Trial lecture and public defence
Olumide Victor Onabanjo, Faculty of Biosciences (BIOVIT) will defend his PhD thesis "Modeling the genotype-phenotype map by deep learning to predict long-term selections" 15 October 2026
Norwegian title of thesis:
"Modellering av genotype-fenotype-kartet ved hjelp av dyp læring for å forutsi langsiktige seleksjoner"
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture:
“Linear Models in a Complex Biological World: What Do They Capture, and What Do They Miss?”
Time for the trial lecture and the public defence:
Thursday, 15 October at 10:15, H109, Husdyrfagbygget
You may also attend this event via Zoom: https://nmbu.zoom.us/j/62075126652
Evaluation committee:
Prof. Gregor Gorjanc, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Senior researcher Beatriz Castro Dias Cuyabano, INRAE, France
Prof. Bjørg Heringstad, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Main supervisor: Prof. Peer Berg, Norwegian University og Life Sciences
Co-supervisor: Prof. Theodorus Meuwissen, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Co-supervisor: Prof. Hans Magnus Gjøen, Norwegian Unviersity of Life Sciences
Programme:
10:15 The chairman’s introduction
10:20-11:05 Trial lecture (40-45 min.)
11:05-12:15 Break
12:15-12:45 Presentation of the thesis (approximately 25-40 min)
12:45 (approx.) The first and second opponent question the candidate
The doctoral thesis is available for public review on this link (download):https://filesender.sikt.no/?s=download&token=aa578590-b470-4542-914f-9f80d86f2db9