"PhD defence: Emilie Mølholm Kjærulff";"";"2025-04-24";"13:00";"2025-04-24";"16:00";"Hybrid defence";"Legitimate knowledge? - Managing diabetes in the age of social media";"Legitimate knowledge? - Managing diabetes in the age of social media Assessment Committee:Associate professor Jane Brandt Sørensen (Chairperson)Professor Rikke Sand AndersenProfessor Jeannette PolsSupervisors:Associate Professor Henriette LangstrupHead of Education Department Ulla Bjerre-Christensen Department: Department of Public Health Graduate Programme:Medicine, Culture and SocietyPlace:The defence is conducted as a hybrid defence. To attend the digital defence, please follow the link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_Zjk5ODk5NTMtMDYxNC00MzdkLWI0NDAtMDM0ZjY1ZjgyMWJj%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22421c9c18-32c7-4250-84e0-c1626f963b1f%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%228df5d130-fc74-44e2-940a-c9b1e2e98e37%22%7dMeeting ID: Møde-id: 383 858 077 494Password: Adgangskode: Mu2UF2SyInstructions if you wish to attend the defence via the digital solution: Please follow the link and hereafter the instructions to download the required -client. If the -client is incompatible with your pc, smartphone etc. you can attend via an Internet browser. Log-in in due time before to allow time to install the -client. The physical place of the defence: Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Room: 1.95, Borgmester Ib Juuls Vej 83, 2730 Herlev Ask for a copy of the thesis: emilie.moelholm.kjaerulff@regionh.dk"
"Fælles Fiktionsfortællinger?";"Institut for Kommunikation";"2025-04-24";"13:00";"2025-04-24";"16:00";"Søndre Campus, Auditorium 23.0.49";"Katrine Bouschinger Christensens offentlige ph.d.-forsvar.";"En undersøgelse af samskabelse i aktuel dansk seriel fiktion til børn og unge Katrine Bouschinger Christensens offentlige ph.d.-forsvar. Læs afhandlingen. Bedømmelsesudvalg Lektor Johannes Riis, Chair (Københavns Universitet) Lektor Louise Brix Jacobsen (Aalborg Universitet) Professor Audun Engelstad (University of Inland Norway) Leder af forsvaret Lektor Christa Lykke Christensen (Københavns Universitet) Vejleder Lektor Eva Novrup Redvall (Københavns Universitet) Kopier af afhandlingen kan læses følgende tre steder: Ved informationsskranken på KUB Syd, Karen Blixens Plads 7 I Læsesal Øst på Det Kongelige Bibliotek (Den Sorte Diamant), Søren Kierkegaards Plads 1 På Institut for Kommunikation, Karen Blixens Plads 8 "
"PhD defence: Emilie Mølholm Kjærulff";"";"2025-04-24";"13:00";"";"";"Hybrid Defence";" Legitimate knowledge? Managing diabetes in the age of social media ";"Legitimate knowledge? - Managing diabetes in the age of social media Assessment Committee:Associate professor Jane Brandt Sørensen (Chairperson)Professor Rikke Sand AndersenProfessor Jeannette PolsSupervisors:Associate Professor Henriette LangstrupHead of Education Department Ulla Bjerre-Christensen Department:Department of Public Health Graduate Programme:Medicine, Culture and SocietyPlace:The defence is conducted as a hybrid defence. Please sign up for physical/online attendance and order a PDF of the thesis at emilie.moelholm.kjaerulff@regionh.dk. The physical place of the defence: Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Room: 1.95, Borgmester Ib Juuls Vej 83, 2730 Herlev "
"Marie Heldgaard Seestedt defends her PhD thesis at the Department of Political Science";"Department of Political Science";"2025-04-24";"14:00";"2025-04-24";"17:00";"The Faculty of Social Sciences (CSS), Øster Farimagsgade 5, 1353 Copenhagen, building 2, room 2.0.63";"The title of the PhD thesis is 'Ties that bind? Intergenerational Redistribution and Solidarity from a Family Perspective'.";"Title 'Ties that bind? Intergenerational Redistribution and Solidarity from a Family Perspective'. Summary A key question in society is how to allocate resources, not least between generations. This is both a question of who gets what, but also of when they get it. In this dissertation, I examine attitudes on (re)distribution of resources between generations, both in the present, and in an intertemporal perspective, i.e. focusing on policies that come with short-term costs and long-term benefits. Political attitudes are important to understand in this regard, not just because they tells us something about how individuals perceive the world, but also because they are consequential for how we behave politically and what policies are viable. To strengthen our understanding of attitudes on inter-generational redistribution, I turn to an arena in which we often interact across generations: the family. Our familial relations are often characterised by affection, and relations to family members in other age group can influence our ability to figure out the needs of other generations and our willingness to support policies that benefit them. When examining how family ties to other generations influence attitudes on redistribution across generations, I look both at older and younger generations, but focus especially on younger family members, in particular grandchildren. In terms of policy areas, I focus on welfare policies, including spending on childcare, education, elder care, health care and public pensions, and climate change mitigation and environmental protection. The dissertation is article-based and consists of a project frame and three research articles, all of which are solo-authored. Each of the three articles are self-contained with their own specific focus, research question, analysis, and conclusions. However, the articles all speak to the same overall question of (re)distribution of resources across generations. In the frame, I outline some overall considerations that cuts across the articles, both theoretically and empirically. Moreover, I describe the key findings and main contributions, both separately for each article and cutting across them. In paper A, I examine how our familial relations to individuals in specific age groups are linked to both how we perceive the age group and attitudes on welfare policies benefiting individuals in this group. I do this looking at both whether individuals have family members in certain age groups, but also how close their family relations are. I study this using data from the European Social Survey. Overall, I find family relations to matter for overall affection towards- and perceptions of other age groups as well as for attitudes on redistribution to younger generations. I also find that the closeness of our family relations, rather than their sheer existence, is a more important factor in this regard. In paper B, I investigate how relations to younger family members influence opinion on intertemporal policies, specifically whether respondents are willing to bear cost today to ensure long-term longevity of welfare policies and climate change mitigation. I focus mainly on relations to grandchildren and examine both whether having grandchildren is associated with attitudes in this regards but also, more importantly, if making considerations of grandchildren more salient influence opinion, using a novel survey experiment. I find that relations matter for both areas, both cross sectionally and experimentally, though the experimental evidence is somewhat stronger regarding climate change. In paper C, I examine how relations to children and grandchildren influence opinion on environmentalism and climate change mitigation. For this, I utilise data from the Danish Administrative registries combined with social survey data from the Danish National Election Study and the European Value Study. The administrative registries contain detailed, high-quality data on family relations, including the exact timing of becoming a (grand)parent. This is used to create a more appropriate counterfactual to parents and grandparents in the survey. Overall, I do not find any differences between (grand)parents and non-(grand)parents in attitudes on climate change and environmentalism. However, some heterogeneous effects are found with level of education as an important moderator for parenthood, while the link between grandparenthood and environmentalism is somewhat stronger at times when climate change is a salient issue. Overall, the dissertation contributes to our understanding of attitudes on resource allocation between generations by centring the role of inter-generational family relations as an important sphere to take into account. Assessment committee Associate Professor Karina Kosiara-Pedersen, University of Copenhagen Professor Marius Busemeyer, University Konstanz Professor Rune Stubager, Aarhus University Supervisor Professor Peter Thisted Dinesen Associate Professor Carolin Hjort Rapp (co-supervisor) "
" PhD defence: Yantong Yang";"";"2025-04-25";"08:30";"2025-04-25";"11:30";"Digital defence";"The neural mechanism of serotonin system in regulating social behaviors";"The neural mechanism of serotonin system in regulating social behaviors Assessment Committee:Professor Kim Rewitz (Chairperson)Professor Jesper Givskov SørensenProfessor Yi Rao Supervisor:Associate Professor Kristi Anne Kohlmeier Department: Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology Place: Virtual defence, please follow the link: https://ucph-ku.zoom.us/j/62676413546?pwd=N1RkbKlZzzQ9DO1ZDhx4OHtEw7BIbh.1Meeting ID: 626 7641 3546Password: 421214Instructions: To attend the PhD defence, please follow the link and hereafter the instructions to download the required -client. If the -client is incompatible with your pc, smartphone etc. you can attend via an Internet browser. Log-in in due time before to allow time to install the -client.As the defence is held as a digital defence, we kindly ask guests who do not have an active role in the defence to mute your microphones and leave your cameras turned off during the defence. Questions from the audience will be received through the chat function. Ask for a copy of the thesis: yangyantong15@mails.ucas.edu.cn"
"PhD defence by Yantong Yang";"";"2025-04-25";"08:30";"2025-04-25";"11:30";"Digital PhD defence";"The neural mechanism of serotonin system in regulating social behaviors";"The neural mechanism of serotonin system in regulating social behaviors PhD thesis abstract Assessment committee(Chairperson) Professor Kim Rewitz, University of CopenhagenProfessor Jesper Givskov Sørensen, Aarhus UniversityProfessor Yi Rao, Peking University, China SupervisorsAssociate Professor Kristi Anne Kohlmeier, University of CopenhagenProfessor Yan Zhu, College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China DepartmentDepartment of Drug Design and Pharmacology Place of studyThe theoretical and experimental work was performed at the Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen, and the Sino-Danish college, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences PlaceVirtual defence, please follow the link: https://ucph-ku.zoom.us/j/62676413546?pwd=N1RkbKlZzzQ9DO1ZDhx4OHtEw7BIbh.1Meeting ID: 626 7641 3546Password: 421214 Instructions: To attend the PhD defence, please follow the link and hereafter the instructions to download the required -client. If the -client is incompatible with your pc, smartphone etc. you can attend via an Internet browser. Log-in in due time before to allow time to install the -client. As the defence is held as a digital defence, we kindly ask guests who do not have an active role in the defence to mute your microphones and leave your cameras turned off during the defence. Questions from the audience will be received through the chat function. Ask for a copy of the thesisyangyantong15@mails.ucas.edu.cn"
