On Friday 28 August, Cecilie Gjerde Berge defended her PhD dissertation at the University of Bergen with the title “Autologous stem cells as a promising therapeutic approach for augmentation of alveolar bone”. The dissertation was conducted digitally and the opponents were physically in Sweden and Finland, respectively. This was IKO’s first digital disputation, and everything technical worked great! The audience logged in via the link and followed the disputation via their own screen.

Main supervisor: Professor Kamal Mustafa
Co-supervisors: Professor Trond Inge Berge, Professor Annika Rosén

Committee:
1st opponent: Professor Em. Tomas Albrektsson, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
2nd opponent: Professor Riitta Seppänen-Kaijansinkka, University of Helsinki, Finland
3rd member of the committee: Professor Asgeir Bårdsen, University of Bergen

Congratulation to Cecilie Gjerde!