Every time I want to give up on an experiment, writing my thesis or finishing a paper I just think about the people who said I wasn’t cut out to be a PhD student. and keep going just to spite them.

Lost all my protein during purification over the last column yesterday…..

New release from the lab! The colleagues are on fire this week🔥 Here is the study of the role of the aggregation substance PrgB. This story started some time ago and was done by past and actual members of the lab! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Talking about iodine tablets Paulina Wanrooij 😂

Hiring #postdoc #postdocposition to do research on #bacteriophages for two years. Please spread the word to those who might be interested. shortest.link/6vHb 👩‍🔬🧑‍🔬🧑‍💻🔬🧫🧬

I always been skeptic about gRNA transport into the mitochondria. Interesting paper out on the topic: nature.com/articles/s4159…

I am happy that things are changing! I feel blessed that I have the opportunity to show my two sons how it is to be a female scientist and how fun it can be in the lab! 👩🏼‍🔬🧪 science.org/content/articl…

Went to a japanese resturant this weekend where they had a robot bringing out the food 🍣 🍱 Would this not be perfect to have in the lab? Bring buffers and glassware? And chocolate for to the office? 🤖

this year's Christmas hit

happy first advent sunday!! ❤️🎄🕯️

Stort grattis till Sonja Stenmark, forskningsingenjör vid Umeå universitet, som har utsetts till världens bästa lab manager! 🎉 Sonja prisas för att hon tar steget längre än vad som behövs, liksom hennes enastående bidrag till labbet. umu.se/nyheter/univer…

So happy to work with the best lab manager in the world everyday 😄 congratulations Sonja! 🥳 “Umeå university employee world best lab manager” umu.se/en/news/umea-u…

Västerbotten i vinterskrud 💙

De har upptäckt hur en viss typ av protein rör sig för att DNA ska kopieras. Upptäckten kan få konsekvenser för förståelsen av hur gener för #antibiotikaresistens sprids mellan bakterier #Forskning med stöd av Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse #KAW100 bit.ly/3Y3ZWR8

Together with the lab of Barbara Sixt at MIMS, we are looking for postdoctoral candidates to spearhead a collaborative project on the interplay of the pathogen Chlamydia trachomatis and host cell mitochondria. Join us! Deadline March 19th. Barbara Sixt pwanrooijlab.com/2023/02/03/pos…

Still plenty of time to apply for a biochemistry postdoc to study mtDNA stability. Join us in beautiful Umeå!

Idag är Josefin Forslund och jag på Sjöfruskolan och pratar med 4:orna som en del av #lånaenforskare #forskarfredag #forskomm Vetenskap & Allmänhet (Public & Science Sweden) Curiosum science center

Hello fellow mitochondriacs! Are you passionate about mtDNA? We now offer a 2-year postdoc opportunity for studies of mtDNA instability and its signaling. Apply by May 18th to join our international team in exotic Umeå. Please RT! umu.se/en/work-with-u…

Our latest POLG project is now published in PNAS:

Two mtDNA papers of ours in one PNAS issue: #1 on the Y951N patient mutation of PolG, heroically spear-headed by Josefin Forslund Sjoerd Wanrooij #2 revealing surprising dNTP imbalance in RRM2B-deficient mice, a great collaboration with Andrei Chabes lab pnas.org/toc/pnas/122/16