Popular science piece on immunity and COVID-19 by Julie Hagedorn Thomsen and Kristoffer H. Johansen
Master’s student, Julie Hagedorn Thomsen and PhD student Kristoffer Haurum Johansen, wrote a popular science article on immunity and how the immune system combats infections like SARS-CoV-2. Danish version: https://videnskab.dk/krop-sundhed/saadan-tager-dit-immunforsvar-kampen-op-mod-infektioner-som-covid-19 Translated to English here:https://sciencenordic.com/epidemic-health-immune-system/how-your-immune-system-combats-infections-like-covid-19/1739725
Opinion piece – Gene Therapy: A decade of Cut and Replace
Kristoffer H. Johansen is a PhD student in the Pamela Schwartzberg lab at NIAID, NIH and in the Okkenhaug Lab. He uses CRISPR/Cas9 in his research to investigate the role of phosphatidylinositol-binding proteins in T cell adhesion. Recently he authored an opinion-piece on the potential uses of CRISPR/Cas9 as a gene therapy for the science…
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Chariots of Fire run
The Okkenvikings are still running! This year we set up a relay running team for the Chariots of Fire event in Cambridge. 6 runners, 2.7 km per person (16.2 km total). Klaus Okkenhaug was the last runner, and we managed to finish as the 6th overall team in the mixed gender category, 27th overall out…
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The yearly Roychoudhuri/Okkenhaug/Edgar lab punt
The last 3 years the Okkenviking and the Rahul Roychoudhuri lab have attempted to punt from Cambridge to Grantchester, some years more successful than others. This year was no exception, and the trip was this year expanded with the James Edgar lab joining, and the trip was followed with BBQ at Darwin College. One of…
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Kristoffer has been awarded the Anglo-Danish Society Scholarship!
Kristoffer Haurum Johansen has been awarded a scholarship from the Anglo-Danish Society to support his work on T cell signal transduction and the major integrin on T cells, LFA1. He has already participated in a ceremony at the Danish embassy with the Danish ambassador and will in December dine with the Danish queen! Congratulations!
Christina writes about her experiences as a PhD student
Read about Christina Courreges experiences as a PhD student in the European PI3K-phd project program here:
PI3K-phd project EU