"PhD defence: Harikrishnan Vijayakumar Sreelatha";"";"2025-04-25";"10:00";"2025-04-25";"13:00";"Frederiksberg campus, Svanebiblioteket, Grønnegårdsvej 7, 1870 Frederiksberg";"Refinement of The Contusion Spinal Cord Injury Rat Model";"Refinement of The Contusion Spinal Cord Injury Rat Model Assessment Committee:Associate professor Pernille Tveden-Nyborg (Chairperson)Associate professor Aage Kristian Olsen AlstrupProfessor Erika Roman Supervisors:Professor Klas Stig Peter AbelsonDirector Lissy KrishnanProfessor Jann Hau Department: Department of Experimental Medicine Graduate Programme:In Vivo Pharmacology and Experimental Animals Place:Frederiksberg campus, Room: Svanebiblioteket, Grønnegårdsvej 7, 1870 Frederiksberg Ask for a copy of the thesis: hari.vijayakumar@gmail.com "
"Exploring the multiplicity of digital remains";"Department of Communication";"2025-04-25";"11:00";"2025-04-25";"14:00";"South Campus, room 15A-0-13";"Public Defence of PhD Thesis by Astrid Waagstein.";"Public Defence of PhD Thesis by Astrid Waagstein. Read thesis (PDF). Assessment Committee Associate Professor Jack Andersen, Chair (University of Copenhagen) Associate Professor Helene Friis Ratner (Danish School of Education, Aarhus University) Lecturer Bjorn Nansen (University of Melbourne) Moderator of the defence Associate Professor Gitte Balling (University of Copenhagen) Supervisors Principal supervisor: Associate Professor Trine Louise Schreiber (University of Copenhagen) Co-supervisor: Professor, Head of Department Jens-Erik Mai (University of Copenhagen) Copies of the thesis will be available for consultation at the following three places: At the Information Desk of the Copenhagen University Library, South Campus, Karen Blixens Plads 7 In Reading Room East of the Royal Library (the Black Diamond), Søren Kierkegaards Plads 1 At the Department of Communication, Karen Blixens Plads 8 "
"PhD defence: Nanna Boll Greve";"";"2025-04-25";"13:00";"2025-04-25";"16:00";"Building 1-05, Auditorium A1-05.01, Dyrlægevej 100, 1870 Frederiksberg C";"Investigating the genetic and phenotypic characteristics of antibiotic persistence in Streptococcus agalactiae";"Investigating the genetic and phenotypic characteristics of antibiotic persistence in Streptococcus agalactiae Assessment Committee:Associate professor Dorte Frees (Chairperson)Associate professor Lotte JelsbakProfessor emeritus Gunnar Lindahl Supervisors:Associate Professor Line Elnif Thomsen Department: Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Graduate Programme:Health and Medical Sciences Place:Building 1-05, Auditorium A1-05.01, Dyrlægevej 100, 1870 Frederiksberg C Ask for a copy of the thesis: nannaboll@sund.ku.dk "
"PhD defence: Laura Rose";"";"2025-04-25";"13:00";"2025-04-25";"16:00";"Panum, Hannover, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200 København";"Deep Learning Methods for Preclinical Sleep Analysis: Automating Sleep Evaluation and Phenotype Detection";"Deep Learning Methods for Preclinical Sleep Analysis: Automating Sleep Evaluation and Phenotype Detection Assessment Committee:Associate professor Trine Lisberg Toft (Chairperson)Associate professor Kaare MikkelsenProfessor Sebastiaan Overeem Supervisors:Professor Birgitte Rahbek KornumProfessor Morten MørupPostdoc Alexander Neergaard Zahid Department: Department of Neuroscience Graduate Programme:Neuroscience Place:Panum, Room: Hannover, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200 København Ask for a copy of the thesis: laurarose@live.dk"
"PhD defence: Simon Østergaard";"";"2025-04-25";"13:00";"2025-04-25";"16:00";"Sjællands Universitetshospital Roskilde, Lille Auditorium, Vestermarksvej 9, 4000, Roskilde";"Survival trends and clinical trajectories in Waldenström macroglobulinemia";"Survival trends and clinical trajectories in Waldenström macroglobulinemia Assessment Committee:Professor Christen Lykkegaard Andersen (Chairperson)Professor Thomas Stauffer LarsenProfessor Shirley D'sa Supervisors:Clinical Professor Lise Mette Rahbek GjerdrumClinical Associate Professor Mette Ølgod PedersenClinical Associate Professor Troels Hammer, Clinical Professor Estrid Vilma Solyom Høgdall, MD Lars Munksgaard, Department: Department of Clinical Medicine Graduate Programme:Clinical Cancer Research Place:Sjællands Universitetshospital Roskilde, Room: Lille Auditorium, Vestermarksvej 9, 4000, Roskilde Ask for a copy of the thesis: simoo@regionsjaelland.dk "
"PhD defence: Lærke Godsk Jensbye";"Department of Food and Resource Economics";"2025-04-25";"13:00";"2025-04-25";"17:00";"Department of Food and Resource Economics, Meeting room von-Langen, Rolighedsvej 23 (baghuset), 1958 Frederiksberg";"Climate mitigation in agriculture: Emission targets, Trade policies, and Technological solutions";"Climate mitigation in agriculture: Emission targets, Trade policies, and Technological solutions Assessment Committee Berit Hasler (Chairperson) Alan Matthews Second external unable to be there (approved by the PhD school) Supervisor Wusheng Yu Department Department of Food and Resource Economics Place Meeting room: von-Langen, Rolighedsvej 23 (baghuset), 1958 Frederiksberg Ask for a copy of the thesis: lgj@ifro.ku.dk "
"PhD defence Ole Reppien Christensen";"Department of Plant- and Environmental Sciences, Section for Plant and Soil Science";"2025-04-25";"13:00";"2025-04-25";"";"Auditorium A70.03, Thorvaldsensvej 40, Frederiksberg ";"Insights from IMM1 and VAP Proteins. Novel susceptibility and Resistance Mechanisms in Plant-Powdery Mildew Interactions.";"Insights from IMM1 and VAP Proteins. Novel susceptibility and Resistance Mechanisms in Plant-Powdery Mildew Interactions Summary Plant pathogens pose a significant threat to agriculture, causing substantial yield losses. These losses not only impact global economies but also contribute to food scarcity, famine, and hunger in a growing population. At the same time, an increased focus on restricting pesticide use due to health and environmental concerns are limiting farmers' options for effective disease control. Meanwhile, climate change and global warming continuously create new regions with conditions favourable for plant pathogens, expanding the range of disease spread. Thus, there is an urgent need for stable and durable plant resistances. Developing sustainable and long-lasting resistance in crops requires a deep understanding of plant-pathogen interactions and the identification of key susceptibility factors that can be targeted for resistance breeding. To address these challenges, this thesis investigates key susceptibility factors involved in plant-powdery mildew interactions. Powdery mildew fungi, such as Blumeria hordei (Bh) in barley (Hordeum vulgare) and Golovinomyces orontii (Go) in Arabidopsis thaliana, are obligate biotrophic pathogens that depend on living host cells for survival. Understanding the molecular mechanisms that facilitate their infection and life cycle completion is crucial for developing durable resistance in crops. In barley, Vesicle-Associated Membrane Protein (VAMP)-Associated Proteins (VAPs) have been investigated for their potential role in pathogen accommodation. VAPs are known to facilitate lipid transfer by mediating Membrane Contact Sites (MCSs) between the Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) and target organelles. In this context, they are suspected to contribute to the formation of the Extra-Haustorial Membrane (EHM) through lipid transfer. This study challenges the conventional perception that EHM formation is driven by plasma membrane invagination. Instead, it suggests that lipid transfer plays a major role in lipid accumulation within the EHM, providing an alternative perspective on EHM formation. Prior to this study, a novel susceptibility factor, IMMUNE1A (IMM1A) was identified in a genetic screen performed in Arabidopsis thaliana eds1 mutants (Xie, Li and Thordal-Christensen, unpublished results). Mutants lacking AtIMM1A exhibited resistance to Go, suggesting that it is a novel susceptibility factor. In this study, imm1-mediated resistance was further characterised, revealing that AtIMM1A contributes to both pre- and post-invasive immunity. While the underlying molecular mechanisms, of imm1-mediated resistance remain to be fully elucidated, we found intriguing similarities to that of mlo-mediated resistance. Furthermore, this study provides evidence that a Hvimm1A Hvimm1B double knockout in barley confers resistance to powdery mildew. A successful CRISPR/Cas9-mediated generation of this double mutant confirmed its ability to confer resistance, highlighting a potential cross-species conservation of IMM1 function. By shedding light on the molecular processes underlying powdery mildew susceptibility, this thesis contributes to a deeper understanding of plant-pathogen interactions. Identifying and functionally characterizing susceptibility factors like VAPs and IMM1 opens new avenues for resistance breeding, offering potential strategies to develop crops with durable, genetically encoded immunity against fungal pathogens. Overall, this work enhances our knowledge of susceptibility factors in plant immunity, paving the way for novel strategies to improve disease resistance in cereal crops. Assessment Committee Professor David B. Collinge, PLEN, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Professor Pietro D. Spanu, Imperial College, London, UK Professor Bai Yuling, Wageningen University, The Netherlands Supervisors Professor Hans Thordal-Christensen, PLEN. University of Copenhagen, Denmark Time & venue Friday 25th April at 13:00 Auditorium A70.03, Thorvaldsensvej 40, Frederiksberg The defence is followed by a reception in meeting room R322/23 on 3rd floor.Everybody is welcome. Ask for a copy of the thesis: htc@plen.ku.dk"
"PhD defence: Stine Danielsen";"";"2025-04-25";"14:00";"2025-04-25";"17:00";"35, 35.01.05, Øster Farimagsgade 5, 1353 København K";"Suicidal Ideation and Behaviour in Danish Adolescents";"Suicidal Ideation and Behaviour in Danish Adolescents Assessment Committee:Associate professor Terese Sara Høj Jørgensen (Chairperson)Associate professor Oleguer Plana-RipollAssociate professor Becky Mars Supervisors:Associate Professor Trine MadsenProfessor Katrine Strandberg-LarsenSenior Researcher Annette ErlangsenClinical Professor Merete Nordentoft, Department: Department of Public Health Graduate Programme:Public Health and Epidemiology Place:35, Room: 35.01.05, Øster Farimagsgade 5, 1353 København K Ask for a copy of the thesis: stine.danielsen@regionh.dk "
