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Christine holding up a print of a cod head
Master thesis on the effects of bisphenol compounds on Atlantic cod estrogen receptor (18.12.2019)
In her master thesis, Christine Tveiten Johansen, has studied how bisphenol compounds activate or inhibit estrogen receptor in Atlantic cod. She shows disturbing results of the substitute compounds can be more harmful that the known plastic additive bisphenol A.
Illustration of cod and pollutants
When environmental toxicology meets design (05.12.2019)
During the last months I have been thinking about how to communicate my PhD project to the general public. As a scientist, I explain my work with graphs and figures. But a figure which is easy to understand to my colleagues or peer reviewers, will find it hard to attract the attention of someone outside science.