Tuesday, 24th of February 2026, Lucas will defend his work on the PhD thesis! The defense will take place at Auditorium 2, BB-bygget, Jonas Lies vei 91.
Trial Lecture: Tuesday 24. February 2026 h 10.15
Proposed Subject: “pending”
Thesis defense: Tuesday 24. February 2026 h 12.15
Thesis title: “Dissecting HNF1A’s Role in Early Cell Fate Decisions and Their Impact on Pancreatic
Islet”
Main supervisor: Prof. Simona Chera
Co-supervisor: Dr. Thomas Aga Legøy
1.opponent: Professor Anne Grapin Botton, Max Planck Institute of Molecular
Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
2.opponent: Associate Professor Guillaume Andrey, University of Geneva, Switzerland
3.member of the committee: Professor Anders Molven, University of Bergen, chair of the committee
Custos: Professor Emerita Birgitta Åsjø