"PhD defence: Marie Elise Wistrup Torm";"";"2025-04-25";"14:00";"2025-04-25";"17:00";"Hybrid defence";"Early retinal abnormalities in type 1 diabetes";"Early retinal abnormalities in type 1 diabetes Assessment Committee: Associate professor Yousif Subhi (Chairperson) Professor Toke Bek Associate professor Monica Lövestam-Adrian Supervisors: Clinical Professor Michael Larsen Clinical Professor Jesper Johannesen Department: Department of Clinical Medicine Graduate Programme: Basic Metabolic Research Place: The defence is conducted as a hybrid defence. To attend the digital defence, please follow the link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_OTdhMTk5ODktOWExNi00YWU4LTljN2QtZWQwMWQ2MDI2MDg2%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22421c9c18-32c7-4250-84e0-c1626f963b1f%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22833645dc-f99f-4192-9de4-440be7424e52%22%7d Meeting ID: 384 561 826 531Password: rz7C8ve9Instructions if you wish to attend the defence via the digital solution: Please follow the link and hereafter the instructions to download the required -client. If the -client is incompatible with your pc, smartphone etc. you can attend via an Internet browser. Log-in in due time before to allow time to install the -client. The physical place of the defence: Rigshospitalet-Glostrup, Indgang 7, Room: Auditorium C, Valdemar Hansens Vej 6, 2600 Glostrup Ask for a copy of the thesis: mtor0036@regionh.dk "
"PhD defence: Andrea Pohly Jeppesen Thorn";"";"2025-04-25";"14:00";"2025-04-25";"17:00";"Rigshospitalet, Auditorium 2, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100";"Improving the treatment of Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the extremities and trunk wall";"Improving the treatment of Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the extremities and trunk wall Assessment Committee:Professor Jes Bruun Lauritzen (Chairperson)Associate professor Tine NymarkDr Asle Charles Hesla Supervisors:Clinical Professor Michael Mørk PetersenClinical Associate Professor Christina Enciso HolmMD, PhD Michala Skovlund Sørensen Department: Department of Clinical Medicine Graduate Programme:Basic and Clinical Research in Musculoskeletal Sciences Place:Rigshospitalet, Room: Auditorium 2, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Ask for a copy of the thesis: andrea.thorn@regionh.dk "
"PhD defence: Doruk Orgun";"";"2025-04-28";"11:00";"2025-04-28";"14:00";"Sjællands Universitetshospital Køge, Auditorium, Lykkebækvej 1, 4600 Køge";"Dysregulated Immune-Inflammatory Response and Adverse Outcomes Following Gastrointestinal Surgery - A Series of Surgical Epidemiological Studies";"Dysregulated Immune-Inflammatory Response and Adverse Outcomes Following Gastrointestinal Surgery - A Series of Surgical Epidemiological Studies Assessment Committee:Professor Lars Nannestad Jørgensen (Chairperson)Professor Niels QvistDr Noelle Marie Cocoros Supervisors:Clinical Professor Ismail GögenurAffiliate Professor Christina EllervikClinical Associate Professor Frederik Helgstrand, Department: Department of Clinical Medicine Graduate Programme:Surgical Sciences Place:Sjællands Universitetshospital Køge, Room: Auditorium, Lykkebækvej 1, 4600 Køge Ask for a copy of the thesis: dorukorgun2@gmail.com "
"PhD defence: Peter Ebert Christensen";"";"2025-04-28";"13:00";"2025-04-28";"";"Pionercenter for Kunstig Intelligens, Øster Voldgade 3, 1350 København K, Lokale: The Seminar Room (nr. 01-0-118)";"Preventing the spread of misinformation";" Assessment Committee: Professor Christina Lioma (Chairperson) Professor Sune Lehmann Deputy Scientific Director and Professor Torsten Zesch Principal supervisor: Professor Serge Belongie Place: Pionercenter for Kunstig Intelligens Øster Voldgade 3 1350 København K Lokale: The Seminar Room (nr. 01-0-118) Ask for a copy of the thesis here: Peter Ebert Christensen pec@di.ku.dk "
"PhD defence: Katra Hadji-Turdeghal";"";"2025-04-28";"14:00";"2025-04-28";"17:00";"Mærsk Tower, 7.15.92, Blegdamsvej 3b, 2200 København N";"Incidence, diagnostic challenges, patient characteristics, and outcomes in patients with prosthetic valve endocarditis";"Incidence, diagnostic challenges, patient characteristics, and outcomes in patients with prosthetic valve endocarditis Assessment Committee:Associate professor Ulrik Dixen (Chairperson)Professor Magnus RasmussenDr María Nazarena Pizzi Supervisors:Clinical Professor Emil Loldrup FosbølClinical Professor Lars Valeur KøberProfessor Andreas KjærClinical Associate Professor Christian Joost Holdflod MøllerPhD, M.D. Lauge Klement Moltke Østergaard Department: Department of Clinical Medicine Graduate Programme:Cardiovascular Research Place:Mærsk Tower, Room: 7.15.92, Blegdamsvej 3b, 2200 Ask for a copy of the thesis: katra.hadji-turdeghal@regionh.dk "
"PhD defence: Alexandra Vassilieva";"";"2025-04-28";"15:00";"2025-04-28";"18:00";"Panum, Nielsine Nielsen Auditorium, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200";"Hyperlactataemia in elective brain tumour craniotomy";"Hyperlactataemia in elective brain tumour craniotomy Assessment Committee:Associate professor Tina Munch (Chairperson)Professor Frantz Rom PoulsenDr Jess Brallier Supervisors:Clinical Professor Kirsten MøllerClinical Associate Professor Martin Kryspin Sørensen Department: Department of Clinical Medicine Graduate Programme:Neuroscience Place:Panum, Room: Nielsine Nielsen Auditorium, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200 Ask for a copy of the thesis: alexandra.vassilieva@regionh.dk "
"PhD defence: Karen Anna Handberg Martiny";"";"2025-04-29";"13:00";"2025-04-29";"16:00";"Building: Bindesbølls hovedbygning, Festsauditoriet, Bülowsvej 17, 1870 Frederiksberg C";"Newcastle disease Diagnostics, Diversity and Vaccination";"Newcastle disease Diagnostics, Diversity and Vaccination Assessment Committee:Professor Anders Miki Bojesen (Chairperson)Associate professor Trine Hammer JensenProfessor Ian Brown Supervisors:Professor Lars Erik LarsenSenior Researcher Charlotte Kristiane HjulsagerProfessor MSO Jens Peter Christensen, Department: Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Graduate Programme:Molecular Microbiology and Infection Place:Building: Bindesbølls hovedbygning, Room: Festsauditoriet, Bülowsvej 17, 1870 Frederiksberg C Ask for a copy of the thesis: karma@sund.ku.dk "
"PhD defence: Chee Woon Lim";"";"2025-04-29";"14:00";"2025-04-29";"17:00";"";"Epidemiology of long-term morbidity and mortality in adult congenital heart disease";"Panum (Bygning 20, stuen), Victor Haderup auditoriet, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200 København N"
" PhD defence: Monica Santiveri Saez";"";"2025-04-29";"14:00";"2025-04-29";"17:00";"Hybrid defence";"Structure and function of stator units of the bacterial flagellar motor";" Structure and function of stator units of the bacterial flagellar motor Assessment Committee:Associate professor Azadeh Shahsavar (Chairperson)Professor Bjørn Panyella PedersenProfessor Ashley L. NordSupervisors:Associate Professor Nicholas Michael Ian TaylorAssociate Professor Eva Kummer Department: Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research Graduate Programme:Molecular Mechanisms of DiseasePlace:The defence is conducted as a hybrid defence. To attend the digital defence, please follow the link: https://ucph-ku.zoom.us/j/7988941470?pwd=bnI5TmRaZzJsZDNCZmdiRlo3bC94dz09Meeting ID: 798 894 1470 Instructions if you wish to attend the defence via the digital solution: Please follow the link and hereafter the instructions to download the required -client. If the -client is incompatible with your pc, smartphone etc. you can attend via an Internet browser. Log-in in due time before to allow time to install the -client. The physical place of the defence: Building 9, Room: Henrik Dam auditorium, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200 Copenhagen Ask for a copy of the thesis: monica.santiveri@gmail.com"
"PhD defence: Helena Hagner Gram";"";"2025-04-29";"14:30";"2025-04-29";"17:30";"Room 7.2.A Laboranten and 7.2.B Biologen, Strandboulevarden 49, 2100, København Ø";"The interplay between factors of RNA metabolism and the DNA damage response upon transcriptional and genotoxic stress";"The interplay between factors of RNA metabolism and the DNA damage response upon transcriptional and genotoxic stress Assessment Committee:Associate professor Marin Barisic (Chairperson)Associate professor Kumar SomyajitProfessor Vassilis Gorgoulis Supervisors:Professor Claus Storgaard SørensenProfessor Jiri BartekPostdoc Panagiotis Galanos, Department: BRIC Graduate Programme:Molecular Mechanisms of Disease Place:Room: Room 7.2.A Laboranten and 7.2.B Biologen, Strandboulevarden 49, 2100, København Ø Ask for a copy of the thesis: Helenagram@hotmail.dk"
"Negotiating Accountability for Atrocities in East Timor 1974-1999";"The Faculty of Law";"2025-05-01";"14:00";"2025-05-01";"18:00";"South Campus, Auditorium 4A.0.69";"Public defence of PhD thesis by Camilla Louise Johnson Wee.";"A Socio-Legal Case Study in the Field of International Criminal Justice Public defence of PhD thesis by Camilla Louise Johnson Wee. Abstract This thesis is a case-study offering new research on collective responses to atrocities. It applies sociolegal analysis to the lesser-known case of accountability for atrocities committed in East Timor between 1974 and 1999. The notion that impunity for atrocity crimes cannot be tolerated animated the field of international criminal justice in the 1990s, as manifested in a string of new international and hybrid criminal tribunals. Yet, although the case of East Timor is contemporaneous with the global field’s emergence, it sits at a distance from this development. Internationally supported crimes against humanity trials held in post-conflict East Timor were under-resourced, did not try any high level perpetrator, and were soon shut down. Against this backdrop, field theory inspired by Pierre Bourdieu is deployed to explain what, if not the field of international criminal justice, shaped accountability in this specific case. Timor-Leste is a country that emerged from Portuguese colonisation, Indonesian occupation and United Nations administration. As a case of international criminal justice, this history renders it distinctive because the negotiation of accountability was from the outset inseparable from the struggle over self-determination and the creation of State. Key actors and agents charged a field of power between them as they sought to influence East Timor’s future. These actors are identified as the Timorese Resistance/State, the United Nations, Indonesia, Portugal, Australia, the United States, and civil society. Drawing on interviews, as triangulated with historical, legal and academic sources, the analysis charts relational dynamics through the periods of occupation, transition, and independence. It demonstrates the influence of the transnational field of power in devaluing the anti-impunity principle championed by practitioners and advocates of international criminal justice. As such, the thesis delivers a case-based analysis of the interplay between the field of power and the field of international criminal justice. The thesis is organised in seven chapters. Chapters 1 and 2 introduce the research rationale andapproach. Chapter 3 provides a historical account and Chapter 4 critically analyses the avenues ofresponsibility under international law that actors and agents did not pursue. Chapter 5 traces shifting power dynamics over time, showing how a brief destabilisation of established relations in 1999 opened a space for justice. Chapter 6 concretises through events and cases how that space was gradually closed. Finally, Chapter 7 synthesises the relations over time to answer the key research question of how engaged actors and agents shaped accountability for atrocities committed in East-Timor. Assessment committee Associate Professor Nora Stappert, University of Copenhagen Professor David Cohen, Stanford University Professor Padraig McAuliffe, University of Liverpool Supervisor Professor with special responsibilities Mikkel Jarle Christensen, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen The defence will be held in English. After the defence Camilla Louise Johnson Wee and the Faculty of Law will host a reception in room 7A.0.16 (Pejsestuen), Njalsgade 76, ground floor, 2300 Copenhagen S. The reception ends at 18:00. A copy of the thesis can be ordered from phd-forsvar@jur.ku.dk. "
