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Helene Knævelsrud

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Associate professor at University of Oslo.
Studying autophagy termination with the help of Drosophila. Interested in the role of autophagy in kidney cancer. Young Academy of Norway Alumni.

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Helene Knævelsrud

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Celebrated publications by Siri Andresen and by Oriana Presacan, María H. Mesa ++.
Interested in perfect immunoblots of Atg8 lipidation from Drosophila cell lines and in vivo samples?
➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1554...

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November 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM

Helene Knævelsrud

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Celebration of scientific achievements with the Anders Jahre Awards for Medical Research today! Of special interest for the field: Thomas McWilliams - mitophagy in the aging brain! Congratulations!
#autophagy
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November 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM

Helene Knævelsrud

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Celebrated 10 years of the Young Academy of Norway yesterday - an important voice for the situation of young researchers and a great meeting place for discussions!
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October 30, 2025 at 6:59 AM

Helene Knævelsrud

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Interactive CanCell retreat at Gjøvik including CanCell «on the ice», a highly competitive group activity to make a parachute for an egg (how many PhDs do you need to…) and great discussions at the poster session!

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October 10, 2025 at 7:13 AM

Helene Knævelsrud

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Enjoying the Nordic Autophagy Society meeting in Sånga Säby! Great community and with impressive science and good discussions! @arcticautophagy.bsky.social @cancelluio.bsky.social @womeninautophagy.bsky.social

September 18, 2025 at 10:40 AM

Helene Knævelsrud

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Successful AUTORHYTHM retreat earlier this week with Malene Hansen from the Buck Institute for Research on Aging. Insightful day with project presentations and discussions!
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September 7, 2025 at 6:03 AM

Helene Knævelsrud

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EMBO Forum organized by @cancelluio.bsky.social: A day to reflect on responsible research and the importance of training, supervision and mentoring.
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September 4, 2025 at 10:26 AM

Helene Knævelsrud

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Great day at the Biochemistry Autumn meeting yesterday!
Including talks from PhDs and postdocs and invited talk from Michael Riegler from Simula.
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September 4, 2025 at 10:21 AM

Helene Knævelsrud

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Basic sleep research workshop at UiO kicked off by Charlotte!

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June 20, 2025 at 7:17 AM

Helene Knævelsrud

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Enjoying excellent talks from JEDIs at the Château where birds are singing outside the lecture hall (more like a tent) and we got visited by a dog and a fox plus many bumblebees!

#flyJEDI2025
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June 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM

Helene Knævelsrud

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Traveling to meet fellow drosophilists! #flyJEDI2025
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June 3, 2025 at 10:05 AM

Helene Knævelsrud

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Enjoying the annual ARCTiC meeting! PhD student Julie Aarmo Johannessen from the lab beatifully presented part of her work. Thanks for excellent talks from invited speakers Jim Hurley and Ivan Dikic!

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June 2, 2025 at 12:14 PM

Helene Knævelsrud

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Thanks to the organisers for a great #IKSEU25
Enjoyable poster presentations and good discussions. Hope to see you at #IKCSEU26 in Paris!

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May 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM

Helene Knævelsrud

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Second day at #IKCS2025 with kidney cancer discussed from different perspectives. Will we find a biomarker for stratification? And how to approch the tumor heterogeneity in functional studies?

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