STSM – Aleksandra Synowiec
Purpose of the STSM: The main goals of my PhD project are to: 1. Understand the role of alternative splicing in pancreatic β-cell dysfunction and death in the context of type 1 diabetes (T1D); 2. Identify key splicing factors and harmful mRNA splice variants that can be modulated using antisense [...]
STSM – Ana Spencer
Purpose of the STSM: Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating condition that affects peripheral and central nervous system (PNS and CNS, respectively) and often leads to permanent functional and neurological deficits. The team from the initial laboratory developed a new family of fully biodegradable dendrimers to act as [...]
STSM – Andrea López
Purpose of the STSM: Myotonic dystrophy type I (DM1) is a neuromuscular disorder characterized by muscle wasting, myotonia and a wide range of symptoms affecting different organs and tissues. Most of the samples used for the study of DM1 in vitro are obtained from muscle biopsies (myoblasts). Muscle biopsies [...]
STSM – Luciana Maria Vaz Moreira
Purpose of the STSM: The main purpose of this STSM was to learn all the steps of the CRISPR-Cas9 technique applied to the generation of a knock-out zebrafish model, as well as an introduction to various phenotyping approaches. Within the scope of Maria Francisca Coutinho’s ongoing project “Neurological disease [...]
STSM – Paula Menero Valdés
Purpose of the STSM: This STSM took place at the Division 1.1 Inorganic Trace Analysis of the Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) in Berlin (Germany), under the supervision of the head of Division Dr. Björn Meerman. The research interest of the group is mainly focused on the development [...]
STSM – Katarzyna Owczarek
Purpose of the STSM: Professor Xaveer Van Ostade is world-class scientist in the field of virus - host cell interaction, specialist in the difficult analysis of protein complexes anchored within plasma membrane. Limiting the infection in its early phase, i.e., at the cell entry stage, may be considered superior [...]