"PhD defence: Mariusz Maria Hermansdorfer";"";"2025-05-02";"09:00";"2025-05-02";"12:00";"Rolighedsvej 23, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Building: Fælleshuset, first floor, Von Langen room";"Augmenting Landscapes. Computational Design for Sustainability Assessment Across Urban Scales";"Augmenting Landscapes. Computational Design for Sustainability Assessment Across Urban Scales Assessment Committee Associate Professor Christian Fertner (Chairperson), Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management Associate Professor Jillian Wallis, University of Melbourne Lecturer/head of the RD section Ilmar Hurkxkens, Boskalis (NL) Supervisors Professor Hans Skov-PetersenAssociate Professor Pia Fricker, Aalto University, Finland Department Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management Place Rolighedsvej 23, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Building: Fælleshuset, first floor, Von Langen room Abstract This thesis explores the integration of computational design methods in landscape architecture to address the growing complexity of urban environments and sustainability challenges. Through a series of interconnected studies, it demonstrates how digital tools and data-driven approaches can augment traditional landscape architectural workflows, particularly in the early design stages where decisions have far-reaching consequences. The methodology combines theoretical development with practical application, validating each computational approach through diverse case studies drawn from professional practice. The research progresses from block-scale interventions to city-wide planning strategies. Key contributions include: (1) SandWorm, an intuitive tangible interface for collaborative terrain modeling with emphasis on stakeholder engagement; (2) a parametric optimization method for climate-adaptive terrain design balancing earthworks with effective stormwater management; (3) GreenScenario, a comprehensive framework for evaluating sustainable urban landscapes, providing real-time feedback on multiple environmental and economic factors; and (4) Urban Decarb, a tool integrating life cycle assessment into early-stage urban planning. Collectively, these studies reveal key themes in the application of computational design to landscape architecture: the potential for immediate, data-driven insights to enhance decision-making, the ability to support qualitative design considerations with quantitative metrics, the facilitation of interdisciplinary collaboration, and the capacity to address urban challenges in climate adaptation and carbon reduction. The research illustrates how these computational approaches can be effectively applied across various scales, offering new possibilities for integrated urban design. While demonstrating the benefits of data-driven design methods, this research advocates for balancing computational analysis with the creative intuition and contextual sensitivity central to traditional landscape architectural practice. It emphasizes the role of the landscape architect as a critical interpreter of computational outputs, ensuring that technological advancements enhance rather than diminish the profession’s core values and expertise. A digital version of the PhD thesis can be obtained from the PhD secretary at phd@science.ku.dk before the defence. After the defence the thesis will become available from the Royal Danish Libary at kb@kb.dk "
"PhD defence: Luna Gade Sørensen";"";"2025-05-02";"13:00";"2025-05-02";"16:00";"Room A3, Building 12, Universitetsparken 2, 2100 København Ø";"Phospholipase A2-responsive cubosomes for drug delivery in inflammatory skin disease";" Phospholipase A2-responsive cubosomes for drug delivery in inflammatory skin disease Assessment Committee:Professor Hanne Mørck Nielsen (Chairperson)Professor Tommy NylanderAssociate professor Hanna Barriga Supervisors:Associate Professor Andrea HeinzProfessor Martin Malmsten Department: Department of Pharmacy Graduate Programme:Pharmaceutical Sciences Place:Room A3, Building 12, Universitetsparken 2, 2100 København Ø Ask for a copy of the thesis: luna.gade@sund.ku.dk "
"Defective Data? A comparative analysis of quality and usability obligations in B2B data contracts";"The Faculty of Law";"2025-05-02";"13:00";"2025-05-02";"17:00";"South Campus, Auditorium 9A-1-01 (Nanna Berg Auditorium)";"Public defence of PhD thesis by Nine Riis.";"Public defence of PhD thesis by Nine Riis. Abstract The thesis has a twofold objective: Firstly, to examine which obligations related to the quality and usability of data a supplier undertakes under Danish, German, and English law when providing data pursuant to a B2B data contract. Secondly, to analyse the differences and similarities between the three jurisdictions to determine if a common core exists. The backdrop for the thesis is the rise of data-driven technologies. These technologies are built on large amounts of data and their overall performance is linked to the quality of such data. To develop high-grade data-driven technologies, companies therefore conclude data contracts to obtain high quality data. Yet, data and data markets differ from other objects treated in contract law. While recent research has taken first steps in examining how contract law overall can be adapted to data, almost no research have focused specifically on the supplier’s quality and usability obligations. The thesis fills this significant research gap. To analyse the law de lege lata, the thesis uses doctrinal study of the law. Doctrinal studies presume that an understanding of the legally relevant facts exists; this is not given in B2B data contracts due to the special characteristics of data. Part of the doctrinal analysis thus delimits the legally relevant facts for analysing quality and usability obligations. To identify a common core, the thesis employs a functional comparative method. The thesis starts by creating a foundation for analysing quality and usability obligations by identifying which contract types B2B data contracts can be classified as. B2B data contracts can take the form of sales or license contracts; quality and usability obligations can therefore be determined with reference to the rules on defects and legal defects for these contracts. The rules on defects state that the data must be of the nature required by the contract, fit for agreed purposes and of the agreed quality (agreed requirements). If no agreement exists, the data must be fit for the purposes, which data of the same kind is ordinarily used for, of a quality ordinary in data of the same kind, and correspond to a provided sample (default requirements). An exception to the rules is that the recipient of the data cannot make a claim for defects the recipient knew about prior to conclusion of the contract. The thesis’ contention is that the rules on defects rest on a set of presumptions that are unclear for B2B data contracts. Among others, the rules presume that “data of the same kind” is identifiable and that a common understanding of data quality exists. To remedy this, the thesis elaborates on each of the presumptions in order to identify the legally relevant facts for analysing the supplier’s obligations. On the basis of the informed presumptions, the thesis analyses each of the agreed and default requirements. The rules on legal defects require the supplier to provide data to which no third party can claim any rights. As many different types of data exist, it differs, however, if third parties have rights in data. Therefore, the thesis examines the different rights that can exist in data and assesses their relevance in B2B data contracts. The thesis concludes that a common core exists between the three jurisdictions. Parties from the three jurisdictions can therefore conclude B2B data contracts with relative confidence that the supplier’s quality and usability obligations are similar. Overall, the thesis’ contribution lies in its extensive comparative analysis of the supplier’s quality and usability obligations in B2B data contracts; such analysis is the first of its kind. The thesis’ conclusions provide the springboard for the future development of contractual practices for B2B data contracts. Assessment committee Professor Henrik Udsen, University of Copenhagen Professor Teresa Rodríguez de las Heras Ballell, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Professor Søren Sandfeld Jacobsen, Copenhagen Business School Supervisor Associate Professor Sylvie Cécile Cavaleri, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen The defence will be held in English. After the defence Nine Riis and the Faculty of Law will host a reception in the Fireplace Room 7A.0.16, Njalsgade 76, ground floor, 2300 Copenhagen S. The reception ends at 17:00. A copy of the thesis can be ordered from phd-forsvar@jur.ku.dk. "
"PhD defence by Luna Gade Sørensen";"";"2025-05-02";"13:00";"2025-05-02";"16:00";"Auditorium 3, Building 12, Pharmaschool, Universitetsparken 2, 2100 Copenhagen";"Phospholipase A2-responsive cubosomes for drug delivery in inflammatory skin disease";"Phospholipase A2-responsive cubosomes for drug delivery in inflammatory skin disease PhD thesis abstract Assessment committee(Chairperson) Professor Hanne Mørck Nielsen, University of CopenhagenProfessor Tommy Nylander, Lund University, SwedenAssociate Professor Hanna Barriga, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden SupervisorsAssociate Professor Andrea Heinz, University of CopenhagenProfessor Martin Malmsten, University of Copenhagen DepartmentDepartment of Pharmacy Graduate programmePharmaceutical Sciences Place of studyThe experimental work took place at the Department of Pharmacy, University of Copenhagen, Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, and at the Research Group for Analytical Food Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark. Furthermore, beam times took place at the B21 beamline, Diamond Light Source, United Kingdom. Place of PhD defenceAuditorium 3, Building 12PharmaSchoolUniversitetsparken 22100 Copenhagen Ø See Luna on LinkedIn Ask for a copy of the thesisluna.gade@sund.ku.dk"
