Master's theses

Espen Strand
The Kinorhyncha of Southern Norway
started autumn 2012

Eilen Bjotveit Josefsen
Testing species boundaries in the staphylinid beetle genus Mocyta
started autumn 2012

Adam Keith Solumsmo
Testing host specificity of myrmecophile staphylinid beetles in Northern Europe
started autumn 2011

Silje Larsen Rekdal
Population Structure of Bowhead Whales (Balaena mysticetus) in Disko Bay, West Greenland
University of Oslo 2012

Susann Burow
Phylogenetic footprinting of microRNAs in Gyrodactylus
University of Hamburg, Germany, 2012

Susanna Emmika Lybæk
University of Oslo 2012

Ida Marie Bardalen Fløystad
An analysis of the population structure of white whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in Svalbard
University of Oslo 2012

Christoph Hahn (main supervisor: Steven Weiss, University of Graz, Austria)
Phylogeographic investigations on the monogenean parasites Gyrodactylus thymalli, G. teuchis and G. truttae infecting grayling (Thymallus thymallus) and brown trout (Salmo trutta) in Austrian rivers
University of Graz, Austria, 2009

Tina J. Meland
Genetic variation in Holocene Spitsbergen stock bowhead whales inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome b gene sequences amplified from ancient DNA
University of Oslo, 2008

Ole Gunnar Øvstaas
Population growth and life history traits within the monogenean Gyrodactylus salaris and G. thymalli complex
University of Oslo, 2008

Grethe Robertsen
Taxonomy and systematics of Gyrodactylus salaris (Monogenea, Gyrodactylidae) infecting wild populations of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpestris) in Norway
University of Oslo, 2005

Anja C. Winger
Taxonomy and systematics of a Gyrodactylus sp. infecting Norwegian river populations of alpine bullhead (Cottus poecilopus)
University of Oslo, 2004

Petra Bareiss (main supervisor: Juergen Tomiuk, University of Tuebingen, Germany)
Experimentelle Untersuchungen zur Mikrosatellitenvariation in Drosophila-Arten
Uiversity of Tuebingen, Germany, 2004

External Censor:

Emma Thuroczy Vodoti (PhD)
Biodiversity and Genetic Patterns in Marine Invertebrates
Gotheburg University, Sweden, 2010

Anette Øwre Bollvåg (Masters)
Mitochondrial Ewe - application of ancient DNA typing to the study of domestic sheep (Ovis aries) in mediaeval Norway
University of Oslo, Norway, 2010

Desiree Douglas (PhD)
The molecular Evolution of snakes as revealed by mitogenomic data
Lund University, Sweden, 2008

Luis Cadahia Lorenzo (PhD)
Dispersion natal y estructura de la poblacion de aguila-azor perdicera Hieraaetus fasciatus en la Peninsula Iberica
University of Alicante, Spain, 2007

Marianne Lindgren (Masters)
Are chewing lice (Mallophaga) intermediate hosts for the cestode Hymenolepis microps?
University of Bergen, Norway, 2007

Courses:

Biology - Bachelor degree
BIO2140: Molecularbiology and Biological Methods
The course will give students knowledge in general biological tecniques, biochemistry, molecular biology and toxicology. It will also introduce students to biological methods

for further details check: http://www.uio.no/studier/emner/matnat/biologi/BIO2140/index-eng.xml

Biology - Masters degree/PhD
BIO4200/BiO9200: Molecular Evolution
The focus of the course is on the evolution of DNA and gene products, the application of genetic data in evolutionary and ecological studies of various organisms, and on the evolution and organisation of the eukaryote genome. The course includes (1) a theoretical introduction to the main processes creating genetic variation (e.g. mutations, recombination, gene conversion, gene duplication, transposition, horizontal gene transfer), as well as processes of evolutionary change (genetic drift and selection); (2) an introduction to important statistical tools for inference of current and past population processes and of evolutionary history based on genotype and DNA-sequence data (e.g. F-statistics, neutrality tests, coalescence statistics, and phylogenetic reconstruction); (3) an overview of the organisation and evolution of the eucaryote genome. In addition, the course includes practical training in standard molecular genetic techniques (e.g. DNA-isolation, sequencing and genotyping), basic bioinformatics (e.g. BLAST-search, primer-design and sequence alignment), and evolutionary bio-statistics (population genetics and phylogeny).

for further details check: http://www.uio.no/studier/emner/matnat/biologi/BIO4200/index-eng.xml