Academic Interests
- Datamining
- Programming
- Immunology
- T cells
- Immunotherapy
- Ageing
Background
Education
2020—2024: PhD in Medicine
The Medical Faculty, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway (defence to be determined)
2018—2020: MSc in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Institute for Bioscience, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
2017—2017: Open Studies
University of Calgary, Calgary (AB), Canada
2012—2016: BSc in Chemistry (Maj.) & Biological Science (Min.)
Faculty of Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton (AB), Canada
Projects
Nov. 2020—(ongoing): PhD thesis
Supervisor: Anne Spurkland — "β2, or not β2: that is the question — Expanding the SH2D2A-interactome to adhesion & β-integrins using a combined bioinformatic & wet-lab approach"
June—July 2019: Summer research project through UiO:Life Science
Supervisor: Alexander H. Sandtorv — "Synthesising hydantoin scaffolds for use in pharmacy"
Nov. 2018—Aug. 2020: Master's thesis
Supervisor: Inger Øynebråten — "Synergia PRR-fecta: Harnessing pathogen-recognition receptor synergy to produce high levels of IL-12p70 & prime dendritic cells for use in cancer immunotherapy"
July 2015—May 2016: Volunteer lab work
Supervisor: Basil P. Hubbard — "Identifying Interactors of the CRISPR/Cas9 system in human cells"
Prizes
- January 2024: Travel grant to the 2024 annual meeting of FOCIS in San Francisco, USA
- August 2023: Poster prize at the meeting "Molecular control of immune cell activation in health and disease" in Lofoten, Norway
- March 2019: Summer research project grant through UiO:Life Science
- February 2019: Travel grant to the 2019 annual meeting of the SSI in Geilo, Norge