9 nov.: Rik Provoost, Wetenschappen, Magneto-Photoluminescence of Stacked Quantum Dots and Stress Analysis of Melt Grown Superconductors by Raman Spectroscopy, prom. prof. V.V. Moshchalkov en prof. R. Silverans.
10 nov.: Jan Gabriëls, Geneeskunde, Study of the Molecular Mechanisms Involved in Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy, prom. prof. A. Belayew.
10 nov.: Katleen Lemaire, Wetenschappen, Gpr1, a G-Protein Coupled Receptor Involved in Glucose Sensing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, prom. prof. J. Thevelein en prof. P. Van Dijck.