Disputations and trial lectures

PhD defense: Shannon Sherwin Moreino


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Shannon Sherwin Moreino will defend his PhD degree at the University of Bergen on 30 June 2026 with the dissertation entitled "Fuelling the enemy: paracrine and membrane fusion regulated mitochondria transfer in the glioblastoma microenvironment".

Thesis title:

“Fuelling the enemy: paracrine and membrane fusion regulated mitochondria transfer in the glioblastoma microenvironment”

Opponents:

  1. Associate Professor Simon Grelet, University of South Alabama, US
  2. Professor Marie-Luce Vignais, University of Montpellier, France

Committee leader:

Professor Daniela Elena Costea, University of Bergen

Leader of the defense:

Professor emeritus Helge Wiig

The public is welcome!

Trial lecture

Tuesday 30 June 2026 at. 10.15
Auditorium, Armauer Hansens hus, Haukelandsveien 28

Given topic: «Metabolic interactions in the nervous system: the role of formate in cellular crosstalk under physiological and pathological conditions»

 

PHD defence

Disputation at 12.15

Affiliation

The candidate is affiliated with the Department of Biomedicine

Main supervisor: Professor Hrvoje Miletic 
Co-supervisor: Associate Professor Jubayer Hossain