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I would also like to thank Deborah Mason, a neurologist and mentor from New Zealand, for your time, enthusiasm and support.
To my wonderful group members, past and present, I cannot thank you enough. Anna Mattsson, you are an endless source of knowledge. Thank you for your kindness, patience, support and for everything you have taught me over the years. Nastya Kharlamova, I am so glad you joined the group for your post doc. It has been so lovely working with you, and I really enjoyed our work in the BSL3. Thank you so much for your help and support. Elin Engdahl, Christina Hermanrud and Malin Ryner, I am very grateful to have been able to work with and learn from each of you during different projects. You are each such kind, positive and lovely people. It has been inspiring to watch your careers since finishing your post-docs. Malin, thank you for your readiness to continue to provide support since leaving!
Ingegerd Löfving Arvholm, I am proud to be one of the long list of PhD students who had the privilege to learn from you during your career. Sahl Khalid Bedri, thank you for all your kindness and support. For the medicine study and gym sessions, fikas, activities and collaborations. You’re a special colleague and friend. Thank you to Matilde Oviedo Querejazu for your vibrant and positive energy as well as your statistics knowledge; Harry Alexopoulos for your time, support, and very interesting discussions; Malin Almgren and Svante Jerling, it has been a privilege being able to work with you on the COVID-19 rapid test projects; and Rosealie Koros, welcome to the lab! Thanks also to past affiliated member, Peter Wipfler, and masters students, Christina Linde and Rebecca Wehrli.
To all the incredibly lovely people, past and present, of CMM L8:00, including Annika Eriksson, Katharina Gell and Malin Alvehus, Ida Nilsson, Thomas Ekstöm, Catharina Lavebratt, Linghua Kong, Jingjing Xu, Virginija Danylaité Karrenbauer, Carlos Villaescusa, Yujiao Wu, Liu Yang, Miranda Stiernborg, Paschalis Efstathopoulos, Yabin Wei Jingjing Xu, Laura Baqué Vidal, Jakob Schuy, Iris Garcia Alcantarilla, Miao Sun, Elizabeta Zaplatic, Judit Ozsvár, Ulrika Bergström, Lollo Sjöholm, Joelle Ruegg, Anna-Lee Köstinger, Selim Sengul, Anna Witasp, Jenny Dahlström, Karin Lutropp, and many more over the years. Thank you to each of you for all the lovely discussions, fikas, celebrations and best Friday morning breakfasts. It has been an incredibly supportive and positive environment to work in. Also, thank you to Parvin Kumar, for your thought-provoking chats; Mikael Ringh, for the fikas and positivity; and Vincent Millischer, from R seminars to ski-conferences and wakeboarding and everything in between, thank you for your energy, passion and for being such a trusted source of advice.
Thank you to everyone in the Neuroimmunology group for the interesting discussions and collaboration. Mohsen, thank you for your support, coordination of samples and pipette tip donations. Thank you to Cecilia and Caroline for the opportunity to participate in the aspects of the NCRSCID that I was able to, and to the students for so many interesting discussions despite the primarily virtual interactions!
Thank you to the CNS and CMM administration as well as the IT department, in particular, Elin Johansson, Vendela Breeze, Annika Hederby, Timmy Hellström, Christer Uvehag and Hugo Åberg, for all of your help and support you have provided over the years.
To the extended CMM and KI family Jessie, Thomas, Majid, Lara, Eveline, Ewoud, Niyaz, Ben, Giulia, Goncalo, Simona, Charlotte, Lies (honorary) and so many more over the years.
For the CMM pub nights, dinners, cabin trips and many activities. Maria (Archie and Ryleigh), for so many special adventures, and celebrations, thank you for your energy and endless laughs. Sunjay, thank you for your energy, creativity, and balanced perspective on everything. Anna, my fellow Australasian, how did I manage before you arrived? Thank you for everything. Chantelle, it has been a very special journey to share with you. You have been a constant source of support and sounding board. Alex, thank you for the many coffee debriefs, words of motivation and inspiration for adventures outside of the lab.
To my Stockholm friends who have been my Swedish family since 2014, including Emma, Jesper, Bridget, Olivia, Warwick, Ewa, Dee, Wenke, Viktoria, Jasmine, June, Gustav, Birgit and Kirsten, Chantelle and of course the wonderful David, Maja and Tuva. Stockholm wouldn’t be the magical place it is without you special people. So many treasured memories.
My wonderful friends in New Zealand for the endless love and support. Thank you to my medicine friends Natasha, Anne, Inge, Julia, Vittoria, Rachael, John, Abby, Cat, Ella, and Rishi (and so many others). Even most challenging times were a blast thanks to you.
To my partner, Janus, dankie vir alles my liefie.
To my family for their unwavering support and faith in me, none of this would have been possible without you. My lovely extended family in NZ and in the UK, I treasure the time I have been able to spend with you all in England, and with Ellie while living in Europe. To my incredible, relentlessly supportive parents, Janet and Geoff, and my siblings Sarah, Chris, Lucy, and brothers-in-law Andrew and Roger, and the five best nephews and niece I could ask for: Blake, William, Taylor, Eli and Ashley-Rose. I can’t thank you all enough.
Jag är så tacksam, tack så mycket för allt.
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