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2024

VICTORIA XENAKI
"Nanosafety aspects: Dental health care workers鈥 perception of nanomaterials and in vitro nanotoxicity assessment using new approach methodologies." Supervisors: Professor Emeritus Anne Nordrehaug 脜str酶m, Professor Mihaela Roxana Cimpan, Professor Daniela Elena Costea and Associate Professor Ileana-Mihaela Cuida Marthinussen.听Defense date: May 23, 2024. See press release.

HASSAN ABDEL-RAOUF ABDEL-WAHAB MOHAMED ALI
"Stemness and osteogenic differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells generated in xeno-free conditions." Supervisors: professor Kamal Mustafa, Professor Daniela Costea, Professor Helge R忙der, and Dr. Salwa Suliman.听Defense date: May 24, 2024. See press release.

OLE VIDHAMMER BJ脴RNSTAD
"Neural Interactions in the Breast Cancer Microenvironment." Supervisors: PhD Heidrun Vethe, PhD Manuel Carrasco, PhD Dimitrios Kleftogiannis and Professor Lars A. Akslen.听Defense date: May 31, 2024. See press release.

CHRISTIANE HELGESTAD GJERDE
"Development of Advanced 3D Ovarian Carcinoma Models." Supervisors: Professor Line Bj酶rge, Professor Emmet McCormack, and Researcher Katrin Kleinmanns.听Defense date: June 24, 2024. See press release.

KAREN ROSNES GISSUM
"Unveiling the Complexities: Patients鈥 and Healthcare Providers鈥 Perspectives on Understanding and Managing Ovarian Cancer." Supervisors: Professor Line Bj酶rge, Professor Roger Strand, Professor Ingvild Vistad, Associate Professor Sigrunn Drageset, and Researcher Liv Cecilie V. Thomsen.听Defense date: June 28, 2024. See press release.

HILDE EIDE LIEN
"Single cell expression patterns in endometrial cancer and novel biomarkers for improved treatment." Supervisors: Professor Camilla Krakstad,听Professor Lars A. Akslen and Professor Ingfrid Salvesen Haldorsen. Defense date: September 13, 2024. See press release.

AUSTIN JAMES RAYFORD
"Studies on the effect of AXL inhibition in non-small cell lung cancer." Supervisors: Professor James B. Lorens, Researcher Agnete S. T. Engelsen and PhD听David Micklem.听Defense date: October 11, 2024. See press release.

STURLA MAGNUS GR脴NDAL
"Mechanisms of Immune Dysregulation through AXL Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Signaling in Cancer and Fibrotic Diseases." Supervisors: Professor James B. Lorens and Professor Silke Appel.听Defense date: October 14, 2024. See press release.

2023

BENEDICTE SJO TISLEVOLL
"Single-cell protein profiling in early therapy response evaluation of acute myeloid leukemia by mass cytometry." Supervisors:听Professor Bj酶rn Tore Gjertsen and PhD Vibeke Andresen. Defense date:听January 19, 2023. See press release.

KRISTINE ELDEVIK FASMER
"MRI and 2- [18F] FDG PET/CT for staging, prognostication, and tailoring treatment in endometrial cancer." Supervisors:听Professors Ingfrid Haldorsen and听Camilla Krakstad. Defense date:听January 20, 2023. See press release.

MARIA KATHRINE TVEITAR脜S
"Immunotherapy and HBOT 鈥 from bench to bedside." Supervisors:听Professor Linda Stuhr and听Professor Rolf Reed.听Defense date: January 20, 2023. See press release.

NEHA RANA
"Immunomodulatory effects of mesenchymal stromal cells and calcium phosphate scaffolds in bone regeneration - Preclinical and clinical studies." Supervisors:听Professor Kamal Mustafa,听Professor Bj酶rn Tore Gjertsen, Senior Researcher Sonia Gavasso and Researcher Salwa Suliman.听Defense date: February 24, 2023. See press release.

LOUISE BERGSJ脴 SAND
听"Synthetic studies toward [18F]-fluorination of solid-supported silyl ethers." Supervisors:听Professor Bengt Erik Haug, Ole Heine Kvernenes and Professor Emmet Mc Cormack. Defense date: May 25, 2023. See press release.

