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Samira Osterop, MSc

Samira's experiences allowed her to gain theoretical knowledge and a variety of technical skills in histology, molecular biology and cell culture.
Samira Osterop joined the Wyss Center in April 2019 and is Neurobiology Research Associate. She manages the Neurobiology lab operations and participates in Wyss Center projects and collaborations by performing experiments and providing technical guidance.
Samira studied Biology at the University Paul Sabatier in Toulouse, France, before moving to Switzerland in 2012 to enroll in the masters in Neuroscience at the University of Geneva. After finishing her master’s degree, she worked as a research assistant at the Department of Fundamental Neuroscience of the University of Geneva, in a laboratory focusing on the effect of anesthesia on the brain.
She then spent two years working in a research laboratory at the Biomedicine Department of the University of Basel, in close collaboration with Roche. There she developed screening assays with the aim of discovering potent molecules to treat a neuromuscular disease called Myotonic Dystrophy type I.
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31.03.2021
Study contributes to our understanding of how cocaine withdrawal affects brain circuits
The results could help clinicians understand addiction and enable people to better manage substance withdrawal.
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Peeking inside ‘mini-brains’ could boost understanding of the human brain in health and disease
Revealing details of the internal structure of ‘mini-brains’ could help accelerate drug studies and may offer alternatives to some animal testing.
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