"PhD defence: Peter Laursen Graversen";"";"2025-05-02";"14:00";"2025-05-02";"17:00";"Entrance 44, Auditorium 1, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen";"Surgical treatment for infective endocarditis";"Surgical treatment for infective endocarditis Assessment Committee:Associate professor Morten Kjøbek Lamberts (Chairperson)Professor Lars Peter Schødt RiberProfessor Steven Chamuleau Supervisors:Clinical Professor Emil Loldrup FosbølClinical Professor Lars Valeur KøberPhD, M.D. Lauge Klement Moltke Østergaard Department: Department of Clinical Medicine Graduate Programme:Cardiovascular Research Place:Entrance 44, Room: Auditorium 1, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen Ask for a copy of the thesis: pgra.work@gmail.com"
"PhD Defense by Eftychia Symeonidou";"Astrophysics and Planetary Science";"2025-05-02";"14:00";"";"";"Margrethe Bohr Aud. (Niels Bohr Building, Jagtvej 132, 2200 Copenhagen N) or in Aud A at Microbiology (Universitetsparken 15, Building 1, 2100 Copenhagen Ø) TBD";"Title: Life in the Extremities";"PhD Thesis: Link for the PhD Thesis will be updated, when it is uploaded by the NBI-Education team - PhD theses - Astrophysics – Niels Bohr Institute - University of Copenhagen Title: Life in the Extremities Abstract: Billions of years divide the start of the universe until the present day. Multiple events led to the cosmos as we know it and equal seems to be the amount of the questions about them and which chain of events led to our existence on Earth. Some of these questions concern the presence of life in other parts of the universe and whether terrestrial life could survive outside our planet. Αstrobiology aims to answer some of those questions and the present thesis aspires to contribute to this scientific domain’s knowledge. The thesis is divided in three main parts consisting of four studies. In the first part, we study the resilience of two microorganisms on Mars related conditions. The first study monitors a fungus isolate belonging to the species Penicillium chrysogenum. This fungus was found to persist in high salinity and interestingly in the presence of perchlorate salts which have also been detected in the martian surface. To understand the underlying mechanisms that enable that fungus to persist in those conditions we employ transcriptomics analysis techniques. Our results indicate that multiple and diverse mechanisms contribute to this characteristic of the fungus. The second studied microorganism, for the first part of this thesis, is the extremophile bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans which has been exposed to water freezing temperature and different perchlorate and chloride salts. The bacterium was exposed to the previous conditions for 30 days and its survival and metabolic activity were monitored and assessed. The acquired results show decreased activity at low temperature and as the concentration of the salt increased while survival decreased also along with salt concentration increase. The second part focuses on the ability of a plant community to persist in full isolation. The inspiration and data for this work comes from the Tropical rainforest biome of the Bio-sphere 2 project. The evolution of the bio-community is studied under the prism of the Unified Neutral Theory of Biodiversity. In our models we predict a quick initial species loss which is decelerated in later stages until only one species prevails. The timescales predicted by the model differ greatly from the actual experimental results and for proper testing the duration of the actual experiment should have been at least 30 times longer. This study can give insight to microcosm and mesocosm study design and further on onboard and exoplanetary ecosystems. The last part of this thesis describes the process of comparing temperature-gas pressure profiles produced with the original MARCS code for stellar atmospheres and the newer MSG code that produces models substellar and exoplanetary atmospheres. Our results show consistency between the codes when models were computed for temperatures varying between 2500-3000K. The longterm perspective of this study is to make it possible to study the influence of biological metabolism on the emerging spectra of Earth-like exoplanets. Overall, this thesis has employs interdisciplinary knowledge of physics and biology to address different astrobiology related questions. Supervisor: Uffe Gråe Jørgensen, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen Co-Supervisor: Anders Priemé, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen PhD Evaluation Committee: Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin) Kai Finster, Department of Biology - Microbiology, Aarhus University Namiko Mitarai, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen ---------------------------- There will be a following reception in either the “Inge Lehmann Atrium” across the Margrethe Bohr Aud. or in front of the Aud. A. at Microbiology."
"The neuropsychology of visual perception in adults with cerebral palsy";"Department of Psychology";"2025-05-02";"14:00";"2025-05-02";"17:00";"Auditorium 1.1.18, The Faculty of Social Sciences (CSS), Øster Farimagsgade 5, Building 1, 1353 Copenhagen";"Public defence of PhD thesis by Katrine Sand Andersen.";" Public defence of PhD thesis by Katrine Sand Andersen. Abstract Photo: The Elsass Foundation It is estimated that about 40-50% of children with cerebral palsy (CP) have visual perceptual impairments, but little is known about the range of visual perceptual impairments that adults with CP can have. This thesis is centered around two topics: 1) Assessment of cognitive functioning in adults with CP and 2) an investigation into visual perception in adults with CP using quantitative and qualitative methodologies. The findings show that adults with CP can have various cognitive deficits, including many types of visual perceptual impairments. The studies highlight the need for individualized assessments and interventions for this group. Moreover, the findings reveal gaps in the literature on visual perceptual impairments in adults with CP, as well as in individuals with Cerebral Visual Impairment. Assessment committee Professor Jesper Dammeyer, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (chair) Professor Kristine Stadskleiv, University of Oslo, Norway Associate Professor Lars Evald, University of Aarhus, Denmark Supervisors Professor Randi Starrfelt, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (principal supervisor) Assistant Professor Ro J. Robotham, University of Copenhagen, Denmark "
"PhD defence: Jane Lunding Larsen";"";"2025-05-02";"14:00";"2025-05-02";"17:00";"Opgang 44 - Rigshospitalet, Auditorium 2, Juliane Maries vej 14, 2100 København Ø";"Being a parent of an individual with Rett syndrome across different ages and phases of life";"Being a parent of an individual with Rett syndrome across different ages and phases of life Assessment Committee:Professor Thordis Thomsen (Chairperson)Professor Helle TimmAssociate professor Silja Berg Kårstad Supervisors:Associate Professor Eva Helena HanssonPhD, Clinical Researcher Michelle StahlhutPhD, Overlæge Anne-Marie Bisgaard Pedersen, PhD, Clinical Researcher Ena Lindhart Thomsen, Department: Department of Clinical Medicine Graduate Programme:Life Cycle in Medicine Place:Opgang 44 - Rigshospitalet, Room: Auditorium 2, Juliane Maries vej 14, 2100 København Ø Ask for a copy of the thesis: jane.lunding.larsen@regionh.dk "
"PhD defence: Andreas Larsen";"";"2025-05-02";"15:00";"2025-05-02";"18:00";"Mærsk Tower, University of Copenhagen, Nielsine Nielsen auditoriet, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200 Copenhagen";"Capsular contracture in patients with breast implants - Pathogenesis, diagnostic criteria, and the impact of silicone leakage";"Capsular contracture in patients with breast implants - Pathogenesis, diagnostic criteria, and the impact of silicone leakage Assessment Committee:Professor Tove Holst Filtenborg Tvedskov (Chairperson)Professor Rene van der HulstProfessor Mark Warren Clemens Supervisors:Associate Professor Mikkel HerlyProfessor Thomas BjarnsholtClinical Professor Tine Engberg Damsgaard, Clinical Professor Lisbet Rosenkrantz Hølmich, Professor Thomas Wojciech Zygmunt Litman, MD, PhD Anne Roslind, Clinical Associate Professor Peter Viktor Vester-Glowinski, Department: Department of Immunology and Microbiology Graduate Programme:Surgical Sciences Place:Mærsk Tower, University of Copenhagen, Room: Nielsine Nielsen auditoriet, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200 Copenhagen Ask for a copy of the thesis: andreas.larsen@regionh.dk "
"PhD defence: Pernille Rævdal";"";"2025-05-02";"16:00";"2025-05-02";"19:00";"Medical Museion, Auditorium, Bredgade 62, 1260, Copenhagen K";"Ocular Surface Disease in Atopic Dermatitis";"Ocular Surface Disease in Atopic Dermatitis Assessment Committee:Associate professor Steffen Ellitsgaard Hamann (Chairperson)Professor Henrik VorumProfessor Barbara Cvenkel Supervisors:Professor Miriam KolkoClinical Professor Steffen HeegaardProfessor Emeritus Jacob Pontoppidan Thyssen, Professor Tor Paaske Utheim, Department: Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology Graduate Programme:Pharmaceutical Sciences Place:Medical Museion, Room: Auditorium, Bredgade 62, 1260, Copenhagen K Ask for a copy of the thesis: pernille.may.hansen@regionh.dk "
"PhD defence by Pernille May Hansen";"";"2025-05-02";"16:00";"2025-05-02";"19:00";"Medical Museion, Auditorium, Bredgade 62, 1260, Copenhagen K";"Ocular Surface Disease in Atopic Dermatitis";"Ocular Surface Disease in Atopic Dermatitis PhD thesis abstract Assessment committee(Chairperson) Professor Steffen Ellitsgaard Hamann, University of CopenhagenProfessor Henrik Vorum, University of AalborgProfessor Barbara Cvenkel, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia SupervisorsProfessor Miriam Kolko, University of CopenhagenClinical Professor Steffen Heegaard, University of CopenhagenProfessor Emeritus Jacob Pontoppidan Thyssen, University of CopenhagenProfessor Tor Paaske Utheim, University of Oslo, Norway DepartmentDepartment of Drug Design and Pharmacology Graduate programmePharmaceutical Sciences Place of studyThe experimental work took place at the Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen, and at the Department of Ophthalmology, Copenhagen University Hospital (CUH) – Rigshospitalet-Glostrup Place of PhD defenceMedical MuseionAuditoriumBredgade 621260 Copenhagen K See Pernille on LinkedIn Ask for a copy of the thesispernille.may.hansen@regionh.dk"