CECILIE FREDVIK TORKILDSEN
听"Rethinking High-Grade Serous Ovarian Carcinoma: Comprehensive Bioprofiling for Enhanced Identification of Surgical Phenotypes and Treatment Outcomes." Supervisors:听PhD Liv Cecilie Vestrheim Thomsen, Professor Line Bj酶rge and PhD Ragnar Kvie Sande. Defense date: September 29, 2023. See press release.

SAROJ RAJTHALA
"Functional and Prognostic Role of MicroRNAs in Cancer Associated Fibroblasts and Stroma in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma." Supervisors:听Professors Anne Christine Johannessen,听Daniela-Elena Costea and Dipak Sapkota.听Defense date: November 23, 2023. See press release.

LISE MARTINE INGEBRIKTSEN
"Breast cancer of the young: Exploring age-related breast cancer biology." Supervisors:听Associate Professor Elisabeth Wik, Professor Lars A. Akslen and PhD Erling H酶ivik.听Defense date: November 30, 2023. See press release.

2022

CALUM LEITCH
"Identification and development of small molecule therapies for the treatment of acute myeloid leukaemia." Supervisors:听Professor Bj酶rn Tore Gjertsen and PhD Vibeke Andresen. Defense date:听February 11, 2022. See听press release.

SUSHMA PANDEY DHAKAL
"Prognostic roles of proliferation- and differentiation-related proteins in oral leukoplakia and oral squamous cell carcinoma." Supervisors: Associate Professor Dipak Sapkota (UiO) and Professor Daniela Elena Costea. Defense date:听February 18, 2022. See .

NUHA MOHAMMED GAAFAR MOHAMMED
"Prognostic biomarkers and tumour immune microenvironment characterization in oral squamous cell carcinoma." Supervisors:听Professor Daniela Elena Costea,听Professor Anne Chr. Johannessen, PhD Elisabeth Sivy Nginamau and Senior Researcher Tarig Osman. Defense date:听March 25, 2022. See press release.

YING CHEN
"The tumor microenvironment in breast cancer A study of stromal elastosis, tumor immune cells, vascular invasion, and the relation to detection mode." Supervisors:听Professor Lars A. Akslen,听Associate Professor Elisabeth Wik and PhD Tor Audun Klingen. Defense date:听April 8, 2022. See press release.

HEGE FREDRIKSEN BERG
"Organoid models and novel biomarkers for improved treatment of endometrial cancer". Supervisors:听Professor Camilla Krakstad and PhD Erling H酶ivik. Defense date:听April 22, 2022. See press release.

RIDHIMA DAS
"Novel Methods and Sources for Regeneration of Oral Mucosa." Supervisors:听听Professor Daniela Elena Costea, Professor Anne Christine Johannessen, Professor Mihaela-Roxana Cimpan and Researcher Salwa Suliman. Defense date:听June 16, 2022. See press release.

SILJE KJ脴LLE
"Tumor microenvironment in breast cancer progression. A mass spectrometry-based proteomics study for biomarker discovery and validation." Supervisors:听Professor Lars A. Akslen,听PhD Kenneth Finne and PhD Heidrun Vethe. Defense date:听August 30, 2022. See press release.

HILDEGUNN SIV AASE
"Digital Breast Tomosynthesis - the future screening tool for breast cancer?" Supervisors:听Researcher Solveig Hofvind and听Professor Ingfrid S. Haldorsen. Defense date: October 31, 2022. See press release.

CECILIE ASKELAND
"Biomarkers of aggressive breast cancer with emphasis on tumor-stroma crosstalk." Supervisors:听Professor Lars A. Akslen,听Associate Professor Elisabeth Wik and Professor Ingunn Stefansson. Defense date: December 9, 2022. See press release.

JIYEON KANG
"Improving economic evaluation and decision-making for oncology drugs using real-world data." Supervisors: Professor John Cairns and Associate Professor Alec Miners. Defense date: December 13, 2022.

SUSHIL DHAKAL
"AXL targeting to enhance tumor Type 1 interferon response and potentiate chemo-immunotherapy." Supervisors:听Professor James Lorens and听Associate Professor Niels Aars忙ther. Defense date:听December 16, 2022. See press release.

2021

ANA BEATRIZ MATEUS D鈥橝V脫 LU脥S听
鈥淓ssays on Economic Incentives and Implications of Biomarker Tests.鈥 Supervisors: Professor Tommy Staahl Gabrielsen and Julie Riise, with contributions from Professors Lars A. Akslen, Roger Strand, John Cairns and PhD Kelly Seo. Defense date: February 12, 2021.听See press release.


