Ida started working on a project with the QuantBio group during her master thesis, but since today, September 1st, she is now a ph.d.-student with the group.
Ida's thesis has the working title "Molecular mechanisms of DNA damage repair", and it deals with DNA damage repair caused by ionizing radiation, which is seen when cancer patients are treated with radiotherapy. The DNA repair is studied at multiple scales; from the electronic scale to the supra-molecular level and beyond. The aim is to describe the details in the DNA repair process by modeling the specific mechanisms involved; as well as establishing a model of the dynamics between radiation dosage, DNA repair enzymes, and cell death.