The Pedersen Group of Plant-PATH is pleased to welcome three students for the spring semester, each contributing to ongoing research in Plant-PATH in their way.

Metteline, a bachelor’s student in Molecular Biology, will complete her bachelor's project which is part of her final semester. Metteline's research focuses on the expression and purification of the transport protein Amino Acid Permease 6 (AAP6) from Arabidopsis thaliana. This work will help advance the group’s understanding of amino acid transport in plants. Metteline will be supervised on a daily basis by Alex Snow.

Sarah, also a bachelor’s student in Molecular Biology, is also conducting her final semester bachelor’s project. Her project centers on the expression and purification of mutant variants of a sugar transport protein. Through this work, she will contribute to ongoing studies of sugar transport mechanisms in plants. Sarah’s daily supervisor is Adriana Chrenková.

Frederik returns to the Pedersen Group after previously completing his bachelor’s project with the team last year. As part of his master’s program in Molecular Biology, he will now undertake his Molecular Biology Project with the group. Recently, Frederik spent a semester abroad as an exchange student at Université Grenoble Alpes, further strengthening his academic background. In his current project, he will attempt to purify gibberellin transporter proteins from the NPF family for structural and functional analyses. Frederik will be supervised on a daily basis by Bjørn Lildal Amsinck.

Together, the three students will support and strengthen the ongoing research efforts of the Pedersen Group and contribute to the broader objectives of Plant-PATH.