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dCod'ers at the PRIMO 20 conference (28.05.2019)
The dCod 1.0 project puts its marks on successful PRIMO 20 in Charleston, South Carolina
Jakhongir
Visiting master student from Uzbekistan (06.05.2019)
Jakhongir Alimov, is a master student at National University of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
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Visiting PhD student from Tajikistan (14.03.2019)
Ms. Munavvara Dhzuraeva, is a Phd student at the Biotechnology Center, Tajik National University, Tajikistan.
A row of orchids hanging from a high shelf at Kew Gardens
Orchids - Celebrate the Colour of Colombia (04.03.2019)
In 2019, the annual orchid festival at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew is devoted to Colombia.
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ERANet-funded research visit to University of Exeter (27.02.2019)
Researcher Antonio Garcia-Moyano made a research visit to the Centre for Biocatalysis at the University of Exeter, United Kingdom, hosted by Professor Jennifer Littlechild. Prof. Littlechild leads a group of experts in biochemistry and structural biology.
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VirVar: Uncovering key players for regulation of phytoplankton function and structure: lessons to be learned from algal virus-haptophyte coexistence (07.02.2019)
New Marinforsk project, led by Ruth-Anne Sandaa (UiB) will explore the co-evolution of host resistance and virulence
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Developing tools for heterologous expression of thermozymes (05.02.2019)
Pau Ximeno, student from Barcelona University will be working with us on his bachelor thesis for the Degree in Biotechnology. He will be involved in different tasks related to the development of molecular tools for the expression of thermophilic proteins in Thermus thermophilus.However he will also test the production, purification and activity of proteins in other alternative expression hosts.
Karina Dale posing with an Atlantic cod and a diploma
Award(winn)ing time at Beitostølen (31.01.2019)
The dCod project has been gathered at Beitostølen for the annual winter workshop. Following the workshop, many of us stayed on for the winter meeting of Norsk selskap for Toksikologi og Farmakologi (NSFT), where Karina Dale received award for best presentation in toxicology.
Synne Myhre Sunde presenting her slides
Synne finishes her master thesis (16.01.2019)
Lanternfish stomachs can become an exciting MSc thesis, as Synne Myhre Sunde has shown in the thesis she defended in late December.
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Marion Claireaux and herring life history (15.01.2019)
On January 11th, Marion Claireaux successfully defended her thesis "Long-term changes in life-history traits of Norwegian spring-spawning herring"
Ocean and coastline with setting sun
A brief moment in the (California) sun (12.12.2018)
After finishing all my lectures for the autumn semester, I had a chance to visit University of California at Santa Barbara for some peaceful working days, sun, and a little bit of tourism.
Ani Saghatelyan
Visiting PhD student from Armenia (02.12.2018)
Ani Saghatelyan, is a PhD student at Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology at Yerevan State University, Armenia.
Pargev Hovhannisyan
Study on thermostable amylases producers from hot springs in Armenia (02.12.2018)
Pargev Hovhannisyan, a research student from Yerevan State University (Armenia) worked on thermostable alpha-amylase and alpha-glucosidase enzymes from the amylase producer strain Anoxybacills sp. K1.
Ani Azaryan
Study of halophilic archaeal strains from Avan salt deposits in Armenia (02.12.2018)
Ani Azaryan, a master student from Yerevan State University, worked for three months on her master thesis on study of halophilic archaeal strains from Avan salt deposit in Armenia.
Rubén Javier - López
Master’s degree on Study of Keratinolytic thermophiles (30.11.2018)
Rubén Javier - López has completed his Master’s degree in Microbiology with a study on the novel thermophilic bacterium from hot springs in Tajikistan. Congratulations!
Adam Boulaich
Production and characterization of transferase enzymes for industrial biotechnology. (29.11.2018)
Adam Boulaich, student from Barcelona University worked for four months on his bachelor thesis on the recombinant production, purification and biochemical characterization of two transferase enzymes: dihydroxyacetone synthase (DHAS) from Mycobacterium sp. strain JC1 and sugar aminotransferase (SAT) allegedly related to the thermophilic genus Thermoanaerobacter.
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Do we share common language? (16.11.2018)
In 2014, I moved from Iran to Norway to start a master program in applied mathematics in University of Oslo. I did not know a single Norwegian word and was not familiar with the culture. On my first day, I took a bus from Sarpsborg to Oslo which took about one and half hours. On the bus, people barely talked, and if they talked I did not understand Norwegian. At that time, I was thinking about... Read more
Chandini Murarilal Ratnadevi at the poster presentation.
First prize for poster presentation (13.11.2018)
Our PhD student Chandini Murarilal Ratnadevi was awarded the First Prize for her poster presentation at the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) course in Molecular Geobiology held at European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) Heidelberg,Germany, August 2018.

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