MSc Francesca Marchisella will publicly defend her doctoral thesis in cell biology at the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Åbo Akademi University. The thesis is entitled c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) regulation of neuroplastic changes in brain associated with anxiety and depression.

Professor Paul Lucassen, Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands, will serve as external examiner and PhD, head of research Eleanor Coffey, Åbo Akademi University, as chair.

Åbo Akademi University website