Trial lecture and public defence
Aqeel Ahmad, Faculty of Biosciences (BIOVIT) will defend his PhD thesis “High-throughput Digital Phenotyping and Quantitative
Genetics of Feed Efficiency in Atlantic Salmon " 14. november 2025
Norwegian title of the thesis
"Høykapasitets digital fenotyping og kvantitativ genetikk for foreffektivitet hos Atlantisk laks"
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture:
“CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing in aquaculture - opportunities and challenges for selective breeding and genetic improvement”
Time for the trial lecture and the public defence:
Friday 14 November at 10:15, Festsalen, the Clock Building, NMBU.
You may also attend this event via Zoom: https://nmbu.zoom.us/j/65652447394
Senior Researcher Marc Vandeputte, INRAE Marbec
Dr. John Bastiaansen, Wageningen University and Research
Prof. Hans Magnus Gjøen, Norwegian University og Life Sciences
Main supervisor: Postdoc. Gareth Difford, Norwegian University og Life Sciences
Co-supervisor: Dr. Anna Kristina Sonnesson, Nofima
Co-supervisor: Prof. Peer Berg, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
The doctoral thesis is available for public review on this link (download): https://filesender.sikt.no/?s=download&token=41edc113-4cca-494a-8e77-d942afa9294a