Congratulations to Birgit Kastberger and Joanna Bou Saab for their successful thesis defences
The PHYM Department congratulates Birgit Kastberger and Joanna Bou Saab for their successful Doctoral thesis defences that took place on Tues, 8th听December, and Fri, 18th Dec, 2015, respectively.
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听Birgit began her Ph.D training in the laboratory of Prof. 听Berhard Wehrle-Haller in March 2011.听During the course of her training, she worked on the implications of posttranslational signals such as acetylation and phosphorylation in protein-protein interactions 听between integrins, adaptor proteins and extracellular matrix proteins, and their relevance to muscle disease. Birgit plans to pursue听her scientific career as a Preclinical Project Manager at Pharnext in Issy-les-Moulineaux.
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Joanna joined the laboratory of Prof. 听Marc Chanson in September 2011.听During the course of her studies, she worked on听mechanisms involved in the repair of the airway epithelium in non-diseased and cystic fibrosis samples. Her findings contributed to the better understanding of the pathophysiology and the repair defect in cystic fibrosis.
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听Wishing Birgit and Joanna the all the best for their bright future!
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Posted by: P. Nunes
7 Jan 2016