Georg Cato Seeberg will start working on his Master Thesis for one year in our lab (2024-2025) as part of Master in Biomedical Sciences organised by the Department of Biomedicine. Georg will work with Lucas under the supervision of Simona on the…
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Welcome Agnes!
Agnes Sandvik will start working on her Master Thesis for one year in our lab (2024-2025) as part of Master’s in biology organised by the Department of Biological Sciences (BIO). Agnes will work with Lucas Unger under the supervision of Luiza…
Journal Club: Could Microplastics Protect Us Against Persistent Organic Pollutants?
by Thomas Aga Legøy In traditional toxicology, the focus has been on evaluating the adverse effects of individual chemicals and establishing safe exposure levels. However, there is a growing recognition that real-world exposures involve complex mixtures of chemicals, which may…
Journal Club: Morphometry and mechanical instability at the onset of epithelial bladder cancer
by Kaykobad Hossain Carcinomas are the most prevalent form of cancer, which is characterized by malignancies of epithelial tissues. Bladder cancer, one of the costliest cancers to treat, is ideal to investigate epithelial morphogenesis at early stages of tumorigenesis due…
Journal Club: Cold memories control whole-body thermoregulatory responses
Something positive about Norwegian winter? Cold memories control whole-body thermoregulatory responses by Ulrik Larsen Exposure to cold induces long-lasting changes in physiology that persist beyond the cold period itself. This study investigates the cellular and molecular mechanisms of this phenomenon,…
Journal Club: Snake venom protection by a cocktail of varespladib and broadly neutralizing human antibodies
by Lucas Unger This study explores the development of a potential universal antivenom by combining monoclonal antibodies with a small-molecule inhibitor. By isolating antibodies from a hyperimmune human donor with extensive venom exposure (Tim Friede, who injected himself over 800…
Editorial: Targeting Inflammation in Type 2 Diabetes: The Emerging Role of Decorin
Shayla Sharmine and I had the opportunity to write an editorial about recent work published in Acta Physiologica on the role of Decorin on pancreatic islets. Shayla did a really great job on generating a nice figure summarising the published…