Master's Projects

• Aiza Ashfaq (Master student of biomedical sciences at UiB)
  • Expression, Purification, and Small Molecule Binding to Cysteine Sulfinic Acid Decarboxylase
  • Supervisor: PhD Anne Baumann
• Lasse Neset (Master student of biomedical sciences at UiB)
  • Nanobody-aided structural study of the activity- regulated cytoskeleton-associated protein (Arc) using synchrotron radiation and cryo-EM
  • Supervisor: Professor Petri Kursula

• Elma Cerimagic (Pharmacy, University of Bergen, Norway)
  • Unike naturstoff som legemiddelkandidater basert på deres effekter på celleviabilitet, sårtilheling og uttrykking av annexin A2 i PC12-celler
  • Supervisor: Professor Anni Vedeler
• Tone Hestad Valland (Pharmacy, University of Bergen, Norway)
  • Effekter av unike naturstoffer på celleviabilitet, sårtilheling og uttrykking av annexin A2 i PC12 celler
  • Supervisor: Professor Anni Vedeler
• Inger-Lise Fleisje (Pharmacy, University of Bergen, Norway)
  • Effekter av unike naturstoffer på celleviabilitet, sårtilheling og Annexin A2 i PC12-celler
  • Supervisor: Professor Anni Vedeler

• Sigurbjörn Markússon (Molecular Biology, University of Bergen, Norway)
  • Nanobody-aided structural studies on multidomain nervous system proteins
  • Supervisor: Professor Petri Kursula
• Amalie Borlaug (Pharmacy, University of Bergen, Norway)
  • Eight Unique Natural Compounds as New Drug Candidates Based on Their Effects on Cell Viability, Wound Healing, and Expression of Annexin A2 in PC12 Cells
  • Supervisor: Professor Anni Vedeler
• Marlen Stalheim (Pharmacy, University of Bergen, Norway)
  • The Effects of Eight Unique Natural Compounds on Cell Viability, Wound Healing and the Expression of Annexin A2 in PC12 Cells
  • Supervisor: Professor Anni Vedeler

• Øystein Hetland (Nanoscience, University of Bergen, Norway)
  • Probing myelin specific membrane proteins using functionalized nanoparticles
  • Supervisor: Professor Petri Kursula
• Simon Schlumbohm (Bioinformatics, University of Hamburg, Germany)
  • Phylogenetic analysis of periaxins
  • Co-supervisor: Professor Petri Kursula
• Anja Bao Ngoc Nguyen (Pharmacy, University of Bergen, Norway)
  • Effect of unique natural substance on cell viability, wound healing and expression of Annexin A2 in PC 12 cells.
  • Supervisor: Professor Anni Vedeler
• Marthe Svenning (Pharmacy, University of Bergen, Norway)
  • Selected unique natural substance in neuroendocrine PC12 cells on cell viability, wound healing and expression of Annexin A2.
  • Supervisor: Professor Anni Vedeler

• Eirin Aasen Kvalheim (Pharmacy, University of Bergen, Norway)
  • Selected effects of unique natural substances in human breast cancer cells and interactions with Annexin A2.
  • Supervisor: Professor Anni Vedeler
• Emilie Vu (Pharmacy, University of Bergen, Norway)
  • Effect of unique natural substances on cell viability, wound healing and expression of Annexin A2 in MCF-10A_MCF-7- and MDA-MB-231 cells.
  • Supervisor: Professor Anni Vedeler
• Selina Cannon Homaei (Biomedical Sciences, University of Bergen, Norway)
  • Biosynthesis and function of carnosine in the mouse brain and muscle tissues
  • Supervisor: Professor Jan Haavik
  • Current: PhD student, Neurotargeting Research Group (Jan Haavik)
  • Publication from MSc work:
    • https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abb3713

