PhD student in the lab of Keisuke Yonehara, Dandrite and Hanne Poulsen, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University
2017-2018
Research assistant in the lab of Keisuke Yonehara, Dandrite, Aarhus University.
1) To Study the role of Cre-labeled ganglion cell types in vision-dependent behaviours and central computations using molecular biological, genome engineering, behavioural and electrophysiological approaches. 2) To screen mutant mice for deficiencies in direction selective responses using behavioural and electrophysiological (MEA) approaches
2016-2017
Master's student in the lab of Keisuke Yonehara, Dandrite, Aarhus University.
To obtain Cre-labeled ganglion cell types to study vision-dependent behaviours circuits using molecular biology, genome engineering and behavioural approaches.
2015-2016
Intern in the lab of Mart Saarma, Institute of Biotechnology, Helsinki University.
To biochemically characterize RET and SorCS2 interactions
2015
Bachelor student in the lab of Simon Glerup, MIND, Aarhus university.
To biochemically characterize a naturally occurring SorCS2 variant found in a family suffering from ADHD
2014
Summer intern in the lab of Anne Von Philipsborn, Dandrite, Aarhus University.
To investigate the functional role of defined neuronal classes in the generation of courtship behaviour motor patterns
Teaching experience:
2021
Speaker at The Danish Science Festival "Book a researcher"
Engaging in public outreach by presenting current research and general work.
2018-now
Collegial supervision (bachelor-post doc level)
2018-now
Instructor in Medical Biochemistry, Biomedicine, Aarhus University
2017
International instructor in the 1'st Clubes de Ciencia Perú program.
Creating a 1 week project that introduces students to a STEM subject by implementing a combination of experimental, computational and theoretical activities in collaboration with local instructor. Club: The Sound of Neurons, subjects: Neuroscience, electropysiology, behaviour
2017
Student assistant at U-days Dpt. Of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University.
2016
Course assistant in Danish for Swedish and Finnish speakers, Language Center, Helsinki University
Planning and actively participating in the course, creating an exam assignment, and communicating and practicing with the individual students.
Awards and grants:
2019
Graduate School of Health Travel Grant. Exchange stay at Holmgren laboratory, NIH USA
2018
Southern School of Biophysics Scholarship. Course participation, University of Valparaiso, Chile
2017
The Lundbeck Foundation PhD stipend. 3 years funding of total 1.575.000DKK
2016
Biokemisk forenings travel fellowship For the SfN’s 47th annual meeting held by the Society for Neuroscience.
2015
Erasmus stipendium for exchange as Master student at Helsinki University
2015
Nordea Fonden's grant for exchange as Master student at Helsinki University
Publikationer
A segregated cortical stream for retinal direction selectivity
Rasmussen, R., Matsumoto, A., Dahlstrup Sietam, M. & Yonehara, K., 2020, I: Nature Communications.11, 1, 16 s., 831.