FACULTY OF MEDICINE
UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN
PUBLIC DEFENCE – Ph.D. DEGREE
Kristel Svalland Knudsen
The candidate is affiliated with the Department of Clinical Science (Klinisk institutt 2).
Main supervisor: Professor Tomas Mikal Eagan
Co-supervisors: Professor Rune Nielsen and Associate Professor Sverre Lehmann
Trial lecture: Friday, December 5, 2025 at 10:15 a.m.
Location: Auditorium, Armauer Hansens Hus, Haukelandsveien 28
Stated topic: «Role of bronchoscopic sampling in the clinical evaluation of interstitial and obstructive lung diseases, with a focus on bronchoalveolar lavage»
Defence: Friday, December 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Location: Auditorium, Armauer Hansens Hus, Haukelandsveien 28
Title of the thesis: "The lower airways microbiome in patients with interstitial lung diseases"
1st opponent: Professor Magnus Sköld, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
2nd opponent: Associate Professor Aurélie Crabbé, Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium
3rd member of the committee: Professor Kurt Hanevik, University of Bergen
The defense will be led by Professor Jon Hardie.
Open to all interested parties