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Valentina Burskaia

Date & Time: Venue:	December 1, 2020, 17:00 Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, 30, Bolshoi Boulevard, bld. 1, Room E-R3-C2-2007
Candidate:	Valentina Burskaia
PhD Program:	Life Sciences
Thesis Title:	Positive selection in parallel evolution
Supervisor:	Professor Georgii Bazykin, Skoltech
PhD Defense Jury Reports:	Professor Konstantin Severinov, Skoltech (Chairman): report Assistant Professor Dmitry Ivankov, Skoltech: report Professor Fyodor Kondrashov, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Austria: report Professor Konstantin Popadin, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Russia: report Professor Matthew Hahn, Indiana University Bloomington, USA: report Thesis Changes Log
Revised thesis:	Positive selection in parallel evolution Thesis Changes Log (after minor revisions)
Thesis Defense Outcome:	Pass with Minor Revisions. The candidate’s thesis is accepted subject to minor revisions. The candidate made revisions to the thesis. The final version of the thesis was uploaded on December 22, 2020. The candidate is awarded the Skoltech PhD degree.