Susanna forsvarte sin masteroppgave med suksess forrige uke. I prosjektet sitt ønsket hun å undersøke utviklingen av mitokondriell genomrekkefølge hos bukhårsdyr (Gastrotricha). Gastrotricha er svært små og flate dyr, som vanligvis ikke er lengre enn 1 mm. Likevel kan de ha svært delikate strukturer på huden i form […]

Susanna successfully defended her Master thesis last week. In her project, she wanted to address the evolution of the mitochondrial genome order of hairybellies (Gastrotricha). Gastrotricha are very tiny and flat animals, which are usually not longer than 1 mm. Nonetheless, they can have very delicate structures on […]

The mitochondria is the organelle within the cell which is regarded as the cells “power house”. This is because they play a crucial role in energy production through oxidative phosphorylation. Within the mitochondria, the mitochondrial genomes, also referred to as mitogenomes, are found. The mitogenomes are small circular […]

Mitochondria are the energy plant of our cells. Originally, they were bacteria, but then they were captured by the ancestors of eukaryotes (among others all animals, mushrooms and plants) and used to produce energy for the cell. This is also known as the endosymbiotic theory. An inheritance from […]

In pre-Covid times, Samaneh Pazoki has visited our lab for 6 months from Iran as part of her PhD. In the meantime, she has successfully defended her PhD and we could already publish a second paper as part of her stay her. She is interested in Serpulidae from […]

Øystein and Lutz have worked for many years together with international partners on the genetic differentiation of bowhead whale stocks with particular emphasis on the Spitsbergen stock. The Svalbard bowhead whale population is currently classified as ‘Endangered’ by The International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Extensive hunting, […]

You remember door 3 of our calendar where we presented the UiO:LifeScience summer project of Liepa on the speciation of intertidal beetles? FEZ was very happy to house two further UiO:LifeScience summer projects this year. Morten Rese and Vegard Myrland Alvestad explored from different starting points how to […]