PhD degree - Public Defence: Ragnhild Sødal Gjennestad, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science (KBM) will defend her PhD thesis «New insights into penicillin non-susceptibility in Streptococcus pneumoniae » Friday June 26, 2026.
English title of thesis:
New insights into penicillin non-susceptibility in Streptococcus pneumoniae
Norwegian title of the thesis:
Ny forståelse av mekanismene bak penicillinresistens hos Streptococcus pneumoniae
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture (Approved):
Biofilm formation in bacteria: physiology, community behavior, and implications for antibiotic tolerance. The trial lecture was held on June 3, 2026.
Evaluation committee - trial lecture:
Associate Professor Linda Bergaust, KBM, NMBU
Professor Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad, KBM, NMBU
Professor Knut Rudi, KBM, NMBU (Administrator)
Time and place for the public defence:
Friday June 26, at 12.15.
The defence will be held at NMBU in U215 Festsalen, Urbygningen, NMBU.
Evaluation committee:
First opponent: Researcher Nathalie Campo, Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
Second opponent: Professor Roger Simm, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Committee coordinator: Professor Knut Rudi, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
Supervisors:
Main supervisor:
Associate Professor Daniel Straume, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås
Co-supervisor:
Professor Morten Kjos, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås
Senior Researcher Dr. Vegard Eldholm, Department of Bacteriology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH), Oslo
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 2026:45; ISSN 1894-6402; ISBN 978-82-575-2364-0