At 14.11.2017 MSc Rebecka Ringman defended her dissertation thesis titled: "Biochemical mechanisms of brown rot decay: A study on the mode of action of modified wood ". As Committee members acted: Prof. Dr. Ing. Jan-Willem van de Kuilen, Professorship of Wood Technology, Technical University of Munich (Lead) Prof. Dr. Klaus Richter, Chair of Wood Science, Technical University of Munich, (1. Examiner) Prof. Dr. J. Philipp Benz, Professorship of Wood Bioprocesses, Technical University of Munich, (2. Examiner) Prof. Dr. Barry Goodell, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, current affiliation: Department of Microbiology University of Massachusetts. Amherst, Massachusetts USA (3. Examiner) As a novelty Prof. Goodell took part in the examination via video conference from his office in Amherst