhD degree - Public Defence: Lars Jordhøy Lindstad, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science (KBM) will defend his PhD thesis:
«Exploring utilization of β-mannans in gut microbiomes – key enzymes and beneficial properties» Friday April 4th, 2025.
English title of thesis:
Exploring utilization of β-mannans in gut microbiomes – key enzymes and beneficial properties
Norwegian title of the thesis:
Utforsking av utnyttelsen av β-mannaner i tarmmikrobiomer – nøkkelenzymer og gunstige egenskaper
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture (Approved):
“Bioengineering Soil and Rhizosphere of Crop Plants - Challenges and Opportunities”
The trial lecture was held on March 13, 2025.
Evaluation committee - trial lecture:
Researcher Aniko Varnai, KBM, NMBU
Professor Lars Bakken, KBM, NMBU
Professor Svein Jarle Horn, KBM, NMBU (administrator)
Time and place for the public defence:
Friday April 4th 2025, at 08:30.
The defence will be held at NMBU in Festsalen, Urbygningen, NMBU.
Evaluation committee:
First opponent: Professor Francisco Vilaplana, Department of Chemistry, Division of Glycoscience, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Second opponent: Dr. Elisabeth Lowe, Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle, England
Committee coordinator: Professor Svein Jarle Horn, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
Supervisors:
Main supervisor:
Professor Bjørge Westereng, KBM, NMBU
Co-supervisors:
Associate Professor Sabina Leanti La Rosa, KBM, NMBU
Professor Phillip B. Pope, KBM, NMBU
Shaun A. Leivers, PhD
The doctoral thesis is available for public review.
For those of you who wants access to this please send an email to:
phd-kbm@nmbu.no
Thesis number 2025:9; ISSN 1894-6402; ISBN 978-82-575-2196-7