ELVIRA GARC脥A DE JAL脫N VI脩EGRA听
鈥淧reclinical molecular imaging in oncology 鈥 From chemical synthesis to clinical translatable applications.鈥 Supervisors: Professors Emmet McCormack and Bengt Erik Haug. Defense date: June 25, 2021. See press release.


SHAMUNDEESWARI ANANDAN听
鈥淩ethinking High-Grade Serous Carcinoma: Development of new tools for deep tissue profiling.鈥 Supervisors: Professors Line Bj酶rge and Emmet McCormack and Researcher Liv Cecilie Vestrheim Thomsen. Defense date: September 3, 2021.听See press release.


MOSES MUSIIME听
鈥淣ovel tools and assays for the study of integrin 伪11 expression and function.鈥 Supervisors: Professors Donald Gullberg and Daniela Elena Costea. Defense date: September 24, 2021.听See press release.


HILDE YTRE-HAUGE SMELAND听
鈥淩ole of integrin 伪11尾1 in breast cancer.鈥 Supervisors: Professors Linda E. Birkhaug Stuhr, Lars A. Akslen, Donald Gullberg and Rolf K. Reed. Defense date: September 24, 2021.听See press release.


EIRIK JOAKIM TRANV脜G听
鈥淧recision and Uncertainty. Cancer biomarkers and new perspectives on fairness in priority setting decisions in personalized medicine.鈥 Supervisors: Professors Ole Frithjof Norheim, Roger Strand and Lars Andreas Akslen and Associate Professor Trygve Ottersen. Defense date: September 24, 2021.听See press release.


DAVID ERIK FORSSE听
鈥淣ovel preoperative biomarkers and evaluation of altered treatment strategies to improve outcome for endometrial cancer patients.鈥 Supervisors: Professors Camilla Krakstad and Jone Trovik. Defense date: October 1, 2021.听See press release.


ASTRID B脴RRETZEN听
鈥淓pithelial-mesenchymal transition, angiogenesis, and molecular markers in aggressive prostate cancer.鈥 Supervisors: Professors Ole Johan Halvorsen, Lars A. Akslen and Christian Beisland. Defense date: October 22, 2021.听See press release.

2020

Martin Pilskog January 23.
Title: "Predictive biomarkers for response to treatment with sunitinib in听renal cancer patients"
Supervisors:听Professor Oddbj酶rn Straume, Professor听Christian Beisland and Professor Lars A. Akslen.
See press release.

Jahedul Alam听January 31.
Title:听"Novel Insights into Integrin 伪11 Expression and Function"
Supervisors:听Professor Donald Gullberg,听Professor Rolf K. Reed and Professor James Lorens.
See press release.

Hilde Renate Engerud February 7.
Title:听"Molecular markers to predict prognosis and guide therapy in endometrial cancer"
Supervisors:听Professor Camilla Krakstad and听Professor Jone Trovik.
See press release.

Caroline Benedicte Nitter Engen February 14.
Title:听"Exploring the boundaries of precision haemato-oncology - The case of FLT3 length mutated acute myeloid leukaemia"
Supervisors:听Professor Bj酶rn Tore Gjertsen,听Professor Emmet McCormack and Professor 脴ystein Bruserud.
See press release.

Tone Hoel Lende March 6.
Title:听"Proliferation in operable breast cancer. Aspects of prognostication and relevance of carbohydrate metabolism"
Supervisors:听Professor H氓vard S酶iland,听Professor Emiel AM Janssen, Professor Emeritus Jan PA Baak and Professor Lars A. Akslen.
See press release.

Tormod Karlsen Bj氓nes March 6.
Title: "Drug delivery in pancreatic cancer"
Supervisors:听听Bettina Riedel,听Jan Schj酶tt and听Emmet McCormack.
See press release.

Harsh Nitin Dongre April 30.
Title:听"Biomarkers and preclinical models for more precise diagnosis and personalized treatment of oral and vulva carcinomas - Study on human samples and experimental models"
Supervisors:听Professor Daniela Elena Costea, Professor Line Bj酶rge听and Professor Anne Christine Johannessen.
See press release.

