PhD degree - Public Defence: Ignacio Delgado Santamaria, Fakultet for kjemi, bioteknologi og matvitskap (KBM) forsvarar si ph.d.-avhandling «Plantecelleveggløysande mekanismar: funksjonell innsikt og bevis for katalyse i fungale expansin-liknande protein» fredag 16. januar, 2026.
English title of thesis:
Plant cell wall-loosening mechanisms: functional insights and evidence for catalysis in fungal expansin-like proteins
Norwegian title of the thesis:
Plantecelleveggløysande mekanismar: funksjonell innsikt og bevis for katalyse i fungale expansin-liknande protein
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture (Approved):
Fungal plant pathogens: mechanisms of pathogenicity and control strategies
The trial lecture was held on December 9th, 2025.
Evaluation committee - trial lecture:
Associate professor Catrin Tyl, KBM, NMBU
Professor Morten Kjos, KBM, NMBU
Associate professor Åsmund Røhr Kjendseth, KBM, NMBU (Administrator)
Time and place for the public defence:
Friday January 16th 2025, at 12.15.
The defence will be held at NMBU in BT1A.05 Biblioteket, Bioteknologibygningen, NMBU.
Evaluation committee:
First opponent: Associate Professor Jane Agger, Department of Biotechnology and BioMedicine, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Lyngby, Denmark
Second opponent: Associate Professor Johan Larsbrink, Department of Life Sciences, Charlmers University if Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
Committee coordinator: Associate Professor Åsmund Røhr Kjendseth, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
Supervisors:
Main supervisor:
Researcher Dr. Anikó Várnai, KBM, NMBU
Co-supervisor:
Professor Vincent G. H. Eijsink, KBM, NMBU
The doctoral thesis is available for public review.
For those of you who wants access to the thesis in pdf-form, please send an email to: phd-kbm@nmbu.no
Thesis number 2026:5; ISSN 1894-6402; ISBN 978-82-575-2321-3