"PhD defence: Jesper Andre Erik Nielsen";"";"2025-05-05";"13:00";"2025-05-05";"16:00";"Gothersgade Auditorium 1, Gothersgade 140, 1123 Copenhagen";"Planet formation through space and time - Using planet population synthesis models to understand the formation and evolution of planetary systems";"Planet formation through space and time - Using planet population synthesis models to understand the formation and evolution of planetary systems Assessment Committee:Associate professor Martin Schiller (Chairperson)Associate professor Simon AlbrechtProfessor Barbara Ercolano Supervisors:Professor Anders JohansenProfessor Anja Andersen Department: GLOBE Institute Graduate Programme:Life, Earth and Environmental Sciences Place:Gothersgade Auditorium 1, Building 01, Gothersgade 140, 1123 Copenhagen Ask for a copy of the thesis: jespernielsen_97@hotmail.com "
"PhD defence: Frederik Nørby Friis Sørensen";"";"2025-05-05";"13:00";"2025-05-05";"16:00";"Biotech Research & Innovation Centre (BRIC), Seminar room, 2nd floor (1.2.03), Ole Maaløes Vej 5, 2200, København N";"Epileptogenic neurodevelopmental disorders - Unravelling the Cellular and Molecular Heterogeneity in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex";"Epileptogenic neurodevelopmental disorders - Unravelling the Cellular and Molecular Heterogeneity in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Assessment Committee:Professor Lars Hageman Pinborg (Chairperson)Professor Vijay TiwariDr Cristina Ruedell Reschke Supervisors:Professor Konstantin KhodosevichProfessor Rikke Steensbjerre Møller Department: BRIC Graduate Programme:Molecular Mechanisms of Disease Place:Biotech Research & Innovation Centre (BRIC), Room: Seminar room, 2nd floor (1.2.03), Ole Maaløes Vej 5, 2200, København N Ask for a copy of the thesis: Frederik.Sorensen@sund.ku.dk "
"PhD defence: Hans Johan Niklas Lorentsson";"";"2025-05-06";"14:00";"2025-05-06";"17:00";"Statens Serum Institut, Building 43, Foredragssalen, Artillerivej 5, 2300 København";"Tuberculosis: Treatment-associated metabolic and haemostatic changes and the impact of glucose on Mycobacterium tuberculosis immunity";"Tuberculosis: Treatment-associated metabolic and haemostatic changes and the impact of glucose on Mycobacterium tuberculosis immunity Assessment Committee:Professor Jørgen Rungby (Chairperson)Associate professor Andreas Fløe HvassProfessor Per Björkman Supervisors:Clinical Associate Professor Pernille RavnClinical Research Associate Professor Daniel Faurholt-JepsenMD, Chief Physician Katrine Bagge Hansen Department: Department of Clinical Medicine Graduate Programme:Immunology and Infectious Diseases Place:Statens Serum Institut, Building 43, Room: Foredragssalen, Artillerivej 5, 2300 København Ask for a copy of the thesis: hjnl@ssi.dk "
"Symphony in the Shadows: The Wagner Group and the Russian State";"Department of Political Science";"2025-05-06";"14:00";"2025-05-06";"17:00";"Auditorium 25.01.53, Building 25, The Faculty of Social Sciences (CSS), Gammeltoftsgade 19, 1355 Copenhagen";"Public defence of PhD thesis by Karen Philippa Larsen.";"Public defence of PhD thesis by Karen Philippa Larsen. Summary The dissertation examines the Russian Wagner Group's dual role as a state-affiliated and at times autonomous actor, and its complex relationship with the Russian state. The Russian Wagner Group has been a key player in advancing Russia’s interests on the African continent, as well as in its full-scale war against Ukraine launched in February 2022 and earlier military operations there. Despite its significance, the group has operated predominantly in the shadows since its founding presumably in 2014. Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the businessman leading the Wagner Group, orchestrated a complex web of activities that served both the Group’s and the Russian state’s interests. In existing literature, the Wagner Group’s actorness is often downplayed or ignored in favour of analysing and investigating the Group’s relationship with the Russian state. This dissertation is guided by an analytical perspective of the Wagner Group as an actor and through five dissertation papers, provides valuable insights on how the Group is constituted and legitimised as an actor, and its relations with the Russian state. The dissertation employs a research strategy of composing a collage of cases i.e. analysing the Group through various theoretical lenses. This allows for the complex dynamics of the Group’s performances, representations and practices to be part of the analysis. Furthermore, the dissertation draws on, and critically engages with contested narratives and multiple commonsensical logics about the Group. The dissertation’s five papers offer five perspectives on the Wagner Group and its relationship with the Russian state. Paper A investigates the Wagner Group’s relationship with the Russian state by showing similarities between neo-liberal trends of outsourcing security via an economic market and Russia’s informal neo-patrimonial regime. Paper B shows a development in Russian discourses, which constitutes the Russian private military companies as legitimate actors by the end of 2021. Paper C analyses the Wagner Group in Africa as an infrastructure, and finds that the Group facilitates military, economic and diplomatic flows and that its significance cannot be grasped in its full, by focusing only on one of these flows. The multiplicity of the Wagner Group is also a key aspect of Paper D, which, by focusing on the Wagner Group in Sudan, conceptualises the Group as both a foreign policy instrument, actor and infrastructure, working on a spectrum between state-controlled and autonomous actor. This Paper also posits that the Group’s significance lies in the multiple different roles it has been able to fill, both on behalf of the Russian state, and in its own interest. And last Paper E, critically assesses liberal actors’ representations of the Wagner Group and Russia, by analysing the representations alongside practice in Mali and the Central African Republic. As a whole, this multi-dimensional approach critically rearticulates the Wagner Group as an actor and provides fresh insights into the Wagner Group's actorness, its relationship with the Russian state and its contributions to Russian geopolitical strategy. The study advances understanding of the Wagner Group by combining empirical insights, theoretical frameworks, and methodological innovations. It challenges dominant assumptions about the Wagner Group, reveals insights into its relationship with the Russian state, and critiques simplified narratives of state-security dynamics. Through this, the dissertation enhances scholarly discussions on non-state and semi-state actors and their implications for global security and governance. Assessment committee Associate Professor Henrik Larsen, University of Copenhagen (chair) Professor Anna Leander, Geneva Graduate Institute Professor Christopher Spearin, Canadian Forces College (on Zoom) Supervisor Professor Anders Wivel, University of Copenhagen Senior Researcher Flemming Splidsboel Hansen, Danish Institute for International Studies (co-supervisor) "
"PhD defence: Lise Sohl Jeppesen";"";"2025-05-07";"10:00";"";"";"Nørre Alle 53, 2200 København N, Room: Karnapsalen, first floor";"Development of School-based Physical Activity Interventions - A Design-based development process with teacher involvement and a feasibility study of the preliminary interventions";"Development of School-based Physical Activity Interventions - A Design-based development process with teacher involvement and a feasibility study of the preliminary interventions Assessment Committee Associate Professor Charlotte Svendler Nielsen (Chairperson)Associate Professor Knud RyomProfessor Elaine Murtagh Supervisor Jacob Wienecke Department Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports Place Nørre Alle 53, 2200 København N, Room: Karnapsalen, first floor Ask for a copy of the thesis: lise.sohl@nexs.ku.dk"
"PhD defence: Kristine Egested Sloth Wilhelmsen";"";"2025-05-07";"13:30";"2025-05-07";"16:30";"Bygning 12, Auditorium 3, lokale 12.1.106, Universitetsparken 2, 2100 København Ø";"Molecular Pharmacology Approaches to Studying Extrasynaptic GABAA receptors";"Molecular Pharmacology Approaches to Studying Extrasynaptic GABAA receptors Assessment Committee:Professor Anders A. Jensen (Chairperson)Associate professor Mai Marie HolmDr Delia Belelli Supervisors:Professor Petrine WellendorphProfessor Bente Flensborg FrølundAssociate Professor Kristi Anne Kohlmeier, Associate Professor Uffe Kristiansen, Department: Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology Graduate Programme:Pharmaceutical Sciences Place:Building: 12, Room: Auditorium 3, lokale 12.1.106, Universitetsparken 2, 2100 København Ø Ask for a copy of the thesis: kristine.wilhelmsen@sund.ku.dk"
"PhD defence by Kristine Egested Sloth Wilhelmsen";"";"2025-05-07";"13:30";"2025-05-07";"16:30";"Auditorium 3, building 12, PharmaSchool, Universitetsparken 2, 2100 Copenhagen";"Molecular Pharmacology Approaches to Studying Extrasynaptic GABAA receptors";"Molecular Pharmacology Approaches to Studying Extrasynaptic GABAA receptors PhD thesis abstract Assessment committee(Chairperson) Professor Anders A. Jensen, University of CopenhagenAssociate Professor Mai Marie Holm, Aarhus UniversityHonorary Reader Dr. Delia Belelli, University of Dundee, United Kingdom SupervisorsProfessor Petrine Wellendorph, University of CopenhagenProfessor Bente Frølund, University of CopenhagenAssociate Professor Kristi Kohlmeier, University of CopenhagenAssociate Professor Uffe Kristiansen, University of Copenhagen DepartmentDepartment of Drug Design and Pharmacology Graduate programmePharmaceutical Sciences Place of studyThe experimental work took place at the Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen, and at the Department of Pathobiology of the Nervous System, Medical University of Vienna, Austria Place of PhD defenceAuditorium 3Building 12PharmaSchoolUniversitetsparken 22100 Copenhagen See Kristine on LinkedIn Ask for a copy of the thesiskristine.wilhelmsen@sund.ku.dk"
"PhD defence: Magdalena Masternak";"";"2025-05-07";"14:00";"2025-05-07";"17:00";"13, Holst Auditorium, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200 København N";"Understanding human ribosome biogenesis: structural and functional characterization of the 55LCC complex";"Understanding human ribosome biogenesis: structural and functional characterization of the 55LCC complex Assessment Committee:Professor Jakob Nilsson (Chairperson)Dr Pablo AlcónDr Simone Mattei Supervisors:Professor Guillermo Montoya BlancoAssociate Professor Nicholas Michael Ian TaylorVisiting Professor Melanie Bianca Weisser, Department: Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research Graduate Programme:Molecular Mechanisms of Disease Place:13, Room: Holst Auditorium, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200 Ask for a copy of the thesis: masternak.magdalena@gmail.com "
