Master's presentations, Department of Biological Sciences, Wednesday, June 17, 2026
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Below you'll find a list of our master's candidates presenting their thesis as part of their final examination for obtainment of the master's degree. The presentations are public - everyone's welcome!
10.15-10.45 Even Færevaag Jacobsen (Integrated Master Programme in Aquamedicine)
Thesis: Phylogenetic and phenotypic characterization of recent Moritella viscosa isolates from winter ulcers in Norwegian farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
Main Supervisor: Sverre Bang Småge
Co-Supervisor: Erwan Lagadec, BIO
Location: seminar room K1, A-wing, 1st fl., Biologen, Thormøhlens gate 53A
10.15-10.45 Hannah Lovise Storesletten Sødal (MSc in biology)
Title: THE EFFECTS OF EMAMECTIN BENZOATE ON EARLY LIFE STAGES OF THE EUROPEAN LOBSTER (HOMARUS GAMMARUS)
Main supervisor: Rosa Escobar (HI)
Co-supervisor: Tom Langbehn (BIO)
Location: Zoom, contact Beate Ulrikke Rensvik for the link
10.15-10.45 Andre Sæterhaugen (MSc Biology - Integrated teaching degree
Title: To Love, Leave or Linger? Male dispersal strategies in the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis)
Main supervisor: Adele Mennerat (UiB - BIO)
Co Supervisor: Ørjan Totland (UiB - BIO)
Location: Konferanserom A, 2. Etg Thormøhlensgate 51, VilVite
10.15-10.45 Ananda Tallaksen Benediktsdottir (MSc Biology - Marine Biology, Fisheries Biology and Management)
Title: Value of adding video data to a traditional net survey for monitoring coastal cod (Gadus morhua)
Main supervisor: Brian Stock (IMR)
Co-supervisor: Alf Ring Kleiven (IMR)
Department/Internal supervisor: Arild Folkvord (UiB-BIO)
Location: Grupperom 208M1 in Høyteknologisenteret
10.15-10.45 Marius Haram Halvorsen (MSc Biology - Marine Biology, Fisheries Biology and Management)
Title: Improving Oxygen Levels and Increasing Temperatures in the Inner Oslofjord: Effects on Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua)
Main supervisor: Christian Jørgensen (UiB-BIO)
Co-supervisor: Stein Kaartvedt (UiO)
Location: seminar room K3, B-wing, 1st fl., Biologen, Thormøhlens gate 53B.
13.15-13.45 Joanna Løyning (Integrated Master Programme in Aquamedicine)
Thesis: Effekt og biverknadar av polyvalent DNA-vaksine mot Lepeophteirus salmonis
Main Supervisor: Aina-Cathrine Øvergård, BIO
Co-Supervisor: Andreas Borchel og Ingeborg Emilie Kahrs, BIO
Location: seminar room K1, A-wing, 1st fl., Biologen, Thormøhlens gate 53A
13.15-13-45 Marius Emil Lid
Title: Spawning time dynamics of the Norwegian Spring Spawning Herring in the period 1935 to 2024
Main Supervisor: Anders Frugård Opdal (UiB)
Co Supervisor: Øystein Varpe (UiB)
Location: Konferanserom C, Thormøhlensgate 51 (Vil Vilte) 2. egt
13.15-13.45 Eirik Ottesen Hovland (MSc Biology - Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecology)
Title: Effects of Climate and Plant Functional Group Removal on Soil Fungal and Bacterial Abundance in Western Norwegian Grassland
Main supervisor: Peter Groth Farsund (UiB-BIO)
Co-supervisor: Vigdis Vandvik (UiB-BIO)
Location: BIO - Bygg A, Styrehuset (2B05.2)
13.15-13.45 Sofie Haave (MSc Biology - Marine Biology, Fisheries Biology and Management)
Title: Trawling Impacts on Shelf Benthic Communities in Raet National Park:
a BRUV Study
Main supervisor: Alf Ring Kleiven (IMR Flødevigen)
Co-supervisor: James David Poling (IMR), Diana Perry (Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet)
Department contact/co-supervisor: Katja Enberg (UiB-BIO)
Location: Zoom, contact Ingvil R. Sahr for the link
13.15-13.45 Tonje Nummedal-Rolland (MSc biology)
Title: Exploring the links between urbanisation, behaviour, and parasitism in Great tits (Parus major) and Blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Main supervisor: Adele Mennerat (UiB-BIO)
Co-supervisor: Ørjan Totland (UiB)
Location: Konferanserom D (rom-206), VilVite