PhD degree - Trial Lecture and Public Defense.
Hanna M. Sahlström, Department of Paraclinical Sciences (ParaFag), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine will defend her PhD thesis "Understanding the Structure and Function of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in Salmon Lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis)" on 16 November 2026.
English title of thesis
- "Understanding the Structure and Function of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in Salmon Lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis)"
Norwegian title of thesis
- "Struktur og funksjon til nikotinerge acetylkolinreseptorer i lakselus (Lepeophtheirus salmonis)"
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture
- “From sequence to structure: how AlphaFold and cryo-EM are changing veterinary drug discovery”
Date: 16 November 2026 (Oslo time)
- 0900 hrs: Trial lecture (including questions and comments)
- 1000 hrs: Break
- 1100 hrs: Public defense
All are welcome to attend this event in Auditorium Hippocampus or on Zoom (no prior registration is required).
- Venue: Auditorium Hippocampus, Elizabeth Stephansens v. 15, 1433 Ås, Norway
- Zoom: https://nmbu.zoom.us/j/69427571401
Evaluation Committee
- First opponent: Professor Filipe Maia, Uppsala University, Sweden
- Second opponent: Associate Professor Christiane Eichner, University of Bergen, Norway
- Committee coordinator: Professor Michael A. Tranulis, NMBU, Norway
Supervisors
- Main supervisor: Associate Professor Marit Jørgensen Bakke, NMBU, Norway
- Co-supervisor: Professor Tor Einar Horsberg, NMBU, Norway
A PDF version of the PhD candidate's thesis can be downloaded here. The link is valid through 16 November 2026, after which the thesis will be made available in the NMBU Library.