Doctoral defense and trial lecture – Marta Espevold Hjelmeland
Marta Espevold Hjelmeland defends her doctoral degree on March 26, 2026, at the University of Bergen with the thesis “Towards improved treatment for women with endometrial cancer; vimentin as a robust biomarker and the search for mechanisms to overcome chemotherapy resistance.”
MEDICAL FACULTY, UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN
DOCTORAL DEFENSE
Marta Espevold Hjelmeland
The candidate has done her work at the Department of Clinical Science and CCBIO
Main supervisor: Professor Camilla Krakstad
Co-supervisor: Professor Jone Trovik
Trial lecture
When: Thursday, March 26, 2026, at 10.15–11.15
Place: Auditorium, Glasblokkene, Haukelandsbakken 15
Topic: “Understanding and combating therapeutic resistance in cancer: progress and outstanding challenges.”
Doctoral defense
When: Thursday, March 26, 2026, at 12.15–15.00
Place: Auditorium, Glasblokkene, Haukelandsbakken 15
Dissertation title: “Towards improved treatment for women with endometrial cancer; vimentin as a robust biomarker and the search for mechanisms to overcome chemotherapy resistance”
1st Opponent: Professor Tim Fenton, University of Southampton, U.K.
2nd Opponent: PhD Annika Auranen, Tampere University Hospital, Finland
3rd Member of the committee: Associate Professor Maria Ramnefjell, University of Bergen, Norway
Professor Marc Vaudel will chair the defense.
Open to the public.