Yaping Hua May 4.
Title:听"Discovery and characterization of novel STAT3 and听androgen receptor inhibitors in prostate cancer cells"
Supervisors:听Professor Karl-Henning Kalland and听Professor Xisong Ke.
See press release.

Hanna Elisabeth Dillek氓s June 4.
Title:听"Importance of physical trauma on recurrence of breast cancer. Can tissue trauma synchronize growth of dormant micrometastases?"
Supervisors:听Professor Oddbj酶rn听Straume, Associate Professor听Svein Arthur Jensen and Professor Olav Mella.
See press release.

Eduarda Guerreiro June 12.
Title: "Isolation and characterization of extracellular vesicles 鈥 Molecular couriers from cancer cell lines, and saliva and tear fluid from patients with primary Sj枚gren鈥檚 syndrome." (UiO/幸运飞艇计划)
Supervisors:听Associate Professor Tine Merete S酶land and Professor Daniela Costea.
See .

Ragnhild Haugse June 17.
Title: "Endothelial cell signaling and sonoporation"
Supervisors:听Associate Professor Spiros Kotopoulis,听Professor Emmet McCormack and PhD Anika Langer.
See press release.

Nazar Gafar Abdulrahman Mohamed June 19.
Title: "Biomarker Identification in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Study on Cohorts of Patients from Sudan"
Supervisors:听Professor Daniela Elena Costea,听Professor听Anne Christine Johannessen,听Professor Ahmed Sulaiman and PhD听Elisabeth Sivy Nginamau.
See press release.

Sissel Dyrstad August 21.
Title:听鈥淎 study on metabolic rewiring in cancer cell plasticity鈥
Supervisors:听Professor Karl Johan Tronstad, Researcher Gro Vatne R酶sland and Professor Jim Lorens
See press release.

Ehsan Hajjar December 17.
Title:听鈥淣ext generation leukemia diagnostics and therapy through p53 isoforms鈥
Supervisors:听Professor Bj酶rn Tore Gjertsen, Senior Researcher Vibeke Andresen听and Advisor Sigrun Margrethe Hjelle
See press release.

Mikyung Kelly Seo
Title: "Economic evaluations of companion cancer biomarkers for targeted therapies鈥
Supervisors:听Professor听John Cairns and Dr. Alec Miners at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM).听

2019

Katharina Bischof February 8th.
Title: "Rethinking Gynecological High-Grade Serous Carcinoma. Portraying the p53 isoform landscape and development of a new preclinical tool for optical imaging in xenograft models"
Supervisors: Professor Line Bj酶rge,听Professor Emmet McCormack, Professor Bj酶rn Tore Gjertsen and Researcher听Stian Knappskog
See press release.

Maria Lie Lotsberg April 29th.
Title: "The role of AXL and the microenvironment in cancer cell plasticity and therapy responses. A study in non-small cell lung cancer models".
Supervisors: Professor James B. Lorens,听Professor Lars A. Akslen and Researcher Agnete S.T. Engelsen
See press release.

Maria Ryssdal Kraby (NTNU).
Title: "Tumor Vasculature in Subtypes of听Breast Cancer.鈥
Supervisors: Professor听Anna Bofin, Associate Professor Signe听Opdahl, Professor Lars A. Akslen and听Researcher Hege Russnes.
See .

Sahba Shafiee June 20th.
Title: "Translational Development of Preclinical Models and Therapies in Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)"
Supervisors:听Professor Emmet McCormack, Associate Professor听Astrid Olsnes Kittang and听Professor Bj酶rn Tore Gjertsen
See press release.

Kjersti Tefre Davidsen June 21st.
Title: "The Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Axl in Tumour Phenotyptic Plasticity and Acquired Resistance to Cancer Targeted- and Immunotherapy"
Supervisors:听Professor James Lorens and听Professor听Oddbj酶rn Straume
See press release.

Sameer Bhargava Nov 1st (Cancer Registry of Norway & UIO)
Title: 鈥淢ammographic screening among听immigrant women in Norway; disparities听in attendance and selected screening听outcomes.鈥
Supervisors: Professor听Solveig Hofvind, Associate Professor听K氓re Moen and Professor Lars A.听Akslen.
See .

Sigmund Ytre-Hauge December 11th.
Title:听"Advanced imaging biomarkers in endometrial cancer"
Supervisors:听Professor Ingfrid S. Haldorsen, Professor听Jone Trovik and Professor Helga B. Salvesen (鈥)
See press release.

