Feb 18, 2015 Congratulations to Kerstin and Rahmi to the birth of their daughter Karla!
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FriMedBio Funding
2014 December 12 The FriMedBio grant application results were announced by the Research Council Norway (link) Associate Professor Hohmann-Marriott will lead a international team that received 7.9 M NOK to investigate nanowire-mediated iron uptake in bacteria. Partners in the project Assoc Prof Hanne Winther-Larsen, University of Oslo, Norway Prof Bill Rutherford, Imperial College, London, UK Prof Cristina Risco, Centro Nacional…
BioSmart Funding
2014 Dec 20 The BioSmart project, that is lead by the Norsk senter for bygdeforskning, received 40 M NOK funding from the Research Council Norway. Associate Professor Martin Hohmann-Marriott participates in this project, which investigates the transition to a “smart” bioeconomy .
End-Of-Year Lab party
Dec 12 2013 The end of the year is near – time for a party …
Gunvor at Nordic Photosynthesis Congress
October 19th, 2014 Gunvor Røkke presented a poster at the12th Nordic Photosynthesis Congress in Uppsala, Sweden (October 14-17, 2014). “Comparing the light acclimation mechanisms in Nannochloropsis oceanica and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii“
Alice and Jacob join forces to mass-manufacture fluorometers
Alice and Jacob have succeeded in building two instruments for measuring chlorophyll concentrations. Which one is the original? Impossible to sleuth this out – they both work perfectly!
Congratulations Master Axana!
22 August 2014 Axana Chernyavskaya concluded her Master thesis today and presented her work: Developing molecular tools for the genetic manipulation of Nannochloropsis Congratulations on a job well done!
Congratulations Kristin and Benedikte
19.08.2014 Kristin and Benedikte successfully concluded their Master’s Thesis examinations today. Congratulations for a job well done! Kristin Forfang: Changes in Lipid Composition induced by environmental changes and genetic manipulation in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 Benedikte Bøe: Investigation of the function of pilin genes in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
Gordon Research Conference
10-15 August 2014 Photosynthesis Gordon Research Conference ‘From Evolution of Fundamental Mechanisms to Radical Re-Engineering’ Mount Snow Resort West Dover, VT, USA Associate Professor Martin Hohmann-Marriott presented: ‘Functional role of pilins in metal oxide acquisition in cyanobacteria’ Blankenship Lab – GRC reunion picture Su Lin, Tien Le Olson, Aaron Collins, Bob Blankenship, Haijun Liu, Martin Hohmann-Marriott, Joseph Tang, Guannan He
Romanian Research Expedition visits Trondheim
June 6th 2014 The SIRENIA expedition (Samiland Research Expedition Romania) visited Trondheim and NTNU on their way North. The leader of the expedition, Cosmin Sicora gave a well-attended seminar: “Functional Diversity of D1 proteins of PSII in cyanobacteria” Thanks for stopping by Cosmin and SIRENIA team!