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Fulfilled Master's Projects in the Neurotargeting group

MSc projects for the last ten years

2025
  • Thomas Hertzberg Stræte (Biomedical Sciences at ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´)
    • Mapping the Role of Brain Microglia in a Mouse Model of Depression
    • Supervisor:  Ass Prof. Olga Therese Ousdal,  PhD Sudarshan Shantinath Patil
  • Haya Elhanafi (Pharmacy at ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´)
    • Screening and Functional Evaluation of Novel Ligands Targeting Cysteine Sulfinic Acid Decarboxylase
    • Supervisor: PhD Anne Baumann, Prof. Jan Haavik,  PhD Dushyant Kumar Garg
  • Tyra Rebecca Mawusey Batey (Pharmacy at ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´)
    • Pharmacological Targeting of Self-Assemblies of the Low-Complexity Domain in Transactive Response DNA-Binding Protein 43
    • Supervisor: Prof. Jan Haavik,  PhD Dushyant Kumar Garg
2023
  • Aiza Ashfaq (Master student of biomedical sciences at ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´)
    • Supervisor: Prof. Jan Haavik, PhD Anne Baumann, PhD Kazi Alam
  • Lasse Neset (Master student of biomedical sciences at ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´)
    • Supervisor: Prof. Petri Kursula, Prof. Clive Raymond Evjen Bramham
2022
  • Elma Cerimagic (Pharmacy, University of Bergen, Norway)
    • Unike naturstoff som legemiddelkandidater basert pÃ¥ deres effekter pÃ¥ celleviabilitet, sÃ¥rtilheling og uttrykking av annexin A2 i PC12-celler
    • Supervisor: Professor Anni Vedeler
  • Tone Hestad Valland (Pharmacy, University of Bergen, Norway)
    • Effekter av unike naturstoffer pÃ¥ celleviabilitet, sÃ¥rtilheling og uttrykking av annexin A2 i PC12 celler
    • Supervisor: Professor Anni Vedeler
  • Inger-Lise Fleisje (Pharmacy, University of Bergen, Norway)
    • Effekter av unike naturstoffer pÃ¥ celleviabilitet, sÃ¥rtilheling og Annexin A2 i PC12-celler
    • Supervisor: Professor Anni Vedeler
2021
  • 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
2020
  • 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
2019
  • 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:
2018
  • 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:
  • 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:
  • Andreas Blank (Bioinformatics, University of Hamburg, Germany)
    • The sequence and domain analysis of the human ARC protein
    • Co-supervisor: Professor Petri Kursula
2017
  • 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:
  • 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
2016
  • Sofya Romanyuk (Pharmacy, University of Bergen, Norway)
    • Annexin A7 and Annexin A11 as mRNA-binding proteins
    • Supervisor: Professor Anni Vedeler
2015
  • 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:
  • 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:
2014
  • 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
2013
  • 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
2011
  • 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:
Last updated: 25.06.2025