Cover Page by Ville

Finally, the cover page for Molecular Pharmaceutics is out. It took longer than I thought, since we knew it will take place already in September-October. Anyhow, congratulations Ville, for the great design, let the image speak out of itself! 😍

 

New ERASMUS students in house

Welcome Moritz, Ana, and Judith (number #2), our new ERASMUS students from Vienna, Lisbon, and Pretoria, respectively! Moritz has actually the background in biotechnology, so I'm thrilled to see how our roads will cross during the spring with bioanalytical studies of several different compounds. Ana, instead, with a Pharmacy background, is working in the synthesis lab producing (hopefully) new PP2A activators for us for further testing, and Judith (#2), also a biotech and pharmacy mix-background, came here with her own project, analysis of vitamins from her local samples. So, I'm looking forward to seeing what all we can achieve with these new members during this spring!

NBBN Meeting in Copenhagen

Me, Janne, and Adela were attending the 8th Nordic Brain Barrier Network (NBBN) symposium last week in Copenhagen. It was a great event and lovely to see our old friends and make new connections, hopefully something that can benefit Janne in the future. Adela had a wonderful speech on her creatine - SMVT (sodium-dependent multivitamin transporter) project, while I was presenting collectively our OATP (organic anion transporting polypeptide) story, results made by so many people. So thank you for providing me with the materials! It was a proud moment, although I know there is still a lot to be done!