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2024/2025

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ÌýHaya Elhanafi (AugÌý2024Ìý– present)
PharmacyÌýstudent at UiB
Screening and testing of new ligands modulating the activity/function of the enzyme CSAD.

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Tyra Rebecca Mawusey BateyÌý(AugÌý2024Ìý– present)
PharmacyÌýstudent at UiB
Screening and testing of new inhibitors targeting the toxic assembly of the TAR-DNA binding protein 43 (TDP-43).

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Thomas Hertzberg Stræte (Aug 2024Ìý– present)
Master student of biomedical sciences at UiB
Mapping neuroinflammation in brain microglia and its association with depressive behavior in mice.

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2023/2024

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Lise SkarsteinÌý(AugÌý2023 – present)
Forskerlinjestudent (the Medical Student Research Program) at UiBÌý
Investigating neurobiological markers using fMRI for treatment response to concentrated exposure treatment in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and general anxiety disorders.Ìý

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Risha ChowdhuryÌý(AugÌý2023 – present)
Forskerlinjestudent (the Medical Student Research Program) at UiBÌý
Investigating the molecular effects of CMT-linked missense mutations on GDAP1 and obtaining new structural and functional data on CNPase.Ìý

2022/2023

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Mar Trinidad FernandezÌý(Feb 2023 – Jun 2023)
ERASMUS+ student from Spain (Universitat de Barcelona)Ìý
Explore the selective but indirect inhibition of NaV1.7, via regulation of CRMP2 using small-molecule compounds, aiming for a new therapeutic approach for chronic pain. For this, I will be following Lisa Reinmuth's research.Ìý

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Sarah Weber (Sep 2022Ìý– Dec 2022)
ERASMUS+ student from Germany (University of Jena)

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Sofie Breisnes WormdahlÌý(Aug 2022Ìý– Aug 2023)
Master student of molecular biology at UiB
Investigate possible changes in the interaction between tyrosine hydroxylase and 14-3-3 in response to hyperoxia and simulated diving.

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Aiza Ashfaq (Aug 2022 – Jun 2023)
Master student of biomedical sciences at UiB

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José MiguelÌýGodoyÌýMuñozÌý(AugÌý2022 – Jun 2023)​
ERASMUS+ student from Spain (Universidad de Extremadura)
Nanobody-aided structural study of activity-regulated cytoskeleton-associated protein (Arc), a multifunctional regulator of synaptic plasticity.

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Lasse Neset (May 2022 – Jun 2023)
Master student of biomedical sciences at UiB
Structural and functional studies of activity-regulated cytoskeleton-associated (Arc) protein, using high-affinity nanobodies.

2021/2022

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Lucia Wagner (Sep 2021 – Jun 2022​)
FulbrightÌýstudent from US (St. Olaf College)Ìý​
Investigating the effects of electroconvulsive therapy onÌýtheÌýbrain's motorÌýcoordination and the blood-brain barrier.

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Tone Hestad VallandÌý(Sep 2021Ìý– Jun 2022​)
PharmacyÌýstudent at UiB
She tests different unique natural compounds to see if they can be new drug candidates based on the interaction with the protein Annexin A2.ÌýÌý

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ElmaÌýCerimagic (Sep 2021 –ÌýJun 2022​)
PharmacyÌýstudent at UiBÌýÌýÌý​
She will be looking at eight different natural compounds toÌýseeÌýhow theyÌýaffect cell viability, wound healing and theÌýexpression ofÌýannexin A2 in PC12Ìýcells.

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Inger-LiseÌýFleisje (Sep 2021 –ÌýJun 2022)​
PharmacyÌýstudent at UiB

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MarcelÌýSchröder (SepÌý2021 – Feb 2022)
​ERASMUS+ student from Germany (UniversityÌýofÌýLübeck)ÌýÌý​
Biochemical and structural characterization of an interaction between an ultra-high affinity camelid nanobody and an abundant myelin enzyme of the central nervous system.

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José MiguelÌýGodoyÌýMuñoz (AugÌý2021 – Oct 2021)​
ERASMUS+ student from Spain (Universidad de Extremadura)​
Planning, execution, and analysis of routine experimentsÌýrelated to the production andÌýcharacterisationÌýof recombinantÌýmyelin proteins (quality assessments, binding assays, structuralÌýdeterminations).

2020/2021

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