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Jacomijn Dijksterhuis

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Name: Jacomijn Dijksterhuis
Nationality: Dutch
Educational background: Bachelor and Master Pharmacy (Cum Laude), University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
Mentors: Gunnar Schulte (KI) and Jeffrey Rubin (NCI, NIH)
Area of study: WNT signaling, glioma – microglia interaction.
Current location: Karolinska Institutet
Research interests: Signal transduction, neuroscience, heterotrimeric G proteins


Recent publications:
  • Bernatik O, Ganji R., Dijksterhuis J., Konik P., Cervenka I., Polonio T., Krejci P., Schulte G., Bryja V., Sequential activation and inactivation of disheveled in the WNT/ß-catenin pathway by casein kinases. J Biol Chem. 2011 Mar 25;286(12):10396-410
  • Kilander M., Dijksterhuis JP., Ganji RS., Bryja V., Schulte G., WNT-5A stimulates the GDP/GTP exchange at pertussis toxin-sensitive heterotrimeric G proteins. Cell Signal. 23 (2011): 550-4
  • Contribution to the International Union of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology (IUPHAR) 7TM receptor database, Frizzled information: www.iuphar.org
Contact information:
Karolinska Institutet
Dept. Physiology & Pharmacology
Sec. Receptor Biology & Signaling
Nanna Svartz väg 2
S-17177 Stockholm
Sweden
Tel.: +46-(0)8-524 87947



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