Time: Fri 2018-05-04 13.00 Location: Kollegiesalen, Brinellvägen 8, KTH Type of event: Defence of dissertations

The title of the dissertation is: Enhancement of Methane Production from the Anaerobic Digestion of Chemical Pulp and Paper Mill Effluents M.Sc. Lourdes Rodriquez Chiang  will defend the dissertation "Enhancement of Methane Production from the Anaerobic Digestion of Chemical Pulp and Paper Mill Effluents" on 4 May 2018 at 12 in Aalto University School of Chemical Engineering, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, lecture hall Ke2, Kemistintie 1, Espoo. Opponent: Ph.D. Aiduan Borrion, University College London (UCL), UK

Researchers have linked genetic changes in the so-called CRH gene, which affects the regulation of the body’s stress system, to suicide risk and psychiatric illness. The study of epigenetic changes in the body’s hormone-based stress system has shown that stress-related changes in the CRH gene are linked to both serious suicide attempts in adults and psychiatric illness in adolescents.

Scientists are setting sail for Antarctica to explore a mysterious marine ecosystem that’s been covered by an iceberg for more than 100 000 years.