2020 - 2022
Teacher in laboratory courses
Fundamentals in Chemistry II: Biochemistry
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Molecular Biology, Uppsala, Sweden
2016-2018
Teacher's assistant in multiple microbiology laboratory courses
University of Latvia, Faculty of Biology, Riga, Latvia
2023 - present
NMR studies of protein-glycan interactions using uniformly 13C -labelled glycans
2018 - 2023
Structure and function of expansins and homologous enzymes
2023
Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, specialisation in biotechnology
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
2017
Master of Natural Sciences in Biology, emphasis on microbiology and biotechnology
University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
2021
Louise Fitkin
Master’s thesis “Purification, activity assays and crystallization of GtCel45A - a small cellulase enzyme from the brown-rot fungus Gloeophyllum trabeum expressed in Aspergillus nidulans”
Laura Okmane; Gustav Nestor; Emma Jakobsson; Bingze Xu; Kiyohiko Igarashi; Mats Sandgren; Gerard Jacob Kleywegt; Jerry Ståhlberg. Glucomannan and beta-glucan degradation by Mytilus edulis Cel45A: crystal structure and activity comparison with GH45 subfamily A, B and C. Carbohydrate Polymers, Volume 277, 2022, 118771, ISSN 0144-8617, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2021.118771
Okmane, L., Fitkin, L., Sandgren, M. and Ståhlberg, J. (2024), The first crystal structure of a family 45 glycoside hydrolase from a brown-rot fungus, Gloeophyllum trabeum GtCel45A. FEBS Open Bio. https://doi.org/10.1002/2211-5463.13774
Okmane, L., Sandgren, M., Ståhlberg, J. et al. 1H, 13C and 15N backbone resonance assignment of Cel45A from Phanerochaete chrysosporium. Biomol NMR Assign (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12104-024-10182-6
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