"PhD defence: Signe Glargaard";"";"2025-05-07";"14:00";"2025-05-07";"17:00";"Mærsk Tower, Building 9, Henrik Dam auditoriet, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200 Copenhagen N";"Pleural effusion in heart failure - pathophysiology and treatment";"Pleural effusion in heart failure - pathophysiology and treatment Assessment Committee:Professor Christian Hassager (Chairperson)Dr Mads Jønsson AndersenDr Jozine ter Maaten Supervisors:Clinical Associate Professor Jens Jakob ThuneMD, PhD Jakob Hartvig Thomsen Department: Department of Clinical Medicine Graduate Programme:Cardiovascular Research Place:Mærsk Tower, Building 9, Room: Henrik Dam auditoriet, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200 Copenhagen N Ask for a copy of the thesis: signe.glargaard@regionh.dk "
"PhD defence: Caroline Amalie Taksøe-Vester";"";"2025-05-07";"14:00";"2025-05-07";"17:00";"Building 13, Jerne auditoriet, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2100 København Ø";"AI and the Fetal Heart";"AI and the Fetal Heart Assessment Committee:Professor Nis Peter Damm (Chairperson)Associate professor Puk SandagerAssociate professor Fatima Crispi Supervisors:Clinical Professor Martin Grønnebæk TolsgaardClinical Professor Olav Bennike Bjørn PetersenAssociate Professor Anders Nymark Christensen, Department: Department of Clinical Medicine Graduate Programme:Life Cycle in Medicine Place:Building 13, Room: Jerne auditoriet, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2100 København Ø Ask for a copy of the thesis: ca_tv@hotmail.com "
"PhD defence: Louise Hindsø";"";"2025-05-08";"13:00";"2025-05-08";"16:00";"Rigshospitalet Blegdamsvej, Auditorium 2, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen";" Genicular artery embolization as pain treatment in patients with knee osteoarthritis";"Genicular artery embolization as pain treatment in patients with knee osteoarthritis Assessment Committee:Professor Andreas Kjær (Chairperson)Professor Martin Lindberg-LarsenProfessor Mark Little Supervisors:Clinical Professor Lars Birger LönnClinical Professor Per HølmichClinical Professor Michael Bachmann Nielsen, Clinical Professor Michael Mørk Petersen, Clinical Associate Professor Mikkel Taudorf, Department: Department of Clinical Medicine Graduate Programme:Medical and Molecular Imaging Place:Rigshospitalet Blegdamsvej, Room: Auditorium 2, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen Ask for a copy of the thesis: louisehindsoe@hotmail.com "
"PhD defence Tobias Roland Dons";"";"2025-05-08";"13:00";"2025-05-08";"16:00";"Room A2-83.01, 1. floor, Thorvaldsensvej 30  ";"Milk Fat Globule Separation and Fractionation using Silicon Carbide Ceramic Membranes: Structure, Characterization and Integrity";"Assessment Committee Associate professor Åsmund Rinnan (Chairperson)Professor Seamus O'MahonySenior scientist Steffen Hansen Supervisors Professor Lilia Maria Ahrné Department Department of Food Science Place Room A2-83.01, 1. floor, Thorvaldsensvej 30 Ask for a copy of the thesis here: Tobiasdons@gmail.com "
"PhD defence: Stefanos Arampatzis";"";"2025-05-09";"13:00";"2025-05-09";"16:00";"5.S.B.C, Strandboulevarden 49, 2100, København Ø";"Functional analysis and exploration of drug repurposing in overcoming cancer resistance to chemotherapy";"Functional analysis and exploration of drug repurposing in overcoming cancer resistance to chemotherapy Assessment Committee:Associate professor Tuula Anneli Kallunki (Chairperson)Dr Apolinar Maya-MendozaAssociate professor Athanassios Kotsinas Supervisors:Professor Claus Storgaard SørensenProfessor Jiri BartekSenior Scientist Robert Strauss, Department: BRIC Graduate Programme:Molecular Mechanisms of Disease Place:Room: 5.S.B.C, Strandboulevarden 49, 2100, København Ø Ask for a copy of the thesis: stefarabatzis93@gmail.com "
"PhD defence: Christian Kim Eschen";"";"2025-05-09";"14:00";"2025-05-09";"17:00";"Mærsk Tårnet, Foredragssal 7.15.92, 15. sal, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200 Copenhagen N";"Deep Learning for Coronary Angiography: From Stenosis Estimation to Survival Analysis";"Deep Learning for Coronary Angiography: From Stenosis Estimation to Survival Analysis Assessment Committee:Associate professor Rikke Sørensen (Chairperson)Associate professor Claes Nøhr LadefogedProfessor Natasa Sladoje Supervisors:Professor Søren BrunakVisiting Professor Karina BanasikProfessor Anders Bjorholm Dahl Department: Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research Graduate Programme:Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Place:Mærsk Tårnet, Room: Foredragssal 7.15.92, 15. sal, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200 Copenhagen N Ask for a copy of the thesis: christian_eschen@hotmail.com "
"PhD defence: Nertila Zylyftari";"";"2025-05-09";"14:00";"2025-05-09";"17:00";"Gentofte Hospital, 10A, HGH-Lokale-Gentofte Store auditorie, Gentofte Hospitalvej 10A, 2900, Hellerup";"Early Warning Signs, Symptoms, and Sex-Differences in Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest";"Early Warning Signs, Symptoms, and Sex-Differences in Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Assessment Committee:Professor Jacob Tfelt-Hansen (Chairperson)Associate professor John Bro JeppesenDr Mattias Ringh Supervisors:Clinical Professor Gunnar Hilmar Gislason Department: Department of Clinical Medicine Graduate Programme:Cardiovascular Research Place:Gentofte Hospital, 10A, Room: HGH-Lokale-Gentofte Store auditorie, Gentofte Hospitalsvej 10A, 2900, Hellerup Ask for a copy of the thesis: nertila.zylyftari@gmail.com "
"PhD defence: Dorde Marina";"";"2025-05-09";"14:00";"2025-05-09";"17:00";"Panum, Henrik Dam auditoriet, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200 Copenhagen N";"Thyroid function in postmenopausal women with early-stageB breast cancer treated with chemotherapy and aromatase inhibitors";"Thyroid function in postmenopausal women with early-stageB breast cancer treated with chemotherapy and aromatase inhibitors Assessment Committee:Professor Peter Rossing (Chairperson)Professor Peter VestergaardProfessor emeritus Jens Bollerslev Supervisors:Clinical Professor Peter SchwarzMD, DMSc, Leading Physician C se Krogh-RasmussenMD, Senior Consultant Michael Andersson, Department: Department of Clinical Medicine Graduate Programme:Basic and Clinical Research in Musculoskeletal Sciences Place:Panum, Room: Henrik Dam auditoriet, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200 KC8benhavn N Ask for a copy of the thesis: dorde.marina.02@regionh.dk "
"PhD defence: Nelsan Pourhadi";"";"2025-05-09";"14:00";"2025-05-09";"17:00";"Entrance 44, Auditorium 1, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 København Ø";"Commonly used Medications and Dementia";"Commonly used Medications and Dementia Assessment Committee:Professor Melinda Magyari (Chairperson)Professor Anton PottegårdProfessor Miia Kivipelto Supervisors:Clinical Professor Gunhild WaldemarSenior Researcher Christina Jensen-DahmPostdoc Janet Janbek, Department: Department of Clinical Medicine Graduate Programme:Public Health and Epidemiology Place:Entrance 44, Room: Auditorium 1, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 København Ø Ask for a copy of the thesis: nelsanp@hotmail.com "
"PhD defence: Martin Garset-Zamani";"";"2025-05-09";"15:15";"2025-05-09";"18:15";"Opgang 44, Auditorium 2, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 København Ø";"Surgeon-Performed Ultrasound of Oropharyngeal Cancers - Novel ultrasound techniques for improving early detection, tumor staging, and surgical treatment";"Surgeon-Performed Ultrasound of Oropharyngeal Cancers - Novel ultrasound techniques for improving early detection, tumor staging, and surgical treatment. Assessment Committee:Professor Preben Homøe (Chairperson)Associate professor Tejs Ehlers KlugProfessor Merry E. Sebelik Supervisors:Clinical Associate Professor Tobias TodsenClinical Professor Christian von BuchwaldMD, PhD Rikke Norling, Department: Department of Clinical Medicine Graduate Programme:Medical and Molecular Imaging Place:Opgang 44, Room: Auditorium 2, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 København Ø Ask for a copy of the thesis: martin.garset-zamani@regionh.dk "
"Ritual Aesthetics";"Department of Arts and Cultural Studies";"2025-05-12";"13:00";"";"";"South Campus, room 21.0.54 (Multisalen)";"PhD defence by Mathias Hindkjær Overgaard.";"Theorizing art as a societal infrastructure PhD defence by Mathias Hindkjær Overgaard. Summary The dissertation develops the notion ”ritual aesthetics” to examine and describe the social value of art in modernity as an infrastructure for collective self-reflection. Inspired by anthropological and sociological understandings of the ritual as a strategy through which communities come together to experience and evaluate the beliefs that bind them together, the dissertation offers a reinterpretation of philosophical aesthetic discourses from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The ritualistic reading of thinkers like Immanuel Kant, Friedrich Schiller, and G. W. F. Hegel taps into the study’s historical claim about art and aesthetics as a secular substitute for social functions hitherto performed by religion. Conceptually, ritual theory’s conception of sacredness and sacrifice enables an alternative understanding of artistic autonomy that neither instrumentalizes art, nor sees it as something withdrawn from the rest of society. In recognizing art as a site for the “enlivenment” of shared imaginations, the dissertation suggests art as an important societal infrastructure whose mediating work puts people into contact with each other around the ideas they have created of themselves for themselves. Assessment Committee Associate Professor Mikkel Krause Frantzen, Chair (University of Copenhagen) Professor Matthias Warstat (Freie Universität Berlin) Professor Cecilia Sjöholm (Södertörn University) Head of Defence Professor Anne Ring Petersen (University of Copenhagen) Copies of the thesis will be available for consultation at: Copenhagen University Library South Campus, Karen Blixens Plads 7 The Royal Library (the Black Diamond), Søren Kierkegaards Plads 1 "
"PhD defence: Helga Lillian Guðmundsdóttir";"";"2025-05-13";"14:00";"2025-05-13";"17:00";"Frederiksberg Campus, Festauditoriet (lokale: Aud - A1-01.01), Bülowsvej 17, 1870 Frederiksberg";"Hemodynamic Adaptations to Exercise in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Without Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction";"Hemodynamic Adaptations to Exercise in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Without Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction Assessment Committee:Professor Niels Eske Bruun (Chairperson)Professor Jacob Eifer MøllerProfessor Sharlene Day Supervisors:Clinical Associate Professor Jens Jakob ThunePhysician, MD Anna Axelsson RajaClinical Professor Henning BundgaardClinical Professor Finn Gustafsson Department: Department of Clinical Medicine Graduate Programme:Cardiovascular Research Place:Frederiksberg Campus, Room: Festauditoriet (lokale: Aud - A1-01.01), Bülowsvej 17, 1870 Frederiksberg Ask for a copy of the thesis: helgalilliang@gmail.com "
