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01 Cover Page
02 Director's Column
03 Table of Contents
04 Scientific Highlights
05 Research Groups
06 Facts and Figures
07 The Year at CanCell
08 Career Development
09 About CanCell

Career Development

Success Stories

Scientists from CanCell who are now thriving as independent PIs, educators and biotech founders

Pierre Chymkowitch
Fergal O'Farrell
Coen Campsteijn
Anette Lie-Jensen
Marie Rogne
Viola Lobert
Nina Marie Pedersen
Kay Oliver Schink
Helene Knævelsrud

More from two recent PIs coming out from CanCell

Left : Helene Knævelsrud

Division of Biochemistry, Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo

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Right : Kay Oliver Schink

Division of Biochemistry, Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo

Research Group page
“As a project group leader the infrastructure and opportunities through CanCell have been very important for me and the members of my team. CanCell was instrumental in my transition to project group leader status. I got a CanCell Junior Scientist Grant in 2019 to generate preliminary data for an application for a Young Research Talent Grant from the Research Council of Norway. This application was successful and the support from CanCell was an important factor for that success!” says Helene Knævelsrud
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“I started my project group shortly before the CanCell CoE was initiated, and especially the resources offered by Cancell have been very important to grow my group and to allow me to develop my current research. I received one of the first CanCell junior grants for equipment and reagents for CRISPR, which have been crucial to build several of my running projects.” says Kay Oliver Schink
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Graduate Students

Matthew Yoke Wui Ng graduated from the Simonsen group in 2022 and has taken up a graduate programme at Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM, also known as Oljefondet).

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Ana Sofia da Silva Lapão took up a collaborative project at CanCell after graduating from the Simonsen Group wherein she is performing a pooled CRISPR screen

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