PhD degree - Trial Lecture and Public Defense.
Erez Harpaz, Department of Production Animal Clinical Sciences (ProdMed), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine will defend his PhD thesis "Chronic wasting disease and sheep: studies of species barriers" on 25 June 2024.
English title of thesis
- "Chronic wasting disease and sheep: studies of species barriers"
Norwegian title of thesis
- "Skrantesyke og sau: undersøkelse av artsbarrierer"
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture
- “Public health concerns about human and animal neurodegenerative diseases”
Date: 25 June 2024 (Oslo time)
- 0900 hrs: Trial lecture (including questions and comments)
- 1000 hrs: Break
- 1100 hrs: Public defense
All are welcome to attend this event in Auditorium Hippocampus or on Zoom (no prior registration is required).
- Venue: Auditorium Hippocampus, Elizabeth Stephansens v. 15, 1433 Ås, Norway
- Zoom: https://nmbu.zoom.us/j/68381447550
Evaluation committee
- First Opponent: Dr. Timm Konold, Animal and Plant Health Agency, United Kingdom
- Second Opponent: Dr. Natalia Fernandez-Borges, Centro de Investigacion en Sanidad Animal (CISA-INIA-CSIC), Spain
- Committee Coordinator: Associate Professor Runa Rørtveit, NMBU, Norway
- Committee Coordinator (Substitute): Associate Professor Karin Elisabeth Zimmer, NMBU, Norway
Supervisors
- Main supervisor: Associate Professor Cecilie Ersdal, NMBU, Norway
- Co-supervisor: Professor Arild Espenes, NMBU, Norway
- Co-supervisor: Professor Michael A. Tranulis, NMBU, Norway
A PDF version of the PhD candidate's thesis can be download here. The link is valid through 25 June 2024, after which the thesis will be made available in NMBU Brage.