Category: Writings from the lab

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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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:
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