February 28th – Signe Bråtelund (BIOVIT)

PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence

Signe Bråtelund, Faculty of Biosciences (BIOVIT) will defend her PhD thesis “Exploring the genetic basis for improvement of sugar kelp (Saccharina latissima)" on February 28th, 2025.

Norwegian title of thesis:
"Utforsking av det genetiske grunnlaget for foredling av sukkertare (Saccharina latissima)"

Prescribed subject of the trial lecture:
“The role of polyploidy and hybridization in marine macroalgae breeding programs”

Time and place: Friday 28th February, SKP151, Senter for Klimaregulert Planteforskning, NMBU
Trial Lecture: 10:15
Public defense: 12.15

You may also attend this event via Zoom: https://nmbu.zoom.us/j/68140547383

Evaluation committee:
Professor Tifeng Shan, Instutute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dr. Marie Lillehammer, NOFIMA
Dr. Mallikarjuna Rao Kovi, NMBU

Supervisors:
Main supervisor: Professor Åshild Ergon, NMBU
Co-supervisor: Professor Gunnar Klemetsdal, NMBU
Co-supervisor: Professor Tom Ruttink, Flanders Research Institutue for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Technology
Co-supervisor: Dr. Jørgen Ødegård, NMBU
Co-supervisor: Dr. Franz Goecke, NMBU

The doctoral thesis is available for public review. For those who would like to have access to the thesis please send an e-mail to: phd-biovit@nmbu.no
Name of PhD candidate: Signe Bråtelund