"PhD defence: Emilie Sonne-Holm";"";"2025-05-15";"14:00";"2025-05-15";"17:00";"Bygningen markeret med 93 bag ved Patienthotellet, Auditorium 93, Juliane Maries Vej 20, opgang 93, 2100 København Ø";"Epidemiology and Risk Stratification of Patients with Pulmonary Embolism";"Epidemiology and Risk Stratification of Patients with Pulmonary Embolism. Assessment Committee:Professor Kasper Iversen (Chairperson)Associate professor Asger AndersenDr Joanna Pepke-Zaba Supervisors:Postgraduate Clinical Associate Professor Jørn CarlsenClinical Associate Professor Jesper KjærgaardPhD, Chief Physician Lia Evi BangPhD, MSc Mathilde Winther-Jensen Department: Department of Clinical Medicine Graduate Programme:Cardiovascular Research Place:Bygningen markeret med 93 bag ved Patienthotellet, Room: Auditorium 93, Juliane Maries Vej 20, opgang 93, 2100 København Ø Ask for a copy of the thesis: emilie.sonne-holm.01@regionh.dk "
"PhD defence: Hasim Tekin";"";"2025-05-20";"13:00";"2025-05-20";"16:00";"Mærsk Tårnet - Panum Instituttet, Holst auditoriet, Blegdamsvej 3B 2200 København N ";"Multidisciplinary approach to investigate the pathogenesis of autoimmune diabetes";"Multidisciplinary approach to investigate the pathogenesis of autoimmune diabetes Assessment Committee:Professor Hanne Frøkiær (Chairperson)Dr Joachim StørlingAssociate professor Daniel Agardh Supervisors:Associate Professor Camilla Hartmann Friis HansenProfessor Karsten Stig BuschardSenior Researcher Knud Josefsen Department: Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Graduate Programme:Basic Metabolic Research Place:Mærsk Tårnet - Panum Instituttet, Room: Holst auditoriet, Blegdamsvej 3B 2200 København N Danmark, Ask for a copy of the thesis: hasim.tekin@regionh.dk "
"PhD defence: Kristine Lindhard Rasmussen";"";"2025-05-21";"14:00";"2025-05-21";"17:00";"Herlev Hospital, Store auditorium, Borgmester Ib Juels Vej 1, 2730 Herlev";"Improved survival of the arteriovenous fistula in patients on hemodialysis";"Improved survival of the arteriovenous fistula in patients on hemodialysis Assessment Committee:Associate professor Lisbet Brandi (Chairperson)Dr Krista KjaergaardProfessor Joris Rotmans Supervisors:Clinical Professor Ditte HansenProfessor Boye L. JensenMD, PhD Henrik Post Hansen, Senior Researcher James Goya Heaf, MD, PhD Marianne Rix, Department: Department of Clinical Medicine Graduate Programme:Cardiovascular Research Place:Herlev Hospital, Room: Store auditorium, Borgmester Ib Juels Vej 1, 2730 Herlev Ask for a copy of the thesis: kristine.lindhard.rasmussen@regionh.dk "
"A Step in the Ladder";"The Faculty of Law";"2025-05-23";"13:00";"2025-05-23";"17:00";"South Campus, Auditorium 9A.0.01 (Søren Kierkegaard Auditorium)";"Public defence of PhD thesis by Hersh Sewak.";"An Examination of Practices of being a Tribunal Secretary in International Commercial Arbitration Public defence of PhD thesis by Hersh Sewak. Abstract The thesis is a socio-legal examination of the post of Tribunal Secretary in International Commercial Arbitration. A tribunal secretary is an assistant to the arbitral tribunal to whom the tribunal delegates certain duties and tasks. This research asks the question - what does it mean to be a tribunal secretary. As a result, the thesis is an investigation on tribunal secretary’s engagement with the arbitral record, carrying out any drafting responsibilities, role during the deliberations of the tribunal and relationship with the ICA community. In order to study this, the thesis relies on a sociological approach that brings together values, practices and institutions to canvas a holistic picture. By values, what is meant are the ideas and norms that the practitioners want to be seen to be adhering to. By practices, what is meant are the actual activities that are repeated by the practitioners. By institutions, what is meant are the external sanctions that would have a bearing on the actions of the arbitrators and tribunal secretaries. This is done through a study of the existing literature and combining it with empirical study through semi-structured interviews of arbitrators who have been or worked with tribunal secretaries and tribunal secretaries themselves. The practitioners are largely based in the western jurisdictions though there is a still a large group of practitioners from East Asia. The thesis explores the question of why tribunal secretaries have become inevitable to the practice of ICA. This is due to judicialization and increasing complexity of disputes and moreover, due to historical affinity towards having tribunal secretaries by arbitrators. It zooms into practices of mastering the file, engaging with drafting responsibilities and role during deliberations in order to construct the picture of what it means to be a tribunal secretary in practice. This zooming in allows to see in fine detail the tasks that tribunal secretaries do while at the same time being mindful of the principle of intuitu personae, that is, there are certain duties that the arbitral tribunal has to carry out itself and cannot delegate to the tribunal secretaries. This discussion benefits from the inputs of both the arbitrators as well as tribunal secretaries as to how they navigate this relationship without breaching this principle. It finally discusses the role this position plays in the formation of the legal profession of ICA. ICA practice lacks any formal licensing requirements. Therefore, carrying out the role and responsibilities of tribunal secretary has a strong correlation with joining the legal practice of ICA because of three reasons, namely, learning by doing, gaining familiarity with the existing practitioners and ability to network among peers. It presents various career strategies employed by those who act as tribunal secretaries. Assessment committee Professor Loukas Mistelis, Queen Mary University of London Professor Thomas Schultz, University of Geneva and King’s College, London Associate professor Sylvie Cécile Cavaleri, Copenhagen University Supervisor Professor Henrik Palmer Olsen, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen The defence will be held in English. After the defence Hersh Sewak and the Faculty of Law will host a reception in the Fireplace Room 7A.0.16. Karen Blixens Plads 16, ground floor, 2300 Copenhagen S. The reception ends at 17:00. A copy of the thesis can be ordered from phd-forsvar@jur.ku.dk."
"PhD defence: Katarina Dragicevic";"";"2025-05-26";"13:00";"2025-05-26";"16:00";"Hybrid defence";"Single-cell stories - uncovering cellular narratives behind genetic risk factors for schizophrenia";"Single-cell stories - uncovering cellular narratives behind genetic risk factors for schizophrenia Assessment Committee:Associate professor Tune H Pers (Chairperson)Professor Ditte DemontisAssociate professor Carl Sellgren MajkowitzSupervisors:Professor Konstantin KhodosevichClinical Professor Joachim Lütken WeischenfeldtAssociate Professor Peter Kharchenko, Department: BRIC Graduate Programme:Molecular Mechanisms of DiseasePlace:The defence is conducted as a hybrid defence. To attend the digital defence, please follow the link:https://ucph-ku.zoom.us/j/64792808212?pwd=bu6DxZqhIgyFIaUmXvXTvmvFOT0JLc.1 Meeting ID: 647 9280 8212Password: 551570Instructions if you wish to attend the defence via the digital solution: Please follow the link and hereafter the instructions to download the required -client. If the -client is incompatible with your pc, smartphone etc. you can attend via an Internet browser. Log-in in due time before to allow time to install the -client. The physical place of the defence: Building 13 (Panum), Room: Nielsine Nielsen auditorium, Blegdamsvej 3B, DK-2200 København N, 2200, Copenhagen Ask for a copy of the thesis: dragicevic1996@gmail.com "
"Ph.D. defence - Eric Felix Lyimo";"CMP";"2025-06-02";"09:00";"2025-06-02";"13:00";"Panum - Hannover Auditorium";"Eric (TANZANIA team) defends his Ph.D. thesis";"Thesis title: The evaluation of changing malaria prevalence, IgG reactivity against malaria antigens in relation to malaria control strategies and SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in north-eastern Tanzania Examiners: Anna Färnert (University of Stockholm, Sweden), Ole Lund (Technical University of Denmark) and Morten A Nielsen (Chair) Time and place: Please see box to the right."
"Managing furious insanity: Hospital cell confinement and its alternatives in eighteenth-century Denmark";"Det Teologiske Fakultet";"2025-06-04";"13:15";"";"";"Søndre Campus, auditorium 9A-0-01";"Benjamin Brandt Christiansen forsvarer sin afhandling.";"Benjamin Brandt Christiansen forsvarer sin ph.d.-afhandling. Bedømmelsesudvalg Lektor Anders Holm, formand (Københavns Universitet) Lektor Riikka Miettinen (Tampere University) Arkivar og seniorforsker Jørgen Mikkelsen (Rigsarkivet) Vejleder Lektor Tine Ravnsted-Larsen Reeh Efter forsvaret vil der være reception på Markedspladsen."
"PhD defence: Jacob Peter Hartmann";"";"2025-06-04";"14:00";"2025-06-04";"17:00";"9, Building 9, The Panum Institute, Henrik Dam auditorium, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200 København N Danmark";"Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - from mouth to mitochondria";"Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - from mouth to mitochondria Assessment Committee:Professor Kirsten Møller (Chairperson)Associate professor Ingrid Louise TitlestadProfessor William Sheel Supervisors:Clinical Professor Ronan Martin Griffin BergClinical Associate Professor Ulrik Winning IepsenGroup Leader Regitse Højgaard Christensen, Clinical Professor Jann Mortensen, Department: Department of Biomedical Sciences Graduate Programme:Basic and Clinical Research in Musculoskeletal Sciences Place:Bulding 9, The Panum Institute, Room: Henrik Dam auditorium, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200 København N Danmark Ask for a copy of the thesis: jacob.peter.hartmann@gmail.com "
"PhD defence: Muzhda Ghanizada";"";"2025-06-19";"14:00";"2025-06-19";"17:00";"Indgang 60, Auditorie L - Bispebjerg Hospital, Ebba Lunds Vej 44, 2400 København";"The Effects of Azithromycin Treatment on Antiviral Immunity in Patients with Asthma (AZIMUNE study)";"The Effects of Azithromycin Treatment on Antiviral Immunity in Patients with Asthma (AZIMUNE study) Assessment Committee:Professor Lene Heise Garvey (Chairperson)Professor Hermelijn H. SmitsProfessor Guy Brusselle Supervisors:Clinical Professor Celeste Michala PorsbjergAssociate Professor Therese LapperreClinical Research Associate Professor Asger SverrildProfessor Lena Uller Department: Department of Clinical Medicine Graduate Programme:Airways, Anesthesiology and Skin Place:Indgang 60, Room: Auditorie L - Bispebjerg Hospital, Ebba Lunds Vej 44, 2400 København Ask for a copy of the thesis: muzhdaghanizada@hotmail.com "