Katrin Kleinmanns December 13th.
Title: "Rethinking High-Grade Serous听Ovarian Carcinoma: Development of听New Preclinical Animal Models for听Evaluation of Image-guided Surgery听and Immunotherapy."
Supervisors:听Professor Emmet McCormack and听Professor Line Bj酶rge.
See press release.

2018

Tina Fonnes November 30th.
Title:听鈥淧reclinical models and molecular biomarkers - tools to improve treatment in endometrial carcinoma鈥
Supervisors:听Professor Camilla Krakstad,听Professor Emmet McCormack and Professor Bj酶rn Tore Gjertsen.
See press release.

Lawrence Fred Sembajwe August 24th.
Title: "EXT Proteins: Role in Heparan Sulfate Assembly and in Tumor听Biology"
Supervisors:听Professor Marion Kusche-Gullberg,听Professor Donald Gullberg and Professor Helge Wiig.
See press release.

Israa Abdulrhman Ahmed June 26th.
Title: "Identification of prognostic biomarkers for oral听squamous cell carcinoma. Study on human samples and experimental models"
Supervisors:听Professor Daniela Elena Costea,听Professor听Anne Christine Johannessen and Associate Professor Dipak Sapkota.
See press release.

Waqas Azeem听June 1st.
Title:听"Regulatory patterns in prostate cell differentiation 鈥 investigation of transcription factors AR, GATA2 and NKX3-1".
Supervisors: Professor Karl-Henning Kalland and Xisong Ke.
See press release.

Emilia Hugdahl April 20th.
Title: "Prognostic and molecular markers in primary and metastatic cutaneous melanoma".
Supervisors:听Professor Lars A. Akslen and听PhD听Rita Grude Ladstein.
See press release.

Maria Ramnefjell April 10th.
Title:听鈥淧rognostic biomarkers and clinico-pathologic characteristics in non-small cell lung cancer. A study with special focus on tumor-vascular interactions鈥.
Supervisors:听Professor Lars A. Akslen and Associate Professor Lars Helgeland.
See press release.

Henriette Christie Erts氓s April 6th.
Title:听鈥淭he effects of ageing on microenvironment-contextual epithelial听cell signalling鈥.
Supervisors:听Professor James B. Lorens and Professor Rein Aasland.
See press release.

Stein-Erik Gullaksen March 23rd.
Title:听鈥淪ingle cell signalling and immune profiles in chronic myeloid leukaemia鈥.
Supervisors:听Professor Bj酶rn Tore Gjertsen, Associate Professor Jorunn Kirkeleit and听Professor Emmet Mc Cormack.
See press release.

Tor Audun Klingen听February 20th.
Title:"Vascular invasion by tumor cells, and other prognostic factors in a population-based breast cancer study".
Supervisors: Professor Lars A. Akslen听and听Associate Professor Elisabeth Wik.
See press release.

2017

Jan Roger Olsen听January 27th.
Title:"Context dependent transcription factor regulation in normal and malignant cell differentiation".
Supervisors: Professor Karl-Henning Kalland,听Xisong Ke and听Anne Margrete 脴yan.
See press release.

Maria Omsland February 3rd.
Title: "Investigation of the intercellular structure tunneling nanotube (TNT) in leukemia".
Supervisors:听听Dr. Vibeke Andresen and Professor听Bj酶rn Tore Gjertsen.
See press release.

Pugazendhi Murugan Erusappan May 5th.
Title:听鈥淢olecular Aspects of Integrin 伪11 Function鈥
Supervisors:听Professors Donald Gullberg and Helge Wiig.
See press release.

Karen Klepsland Mauland June 9th.
Title: "Context-related biomarkers in endometrial cancer 鈥 a study with focus on obesity and genomic alterations".
Supervisors: Dr.听Henrica MJ Werner, Professor听Helga B. Salvesen, Dr.听Erling Andr茅 H酶ivik and Professor听Jone Trovik.
See press release.

Anna Berg June 22nd.
Title:听"Molecular alterations and diagnostic imaging in premalignant and malignant endometrial lesions for improved diagnosis and treatment".
Supervisors:听Professor Ingfrid Haldorsen, Professor Camilla Krakstad and Dr.听Henrica MJ Werner.听听
See press release.

