​Trial lecture topic
Application and future prospects of genomic methods for fish conservation and stock management

Thesis title
Exploration of an anglerfish genome


PhD candidate: Arseny Dubin

Evaluation Committee
- Professor Kjetill S. Jakobsen, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), University of Oslo, Norway
- Associate Professor Zuzana Musilova, Charles University, Faculty of Science, Department of Zoology, Division of Animal Evolutionary Biology, Czech Republic
- Professor Joost Raeymaekers, FBA, Nord University

Supervisory Committee
- Professor Steinar Daae Johansen, FBA, Nord University
- Researcher Lars Martin Jakt, FBA, Nord University

About the thesis
Some anglerfish species exhibit a unique reproductive behavior in which two individuals of the same species fuse, yet they exhibit no immune rejection which suggest a specialized immune system. In this project we wanted to produce a high-quality draft genome assembly of a local anglerfish Lophius piscatorius to investigate its immune system features and to lay a foundation for future anglerfish research.