• Oda Caspara Krokengen (Nanoscience, University of Bergen, Norway)
  • Studying lipid interactions of specific myelin proteins using nanoscaled model membrane-mimics and nanoparticles
  • Supervisor: Professor Petri Kursula
  • Current: PhD student, Neurotargeting Research Group, University of Bergen, Norway (Petri Kursula)
  • Publication(s) from MSc work:
    • https://bmcstructbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12900-018-0087-2
    • https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0216833
    • https://www.jbc.org/content/295/26/8692
• Anushik Safaryan (Pharmacy, University of Tromsø, Norway)
  • Effects of the chemotherapeutic drugs cisplatin, carboplatin and cuprizone on myelin protein-membrane interactions
  • Supervisor: Professor Petri Kursula
  • Current: Pharmacist
  • Publication(s) from MSc work:
    • https://bmcstructbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12900-018-0087-2
• Andreas Blank (Bioinformatics, University of Hamburg, Germany)
  • The sequence and domain analysis of the human ARC protein
  • Co-supervisor: Professor Petri Kursula

• Laura Kind (Biophysics, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany)
  • Studies on the human endocannabinoid lipases ABHD6 and ABHD12 – A screening approach for optimal expression, extraction and purification methods
  • Supervisor: Professor Petri Kursula
  • Current: PhD student,  Translational Cell Signaling and Metabolism Group, University of Bergen, Norway (Professor Thomas Arnesen)
  • Publication(s) from MSc work:
    • https://doi.org/10.1007/s00726-018-2682-8
• Ingrid Vestvik (Pharmacy, University of Bergen, Norway)
  • Effect of selected unique natural substances on cell viability and wound healing in neuroendocrine PC12 cells with special focus on Annexin A2.
  • Supervisor: Professor Anni Vedeler
• Sandra Paula Fernandes Guerra (Pharmacy, University of Bergen, Norway)
  • The effect of natural compounds on PC12 cell viability in the absence and presence of reactive oxygen species
  • Supervisor: Professor Anni Vedeler

• Sofya Romanyuk (Pharmacy, University of Bergen, Norway)
  • Annexin A7 and Annexin A11 as mRNA-binding proteins
  • Supervisor: Professor Anni Vedeler

• Trude Kvelnes Røstbø (Pharmacy, University of Bergen, Norway)
  • The RNA-binding abilities of the rat Annexins
  • Supervisor: Professor Anni Vedeler
  • Publication(s) from MSc work:
    • https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/10/4/660/htm
• Peter Daniel Szigetvari (Medical Biology, University of Bergen, Norway)
  • Functional studies of tyrosine hydroxylase variants associated with DOPA-responsive dystonia
  • Supervisor: Professor Jan Haavik
  • Co-supervisor: Per Morten Knappskog
  • Current: PhD student, Neurotargeting Research Group (Jan Haavik)
  • Publications:
    • https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jnc.14624
    • https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ajmg.b.32764
    • https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jnc.14872

• Beate Hole Fosse (Pharmacy, University of Bergen, Norway)
  • Effect of hypoxia on Annexin A2 in mitochondria from HepG2 and PC12 cells
  • Supervisor: Professor Anni Vedeler
• Shalina Alom (Pharmacy, University of Bergen, Norway)
  • The Effect of miR-155 on the expression of Annexin A2
  • Supervisor: Professor Anni Vedeler

• Rozh Noraldin Tofiq (Pharmacy, University of Bergen, Norway)
  • Annexin A1, Annexin A2 and Annexin A4, but not Annexin A5 and Annexin A10, are able to bind RNA
  • Supervisor: Professor Anni Vedeler
• Kristine Ask (Pharmacy, University of Bergen, Norway)
  • Tle localization and binding to mRNA of wild type Annexin A2
  • Supervisor: Professor Anni Vedeler

• Larysa Stanislavivna Tødenes (Pharmacy, University of Hamburg, Germany)
  • Annexin A2 Tyr-23 phosphorylation and its effect on ubiquitination and sumoylation
  • Supervisor: Professor Anni Vedeler
• Ann Kari Grindheim (Pharmacy, University of Hamburg, Germany)
  • Mutation of serine 25 of Annexin A2 and their effects on structure and function
  • Supervisor: Professor Anni Vedeler
  • Publication(s) from MSc work:
    • https://www.eurekaselect.com/100410/article
    • https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022283614002034?via%3Dihub

• Gerd Nilsen (Pharmacy, Universtity of Bergen, Norway)
  • The effect of Annexin A2 peptides in angiogenesis in vitro
  • Supervisor: Anni Vedeler

BSc projects
 

• Hamda Ahmed (Nanoscience, University of Bergen, Norway)
  • Synthesis of monodisperse silica nanoparticles for biological application