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To all past colleagues and friends at Novum:
Christophoros for your endless support. Big thanks for showing me Greece, and for fun times in LA, Djurö and Greece. Elin and Maria for your care and support, for fun chats during lunches and fikas, and for cheering me up when I needed it! Jingwen, for support, laughs, friendship and crazy times. You fill me with so much happy and positive energy! Johan for being such a good friend and giving me support and care in all times. I really enjoyed sharing office with you! You gave me many laughs during these years. Wish you all the best with your career and family! Karolin for being fun and enthusiastic about everything. Lovisa for your care and for always smiling.
Marcella for all laughs and fun. Nicolas, although we started off in a bad way when you took all my reagents and material in the lab ☺, we ended up with a long-lasting friendship. Thanks for all fun times at work and outside work and for all travels in Sweden, Greece and France. Nina H for being such an enthusiastic and nice person. I really enjoyed sharing the office with you. Zoi, for your Greek spirit and all fun in Paris and Spetses. Maria N, Cecilia, Jason, Gudrun, Ivan, Tova, Sanyal, Björn, Anne B, Anette, Didier, Kenichi, Jinghong, Sebastian, Paula, Eva, Jane, Ivan, Elin H, Pia, Malahat, Joëlle, David, Otabek and all of you other past colleagues that made Novum a great place to work at.
All administrative staff Lena, Marie and Monica, for always being friendly and helpful. Inger, Lars and Gunnel for help with ordering and fun lunch chats.
To my friends outside science:
Andreas, Ulrika, Sasa, Magnus, and Annica Thanks for all the good times with dinners, rock boats, movies and parties!!! My life is colourful and bright thanks to all of you! Maja, my lovely and sweet Maja. For being one of my best friends and for your never ending support and encouragement. Wish you all the best with your future career and family. Zlatko for your crazy ideas and stories. You always put a smile on my face! Cecile for all nice dinners and fun together. For guiding me and Claes in the south
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and north of France. Rebecca and Markus for all nice and fun dinners together during the years. And for cheering me up when I really needed it. Claudia for your warmth and care, and sharing the same interest in sweets as me. Piotr, for your generosity and care, and for introducing me to the loveliest dogs in the world.
Gunilla, Daniel and Leif at the finance course. Although late evenings and hard work, we had a lot of fun.
Gunilla, Björn, Camilla, Jörgen, Catarina, David, Alexander, Mikaela and Josefine, for all fun times together and for all help and endless care during these years!
To my parents, for believing in me, and for all your love and encouragement during these years. To my lovely sister and best friend Helena. I miss you so much here in Sweden! Thanks for all your support and for always putting a smile on my face! My brother Henrik, for always making me smile and for those crazy calls now and then when you need to be updated in science. Without the support from all of you this would have been impossible.
Finally, the most important person in my life, Claes! For your endless love and support, during all these years. I wouldn’t survived this time without you ♥
This work was financially supported by the Swedish Cancer Fund
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