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Science outreach events

Umeå University researchers disseminate their knowledge and their research outside the University through various events and public lectures.

In our calendar, you can read about upcoming public lectures.

Upcoming defences of doctoral theses

Anna Barkander – Ophthalmiatrics
Fri
6
Feb
Anna Barkander – Ophthalmiatrics
Time 09:00 - 12:00 6 February 09:00 - 12:00
Place Assembly Hall, Östersund Hospital

Defence of doctoral thesis. Microinvasive trabecular surgery in glaucoma.

Sandra Holmberg – Molecular Biology
Fri
13
Feb
Sandra Holmberg – Molecular Biology
Time 09:00 - 12:00 13 February 09:00 - 12:00
Place Hörsal UB.A.240 - Lindellhallen 4

Defence of doctoral thesis. Microbiota-driven mucus restoration in the Western gut.

Jingwen Cai, Computing Science
Fri
13
Feb
Jingwen Cai, Computing Science
Time 09:00 - 13:00 13 February 09:00 - 13:00
Place NAT.D.480.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Contextual Language Processing: From Formal Transducers to Advertising Strategy.

Sabine Houy, Computing Science
Tue
17
Feb
Sabine Houy, Computing Science
Time 13:00 - 16:00 17 February 13:00 - 16:00
Place Hörsal UB.A.230 - Lindellhallen 3.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Control Flow Integrity in Practice: Retrospectives, Realities, and Automated Enforcement.

Carlos Hernández Ortego – Microbiology in the Medical Area
Fri
20
Feb
Carlos Hernández Ortego – Microbiology in the Medical Area
Time 08:30 - 11:30 20 February 08:30 - 11:30
Place Major Groove, Building 6L, NUS

Defence of doctoral thesis. Roles and regulation of extracellular ATP during microbial colonisation and infection.

Badegül Eren-Aydınlık – History and education
Fri
20
Feb
Badegül Eren-Aydınlık – History and education
Time 10:00 - 12:00 20 February 10:00 - 12:00
Place HUM.D.230, Hohaj. Humanisthuset

Defence of doctoral thesis. The Pedagogization of Femininity: Female Subjectivity in Education from the Late Ottoman Empire to the Republic of Turkey (c. 1859–1933)

Hoomaan Maskan, Mathematical Statistics
Tue
24
Feb
Hoomaan Maskan, Mathematical Statistics
Time 08:30 - 12:00 24 February 08:30 - 12:00
Place BIO.E.203 – Aula Biologica.

Defence of doctoral thesis. From Accelerated First-Order Methods to Structured Nonconvex Optimization: Analysis and Perspectives.

Tlek Tapani, Experimental Physics
Fri
27
Feb
Tlek Tapani, Experimental Physics
Time 09:00 - 13:00 27 February 09:00 - 13:00
Place NAT.D.410.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Fast and Furious - Ultrafast electron dynamics in disordered nanostructures

Ylva Holstad - Nursing
Fri
27
Feb
Ylva Holstad - Nursing
Time 09:00 - 12:00 27 February 09:00 - 12:00
Place BIO.E.203 - Aula Biologica, Biologihuset, Umeå universitet

Defence of doctoral thesis. Childbirth and parenthood among adults with congenital heart disease - Register studies and perspectives from parents and midwives

March

Eduardo Soldado, Plant Science
Wed
4
Mar
Eduardo Soldado, Plant Science
Time 09:00 - 13:00 4 March 09:00 - 13:00
Place KBE3.01 Lilla hörsalen, KBC-huset.

Defence of doctoral thesis. What makes a tree a tree? Regulatory network controlling wood formation in coniferous and angiosperm forest tree species.

Josline Otieno - statistics
Fri
20
Mar
Josline Otieno - statistics
Time 09:30 - 12:00 20 March 09:30 - 12:00
Place Hum.D.210, Humanisthuset

Defence of doctoral thesis. Machine learning for predicting diverse stroke outcomes: binary, multi-class, and time to event

Maria Söderlund - Oncology
Fri
20
Mar
Maria Söderlund - Oncology
Time 13:00 - 16:00 20 March 13:00 - 16:00
Place Östersund sjukhus, hus 16, Hörsalen Snäckan + Teams

Defence of doctoral thesis. Maria Söderlund defends her thesis in medical science with a focus on oncology.

Niillas Blind - Medical science
Fri
27
Mar
Niillas Blind - Medical science
Time 09:00 - 13:00 27 March 09:00 - 13:00
Place Hörsal B, Hus 1D, målpunkt T9, NUS

Defence of doctoral thesis. Niillas Blid defends his thesis in medical science with a focus on surgery.

April

Minal Patil, Computing Science
Wed
15
Apr
Minal Patil, Computing Science
Time 09:00 - 13:00 15 April 09:00 - 13:00
Place NAT.D.440.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Towards Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence: Adversarial Robustness, Explainability, and Formal Verification for Autonomous Systems.

Klara Mogensen - Biomedical engineering
Fri
17
Apr
Klara Mogensen - Biomedical engineering
Time 09:00 - 12:00 17 April 09:00 - 12:00
Place Triple Helix

Defence of doctoral thesis. Klara Mogensen defends her thesis in biomedical engineering.

Niklas Larsson - Anaesthesiology
Fri
17
Apr
Niklas Larsson - Anaesthesiology
Time 12:30 - 16:00 17 April 12:30 - 16:00
Place Betula

Defence of doctoral thesis. Niklas Larsson defends his thesis in medical science with a focus on anaesthesiology.

May

Helene Rietz – Medicine
Fri
22
May
Helene Rietz – Medicine
Time 09:00 - 13:00 22 May 09:00 - 13:00
Place Triple Helix, University Mgt Building

Defence of doctoral thesis. Hypertension in the young – prevalence, risk factors and prognosis.