Mahtab Avijgan
Phd Student
E-mail: mahtab.avijgan@ki.se
Visiting address: BioMedicum A4, Solnavägen 9, 17165 Solna
Postal address: K6 Kvinnors och barns hälsa, K6 Barnonkologi och Barnkirurgi Blomgren Newton, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
- I studied bachelor of Bio̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ Science at University of Newcastle,
Australia. Then I moved to Gothenburg, Sweden to study master program in
Biotechnology at Chalmers University of Technology. The topic for master's
thesis was focused on differentiation and characterization of MafA-GFP
reporter iPS cells into pancreatic beta cell lineage, undertaken in
Department of Discovery Science at AstraZeneca. Since September 2021, I
started doctoral study in Department of Women's and Children's Health at
̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ under the supervision of Dr. Phillip Newton, in the
group of Prof. Klas Blomgren.
Bachelor of Bio̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ Science
* Dissertation topic: Using microarray and bioinformatics analysis to detect
links between mutations in HFE gene and hemochromatosis and how these
mutations can influence EPN2 gene expression.
Master Program in Biotechnology
* Thesis topic: Differentiation and characterization of MafA-GFP reporter
iPS cells into pancreatic beta cell lineage.
Doctoral Study in Skeletal Development
* Project topic: Does a stem cell niche allow postnatal bone growth in
human?
Research
- In the doctoral project, I will investigate how the long-bones grow and what
maintains this growth throughout childhood in order to understand and reveal
the fundamental mechanisms of human growth.
Articles
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2023;14(1):509
All other publications
- Review: HEADACHE. 2020;60(1):15-27