Teaching, training and student opportunities
The group is led by Associate Professor Jan-Bernd Stukenborg, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Organismal Biology, who is course leader for the Bachelor course in Cell Biology and teaches cell biology and physiology on programmes for future secondary-school teachers.
Our research environment offers biology students:
- Bachelor and Master projects in cell and developmental biology, reproductive physiology and cancer-related late effects.
- Hands-on experience with techniques such as 3D cell culture and organoid models, tissue engineering, advanced microscopy, hormone assays and molecular profiling.
- A direct link between textbook cell biology and real-world questions: how cells organise into tissues, how stem cells decide between self-renewal and differentiation, and how therapies can be designed to be both curative and fertility-sparing.
PhD and postdoctoral researchers in the lab are embedded in a strong international network, with close collaborations across the Nordic countries and beyond.
The research group also includes two methodologically strong postdoctoral researchers.
Feria Noraddin, PhD and postdoctoral researcher, is an expert in multiplex staining/imaging and spatial transcriptomics, with a particular focus on mapping cell types and microenvironments in testicular tissue in situ.
Yanhua Cui, PhD and postdoctoral researcher, is an expert in in vitro systems, including human and murine organotypic testicular cultures and organoid-based culture models, which are central to the development of our experimental models for spermatogenesis and fertility preservation.