Inga Reigstad June 22nd.
Title:听"Investigation of different aspects of the tumor microenvironment as determinants of tumor development and progression".
Supervisors:听Professors Linda Stuhr and听Rolf K. Reed.听听
See press release.

Sura Aziz June 27th.
Title:听"Biological and clinico-pathologic markers in breast cancer. With focus on histologic features, markers of proliferation and angiogenesis".
Supervisors:听Professor Lars A. Akslen and听Associate Professor听Elisabeth Wik.
See press release.

Stefan Hinz听September 8th.
Title:听鈥淢echanisms of AXL mediated cell plasticity and drug resistance鈥.
Supervisors:听Professor James B. Lorens nd听PhD Gro Gausdal.
See press release.

Marit Valla October 12th.
Title:听"Molecular subtypes of breast cancer: incidence and prognosis".听
Supervisors:听Professor Anna M. Bofin, NTNU, Researcher Signe Opdahl, also NTNU, and Professor Lars A. Akslen, CCBIO.听This was a听collaboration project between CCBIO and NTNU.

Kristi Kr眉ger November 8th.
Title: 鈥淢arkers of angiogenesis and the basal-like phenotype of breast cancer鈥.听
Supervisors:听Professor Lars A. Akslen and MD PhD Elisabeth Wik.
See press release.

Mari Kylles酶 Halle November 10th.
Title:听鈥淢olecular alterations suggesting new treatment strategies in uterine carcinomas鈥.听
Supervisors:听Professors Camilla Krakstad and Jone Trovik.
See press release.

Gry Sandvik Haaland November 17th.
Title:听鈥淚nvestigations of the cancer therapeutic and protective effects of warfarin-mediated inhibition of the receptor tyrosine听kinase AXL鈥.
Supervisors:听Professor James Lorens and MD PhD Oddbj酶rn Straume.听听
See press release.

2016

Andr茅 Sulen December 9th.
Title:"Leukocyte p38 and p53 proteins after environmental exposure; variation, associations and applicability".
Supervisors: Professor Bj酶rn Tore Gjertsen,听J枚rg A尾mus and听Bj酶rg Eli Hollund.
See press release.

Cornelia Schuster听November 22nd.
Title:听"Investigation of predictive markers in patients with metastatic melanoma treated with bevacizumab".
Supervisors: Dr. Oddbj酶rn Straume and Professor听Lars A. Akslen.听
See press release.

Elise Aaseb酶 November 4th.
Title:听鈥淢ass spectrometry-based proteome quantification in leukemic cells from acute myeloid leukemia patients鈥.
Supervisors: Professor Frode S. Berven, Professor Frode Selheim, Dr. Marc Vaudel and Bj酶rn Tore Gjertsen.
See press release.

Lavina Ahmed November 2nd.
Title:"Axl as a Biomarker in Breast and Lung Cancer".
Supervisors: Professor Lars A. Akslen, Dr. David Micklem and Dr. Hawa Nalwoga.听
See press release.

G酶ril Knutsvik October 31st.
Title:听"Biomarkers in breast cancer, with special focus on tumor cell proliferation".
Supervisors: Professor Lars A. Akslen and Associate Professor Ingunn M. Stefansson.
See press release.

Ingvild L酶berg Tangen October 7th.
Title:听"Hormone signaling related factors as biomarkers in endometrial cancer"
Supervisors: Associate Professor Camilla Krakstad and Professor Helga Salvesen.
See press release.

Hengshuo Liu September 16th.
Title:听鈥淓xpression and mechanosensitivity of integrin alpha 11 in the tumour microenvironment鈥.
Supervisors:听Professor Donald Gullberg听and Professor Rolf K. Reed.
See press release.

Fanny P茅lissier May 9th.
Title: 鈥淭he Role of Age in Cellular Responses to Microenvironmental Cues as a Breast Cancer Susceptibility Factor鈥.
Supervisors: Professor James B. Lorens and Dr. Mark LaBarge.听
See press release.

Himalaya Parajuli April 29th.
Title:听"Integrin Role of integrin 伪11 in oral carcinogenesis. In vitro and in vivo studies ".
Supervisors: Professors Daniela Elena Costea, Anne Christine Johannessen and听Donald Gullberg.听
See press release.

