FACULTY OF MEDICINE
UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN
DEFENSE – PH.D. DEGREE
Luka Tandaric
The candidate is affiliated with the Department of Clinical Science (Klinisk institutt 2)
Main supervisor: Professor Line Bjørge
Co-supervisors: Professor Emmet McCormack, Ph.D. Liv Cecilie Vestrheim Thomsen, and Researcher Katrin Kleinmanns
Trial lecture:Friday, May 23, 2025, at 10:15 AM
Location: Auditorium, Armauer Hansen’s House, Haukelandsveien 28
Assigned topic: “Targeted therapies in cancer – from their introduction to future perspectives”
Public defense:Friday, May 23, 2025, at 12:15 PM
Location: Auditorium, Armauer Hansen’s House, Haukelandsveien 28
Title of the dissertation:
“Rethinking High-Grade Serous Ovarian Carcinoma: Towards Personalized Immunotherapy through Preclinical, Translational and Clinical Evaluation of Combined CD73 and PD-L1 Blockade”
1st opponent: Professor Frederic Amant, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
2nd opponent: Professor Leticia Oliveira-Ferrer, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
3rd member of the committee: Researcher Carina Strell, University of Bergen
The defense will be chaired by Professor Emerita Birgitta Åsjø.
Open to all interested parties