• The use and environmental impacts of dispersants for marine oil spill cleanup focusing on Corexit: a literature review 

  Amundsen, Tone (Master thesis, 2022)

  Oil is still one of the major global energy sources as well as used for the production of products such as plastics and solvents. Due to the large global oil consumption, oil spills are difficult to avoid. The environmental ...

• Determination of bioavailable phosphorus retention in Leikvollbekken constructed wetland by a novel algae bioassay 

  Øverli-Øyen, Sigrid (Master thesis, 2022)

  Excessive phosphorus loads from agricultural runoff contribute to freshwater eutrophication, which leads to reduced water quality and changes across all trophic levels. Constructed wetlands, specially designed to retain ...

• Metabolsk Fleksibilitet i Kreftceller 

  Haave, Eilin; Halvorsen, Camilla (Bachelor thesis, 2022)

  Kolorektalkreft er den tredje mest forekommende krefttypen blant både menn og kvinner i USA. Selv om kreftbehandlinger har blitt revolusjonerende forbedret gjennom flere tiår, er det stor etterspørsel etter mer effektive ...

• Metabolic Flexibility in Cancer Cells 

  Haave, Eilin; Halvorsen, Camilla (Bachelor thesis, 2022)

  Abstract Colorectal cancer is the third most occurring cancer type among both men and women in the United States. Even though cancer therapies have been revolutionarily improved over the decades, there is a high demand ...

• A computational model of DOPA regulation, dopamine synthesis in the presynaptic neuron, and release into the synaptic cleft 

  Tajeddini Pegah (Master thesis, 2022)

  Background: Neurotransmitters and the way neurons communicate with each other have received a lot of attention in recent decades. Dopamine is one of the most important neurotransmitters. Unbalanced levels of dopamine can ...

• Enrofloxacin Induces Intestinal Microbiota-Mediated Immunosuppression in Zebrafish 

  Qiu, Wenhui; Liu, Tang; Liu, Xinjie; Chen, Honghong; Luo, Shusheng; Chen, Qiqing; Magnuson, Jason Tyler; Zheng, Chunmiao; Xu, Elvis Genbo; Schlenk, Daniel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-05-12)

  The immunosuppressive effects of antibiotics and the potential associations with the intestinal microbiota of the host have been increasingly recognized in recent years. However, the detailed underlying mechanisms of immune ...

• A Study on Multi-Functional Oilfield Production Chemicals for Scale, Corrosion and Gas Hydrates 

  Undheim, Audun (Master thesis, 2022)

  Oilfield production chemistry is a wide field which includes many different areas and related difficulties. In this work, focus is on mitigating scale, corrosion, and gas hydrates using chemical inhibitors. Production lines ...

• Bioengineered methanotrophic photogranules for tertiary UASB effluent post-treatment. 

  Bakke, Andreas (Master thesis, 2022)

  The need for aeration when treating wastewater is the most extensive energy requirement wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) has today. This thesis investigated an attached growth process which utilise genetic features in ...

• Oil Spill clean-up methods; state of the art 

  Shazif, Muhammad (Master thesis, 2022)

  Treatment of oil spills and natural dissolvable contamination overall is a significant issue; a few methods are being worked on to eliminate oil from water. A few states of the art oil spill clean- up technologies are ...

• The potential environmental impact of Aquaculture facilities in Norwegian fjords 

  Victoria Natland (Bachelor thesis, 2022)

  Mussels were collected from a mussel farm at Kvitsøy and were deployed for 4 weeks (March-April 2022) at two separate locations at an aquaculture facility at Rennesøy, (Rogaland, Norway). One group of caged mussels were ...

• Evaluation of response to environmental pollution in Atlantic cod 

  Angermo, Maren (Bachelor thesis, 2022)

  In this thesis the response to environmental pollution in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) caged in the Stavanger fjord is evaluated. Three separate locations were selected according to the waste water discharge plume on the ...

• Divergent Synthesis of Indolo[3,2- c]quinolines, Neocryptolepines and Related Tetracyclic Ring-Systems Containing Promising Biological Activities 

  Håheim, Katja S. (PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2022)

  Malaria is a devastating tropical disease, claiming approximately 627 000 lives in 2020. Due to the appearance of resistance towards artemisinin-based therapies, the discovery of novel treatments are of paramount ...

• Seaweed-based Films for Potential Food Packaging Applications 

  Dysjaland, Hege (Master thesis, 2022)

  The focus on environmental issues and the challenges related to traditional plastic materials has triggered the use of bio-based packaging materials. Alginate is a natural biopolymer with good film-forming properties. In ...

• The infectious diseases that pose a threat to the Norwegian farmed salmon industry in the coming years due to climate changes. 

  Tungland, Angelica Thorsen (Bachelor thesis, 2022)

  What emerging diseases can we expect as a threat to the rapidly growing and important farmed salmon industry in Norway due to anthropogenic environmental changes? This question will be answered as best as possible based ...

• Rask diagnostikk for Salmonid alphavirus 2 og 3 i atlantisk laks. 

  Svendsen, Hanna Elisabeth (Bachelor thesis, 2022)

  Laks er en viktig eksportvare for Norge i tillegg til at den selges i store mengder innad i landet. Laksesykdommer som Infeksiøs lakseanemi (ILA) og Salmonid alphavirus (SAV), som fører til pankreassykdom (PD), fører til ...

• Inflammatory bowel disease and the intestinal microbiome 

  Kidane Yorsalem Habtemariam (Bachelor thesis, 2022)

• The effect of different light sources on physical attributes and biochemical compounds in Norwegian cucumbers as a function of storage 

  Joshi, Avi (Bachelor thesis, 2022)

  The cucumber is an important crop for greenhouse cultivation in northern latitudes such as in Norway, where light and temperature requirements are not met year around for cucumber cultivation. Producing a consistently ...

• Ricin B proteins from Saprolegnia parasitica translocate into fish cells 

  Juliussen, Helene Elise (Bachelor thesis, 2022)

  Saprolegnia parasitica is a pathogenic oomycete within the phylum of stramenopiles that mainly infects salmon and trout. It is found all over the world and causes a disease called saprolegniosis that often results in death ...

• Effects of pharmaceuticals on oxidative stress genes in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) caged near the marine wastewater treatment plant discharge of Stavanger. 

  Steinsland, Maria Nilsen (Bachelor thesis, 2022)

  Atlantic cod caged in three different locations at the coastline of Stavanger, were monitored to look at the potential oxidative stress effect caused by pharmaceutical contaminations in selected areas. The first station ...

• Kvalitet og holdbarhet på slaktet oppdrettskveite (Hippolgossus hippoglossus L.) 

  Bårdsen, Frida (Master thesis, 2022)

  Formålet med dette masterprosjektet var å undersøke kvalitet og holdbarhet i Atlantisk oppdrettskveite, samt sammenligne effekten av islagring og superkjøling med refridgerated sea water (RSW). Fisken ble hentet fra Sterling ...

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