Members of Molecular Biophysics Stockholm joined family and friends in celebrating Anton Jansen‘s successful spikning and defense of his PhD in Applied Physics, Constant-pH Molecular Dynamics and Applications. Anton nailed his thesis at SciLifeLab on 24 May, and defended it at KTH Royal Institute of Technology on 31 May, with Professor Ilpo Vattulainen (University of Helsinki, Finland) as opponent. Professor Berk Hess led a toast to his advisee of nearly four years.
Members of Molecular Biophysics Stockholm joined family and friends in celebrating Urška Rovšnik‘s successful spikning and defense of her PhD in Biochemistry, Structural transitions of proton-gated ion channels: Involving pH sensing, heterogeneity and lipid interactions. Urška nailed her thesis at SciLifeLab on 15 January, and defended it there on 31 January, with Dr Hugues Nury (Institut de Biologie Structurale, Grenoble, France) as opponent. Professor Erik Lindahl and Ligand-Gated Ion Channels team-lead Reba Howard led a toast to their advisee of over five years, as she prepares for a postdoctoral position at Gothenburg University.
Members and friends of Molecular Biophysics Stockholm celebrated Yuxuan Zhuang‘s successful spikning and defense of his PhD from Stockholm University in Biophysics, Simulating Functional Cycles and Drug Modulation in Ligand-Gated Ion Channels. Yuxuan nailed his thesis on 6 October, and defended it 19 October at SciLifeLab, with Professor Grace Brannigan (Rutgers University – Camden, NJ) as opponent. Professor Erik Lindahl and Integrative Structural Biology team-lead Reba Howard led a toast to their advisee of over five years, as he heads to a Wallenberg Foundation Postdoctoral Scholarship at Stanford University.
More than twenty current and former members of Molecular Biophysics Stockholm had the rare opportunity to be visited by over 1000 scientists at the biannual Congress of the European Biophysical Societies’ Association (EBSA), held 31 July–4 August for its first time in Stockholm. The event culminated months of preparation by Congress Co-Chair Erik Lindahl, and included selected oral presentations by Nandan Haloi and Marie Lycksell, as well as poster awards to Anton Jansen and Antoni Marciniak (pictured at bottom).
Members of Molecular Biophysics Stockholm joined family and friends in celebrating Cathrine Bergh’s successful spikning and defense of her PhD from KTH in Applied Physics, From static structures to free energy landscapes: characterizing conformational transitions in biological macromolecules. Cathrine nailed her thesis on 29 May, and defended it 13 June at SciLifeLab, with Professor Gerhard Hummer (Max Planck Institute of Biophysics) as opponent. Professor Erik Lindahl and Ligand-Gated Ion Channels team-lead Reba Howard led a toast to their advisee of over five years, as she prepares to join the GROMACS software development team.
Eight members of Molecular Biophysics Stockholm traveled to San Diego, CA this year to present research at the 67th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society. Among others, Will Pipatpolkai spoke in the Platform on General Protein-Lipid Interactions, and Reba Howard spoke in the Best of Biophysical Journal Symposium.
Members of Molecular Biophysics Stockholm joined family and friends in celebrating Linnea Yvonnesdotter’s licentiate in Biophysics, Intersection of model and experiments: Combining cryo-electron microscopy data and molecular dynamics simulations. Linnea defended on 24 January at Stockholm University, with Dr Erik Marklund (Uppsala University) as opponent. Professor Erik Lindahl and Ligand-Gated Ion Channels team-lead Reba Howard led a toast to their advisee of over four years.
Members of Molecular Biophysics Stockholm helped install seasonal spirit and decor in our SciLifeLab offices on 6 December. Wishing all our members and colleagues a god jul and fine New Year!
Members of Molecular Biophysics Stockholm joined family and friends in celebrating Marie Lycksell‘s successful spikning and defense of her PhD in Biophysics, Combining low resolution, high resolution, functional, and simulation techniques: In the study of pentameric ligand-gated ion channels. Marie nailed her thesis on 9 November 2022, and defended it 1 December 2022 at Stockholm University, with Professor Kresten Lindorff-Larsen (University of Copenhagen) as opponent. Professor Erik Lindahl and Ligand-Gated Ion Channels team lead Reba Howard led a toast to their advisee of over five years, as she prepares to embark on a postdoctoral fellowship at the Institut Laue-Langevin in Grenoble, France.
Members of Molecular Biophysics Stockholm revived our take on Swedish kräftskiva (crayfish party) at SciLifeLab on 20 September. Thanks especially to Erik, Marie, Michele, Reba, and all who assisted with food, drinks, songbooks, eating, drinking, and singing!