Jenny Hild Aase Husby 5 February 2016.
Title:听鈥滷unctional imaging to promote individualized and targeted therapy in endometrial cancer鈥. 听
Supervisors: Professors听Ingfrid S. Haldorsen and Helga B. Salvesen.
See press release.

2015

Lene Elisabeth Myhren 16 October 2015.

Title:听鈥滳ell death induction by free and encapsulated cancer drug candidates鈥.
Supervisors: Stein Ove D酶skeland, Lars Herfindal and Bj酶rn Tore Gjertsen.
Press release.

Katarzyna Wnuk-Lipinska 7 April 2015.
Title: 鈥淭he role of Axl signaling in phenotypic plasticity in normal and neoplastic epithelial cells鈥.
Supervisors: Professor James B.Lorens and David Micklem.
Press release.

Ida Wiig S酶rensen 12 February 2015.
Title: 芦Molecular Characterisation of Integrin a 11 Function禄.
Main supervisor: Professor Donald Gullberg. Co-supervisor: Professor Marion Kusche-Gullberg.
Press release.

2014

Crina Elena Tiron 20 June 2014.
Title:听鈥淭he Role of the Axl Receptor Tyrosine Kinase in Breast Cancer鈥.
Main supervisor: Professor James B. Lorens.
Press release.

Tariq Al-Hadi Osman 4 June 2014.
Title:听鈥淐ancer stem cell-related markers in normal and neoplastic oral mucosa; a study on human samples and experimental models鈥.
Main supervisor: Professor Daniela Elena Costea. Co-supervisor: Anne Christine Johannessen.
Press release.

脴ystein Helland 23 May 2015.
Title:听"Ovarian Cancer: A clinical challenge requiring basic answers. Development of an orthotopic ovarian xenograft model accessible to surgical intervention and exploring the role of Treg in evasion of immune destruction".
Main supervisor: Professor Line Bj酶rge. Co-supervisors: Professors Bj酶rn Tore Gjertsen and Emmet McCormack.
Press release.

Henrica Maria Johanna Werner 20 May 2014.
Title:听"Clinical and molecular markers in endometrial cancer. Studying prognostic and predictive biomarkers that can help to individualise therapeutic decisions".
Main supervisor: Professor Helga Salvesen. Co-supervisor: PhD Candidate Jone Trovik.
Press release.

Amani Hamza A. Osman 20 February 2014.
Title:听"Characterization of the tumor stroma and stem cell niche in oral squamous cell carcinoma".
Main supervisor: Professor Anne Christine Johannessen. Co-supervisor: Professor Daniela Elena Costea.
Press release.

脜shild Lunde 7 February 2014.
Title: 鈥砊ensions in Practice, Knowledge and Regulation: Genetic Counseling in Norway鈥.
Main supervisor: Professor Roger Strand. Co-supervisor: professor Karin Nordin.
Press release.

2013

Hanne Eknes Puntervoll 11 December 2013.
Title: "Molecular studies of sporadic and hereditary cutaneous malignant melanoma鈥.
Main supervisors (50/50): Professors Anders Molven and Lars A. Akslen.
Press release.

Hanne Haslene-Hox 11 October 2013.
Title:听鈥淭he microenvironment in human ovarian carcinoma - characterization through proteomic analysis of tissue interstitial fluid鈥.
Main supervisor: Professor Helge Wiig. Co-supervisors: Professor Helga Salvesen and Professor Olav Tenstad.
Press release.

Elisabeth Wik 30 September 2013.
Title:听鈥淓ndometrial carcinoma: a step closer to individualized therapy? Exploring transcriptional alterations in relation to prognostic biomarkers鈥.
Main supervisor: Professor Helga Salvesen. Co-supervisor: Professor Lars A.Akslen.
Press release.

Even Birkeland 20 September 2013.
Title:听鈥淢utations and gene amplifications in endometrial carcinomas. Clinical characteristics and potential targets for therapy related to KRAS, MYC, ATAD2, PIK3CA and FGFR2 alterations鈥.
Main supervisor: Professor Helga Salvesen. Co-supervisor: Associate Professor Camilla Krakstad.
Press release.

J酶rn Skavland 30 August 2013.
Title:听"Risk stratification and therapy response monitoring by phosphoprotein profiles in acute myeloid leukaemia".
Main supervisor: Professor Bj酶rn Tore Gjertsen. Co-supervisor: Professor 脴ystein Bruserud.
Press release.