Master students:

Mia Tiller Mjøs is a master student in Industrial Chemistry and Biotechnology and will graduate in December 2016. She has a bachelor's degree in molecular biology from the University of Bergen. During spring 2016, she has been a project student working with the project "Isolation and characterization of quorum quenching candidates from cod larval intestines" with Ragnhild Indreberg Vestrum and Ingrid Bakke as her supervisors. The subject for her master thesis is "Evaluation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) production in microalgae" and will begin in August 2016 with Olav Vadstein as supervisor and Charlotte Volpe as co-supervisor. In her spare time, Mia does weightlifting at Trondheim Atletklubb.

Maja Fjellstad Knutsen is a master student in biotechnology and will graduate in the spring of 2017 with a specialization in biochemistry and biopolymers. In her spare time she likes to run orienteering, go cross-country skiing and go hiking.  Her master’s project will be about nitrification. 

Christina W. Tronstad is a master student in biotechnology and will graduate the spring of 2017. She has a bachelor degree in Molecular Biology from the University of Bergen. In her spare time she likes to travel, do sport activities and being with friends. Her supervisor is Ingrid Bakke.

Line Strand Karlsholm is a master student in biotechnology with a specialization in molecular biology, and will graduate in the spring of 2017. In her master’s project she will map intragenomic microheterogeneity of 16S rRNA in two strains of Vibrio and investigate the effect of their life style on the abundance of the different 16S rRNA gene variants at the DNA and RNA level. The two Vibro strains will be cultivated using different strategies. PCR, DGGE and DNA sequencing are other methods that will be utilized in the project.  In her spare time, Line likes watching movies, musicals and TV shows, as well as spending time with friends.

Aina Alice Olsen is a master student in Marine Coastal Development and graduates in spring 2016. She has a bachelor degree in Biology from NTNU. In her master´s project she will study the functional ecology of picoplankton, with the focus on bottom-up and top-down effects. Most of the cell counting and cell sorting will be done by using a Flow Cytometer. The thesis is a part of the EU founded project Ocean Certain , which is led by researchers from NTNU. An increased understanding on how picoplankton communities react on multiple stressors according to climate changes could contribute to valuable knowledge. Her spare time is used on hiking, bicycling, listening to music, watching movies, and handicraft.

Ragnhild Olsen Fossmark is a master student in biotechnology and will graduate the spring of 2016. She has a bachelor degree in Molecular Biology from the University of Bergen. In her master’s project she will look at the microbial communities in recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) used in post-smolt production. The aim of the project is to evaluate if membrane filtration can improve the rearing conditions for post-smolt production in RAS by removing the fine solids affecting the system and fish performance. This thesis is a collaboration project between NTNU and Nofima AS. In her spare time she likes hiking, traveling and to be social with her friends.