MeyerLab
Sissel Ida Schmidt
PhD Student
Research focus:
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Modelling Parkinson’s disease using induced pluripotent stem cells, identification of new potential disease modifying targets and drug screening for intervention of these.
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Development of improved dopaminergic differentiation protocols and studying the role of microglia during midbrain development.
Current PhD project:
Investigating if statins through RhoA inhibition can be used as a treatment for Parkinson’s disease.
Experience:
08/2019-present: PhD student at the MeyerLab, Department of Neurobiology Research, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark.
02/2017-07/2019: Research Assistant in the MeyerLab, Department of Neurobiology Research, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark.
Education:
02/2017: Master of Science in Biomedicine, University of Southern Denmark.
09/2014: Bachelor in Biomedicine, University of Southern Denmark.