25 June 2024 - Erez Harpaz (VET)

Erez Harpaz

PhD degree - Trial Lecture and Public Defense.
Erez Harpaz, Department of Production Animal Clinical Sciences (ProdMed), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine will defend his PhD thesis "Chronic wasting disease and sheep: studies of species barriers" on 25 June 2024.

English title of thesis

  • "Chronic wasting disease and sheep: studies of species barriers"

Norwegian title of thesis

  • "Skrantesyke og sau: undersøkelse av artsbarrierer"

Prescribed subject of the trial lecture

  • “Public health concerns about human and animal neurodegenerative diseases”

Date: 25 June 2024 (Oslo time)

  • 0900 hrs: Trial lecture (including questions and comments)
  • 1000 hrs: Break
  • 1100 hrs: Public defense

All are welcome to attend this event in Auditorium Hippocampus or on Zoom (no prior registration is required).

Evaluation committee

  • First Opponent: Dr. Timm Konold, Animal and Plant Health Agency, United Kingdom
  • Second Opponent: Dr. Natalia Fernandez-Borges, Centro de Investigacion en Sanidad Animal (CISA-INIA-CSIC), Spain
  • Committee Coordinator: Associate Professor Runa Rørtveit, NMBU, Norway
  • Committee Coordinator (Substitute): Associate Professor Karin Elisabeth Zimmer, NMBU, Norway

Supervisors

  • Main supervisor: Associate Professor Cecilie Ersdal, NMBU, Norway
  • Co-supervisor: Professor Arild Espenes, NMBU, Norway
  • Co-supervisor: Professor Michael A. Tranulis, NMBU, Norway

A PDF version of the PhD candidate's thesis can be downloaded here. The link is valid through 25 June 2024, after which the thesis will be made available in NMBU Brage.

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